Academy of the Holy Angels - Angelus Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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TJlI 1932 ANCELUS The Chapel was dedicated, and the building blessed on September twenty-ninth. the feast of St. Michael, the archangel. The Right Reverend Monsignor Byrne, then Administrator of the Archdiocese, presided at the ceremonies, and celebrated the first solemn high Mass said in the Chapel. He was assisted by Reverend Peter Schmitz. Reverend Francis J. Schenk. Assistant Chancellor, and Reverend Leo Gleason, the Academy Chaplain. The exercises were attended by a large number of visiting sisters, who remained for dinner, and were guided through the house. The Academy of Holy Angels is one of the most attractive buildings in the city. English Gothic in style, it is a scries of six buildings, unified by corridors. set in the center of a twenty-acre plot of rolling campus. The light, airy classrooms in each of which a loud-speaker is installed, represent the latest research in school equipment. Oil heating, univent and fan system of ventilating, keep the rooms fresh and comfortable. The water is supplied by an artesian well located on the grounds. Rubber tile flooring eliminates the sound of passing crowds. So stands our Academy Beautiful in solemn dignity, out where God’s country begins. On May second we received the announcement that the University ot Minnesota had placed our Academy on the accredited list. C 12]

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Till 1932 ANCELUS A SECTION OP MAIN CORRIDOR As time advanced, the Academy quarters became inadequate, and a new foundation. St. Margaret s Academy, was opened in September. 1907. From that time. Holy Angels retained the grade school only. Gradually the environment of the school, once the elite section of the city, deteriorated, and soon became undesirable. In June. 1928. the doors were closed to await a new Holy Angels. From then until 1931, Holy Angels did not exist. But it was always the hope, and the dream of Mother Seraphine Ireland, and of the community, that a new and greater academy be built. Eventually the urgent demands of the Catholic community for a new school became so emphasized that the late Archbishop Dowling pleaded with Mother Clara to lose no time in beginning this important work. True to her promise, and greatly aided by Mother Grace Aurelia, the grounds were broken on this twenty-acre plot late in the summer of 1930. On September IS. 1931, the grand new Academy opened its doors to welcome the pioneer students. The oncoming depression greatly affected the enrollment, and many who had applied during the summer months were forced to send regrets. One hundred and seven pupils registered on opening day. The enrollment increased until it reached one hundred eighty-two. C M )

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THE 11932 ANCELUS THE MOTHER SERAPHINE MEMORIAL HALL Assembly Eleven o'clock on Thursdays at our New School registers many pleasant memories. It was then that we assembled in our beautiful Auditorium, the Mother Seraphine Memorial Hall, to listen to noted lecturers. His Excellency. Archbishop Murray, gave us great joy when he honored us by his first visit. When his coming was announced, the Faculty and the whole student body became suddenly charged with joyous expectation. We had heard that he walked right into the hearts of every one everywhere he went. And so it was with us. His whole-souled appreciation of our songs and words of greeting, his cheerful, inspiring message to us as a body, but above all. his meeting and speaking to each one of us individually, from the seniors down to the little ones, was an honor not soon to be forgotten. After the Student Reception, he visited the sisters in their Community Room. Then he went to every part of the building, chatting pleasantly with all whom he met. The sisters served a five-o'clock dinner in his honor, and invited the Minneapolis Pastors and their Assistants. And so February fifth, the day of our new Archbishop's first visit, marks a memorable date in the annals of the Academy. C 13 3