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CRIMSON SHIELD THE ONLINE MAGAZINE OF BROTHER MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL |
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Near the end of the school's first year in its new home, the Times-Picayune included this article for June 18, 1893.
The Educational Exhibits of St. Stanislaus and St. Aloysius
Yesterday the large and handsome educational institution known as St. Aloysius College, corner of Rampart and Esplanade streets, was the scene of an unusual gathering, the announcement that the educational exhibit which had been prepared for the world's fair by the pupils of the college, as well as those of St. Stanislaus Commercial College, at Bay St. Louis, were to be displayed, attracting great attention.
The exhibit was of a high standard and received the commendations always evoked when the pupils of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart enter into competition. The class work was bound in beautiful volumes averaging 400 pages. Each pupil was represented in some way. Bay St. Louis had twelve volumes and St. Aloysius nine volumes.
The walls of the parlors were hung with exquisite penwork, colored and plain water colors, paintings and pastels. The penmanship was noticed by all as being of a superior grade, while the matter of the essays, scientific papers, mathematical demonstrations, etc., showed that regular scholastic matter was not sacrificed to display.
Perhaps the most admired feature of all was the drawings from both schools. The freehand work found enthusiastic admirers in many artists who were present, while the more practical displays, including skillfully executed plans of buildings, sketches of machinery, etc., evoked much praise. Map drawing was not omitted in the exhibit, and in ornamental drawing there was quite a display of real illuminated covers, borders, etc.
Altogether, the entire exhibit will form one of the most interesting sent from Louisiana.
The annual commencement of St. Aloysius Commercial College, celebrated throughout the south as one of the leading institutions of its kind, took place yesterday morning in the spacious assembly hall of the college, corner of Rampart and Esplanade streets. The system of education pursued at this renowned institution embraces a literary, scientific and classical course, while every branch of a commercial education is taught in its entirety, so that when a young man graduates from its precincts he is fully equipped to fight the battle for rapid advancement in the career for which he has fitted himself. ...
The exercises on yesterday were notable as the first commencement held in the new college buildings. ... For weeks previous the pupils had been subjected to a thorough examination, which tested to the very depths the proficiency they had attained in all the branches they pursued; upon this test, together with the rank in class they sustained during the year, the award of prizes were made. ...