ST. MARY'S, MANCHESTER STREET.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17299, 10 November 1921, Page 3

ST. MARY'S, MANCHESTER STREET.

SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL SCHOOL. On Sunday afternoon bis Grace Archbishop Cattaneo, the apostolic delegate, will officially open the St. Mary';Soldiers' Memorial School in Manchester street. The building is a handsome structure, designed and equipped on modern lines. It has boon erected on the site of the old primary school, and will seVvo also as a memorial to the 300 men of St. Mary's parish who fought m the ,zreat war. The architect is Mr J. S. Guthrie, and tho building contractor Mr W. Taylor. The organising work Has commenced about eighteen months by the Very llev. Dean Ilegnault, S.M., parish |<iie&t, and- on his departure at the beginning of this year on a trip to \?irupc lbo Rev. Father Seymour, S.'M., assisted by a parish committee, of which Mr M. Prendergast is secretary, carried tin the task of raising ftcids. The building is a two-storey one of brick, wtf'.h the lower portion plastered. When the 250 pupils > of c>t. M-itj s primary school remove into their th*w quarters they will bo housed in one of the most school buildings in the Dominion, and the Sisters of Mercy will have reason to feel gratified to the parishioners for their gener6s;ty and zeal in providing such a fine whuol. Exoept For tlfe back end front walls of the old school, the building is new throughout. Tliere are, 15 rooms, including an assembly and social h>.". 100 feet by 32 feet, and eirfhfc classrooms. With the exception or lhe infant room, all of the class-rooms are on the upper floor. Entrance to the classrooms ia given by two stairwajs, one each for tile boys and i?iris. Et fry class-room is well ventilatory and the j windows are all equipped with patent fittings by Messrs Bradley Bros. _" hi s is the first building to bd so lilted _ A hot-water heating system has boqn installed, and in this conne.s'on in the hat and cloak rooms for the beys find girls tho racks are so, constrict,that wot cloaks may be dried while the, children ase at their lessons. In tho frontage of the social nail there is a marble slats bearing the in-, rcription:—"Soldiers' Memorial School Erected in honour of the brave men cf this parish who fought in the great wftT, 1914-1918." This stone will be lileswd by Archbishop Cattaneo on Sirsu'iv afternoon. In the social hall there will bo placed two rolls of nonour on each side of the dais, containing the nanu£ of the 300 soldiers who went from the parish. The fitting-up and ]>!nstenng of the hall is not yet completed,.but it is hoped that the work will ho fini 1 ; h''." bv the end of the month, 'l'ro wl I* 82 feet by 32 feet at the back, and there are to bo folding doors to partition off the infant class-ruona him these will be removed' when 'he full floor space is. required for far inn meetings and socials.