m 111 ki i* i ♦* £ « £"i £.i£ * * t « " v i A «* «V ***'**• < o Hi ei« ™r OE.^ PONSONBY ESTABLISHED 1850. f , Boarding and day school for girls. Students receive a careful training in religious and secular subjects throughout the primary and secondary departments. &*> 3.-5? f* V* V I* TOT* mm mm St. Mary's Chapel. The foundation rfone of this U# Assembly Hall of the new College building wai laid by Bishop Pompalher, December 8, 1861. v , # • "Throughout that trying period (Maori Wars with their direful consequences—dissensions, desolation, ruin and a crushing burden of debt) "V St. Mary's Convent of Mercy in Auckland was a true fortress of the * faith and preserved and handed on to -the faithful of the Diocese the tradUioM of piety and the blessings of religion.—Cardinal Moran. ■r* } llw Hlmtfr (Emlta (Eoltege THE PAH, ONEHUNGA Conducted by the Sitters of Mercy. This comprises a residential and day preparatory College for boys under 12 years. The School of Music is open for externs. Special attention's Riven to the religious training of the children. The course of instruction is graded according to Primary and Secondary Schools Syllabus. Music, singing, elocution and physical ; training form a strong feature of the curriculum. The College is situated on the noblest of the volcanic, cones round Auckland. It commands ail, extensive view of the suburban areas from One Tree Hill to the West Coast. Its soil J renders it peculiarly valuable for a school site, lending itself to perfect drainage and valuable tillage. Facing the Manukau, it has bracing breezes all the year round, and from its elevated position enjoys tha maximum of sunshine. w r • * i t ■>: 'v. j . 1/: Si N ' ' •• w ■ \ ■ \ '■< "v' ' - \ '' : '" A i ,* WV - r: &■ <r , v ; "V'> ' % s'\ •; :< ;ar -vMs if • sssjsS . • v #?l hi' m v ,/ mwnK *X Physical <,Culture and Outdoor Sports are a feature of Monte Cecilia Training.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22970, 23 February 1938, Page 10 (Supplement)
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