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THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN MIDWINTER RESOURCE EDITION, PHOENIX, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 1927 (Section Three) PAGE SEVEN Begin Federal Building In Phoenix Endowment Of $250,000 Read Is Provided inVSTRUCTION ol the William If 111 II Ujitnry Brophy college north of pfconlx. conducted by th eMftr of Jesus, or Jesuit Broth bis er. under way eoon latter ftmt of the year, according to Mr Ellen A. wopnj, wno ram en. h1 the foundation with $250,000, jlll plans preliminary to the ac-hrfkine of ground for the col- tn are now complete.

Architect's nisei nd drawings have been approved; articles of Incorporation hvi been filed and other details cleared away ao that workmen soon will engaged in atructoral work. W1 Wl iMJt k4Zx General view of the Federal Building in Phoenix, where are located all the United States governmental offices for this city and district. Surveys and plans have been drawn for two wing additions to be made to the federal building at a coat of $811,000. Funds for these additions, made necessary by the increase of federal business in this city, may be provided by the present session of Congress. The building houses the Phoenix postoffice, located on the ground floor.

Chrl Pleh5hnt. Inc. CNOtNUStNe CONTRACTORS BCSION FINANCE CONSTRUCTION LAKE PLEASANT DAM PHCXEHOt OmCX HEAftO SUitOIMO PHOCNOt. ARIZONA September 1, 1927 Mr W. Brewster Manager Union Oil Co.

of Arizona Phoenix, Arizona Dear Sir: iftaowledgiag yours of the 31st will say that, with tne Lake Pleasant Dam within ten days of completion and all gasoline and oil used thereon xurnished by your company, I have had every cerrioe from you that could be expected. In attempting last year to construct this data in advance of expected floods I was-much concerned to secure lubricants of such dependable and uniform quality that our gas driven shovels and other equipment would stand ur under twenty-four hour operation in this climata. I selected, as you know, your Aristo products and I am happy to advise you that I wa3 not in any degree disappointed. AiVcrn of Incorporation provide that Mrs. Brophy.

her son. Frank O. Brophy, and Father Fells A. Ro-ae'tt. recently of Iyola college at I Angel, will nerve as directors until C'tolwr 31.

1928, whn a new board, all to re members of the Society of Jesus, will take charge as trustees of the fond and arimin-latretora of the college. Initial units of the college will eonit ol three structures a faculty liul'ling- at one end and a recitation at "ther, Joised by a rhspel ltween them. Kach unit is ttlt contained under its own roof. Plana call for the ultimate construction of seven additional build-Infra and a stadium. The site of the college will be on North Central avenue Just north, of the Grand Canal.

A tract Of approximately 25 acres has been set tside on the east side of North Central avenue for college purree. ArchltPi ture of the' college will iugKet its historic and religious derivations in spirit and style. That ii. it will appropriately carry on the Hpanish Mission tradition of the Southwest particularly suited, to the climate and the acenic background. William Henry Brophy college Y.rh been po named after the prominent Arizona mining man whose tragic death occurred November 18, St.

Mary's High School ft Is important Factor In Heavy Gain InEnrolIment At St. Mary's T7DUCATIONAL. work in St. City Scholastic Progress "YITH a four-year classical course anu a. uusiiicsa muinc Federal Route 66 Mary's parochial grammar school received additional impetus during 1927 when enrollment lists St.

Mary's high school is completing one of its most successful years of scholastic work in Phoenix. showed a gain of more than 10 per truly you The high school has been in ac cent in pupils. 1324, when he was swept overboard from it fishing launch into the Gulf of California. The school is a modern, tip-to- tive force under Father Daniel since 1917 when it was first established as rintA biiildinc Vinvincr fneilltien for Mrs. JSrophy, the donor, wishes It more than 100 pupils.

It houses at to atand as a memorial to his en a companion unit to the courses of during interest in the education fered in the grammar grades of the and welfare of youth (rowing; into present 75 pupils, offering a full grade school course besides featuring religious instructions. The grammar school, as well as the parish high school, are under the parochial educational system main tained under the auspices of St. manhood. hile the institution will be conducted by a religious order, the Mary's parish for children of the supervision of Father Novatus, pas- Replaces Name Of Famed Old Trails rpHB National Old Trails Highway is no more. In its place has come U.

S. Highway No. 66, taking the same routing through Arizona that the National Old Trails highway formerly held. As a matter of fact, the two highways are one and the same, but the name National Old Trails has been dropped and the new name U. S.

Highway No. 66 has been substituted. Official highway markers designating the route1 from coast to coast have been placed enabling the motorist to follow the route with greater ease than was heretofore possible. dnnnr announced at the time of es congregation. ttlii-hing the foundation that it This year 75 students are attend will I administered for young men of this and other states, irrespec tive of creed.

ing classes, showing a gain of three over last year's enrollment list. True tor of the congregation. Sister Mary i Alma is principal. I The teaching staff consists of 13, 1 each teacher being a Sister of the Precious Blood. Under their guidance pupils receive training in grade work, religion being a separate feature.

The entire school system, including the Spanish School, is under the guidance of Father Daniel, assist grammar school showed a gain of 10 per cent, with 550 pupils at pres Accompanying the endowment was a gift of 25 acres to be used as th site for the college. This area may 1" enlarged, Mrs. Brophy has ent. Likewise a gam was obtained Intimated time to time, to in the Spanish school, counting 150. Altogether St.

Mary's parish cares meet increasing needs of the col lege. for 775 school children. ant to Father Novatus. The Spanish St. Mary's high school is located Uiaioin Gasoline U.

S. Highway No. 66 is one of the school has 150 pupils. at 321 Kast Monro street. It con The grammar school is located at heaviest traveled of all transconti tains four up-to-date classrooms and a modern laboratory where Water Users chemistry and physical science are being taught.

While religious education is one feature of the classroom work, St. Mary's has been known ever since its existence for Revenue At the high average in advanced htgn school work. High Figure All classes are under the guidance of Sister Mary Celeste, principal. 342 East Monroe It is an up-to-date two-story building containing besides classrooms also social rooms and an autitorium. According to Father Daniel parochial school work is enjoying at present a very prosperous season, classes growing steadily due to the general growth of Phoenix.

The present St. Mary's school building, it is believed will soon have to be enlarged If the ratio of growth keeps a steady gait. An amateur has started to give Kgypt its only broadcasting programs. Six hundred chauffeurs Panama are organizing to form a tourist agency. nental highways, especially for motor travel through the Southwest and to Southern California.

It is open 12 months of the year and is one of the short cuts from Atlantic seaboard and middle western sections to Arizona and other points in the Southewest, A movement recently has been launched in the five northern counties of the state looking to the pavement of this route clear across Arizona, from its eastern to western boundaries. The five counties have joined forces to bring about the proposed work and while the men behind the program realize that it is still a future undertaking, they are hopeful that their efforts will meet with success within the next two or three years. who is assisted by Sister Mary Pan. ANDHOIvDKRS within the SaJt River Valley Water Users cratia and Sister Mary Cortona. Father Novatus, pastor of the con ansociation project actually receive gregation, Is the head of the en all water needed for the irrigation of their acres without coat.

tire Catholic school system in Phoe Revenues from commercial nix. The high school, as it stands to power pales are more than suf day. Is housed in a modern building ficient to pay all project opera turn Bnd maintenance costs, as so ciatlon officials point out in an nouncing an annual gross income of 11.616.123 from power during 15? opposite fat. Mary's church. It Is the third of the group formed by the inclusion of the church and St.

Mary's grammar school. It contains outside of the four classrooms an autitorium." St. Mary's high school Is affiliated with the Catholic university of America at Washington, D. C. Its the past fiscal year.

Actual operation and mainten ance costs of the project during ihi Mtne period was only teaching staff consists of members of tha Kistera of tha Pntriniia Rlrui 1 Motor Oil including the cost of operating the battery of pumps throughout the valley. That left a net income of $250,000 for the year, or approximately $1 for every acre included within the project limits now being served. Shareholders in the project, however, will pay an assessment who came to Phoenix from Dayton, Ohio, where they received their teachers' certificates. According to Father Daniel, St. Mary's is looking for a very successful year ahead.

With the excellent school facilities and the extensive curriculum the school offers to students, the day will not be far when the present building will have outgrown its dimensions, those in charge maintain. of $1 per acre for the current iHURi (Daman. fiscal year, ending September 80, and next. Funds derived from this assess inent will lie used to repay the government for the original con struction costs of the project. The annual payments to the trovern-merit total about in round flsrures.

The JS assessment entitles each landholder to two acre feet of wa-tar within the fiscal year. Addi tional amounts used during the year must be paid for on a slid Hi inc rost scale provided by the council ami board of governors Big Sum For ro ducts By-P School Voted At Kingman THE march of progress at King-nan had outcropping Saturday. IVcemher 17. when taxpayers of the town voted bonds in the sum of tor a new grade school truuure. This was Just another evidence the progressive spirit of the People of Kingman, for It was only a little more than a year ago that he.mtiful union high school used exclusively in constmction work on ake Pleasant Dam ricture was completed and evened at a cost of about $200,000.

tnder the plans for the new 5e school building, it will house school departments below the grade, from the kind er gar -wa through the primary and fawntar grades. Win for the building were prepared by the architectural tirm of Jfseher and Mahoney at Pboe. and they provide for a struc-wl? "10den wy detail. There oe domestic science, manual gaining and physical education rartments additional to the reg- provisions for classroom study a1 work. Actual work on the building win You'll prefer Union products, too LUMBER Conveniently Located in the Fastest Growing Section of Phoenix SatisfactoryService HAMM AN LUMBER CO.

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