At present St. Mary's consists of nine classes, representing primary, grammar, commercial, and graduating departments. The instruction is literary, scientific, and commercial; ancient and modern languages, music, typewriting, phonography, and telegraphy are taught. There are 14 brothers and an attendance of 325 pupils.

ST. LOUIS COLLEGE, SAN ANTONIO.

The erection of this institution was prompted by a desire on the part of the Brothers of Mary to offer superior educational facilities to the youth of the South, and, as an outgrowth of old St. Mary's, it has been in successful operation in San Antonio since 1852, but was not projected as St. Louis College till 1893, when the corner stone was laid by the Right Rev. Bishop Neraz, and the school was opened the year following, with Brother John Wolf as its first president. It is situated 1 mile beyond the corporate limits of San Antonio, at the suburban terminus of the West End Electric Street Railway-sufficiently distant from the city for quiet, undisturbed application to study, yet near enough to enjoy all the advantages of the flourishing historic metropolis of the Lone Star State.

The institution, provided with all modern improvements for health and comfort, occupies a commanding position on a plateau 150 feet above the city. The college property contains 75 acres of land, furnishing ample space for outdoor exercise.

The aim of St. Louis College is to impart a Christian education. The curriculum comprises a complete course of collegiate studies, a thorough commercial training, ancient and modern languages, typewriting, shorthand, telegraphy, music, and art in all their departments.

The attendance is from all parts of Texas, Mexico, and the North. The institution has a capacity for 150 pupils, the personnel at present consisting of 22 brothers and 80 boarders and day scholars. It is an incorporated institution, having power to confer all the degrees usually conferred by colleges.

ST. EDWARD'S COLLEGE, AUSTIN.

Like most of the prominent educational institutions of this country and Europe, St. Edward's sprang from an humble beginning, and has attained a phenomenal growth by gradual and natural expansion. It successfully filled a want and has been appreciated accordingly. The aim of the institution from the start was simple and practical, to give students a thorough business and moral training, to form their character, to develop a well-balanced mind in a sound body; in a word, to prepare them for success in life and to make them Christian gentlemen. The college was founded and conducted by members of the congregation of the Holy Cross from the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. A small school, which was placed under the direction of Rev. Daniel J. Spillard, was opened in 1881, at the instance of Mrs. Mary Doyle, owner of the property on which the schoolhouse was built.

In her will Mrs. Doyle bequeathed about 400 acres of land on condition that a college be erected and kept open on that property or on the 100 acres adjoining, and the latter accordingly was purchased as the site for the college at $50 an acre.

The attendance of students gradually increased, and in 1883 and 1884 the buildings were enlarged by the Rev. P. J. Franciscus, who succeeded Rev. Father Spillard in the management of the school. In 1885 a college charter was granted by the legislature empowering St. Edward's College to confer degrees in arts, literature, science, and letters, and in 1886 the Rev. P. J. Hurth, C. S. C. (since Bishop Hurth), who until then had been vice-president and director of studies, succeeded Rev. Father Franciscus as president, with Rev. John B. Scheier, C. S. C., as vice-president and prefect of discipline, and the Rev. William Ollmert, C. S. C., as director of studies.

During the first year of Rev. Father Hurth's management the attendance was nearly doubled, and in 1886-87 the building was so crowded in every department that the need of increased space and accommodations was urgently felt. A larger and more commodious college building was deemed a necessity, and in September, 1888, the corner stone of the present splendid main building of the college was laid with impressive ceremonies. Among those in attendance were Governor Ross and family, State Treasurer Francis E. Lubbock, the Hon. John M. Moore, secretary of State, and many other civil functionaries and distinguished visitors. The Hon. John M. Moore delivered the oration of the day. In October, 1889, the building was complete and ready for occupancy, and the dedicatory ceremonies took place on the 10th of October, that year, with addresses by Rev. President Hurth, Ex-Governor Lubbock, and Mr. Clarence H. Miller, of the Austin bar.

The new building is of white limestone, broken ashler, four stories high, with slated roof. The style is modern Gothic. Two wings, at right angles with the center building, and a projecting central tower for the main stairway, give the general outline of the letter E. The central building, 180 feet long by 66 feet wide, with the wings 85 by 50, give a total frontage of 280 feet and a depth of 84 feet, and, as lately completed, cost $85,000.

Other improvements have been gradually introduced as circumstances permitted. Notwithstanding the financial stringency during the past years, an artesian well has been bored (2,053 feet in depth); a gymnasium hall, 100 by 40 feet, and two stories high, has been erected; complete sets of physical and chemical apparatus have been put in; two reading rooms have been set apart and furnished for the use of the students; the entire main building has been heated by steam, supplied with water from the artesian well, and furnished throughout