Franciscan herald (1913 - 1940) . schools his-tory, forty stoves were required forheating the building and about thesame number of lamps were neededfor light; while the question of sup-plying the various departmentswith water was another source ofanxiety. Sister Catherine who succeeded 364 FRANCISCAN HERALD Sister Cunegunda as superior ofthe mission, had the responsibilityof overseeing the school underthese conditions. When the ques-tion of elbow room was no longera pressing one, she planned and se-cured one by one those convenien-ces which to-day are termed ne-cessities; viz., water works, ah
Franciscan herald (1913 - 1940) . schools his-tory, forty stoves were required forheating the building and about thesame number of lamps were neededfor light; while the question of sup-plying the various departmentswith water was another source ofanxiety. Sister Catherine who succeeded 364 FRANCISCAN HERALD Sister Cunegunda as superior ofthe mission, had the responsibilityof overseeing the school underthese conditions. When the ques-tion of elbow room was no longera pressing one, she planned and se-cured one by one those convenien-ces which to-day are termed ne-cessities; viz., water works, aheating system, and a light installed, a large and com- ing which at first rested on cedar-posts, the church walls weremarred by numerous cracks. Thentoo, at first, it was heated by stoveswhich were not only unsatisfactoryas far as heat was concerned butthey also disfigured the walls bysmoke. Fr. Optatus, , our pas-tor, who but recently has beentransferred to Quincy, 111., succeed-ed not only in having the church. Interior of St. Marys Parish Church, Odanah, Wisconsin pletely up-to-date barn and a good-sized laundry erected, her laborsseemed light and short in the joyshe experienced at the growth ofthe school, to which she had givennineteen years of efficient and loyalservice. In regard to a solid foundation,St. Marys Church has fared betterthan St. Marys School, Owing tothe rising and falling of the build- placed on a cement foundation andin installing a heating system, but,by the beauty of its decorations, hehas made St. Marys a veritablelittle gem. From its lofty steeplesthree chiming bells ring out thecall for divine service, and city peo-ple might justly be proud of sucha church; but, on an Indian Reser-vation, it stands a forcible rebuketo paganism, the eulogium of the FRAN CISC/IN HERALD 365 Chippewas, who glory in the accom- in the words of the Psalmist, loveplishment of an object that for the beauty of Gods house and theyears seemed impossible, and who
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