I have 2 photos of students of St. Mary's school in San Antonio, in the early 1900 more like 1907 or so, Can some kind person tell me something about it? The photos have only boys, my father among them, but he did not gave the date. Ida F. Hall Burbank,CA.

Ida: Pages 144 to 145 of the book "San Antonio Uncovered," by Mark Louis RYBCZYK, published by Wordware Publishing, Inc., of Plano, TX, 1992, includes a section titled "La Mansion Hotel - Formerly St. Mary's College." That section reads as follows: "St. Mary's University on the city's northwest side had its modest beginnings in 1852 on the banks of the San Antonio River. Four Marianists Brothers from the Society of Mary came to San Antonio and opened St. Mary's Institute on August 25, 1852, above a livery shop on the southwest corner of Military Plaza. A permanent home, which is now part of La Mansion Hotel, was begun on March 1, 1853. It was once the largest building complex in the city. The school originally was for boys only and did not become completely coed until 1963. The school grew quickly and expanded out to its present site in Woodlawn Hills in 1894, offering instruction in grades five through fourteen. The Woodlawn campus was known as St. Louis College and was located far outside the reaches of the city. Students had to take a bus to the corner of Woodlawn and Cincinnati and walk 'the longest mile in Texas' to reach the school. The downtown facility was known as St. Mary's Academy (a high school for boys, which moved in 1932 to North Main and became Central Catholic High School) and St. Mary's College. The building housed St. Mary's Law School from 1934 to 1966, before they left downtown for the suburban location. The school is the only local college to serve the community for over 115 consecutive years and has educated eight San Antonio mayors. In 1968 the River Hotel Company opened a hotel in the old school just in time to house Hemisfair visitors. It was one of only two major hotels to be built in downtown in the last fifty years. The building retained the style of the old college. If you walk into the courtyard, you can easily identify the old schoolhouse. La Mansion Del Rio has been designated a Texas historic site and has received a San Antonio Conservation Society award. The main dining room in the hotel is named Las Canarias after the original Canary Islanders who founded the city." Sue Tilleman ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 3:00 PM Subject: [TXBEXAR] St. Marys school in the early 1900 > I have 2 photos of students of St. Mary's school in San Antonio, in the > early 1900 more like 1907 or so, Can some kind person tell me something about it? > > The photos have only boys, my father among them, but he did not gave the > date. > > Ida F. Hall > Burbank,CA.