The student body and faculty of Sacred Heart Academy in 1893. When the Benedictine Sisters came to Duluth to establish and independent foundation in 1892, they moved into two rented townhouses in the newly-completed Munger Terrace. They immediately established a school for girls, Sacred Heart Academy, which occupied one of the townhouses. The school enrolled students from elementary through secondary grades. The 1893 students are shown here. In the third row from bottom is Mother Scholastica Kerst, in the fourth row Sister Pauline Dunphy and Sister Florentine Cannon, and in the fifth row Sister Leonissa Sauber.
A 1906 photo of Sacred Heart Institute. In 1904, the Duluth Benedictine sisters moved into their first motherhouse, Sacred Heart Institute, constructed on a two-lot site at Third Avenue East and Third Street. This building housed both the sisters and the girls' academy of the same name. In 1909, the Academy and many of the sisters moved to the new Kenwood site, and the building eventually became the residence for St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing.
1912 elementary school dormitory, Villa Sancta Scholastica. Elementary school boarding students at Villa Sancta Scholastica slept in 12-bed dormitories. Each cubicle held a bed with privacy curtains, and a dresser-washstand. Closets were communal. The girls were supervised by a sister "prefect" in an adjacent private room.
The student nurses' orchestra performs for an appreciative crowd in the lobby of St. Mary's Hospital in 1928. Left to right, Helen Sparling, Cecile Cousineau, Arlene Peterman, Eloise LaLiberte, Lillian Eno, Clair Smith, Lucille McMahon, Adeline Belanger, Esther Flynn
Students from The College of St. Scholastica are shown caroling outside of Tower Hall. Pictured left to right are Marj Sullivan, G. Schafer, S. Davidson, Mary Kay Manning, and Denise Quello.
Students from The College of St. Scholastica are shown participating in a Christmas pageant in Rockhurst Auditorium. Some of the students identified are Jean O'Malley, Jean Huong, Pat McMeeken, Pat Duffy, and Maria Gross.
Nursing students from The College of St. Scholastica are shown planning the 1956 Rheumatic Fever Charity Ball. It was held on February 3, 1956 at the Spalding Hotel Ballroom in Duluth, MN with music by The Vagabonds.
Students from The College of St. Scholastica are shown participating in the decorating the Maypole ceremony; this tradition is also sometimes called "the weaving of the standards". Colorfully-dressed junior students are given ribbons or "standards" by the senior students dressed in their graduation gowns; this act symbolically illustrates the passing of the torch.
Students from The College of St. Scholastica students are shown celebrating the Marian Mass at the Gethsemane Chapel. Also pictured are a priest and two altar boys inside the chapel and the students wearing graduation caps and gowns outdoors.
Students from The College of St. Scholastica are shown participating in the decorating the Maypole ceremony; this tradition is also sometimes called "the weaving of the standards".
Exterior view of The College of St. Scholastica's Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel, which was built in 1938. This photograph was taken from the southeast corner of the building.
Students from The College of St. Scholastica students are shown playing piano, reading, and writing in the Tower Hall Alpha Chi Lounge. This lounge was for day students who lived in Duluth and traveled daily to the college to attend classes.
Nursing students from The College of St. Scholastica are shown posing for their graduation picture on a stage. Three students are identified as Jane Eastman, Katherine Erickson, and Alida Bocchi.
The class of 1946 nursing students from The College of St. Scholastica are shown posing in front of St. Mary's School of Nursing building. Pictured left to right are Anna Rose Faith, Virginia Bugle, Ruth Yadloshy, Henrietta Thousn Niemi, Dorthy Cline, Shirley Shea, Helen Maki, Lavern Halamik, Eileen Hoffbauss, Mary Pricco, Joan Franzen, Maureen Kaysen, Marge Larson, and Helen Tarnowski.
Students from The College of St. Scholastica are shown working in the household arts laboratory in the ground flloor of Tower Hall. Three of the students are sewing, one is standing for a dress fitting, and one is taking the fitting.
Students from The College of St. Scholastica are shown at the post office. Pictured left to right are Jean Shea, Doris Gleason behind window, and Mary Kelly.