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for 2002 reunion photos! |
| The UA class of 1955
Lunch at John E's on Saturday, Sept. 16 at 11:30. The cost is $15.00. For reservations send a check made out to: Bev Simons and mail it to 28 Miami Lakes Dr., Milford, OH 45150. For further information phone Mary Ann Rand, 893-8001. *Please bring your photos from our reunion in June!*
The UA class of 1956
50th Reunion at Matersons on Sunday, Sept. 24. |
The Ursuline Academy of the Immaculate Conception in Louisville, Ky., opened in 1859. It was founded by three Sisters from the Ursuline Convent in Straubing, Bavaria. Some of the young girls boarded at the school and others were day pupils from the surrounding neighborhood. Miss Anna Kotter was the first graduate to finish grade twelve in 1867.
By 1880 the school took only day pupils, while boarders were enrolled at another Ursuline school, Sacred Heart Academy, outside the city limits. |
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Ursuline Academy
basketball team, 1971-1972 |
As the enrollment increased over the next decades, the curriculum
changed to meet the needs. In the early years of the twentieth century,
commercial classes were added to the liberal arts. Enrollment peaked
in the 1950s, but began to decline in the mid-1960s. Reluctantly the
Ursuline Sisters made the decision to phase out the Academy. The last
class graduated from Ursuline Academy in 1972.
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The Ursuline
Academy Arch, lower left, was part of the original Saint Ursula
Convent and the Ursuline Academy of the Immaculate Conception on East
Chestnut Street in Louisville. It served as the gateway to all who entered
through the Academy's doors. When the Academy closed in 1972, the arch
remained as a symbol of the Ursuline spirit and the numerous girls who
learned the Ursuline values and ideals during their high school years.
In 1996,
Ramelle Patterson of the class of 1942, proposed moving the arch to
the Ursuline Campus. Alumnae raised more than $21,000 and the arch was
moved Sept. 23, 1997. A special ceremony Oct. 19, 1997, welcomed alumnae
to the unveiling of the arch in its new home next to the Ursuline Motherhouse.
How
are you keeping in touch with your friends from Ursuline Academy? Send
us your photos and we'll be happy to post them on the Web site or in
an upcoming issue of the Ursuline Dome.
Ursuline
Sisters of Louisville
Office of Development
3105 Lexington Road
Louisville, KY 40206
Or, click here to send
a digital photo!
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