i8 attractively located In fita Back Bl\.y Fens and Is one of a handsome educational Institu­ tlons in that sl!l:tion. Tile new Academy bullc'llng Is completion.

The fine new building of the Academy I ot Notre Dame, now being erected In the Back Bay Fens on a tract of ll\.nd containing nearly 350,000 I!lluare teet, bounded by the Rlverway, Avenue Louis Pasteur and Brookline avenue, lSI rapidly nearing completion. The structure lies about :f00 feet back I from the line of the R1verway, . and I midway between the two avenues. The. building Is four stories high. The building Is divided In two por­ tions, that toward Brookline avenue belll'g devoted to toe ' academY and the remaining half to the convent. 'In plan the building resembles the capital let­ ter E, and parallel with the Rlverway is t he corridor, 260 feet long. The vis­ ta, however, is qualified by certain points of shut-ot!, out of regard to the clolsteral principle. Individual access is provldetl to each portion. ' On the academy side of the build1ng there Is I\. splendid gymnasium with an apartment for the TabarnlJ.cle Sew­ ing Society to the rear. In tile central wing Is a lunch room with serving and accessories. On the convent stde are the sisters' refectory, the laundry, kitchen, scullery and bakery and room for refrigeration. ' One of the features of the academy is the music hall on the third floor. It Is provided with 2. Independent apart­ ments for Individual practice, while the rest of the academy side ot this floor Is d-evoted to class rooms and studies­ tile convent, wing bfting occupied With anq mitior apartments. The ill of fireproof construction. It Is not eXl,lected that tlte bUildinl\'8 II be actuan),; ocOUJJlet'l by ~e st(l­ til the end of the winter.