The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-19
CATHOLICS REPORT
EIGHT NEW SCHOOLS
superintendent Present An
nual Statement for the
Archdiocese. Y

The Rev. Joseph F, Smith and the
Rev. Michael ]. Larkin, superint endents
OF Catholic schools in the archdiocese
Of New York. have submitted their
tenth annual report OF the condition OF
the paroch!al schools to Cardinal Farley
and to the members OF the New York
Catholic School Board. OF which the
Right Few. Mgr. Joseph F. Mooney is
the president.
The supervision of Fathers Srrith and
Larkin extends over the schools in Man.
haitian. The Bronx. Borough OF Rich
mond and Yonkers. Indirectly they ex-
ercise supervision over the schools in the
other counties OF the archdiocese which
are inspected and examined by the
school hoard Of the four deaner!es. The
latter exercises direct supervision over
Westchester county Except Yonkers).
Orange. Rockland. Ulster. Sullivan, Put
nam and Duchess counties.
The report shows that in the arch
diocese there are 17S elementary schools
with a total registration OF s0,1e5 pupils.
The average attendance is 1858. In
Manhattan, The Bronx. Richmond and
Yonkers there are 119 schools. the num-
her having more than doubled In the last
fifteen years. The registration Ia 1924.
In Manhattan. The Bronx and Richmond
there are Ill schools. 20 Of them In
Manhattan, 81 In The Bronx and 8 in
Richmond. The registration in these
three boroughs Is 1890.
Yearly Cost Is sI.13s.s7o.
The total value of land and buildings
used for school purposes IN the arch
diocese, is $lS,b14,S00. The value Of the
A,,tl L. A..
s11325.500. In The Bronx $2.5s4.000. in
Richmond s228,0oo and In Yonkers
$4,000. To maintain the schools In
the archdiocese for one year II cost
$1.13s,970; In Manhattan, The Bronx
and Richmond 1t cost ss42.2Ss.
During the year the following eight
new schools were opened In the arch
diocese: st. Demands. West Thirteenth
street; st. Thomas the Apostles, st.
Nicholas avenue; st. Benedict's. Manhat-
tan: Our Lady of Solace. The Bronx;
Our Lady of Mercy. The Bronx; st.
Mary's, Port Jervis; st. Mary's. Pough-
keepsie, and st. Peters, New Brighton,
Staten Island. All are we'll equipped
and fine specimens OF school architec-
ture.
The schools OF the archdiocese have
been classified according to the number
Of children enrolled. Mention is made
of Sacred Heart School. OF which the
Right Rev. Mgr. Joseph F. Mooney. pres
ident OF the school board. is the founder
and pastor. II Is the largest school In
the Eastern States, there being only one
larger school in the entire country.
There are two schools in the archdio-
cese with enrollments of 5000 each,
four with 1900. twenty with 1000. six
teen with $50. twenty-three with 500.
thirty-two with $50 and twenty with
100.
Teachers From Com m n mites.
The report shows that large part OF
the teaching 10 entrusted 10 communities
Of men and communities OF women. The
Brothers of the Christian Schools, whose
mother house Is in this city, have IFS
teachers in thirty-six schools: the Chris
tian Brothers. Dublin. Ireland, twenty.
three teachers In four schools: the Marist
Brothers. Poughkeepsie, nineteen teach
ers In four schools: the Brothers OF
Mary. Dayton. Ohio. four teachers In
one school,
There are twenty-four communities OF
women represented among the teachers.
The largest representation belongs to the
Sisters OF Mercy. Mount ST. Vincent
Their community has $40 teachers In
seventy-four schools. The next largest
10 the School Sisters Of Notre Dame,
Baltimore, Md, with ninety-one teach
ers in six schools. The Sisters OF st
Dominic, the third largest. whose mother
house IL at Blauvelt, N. ". have sixty
nine teachers In ten schools, Altogether
there are 1.1s3 sisters teaching in l60
schools in the archdiocese. while 16l men
teach in forty-fve schools.