Evening star., 1940-09-15
Catholic Schools
Reopen, With 1900
Students Enrolled
PorochioI Institutions
Of D. G. Area Offer
Brood Programs
By JERRY OLEARY, Jr.


Almost all of Washington's 10000
Catholic and parochial high school
students have returned to their class
rooms for the fall term, full two
weeks ahead of the city's public
high schools.
More than 10000 students re-
turned last Monday to parochial
grammar schools here and in Prince
Georges, Montgomery, Arlington and
Fairfax Counties.
The application of military science
and tactics in anticipation of the
national defense needs of the Ma
ton, will be emphasized at St. Johns
College this year by the new drill
master of the military school, Staff
Sergt. Thomas H. Mcdonald.
St. Johns last year adopted the
new Stream-lined drill identical to
that used by the United States
Army. This year cadet officers will
be instructed in more detail in the
science of military tactics. Many
students at ST. Johns are members
of the c. M. T. c. and have be-
come r. o. T. c. officers after gradu-
alton.
Glasses resume tomorrow. Reg
istratlon was completed last week.
Start 18th Year.
Gonzaga College High School, en-
tering its 10th year, offers the STU
dent a combined claSsical-scientltic
To
brating this year the 400th ami
versary of their founding in Spain
by st. Ignatius Loyola, conduct the
school, along with Georgetown Uni
versity and Georgetown Prep. The
Gonzaga student is given a half
scholarship to Georgetown on grad
uation.
The Jesuit school is the only
Catholic high school in Washington
Offering Greek.
Gonzaga is a member of the Asso-
citation of Colleges and Secondary
Schools for the Middle Atlantic
States and Maryland. of the Jesuit
Education Association and of the
National Catholic Education Asso-
citation.
The Rev. Francis E. Garner, S. j.,
Is headmaster; the Rev. Henri
Wiesel is president. Glasses started
Monday.
st. Paul's High School is one of
the two Catholic high schools in
Washington which teaches both boy
and girl students. There is room
for only 165 pupils in the building,
and the school refuses to register
any more.
The school is proud of its 20-piece
band which was organized last year.
both boys and girls are permitted
to join. Hendrick Essers, who
teaches at Friends School and some
of the public highs, instructs men,
bers twice week.
A new, up-to-date chemistry
laboratory is being installed to aug
ment instruction in chemistry which
was initiated last year as an elective
course. Glasses began Wednesday.
Laboratory Installed.
st. Anthony's High School, the
other Catholic school maintaining
mixed classes, announced the addi-
tion Of new biology laboratory, in
stalled this summer, at cost of
nearly $1,000.
The school. which opened Monday,
Is affiliated with Catholic University.
1t has only academic courses, no
commercial studies.
Sacred Heart Academy has an
nounced that the students will edit
and print a school paper this year,
Its 36th. Glasses began Tuesday.
Georgetown Visitation High School,
which will hold registration Tues
day, gives no specialized training
to the student. 1t has been a policy
of the convent to list only general
work on its curriculum, believing
that specialized work should be
given only in Junior colleges and
colleges after girls have completed
four years of high school work.
A library estimated to contain
approximately 10000 volumes is
available to students at the school.
There are accommodations at the
14l-year-old institution for 40
boarding students. About 125 stu
dents can be taught by the nuns of
the Visitation Order, who conduct
the school in conjunction with
Junior college where specialized
work is given after graduation from
the high school.
PreSchOOl Resumed.
Holy Cross Academy opens its
classrooms tomorrow morning. The
academy has a library. to which
1000 books have been added in the
past year.
An experimental preschool for
children from the ages of to 6,
inaugurated last year with about Is
pupils, will continue this term. No
more than IS pupils will be regis
tered in this category by the Sisters
of the Holy Cross.
The small children are taught the
elements of social life-polite con-
duct at meals and general contact
with others. They are given in
struction in music and speech.
Organized play and how to follow
directions are also emphasized.
Immaculate Conception Academy,
an affiliate of Catholic University,
opened its 18th year Monday.