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from the eighth grade was eligible.
Priority of application was the
leading factor in the selections,
according to Msgr. Spence.
The school, which has taken %
months to complete. is func-
|tionally designed, modern-style
building. Laid out in the form
|of an III" 1t is built Of rein
forced concrete and Of red brick,
trimmed with stone.
Augustinian Order. in Charge.
The fireproof building has %
Iclassrooms. three science labs, o.
general science room. q suite for
commercial classes and a 400-seat
cafeteria, in the center wing. In
la side wing are an auditorium
seating nearly 1000 persons. q
smaller lecture room, a gymnasium
seating 800. administrative Offices,
library and student chapel. 8
In the third wing there are
quarters, dining room, library and
chapel for the Augustinians who
will staff the school.
This year II members of the
Augustinian order and two law
teachers will make up the faculty.
Eventually As teachers will be
assigned.
The Very Rev. Edward v. STAN
ford, widely known educator. has
been named rector of the new
school.
| In addition to the Archbishop
Carroll High School, four new ele-
lmentary schools open in the arch
diocese this year. They include:
Holy Redeemer, at KenSington.
IMd.--Four grades and kindergar-
ten this year, with eight grades
planned for future. The student
demand was so great that seven
rooms are being used this year.
Capacity - 400.
Assumption. at Con gre S S
Heights-Four grades and kinder
garten. Enrolment this year is
about 470.
st. Mary's, at Rockville, Md
Seven grades. with $50 students.
Little Flower. at Great Mills,
st. Mary's County-Eight grades.
with more than 400 students. This
school was to replace the old one,
but the increased population of
the Patuxent River Naval Base
has made it necessary to continue
use of the old structure.
SO Schools in Area.
The opening of the new school
in the archdiocese this fall brings
the total parochial and private
Catholic elementary schools to So,
and high schools to 80.
Since 1948, IL new schools have
been built in the archdiocese at a
total cost of more than S. million.
MSgr. Spence said. Additions to
st. James. Our Lady, Queen Of
Peace and Blessed Sacrament
Schools are being built. The four
classrooms and cafeteria at st.
James are due for completion in
February, 1852. The others are
expected to be ready by next Sep
'tember.
Despite all this construction,
Msgr. Spence said, every one Of
our schools have had to close reg
istrations and turn away appli-
cants."
The tremendous increase in
first-graders will continue until
1856 and then may level of, he
said. But, he added, there may
be another wartime baby crop.
At any rate, the, archdiocesan
school officials have their eyes
on the increasing student popula-
tion and are laying their plans
with this in mind. Already plans
| for several news schools are on
the drafting boards. ss5
AS in the public schools, the
teacher shortage Is a serious prob
lem. Msgr. Spence attributed this
partly to the decrease in religious
vocations during World War II.
He added, however, that the use
of lay teachers in parochial
schools is on the down grade.
What is happening is that
many religious orders will not ac-
cept any new schools until they
have completely replaced all lay
teachers in schools they already
are administering. This year IS
teachers have been added in the
archdiocese and only about eight
or nine of them are lay teachers
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