Evening star., 1951-09-09
I46- Parish Carroll High School
Starts With InterrocioI Class
By Charles Hoffman

By Charles Hoffman
Dedication of the So million
Archbishop Carroll High School
at 4300 Hardwood road NE. today
marks two major steps in Catho-
lie education in the Archdiocese
of Washington.
Among the $50 boys who will
make up the first class will be
II colored youths from the va
rious parishes of the area.
The debt-free school is the first
in the archdiocese constructed
and subsidized in a joint effort
by the many parishes here. Stu
dents have been drawn from the
As parishes in the District and
nearby Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties.
According to the Very Rev.
Msgr. John S. Spence, director of
education for the archdiocese, the
inter-racial makeup of the school,
is not new to parochial schools
here. For the last two years,
nearly all schools. both elemen-
tary and high. have been accept
ing a limited number of colored
students, he said.
The new high school opened
on a halliday schedule last
Thursday as did most of the paro :
chial schools in the archdiocese,
which includes the District and
Montgomery, Prince Georges,
Calvert, Charles and st. Mary's
Counties in Maryland.
A few high schools in Mont
gomery County. where the stu
dents ride the county school
buses, will not open until to-
morrow, when the public schools
get underway. The Is private
high schools in the archdiocese
will open later this month. Each
of the private schools sets its
own opening date.
Mass Starts the Year.
The formal opening of the
Catholic school year in the arch
diocese was observed last Wednes-
day as 1000 teachers attended a
solemn pontifical Mass at st.
Matthews Cathedral, here. The
Most Rev. Patrick A.. O'Boyle,
archbishop Of Washington. was
the celebrant. '.''','Aaa
About 24.500 elementary stu
dents are expected in Catholic
schools in the archdiocese this
year. Another $500 were sched-
uled for enrolment in the private
and parochial high schools to
bring the total to about 10000 stu
dents.
Thus the steady growth that has
marked Catholic school enroll
ments here in the postwar period
continues. Last year the enroll
ment in both elementary and
high schools reached 1882.
At Masses throughout the arch
diocese today. 100000 newspapers
describing the new high school
were to be distributed free. The
32-page tabloid has a historical
sketch of Archbishop John Car
roll, the first bishop and archbish-
op of Baltimore, and the founder
of Georgetown University. Other
articles dealt with Catholic educa-
tion in general.
Dedication Today.
Dedication ceremonies at the
new high school are slated to get
underway at 3 pm. today. The
Most Rev. Amleto G. Cicognani.
apostolic delegate to the United
States, will be the officiating pre-
late and will bless the school.
More than 5000 are expected to
be on hand when the academic
procession gets underway at 3:15
led by the Metropolitan Police
Band. In the U-shaped courtyard
of the school, John Foley, presi-
dent of the Holy Name Society
here. will introduce Archbishop
Patrick A. O'Boyle, who will dedi-
cate TIE building.
District Court Judge Matthew
F. MCGUIRE will speak for the
laity.
The $50 students at the new
high school will form only a core
for the eventual student body.
Each year until 1854, a new grade
will be added. Eventually 1000
boys will be enrolled.
Students were accepted on a
quota basis for the school. Each
of the As participating parishes
was assigned a quota based on the
ratio of the number of applica-
Itions from the parish to the total
number of applications. No en-
trance examination was given
Any Catholic youth in Catholic OF