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JULY 31, 1954
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Racial Integration
For More Virginia
Parochial Schools
(N. C. W. C. News Service)
RICHMOND.—The racial inte
gration program of the Diocese of
Richmond has been extended to
Catholic schools in the city of
Roanoke and the populous Arling-
ton-Falls Church-Fairfax County
area in northern Virginia.
According to Msgr. J. Louis
Flaherty, diocesan superintendent
of schools, Negro children have al
ready been registered in the two
parochial schools in Roanoke and
in Roanoke Catholic High schools.
Monsignor Flaherty also said that
pastors of seven parish elementary
schools in the Viarginia suburbs
of Washington, D. C., agreed at a
recent meeting to enroll two or
more Catholic youngsters in each
of their schools. The pastors agreed
should be made to make Catholic
education available for Negro chil
dren, the superintendent said, de
spite the fact that the schools are
already overcrowded.
The eighth parochial school in
the three-community area, St.
James’ in Falls Church, closed its
registration books in June with
more than 1,700 children enrolled
for the eight grades. One of the
parish assistants, Father John W.
Rhea, said however, that his pas
tor, Father Paul V. Heller, would
be pleased to add the names of
Catholic Colored pupils to the
waiting list—now made up entire-
iy of the names of children in the
parish. The St. James’ School is
one of the largest parochial ele
mentary schools in the country.
There is no Catholic school for
Negroes in either Roanake or the
Arlington - Falls Church - Fairfax
area.
According to Bonsignor Flaherty,
Negro youngsters will be fitted in
according to space availability, and
would be expecteed to pay the nor
mal tuition rates.
The new integration program
marks the broadening of a policy
announced by Bishop Peter L.
Ireton last Spring. The Bishop
had said several weeks prior to
the Supreme Court ruling outlaw
ing race segregation in the schools
that as of this September, Negro
children would be enrolled in the
Catholic high schools in Rich
mond.
Greetings
from
ERNEST
VANDIVER
BASILIAN FATHERS
ELECT SUPERIOR
TORONTO. (NO—Father G. B.
Flahill, C.S.B.,- was elected super
ior general of the Basilian Fathers
at a general chapter at St. Basil’s
Seminary here. He succeeds Fath
er E. J. McCorkell, C.S.B., who held
the post for the last 12 years. Fath
er Flahill has been serving as pro
fessor of medieval history at the
Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval
Studies here. The chapter voted
approval to the proposal of a union
with the Basilian Fathers of An-
nonay, France.
The Basilian Fathers were found
ed at Annonay, France, in 1882 and
are devoted to educational and par
ish work. The North American
branch of the community separated
from the French branch in 1922.
Their mother house is located here
in Toronto and they number more
than 300 priests, some 180 profess
ed clerics and more than 100 semi
narians. In Canada, they work in
the Archdioceses of Toronto and
Vancouver and the Diocese of Cal-1
gary, Hamilton, London, Saskatoon I
and Sault Ste. Marie, and in the
United States they are found it
the Archdiocese of Detroit and the
Diocese of Galveston and Rochas-
ter.
Mrs. Margaret Forehand
Funeral in Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Margaret Maher
forehand, were held July 8th at the
Church of the Most Blessed Sacra
ment, Rev. Thomas Brennan offici
ated.
Survivors are a son Harold J.
Counihan, Sr., a sister, Mrs. Steve
E. Grady; a grandson, three grand
children and several nieces and
nephews,
Mrs. Roy E. Smith
Dies in Atlanta
ATLANTA, Ga. — Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Roy E. Smith were
held July 15th at the Immaculate
Conception Church. Father Don
ald R. Kiernan officiated.
Survivors are her husband;
daughter, Mrs. S. C. Quarles; sons,
Mr. W. J. Smith, Mr. Robert C.
Smith; sister, Mrs. Mary Miles,
Chattanooga, Tenn.; five grandchil
dren.
School Enrollment
Of Four Million
For Fall Term
By BOB CREAN
(Staff Writer v
N.C.W.C. News Service)
WASHINGTON. — The Catholic
school boom is outstripping predic
tions.
Enrollments in Catholic educa
tional institutions will pass the 4-
million mark this fall, statistics
now indicate. Catholic elementary
and secondary schools alone will
account for almost 3,800,000 of that
figure. At that rate, enrollments
will surpass most predictions.
The new estimates are based on
the first complete report on Catho
lic education for the 1951-52 school
year released here by the Depart
ment of Education, National Catho
lic Welfare Conference. The report
provides the most comprehensive
Catholic education study to date
based on figures submitted by
schools throughout the country.
It showed a two-year enrollment
increase of 10.5 per cent in elemen
tary and secondary schools.
Elementary school enrollments
alone bounded ahead by 11 per
cent in two years and showed a
41.1 per cent increase over a ten-
year period.
That biennial increase has gone
even higher since 1952, educators
now estimate. Therefore, despite
drops in college enrollments, total
•enrollment figures for Catholic
educational institutions on all
levels sems certain to push beyond
a record 4-million high come Sep
tember.
The continued surge of enroll
ment that is straining the Catholic
school system was reflected in the
N.C.W.C. figures which reported
14.1 per cent of all elementary
school pupils in the first grade
while the eighth grade accounted
for only 9.2 per cent of the total.
The report revealed a 11.7 per
cent decrease in Catholic college
and university enrollments in the
year 1951-52 a result of the level
ing off of the “GI Bill” post-war
college boom. But even with that
drop, Catholic colleges and univer
sities held their own as compared
with all similar institutions in the
U. S. Figures released by the U.
S. Department of Health, Educa
tion and Welfare showed that all
U. S. colleges and universities suf
fered a 14.6 per cent enrolment
drop in 1951-52.
The Catholic report also showed
that three new Catholie colleges
were established during the two
year period and that Catholic col
leges increased by 20 institutions
in a ten year period.
The report also showed that
while enrollments in all Catholic
educational institutions—including
elementary, secondary, college,
seminary, normal schools, etc.—in
creased by 8.6 per cent, the num
ber of teachers increased only 6.3
per cent.
The Summary of Catholic Edu
cation, based on N.C.W.C. figures,
is released biennially. With it the
Education Department has also
published its 1954 edition of the
Directory of Catholic Colleges and
Schools which lists and describes
the institutions that make up the
Catholic educational system in the
U. S.
The Department’s 1 (751-52 report
offered a total of 3,684,447 stu
dents in Catholic educational in
stitutions. The report showed 28,-
916 in seminaries; 258,583 in col
leges and universities; 6,145 In
teachers colleges and normal
schools; 548,566 in high schools;
and 2,842,235 in elementary
schools.
The report showed that the na
tion’s 11,590 Catholic educational
institutions are staffed by 123,386
teachers. Religious account for
101,216 of the instructors.
In the colleges and universities,
lay teachers comprised 59.7 per
cent of the total; in the elemen
tary schools religious teachers
comprised 91.2 per cent.
Also revealed in the report:
—Major seminaries increased by
19 in a two year period. As of 1952,
118 major seminaries were pre
paring 11,114 men for the Catho
lic priesthood. Enrollment increas
ed by 17.9 per cent in two years.
—Minor Seminaries numbered
172, an increase of 12 in a two
year period. Enrollments totalled
17,802 students in 1952, a 5.4 per
cent increase over 1950. But in
ten years, minor seminary enroll
ments have increased by 73.6 per
cent.
—Colleges and Universities en
rolled 258,583 in 1952—a decrease
of 34,298 students in two years.
—Diocesan teachers colleges and
normal training schools increased
by 634 students in a two year
period for a 1952 total of 6,779.
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