History of founding
title:
History of founding
publisher:
Women and Leadership Archives http://www.luc.edu/wla
creator:
The New World
date:
1927
description:
An article about Immacualta High School. December 16, 1927.
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11 x 12"
subject:
women's education high schools articles
relation:
Immaculata High School
description:
Newspaper Clippings, 1926-1985
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articles text English
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Chicago, Illinois Immaculata High School
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tte.c. \u , | ^7 The New World The Immaculata High School \s HEN HIS EMINENCE, George Cardinal s™ Mundelein, shortly after his appoint ,i V \i ment to the Archdiocese of Chicago, 7 7 had the o-gaiu.-uion of the Catholic Charities well under way, he turned his hose days has since become a reality, and today Catholic Chicago stands before the world as a eader in its well-organized system of secondary schools. With prophetic vision our Cardinal saw the need of a system or chain of central high "Missa Choralis" by the entire student body at the Solemn High Mass celebrated by the late Cardinal O'Donnell in The Immaculata auditorium was an achievement which, from a musical and artistic standpoint, called forth the highest praise from musical critics. The singing of High Mass by the entire student body has now become sympathy with the Chu, of 1 Mary, had already a of a a few s. eadines: , house twelv, On th. Sisters and over two hundred students, day, Septembt The Imm •gical » of < gregationai [ schools to provide for the moral, physical and intellectual, training For the boys, provision had already been made universities. So his first plans were for the organization of a number of central high schools for the girls of the city. St. Mary's High School on the West Side, a pioneer in this field, conducted by the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed from the beginning fully equipped depart: of music, art and expression, which have, next to the religious organizations, added much to the cultural atmosphere of the school. A feature of which the school is especially proud is its splendid assembly singing under the direction of Professor Otto A. Singenberger. The rendition of Refice's posters which help so much to promote an inten- cially the athletics, supervised by Miss Constance Wipper, forms an important part of the school curriculum. The tournament to be held in the spring promises to make "Field Day" an outstanding event in the year's sports. In the De- of Domestic Art and Home Economics led His :abl,shing a central high school for girls on the North Side to the same congregation of Sisters. In the spring of 1921 the old Greenlee property on Irving Park boulevard at the Lake was offered for sale. Mother Mary Isabella, Superior-General of the Sisters of Charity of the Blesseed Virgin Mary, unmistakably guided by Divine Providence in her selection, saw the desirability of this ideal location for the central high school, and on the Feast of St. Anthony, 1921, purchased the property which now has a frontage of four hundred feet on the beautiful new extension of the Lake Shore drive. The Sisters then took possession of the residence, and in a short time this building, 5 formerly the home of a small family the studer.. becoming efficient n ample the artisti cessful hoi nto another building adjoining the t hundred a enrolled, and before the end of the year the register contained two hundred and sixty names. Plans for the new high school building were immediately drawn up by Mr. Barry Byrne, an architect of national renown, and early in November ground was broken for the new building. Before the end of December the driving of three hundred and ninety-eight concrete piles for the foundation of this immense structure was com- . pleted. With the opening of the New Year the construction of the building progressed rapidly, and on September II, 1922, the Immaculata opened its doors to students of first, second, third and fourth years of high school, with an enrollment of over seven hundred. Since that time, educators from all over the country, and even from abroad, have visited the school and have pronounced it one of the finest they have seen, and have carried away with them ideas to be Used ip__their own building projects. In the first year of its existence, The Immaculata was incorporated as a chartered institution, and before the departure of the first graduating class in June, 1923, the school had been accredited by the Chicago Teachers' College, and by the State University of Illinois. Since the first graduation of seventy-three girls, the number has constantlv increased, until The Immaculata closed its sixth year in June, 1927, with an enrollment of 958 students, a faculty of forty-five Sisters, and two lay teachers,—"Mrs. Bonnie O'Connor Murphy, ^director of physical education, and Professor Otto A. Singenberger, director of the choral work. ; had In the early days at The Imma, by the Reverend John T. Mortell, of the League of the Sacred Hear r this Year ig the students, and such features as "The Holy Week Activities Campaign," the "Mission Drives," "The Week End in Honor of Christ, the King," etc., have become established customs. By means of posters, bulletin boards, talks in the class rooms by the student officers, and lectures to the Assembly by prominet clergy and noted Catholic laymen, the religious spirit is being fostered. Worthy of note is the fact that the architect, in planning the building, designed it so as to combine the requirements of modern utility with the inspirational characteristics of medieval architecture. The pila/ters and the long Gothic-like windows give the effect of tending heavenward, thus emphasizing the fact that while the Catholic high school should train its pupils for worthy citizenship by impressing upon them the value of a cultivated mind in a refining, religious atmosphere, yet the main objective is to lead souls on to higher things, even to the very throne of God.
identifier:
190