St Rita of Cascia High School - Cascian Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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we .SZCOIQJ ibeca Q 1915 to 1925 ln l922 the pressure ot t.2CITCCl1lCIl duties necessitdted PUIIIQY Greens rettreznent trozn scholdstic work. St. Ritd High School hdd become estdblishecl in Chicdqo CIS one of the leddinq seconddry schools, When PCIlli9T Green relinquished the rectorship, he lett hehind C1 well estdblished institution ot ledrninq. Reverend W'1llir1111 L. Eqdn, Secretory to Fdther Green succeeded cis rector ot the school. l11 the course ot his ddrninistrdtion, the cdnipus begun to ctssunie soiiiethinq ot its present torrn. During Fdther Eqdns incurnbency much Wds dccornplished to nidke St. Ritd HS. grow in qlory. ln Athletics the school becdrne the bdsebdll Cdtholic l-l.S. Ledque Chdrnpions in the yedr of l922 dnd l923. ln September ot the lcrtter ye-dr, Hdrris qyinnds iun1 wds opened dnd declicdted due to the qredt ertorts of the Rev. lohn l. lldrris, the otthletic director. l11 the tollowinq yedr the school tied tor first pldce in the i924 Cdtholic l-l.S. TOUTHCI' rnent. ln September ot thot some ye-dr, the CCISClCiI1, then d OPPOSITE PAGE 1 1 1 1 11 1 ,11, 11 fox -111 1 bifrnonthly DLllDliCCIliON, hdd its stctrt. its purpose wds to foster lltmli It ' ll lf' ffl? lil ITM U, 53.51 1 1 1 fi lt 1 S I If 1 . , f ' K1 ' ' l' 1 literdry ettorts dinonq the students, to give C1 record ot school 151.1 115 mg mms 1 TMA PJ, H H 5 dctivities, dnd to serve ds ri inediuzn ot cornrnunicdtion with F11-tiiqy 111- 11. 11 Grd 1HL1fI.9flCll5 torrner students. Y Cifxize 111,i iff Arts 'if ft I T 1 . 1:1 :rx 'S II :111 1 211. if :si i :1,,l A hies. 'F ,, ct :ir :ny : is 1,1 tf :::: 111 :Nici 'T Citi: J leuque' '.x'r.Gz1 Q' H111 is onnigl 'f- rmzp-Q1 ioctl :Q tf xii., rr: ll 1:11 o the Q' Wa- ' 1 tc! nigs the sgxnis 1 1 :ni F Nl.,-r NYS-E8 if , .ls . 111 lfritqirs PN rg 2 inunnnn- gli- F P1111 F Vw? hr!! M f' . ' . Wig' if QW- FRU fd? Aw: 1 .1o.,. 5.1 . 1 C11 t, ,-'irxtiy t'.'::1s is 1.1.1. 1:1 1.15 gret l I1 I 1 Q22-J M f 1 1 J Q.: 4 1

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OPPOSITE PAGE ABOVE Myl 1-low tntiei- flies . . . Cfrorn the tcp left to riqht and downl. 1Top left to right und downl Ftirly press relecises on the founding of St, Rita Hiqh School-H This was our hurnlvle tueqinnirig. The strurture drive wary to The first luildinq on the Clrrnruusy the oriqinul chdrter' culled progress, CSt. Ritu 1-1. S. stcirrts dt Corner of 63rd -ind Otilcleyj lor .1 uollegtf . . . the svhool bond, edrly edition--pioneers .ind S.W. Side of Chioooop the Alunini begins to fungtion erirlyq Fdther pillizs-V-Futfier Btnthouski 1909-167 Father Ford 1907-255 Father lurnes F. Green-1906-22 founder and first Revtory . . . pruirie Equn 1906-26. rnud dnd cdhlsdqe pdtsh -'xt 61st und Western firrwx 1915 . . . H J St. Sr,f.1,..'.-.rfst Corrtriiunity sinr'e 1905. lt was in thtrt yexrr thot Ffitlior lrrries Frrrnuis Green, u priest of exseption :1 trilffnt 'J'l11li'1'1 xetiily in' 411' :ta irwgre 'ground Aucu its f CL we jirdf 1905 to 1915 Hitt: High School, ottvurfyirifg rl full squure block :it 03rd .ind Odlcley Avenue h1:s Q been 1 ltind fiirrlc of distinftirgn in tlrfl . , . -iii sterling exefufive f iiggrr:ity, wus rirvyointed to estulglish un Auqustiniiin Priests' Corrxnunity in Cluvrrgo. The purpose of his lntnient was to erertt nr convent for the nrefnbers of the order, d tfhcpel, und, beciistse the friurs fl feirhinfg order 1 volleqe. After or college und hiqh school charter was grunted to Sdint Rita by the Stute 1.eqisluture of illinois on luly 13, 1905 was rgrolcen in Septerrlaer, ond the cornerstone wos laid lgy Father Green on October 26, Six rnonths later the first of the stinions present group of buildings wis dedicdted by Bishop 1, 13. Muldoon on April 22 19 st students in the full of that year. 06. The new Slint Ritgr gollege received The initidl structure given the ndnie of Green F1311 onj gonsisted of two rndin floors, the first of which '.'l'lS devoted en' tirely to the Szint Ritz 1-liqh School Chapel, which served fer rncrny yedrs as the ptrrish churth. This chizrzel is the Ndtgenil Shrine of Sgtnt Ritz oi Cosa: ond is the scene of rellqious eLservon:es of great solernnity during the dnnuo. noveni to the 'Saint oi the lzn ricssirzlef' The second iloor '.-rss given over to olcssreerns and for many years was also to provide the priests with living quarters, This tiuiidxno wis f'-onstruited on the most modern lines of thot tirne wi the most coreful views of liohfxng, heltinq und spinitotxcn for the gene: 11 ueriifort of the student Lody. The Auoustznidn Fithers sgxzred ne expense in equxrinq the golleqe so th rf Snrint Fit: VJL'.Ll',1 prov ill th :t wris desired of it. Cgzrrrrrernirzl S 1E?I1111l' 'ind '. 1SS1L'Ii 'raurses were qiveri r ordinr5 To thc eieftion the sfuilefiits. On Offlrw-r 19 1900 if flrrrt' Tiittfs College 12111, i Horicert given 1,y serne of thf- stuients ol r-xcerftioriil rriuslf 11 '11 ility. 'ffith the-it 4-xrferr riff- tr f1Lif.5.istir1ic1r1s were czule to est':1,1ish 'i school thot would offer the students '1 rriost rrzodern :nd ddvrnced frdxlfrutiori. The first fiorrizriencertient exeroises were held in 1908 wlieri only one student lohn lcseph Corprtinqer :gr rciuiited. ln 1911 the riurrther of students hod IYITYG-f.ISGCi to 144, Becxzuse of the greot need for 1: Cqthciii' liiqh Sfhool on Chiyxqos Southwest side, St. :iitr received vigorous suprcrt from the Cqtholitts of the ssniinunity. Sonie of the first rriesfs to te 1:11 it S :int Ritz were Rr,-'.ff-L ,ids 1. F. Gzferi XY. Eqrin C. F. Ofxloil .zrrd C. 1. Ford. 1 I

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