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WASHINGTON (NC)-:President' Eisenhower's Com mittee on Education Beyond the High School has recom mended th.at the Federal government match funds with private and public colleges and universities to build class rooms. ' The 35-member commit- Legion of Mary tee, in what probably will qe ,'To Visit Famed -~'its final report, suggested hr.onett!
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also that those paying for edu ~ cation' of a 'student beyond 'the The Legion of Mary of the high' school level be permitted to make deductions on their Fed Fall River Diocese is spon eml income tax. soring a P i I g rim age to The pgroup, which' includes Jesuit Father Paul C. 'Reinert, Rome, Lourdes and Fatima president of St. Louis (Mo.> Un in 1958, approved by Most Rev. iversity,- called the ..shortage of James L. Conolly and under the teachers the "most critical bot spiritual direction of Rev. Ed tleneck" to expansion of U. 8, higher education. It . recommended "to every board of trustees, every legisla ture and all others responsible for ,academic budgets" that the' "absolute highest priority.!n the use of available funds be given to raising fac\llty salaries."
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A 17-year old student from Tourcoing, France, will begin a year of study at Mount St: Mary Academy, Fa,ll River, next month under the exchang~ program operated . by t.he National Catholic Welfare Conference.' France Marl'e L u e 1t e r 1 ,a sponsorship of the NCWC to", be student at L'Ecole Notre come acclimatized before the Dame du Sacre Coeur in her, opening of school. .
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FR:: . Cap., English-born Francis_ can Father widely known in , Fall Ri vel' Diocese. as master ,of priests' and laymen's retreats, leaves Federal buildbig in Providence after being sworn in as United' States citizen.
, the program. Other tuition than it costs the school .... , been assigned'to homes throughto educa.te them. "The plain fact," asserted the , out the nation, some going as far as Los Angeles. committee, "is tha't the college Arrangements were made 1;Iy teachers of' the United States Rev. Edward J. Gorman, pastor through their inadequate salar of St. Patrick's Church, Somerset. ies, are 'subsidizing the education The parish will assume. the jobliof stUdents, and in some cases gation of the girl's tuition. the luxuries of their families by ari amount which is more than Speaking 'fluent English. which she has been studying for the double the grand total of alumni past five years, Miss Leurent told ~ gifts. corporate gifts and endow· The Anchor she hopes to include "ment income of all colleges and ward A. Oliveira, piocesan Mod in her program of studies Ameri- ~ universities combined."
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can history, Religiori, Spanish,' Non Income Producing typing and shorthand, in. addiUJ IrC "This is tantamount to the· Departure will be on May 8
tion to continuing her study of largest scholarship program In from New York aboard the S.8. . 'Ellglish. Following a year at CHICAGO (NC) - Pope world history. but is" certainiy Independence of the American Mount St. Mary she expects to Pius XII is "in wonderful not one calculated to' advance return to school in France to ,health" and "intensely in- education," said the group. ,. Export Lh\es. Afte~ arrival at Naples, Italy, complete her preparation for the . Regarding its suggestion for national college entrance exami- terested in the Church of . Federal aid to help schools put the irroup will visit the Shrine of ",.!y"·:::,',,,,":d , nations: - the United States," His Eminence up bUildings, the committee stat- Our Lady of, Pompeii. Four days Third oldest in a family of five ,Samuel Cardinal Stritch said ed that such fmids should be will be' spent in Rome where, "grants-in-aid" and should be , among other things, visits will be 'girls, France-Marie feels "at' here on his return from' Europe. home" in the Cassidy household The Al:chbishop of Chicago used only for "non-income-pro . ma(,ie to the four Patriarchal Ba silicas- St. Peter's. st. Paul's with Arthur Jr. 3, Mary Chl"istine made a five-week tour of Italy, ducing facilities" such as class Outside-ttie~.Wal1s, St, John La 2, and Catherine Ann 1. She 'is : France and Irel-and.' Describing rooms and laboratories. ' It is recommended that such a teran and St. Mary Major. 'the looking forward to meeting her ,his two audiences with the Holy classmates at Mount St. Mary. . Father as the highlights of the program be along the same lines Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museum, At present her nearest school- 'trip, Cardinal Stritch said tl).e as the, Hill-Burton Act ~'hich Catacombs, Coliseum. For u m gil'l friends are in North Cam- 'Pope "'is very gl:ateful for what makes Federal funds available to and the Pantheon. An audience bridge where they will attend the Ca.tholics of the United assist construction of public and with the Holy Father Is being requested through the North Matignon High School under the States are doing in giving relief private hospitals. American College In Rome. to 'sufferers in other countries."
'Loan Program , exchange pl"Ogram. of approximately .l00 French, , Traveling by train, the group The committee m:ged. continu Mr. Cassidy, a graduate of the He also had something to say German, Austrian. Italian and' Boston College School of Social about economic 'conditions ill - ' ance of the College Housing Loan will spend a day in Nice, France Program which gives long-term and then proceed to Lourdes for South American boys and girls Work, is director of the Fall Italy and the youth of that coun try. He compared his'present visit now in the United States under River Mental Health ClinIc. Turn to Page lEight . Turn to Paie Eight to Italy with one he made there in 1946. when he received his Red Hat. Economy Improved "It was just after the war," he stated. "It-aly and all of Europe Frater Conrad, O.S.B., formerly Cha~les Lamb of were suffering. Today it's differ , . "Good religious training at home is the best prepara ent, especiaily what I noticed in Taunton, has made his perpetual profession as a Benedic Italy. The people seem happier, bon a boy can have for life in the service. Mothers' and! tine monk at Marmion Abbey, Aurora, Ill. ' fathers who have done their job well don't have to worry better fed and are looking 'for Son of Mr. ~nd Mrs. William Lamb of st. Paul's Parish, ward to a good future. The eco about the spiritual welfare of their sons in uniform," Rev. nomic conditions have improved Taunton, Frater Conrad is , (Capt.) Francis X. Wallace,
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is still a problem in Italy." James'H. Lamb of the same , Army chaplain at F()rt Ben
The Cardinal mentioned that parish and a brother of ning, Ga., told The Anchor there are about a m'illion young Sister Rose Angela. S.U.S.C., who sters in Italy enjoying 'life in in an interview today. teaches at Sacred Hearts Acad summer camps because of the as "The boys from good homes emy, Fall River. sistance given by the Pope Qnd practice their religion," Father Frater Conrad was graduated the United States. Wallace added. "c hap 1 a in 8 from Monsignor Coyle High "I visited several camps of the wouldn't have much to do if all School, Taunton. in J.941 aQd was Italian youngsters':' he said. their charges had the advantage awarded a B.S. in Electrical En,. "Through the Pope, the Bishops' of sou n d training In their gineering by Northoosten'l Uni relief agency of our country , hOples.." versity in 1947. His college years '(Catholic Relief Services - Na On 100 ve from his assignment were interrupted by a period of at Fort Benning, Father Wallace tional Ca.tholic Welfare Confer service ill the U. S. Navy. ' is visiting his mother, Mrs. Flor ence) and surplus foods of the After graduation he was em ence L. Wallace, 652 Union Street, .United States, these youngsters ployed by Sperry Gyroscope of New Bedford. are able to, enjoy summer camp Long Island until his entrance Discussing the chaplain serv life." into Marmion Abbey In 1952. He ice, Father W~lla~ said every He also noted that CRS-NCWC is among a group of monks who opportunity is given the men to "distributes more than one-half will be ordained in May 1958, at 'l'urn to ]Page lEight Turn to ll"age JEight Marmion.
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