was then named the second president and the first alumnus to be president of St. In 1993 a new president-principal model was adopted for the school. The original campus is now the site of Claremont Academy Elementary School. We felt that that would be such a threat to us that we would be in danger of closing." The original campus was sold to the Chicago Board of Education for US$1.8 million. The school's then principal stated: "We could not afford to let another high school open there. Rita had been preparing a renovation, but was forced to move when there was a concern over a new school opening on the property. Rita's purchase of the property, returning the Chicago minor seminary to its original site at Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary. The Archdiocese of Chicago closed Quigley South prior to St. Rita's renting of the new campus, it had been home to another Catholic high school, Quigley Seminary South High School. Rita Campus moved from 63rd and Claremont Avenue to its current location at 7740 S. Both Murphy and Danber are graduates of the school. Crawford was succeeded in 1968 by Daniel B. An April 1939 benefit for the addition included actors Arthur Treacher, Fifi d'Orsay, Eddie Bracken, and Virginia Payne. A fire destroyed the wooden stands in the athletic stadium in 1944, and were soon replaced with concrete bleachers. Rita the largest all-boys Catholic school in the American Midwest. This period also saw the construction of the Mendel Technical Building (1938), and an addition to Egan Hall (1939), which (at the time) made St. Under Fink's leadership, technical coursework began at the school in 1936. In January 1935, a fire caused extensive damage to the school's shrine after an altar candle was placed too close to a Christmas tree. followed Egan in 1926, but his career was brought to a close by his death in 1929. In 1922, the school's first stadium was constructed. Egan, O.S.A., during whose tenure the original Harris Gym and Egan Hall were completed. The school was formally dedicated on 22 April 1906, at which time the San Francisco earthquake of four days earlier was invoked. Green Hall was the initial building on the original campus. The high school was founded in 1905 by Augustinian friar Kevin Campbell, O.S.A, who bought the property on which the original school sat for US$30,000 for the 5-acre (20,000 m 2) site. ( October 2009) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. On the drive Vierneisel was 12-of-15 for all 83 yards.This section needs additional citations for verification. The Knights had their best drive of the evening, going 83 yards in 16 plays with Brad Vierneisel hooking up with Jake Parisi on a 3-yard touchdown pass. Prospect showed there was no quit in its team. Rita scored a touchdown at the beginning of the third quarter to increase its lead to 42-7. Two of those came on interception returns and the other two on rushing touchdowns by Brown and OJ Stewart to make it 35-7 at the half. The Knights put together a 12-play, 69-yard drive that culminated in a 1-yard touchdown run by Owen Walter to tie the game at 7-7 with 3:42 left in the first quarter. Prospect (10-3) responded with its best drive of the first half. Kaleb Brown, the Ohio State commit who was injured for most of the season, scored on a 17-yard run. Rita took a 7-0 lead on its first possession. "You can't get behind to a team that talented." "They played really well and we made too many mistakes early," Prospect coach Dan DeBoeuf said. Rita scored 28 consecutive points in the first half to pull away from a 7-7 tie. Prospect had its title hopes shattered when St.
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