Miracle on High Street: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, N.J.

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Index Abbett, Leon (New Jersey governor), 32 abbey transfer announcement, 141 abbots’ visit, 137 academic advantage of Catholic schools, 226 academic year in new school, 202 effectiveness of phases, 221 accreditation, 56–57 Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, 62, 69–70 adaptability, 1–2 as asset to monastic life, 13–14 establishment of college and, 20 overlooking because of fear, 188 reopening and, 256 admission standards, 22 post-separation, 174 African Americans, 53 admittance to St. Benedict’s, 148 Black Student Union parties, 178 blackface minstrel shows, 54 Blake, Carl, 240–41 blamed for Newark’s downfall, 199–200 Board of Education candidate, 162–63 Carey, Monsignor Thomas, boiling over of problems, 162 ghetto growth, 145 Great Depression, 65–66 integration of school, 170 mothers looking for help, 240 mysterious quality of St. Benedict’s, 171 neighborhood preservation, 145 ownership of school, 239 parodies in school, 53–54 political disenfranchisement, 161–62 politicizing, 162 population rise, 144, 161 Queen of Angels parish, 148 respect for St. Benedict’s, 171 Scott, Joe, 240 Scudder Homes, 240 Stallbaumer, Father Virgil on, 153 students attitudes toward, 53–54 double standards, 180 high-achieving, 179 increasing numbers, 4 initial attendees, 54 professionalism and, 180–81 304 | index stereotypes, 169 textbook issues, 161 The Vanishing Family: Crisis in Black America (television documentary ), 236 white flight to suburbs and, 144 Allen, Johnny, 125, 230 alumni, 25 Benedictine monks, 58 Brennan, Bob, 256 Cawley, Charles M., 256 college bound, 58 financial support, 224–25, 250 military service, 73 response to closing, 184 American dream, preparatory school as, 212 American Protestant Association, 7 American underclass, 235–36 anima sana in corpore sano, 110 anti-Catholic sentiments, 30 Smith, Alfred E. and, 63 anti-immigrant sentiments, 30 Appalachian Trail hike, 222 athletics, 56 anima sana in corpore sano, 110 athletic field, 59 Benedict Field, opening, 117 ‘‘Benedict’s hates a quitter,’’ 127 benefits of, 117 Blood, Ernest (‘‘Prof’’), 119–21 Carroll, Owen T., 114–15 Casino Hall, 111 Catholic football, 128 Catholic identity and, 109–10 Cavanagh, Jim, 113 championships, 109, 114 College Athletic Association, 111 Doyle, Father John, athletic director , 93–94 Gray Bees, 116 Kasberger, Joseph, 125–31 Little Notre Dame of the East, 109, 115 Madison Square Garden game, 119 making men, 110 monks’ control of sports, 111 Muscular Christianity, 112 new school, 246–49 Selhuber, Father Cornelius, 113 Seton Hall College rivalry, 122–24 Shanley, Bernard M. Jr., support, 108 Shanley, Bernie III, 114–15 sports craze at turn of the twentieth century, 112 wartime, 113–14 authority challenges, 105–6 hierarchy in church, school, and family, 85 Backpacking Project, 222 Balleis, Father Nicholas, 7–8 Baraka, Amiri, 177 Bayley, James Roosevelt (bishop of Newark), 10 church property growth, 13 education, 20–21 parochial schools versus public, 12 Protestant-dominated schools, 20 school establishment and, 20 Seton Hall College, 17 BEA (Benedictine Educational Association ), 55–57 behavior away from school, 95–96 psychology and, 106 index | 305 Benedict Field, 59, 116–17 Benedictines. See also OSB (Order of St. Benedict) adaptability, 1–2 as asset to monastic life, 13 establishment of college and, 20 overlooking because of fear, 188 reopening and, 256 character formation, 85 graduates becoming, 58 prayer and, 78 riot of 1854 and, 10 The Rule of St. Benedict, 1 schools and, 21 sisters, 16–17 stability, 13 African American values meshing , 224 as asset to monastic life, 13 establishment of college and, 20 dedication to community and, 75 the exodus and, 187, 200 McPadden, Father Malachy on, 253 neighborhood decline and events of 1967, 150 questioning vows under neighborhood changes, 154 reopening and, 192, 256 stability of place, 1 Benedictines and, 1 moral obligation to Newark, 186–87 relocation of school and, 75 school’s resiliency and, 255 vows, 13 The Benedictines in Newark (McPadden ), 252 ‘‘Benedict’s hates a quitter,’’ 127 Benedict’s Men, 207–8 benevolent dictatorship, 231–32 bicentennial year, self-evaluation, 221 Bien, Father George, 38–39, 249–50 Black Student Union parties, 178 Black Tuesday, 63 blackface minstrel shows, 54 Blake, Carl, 240–41, 251 Blood, Ernest (‘‘Prof’’), 72, 118–21 bloodless revolution, 161–62 Bodee, Brother Robert, 54 Bonner, Monsignor John, 88 boosterism, 55, 59 boxing match with Father Paul, 98 Boyden, Frank, 231–32 boys targeting weaknesses, 51–52 Braun, Bob, tribute to St. Benedict’s in Newark Star-Ledger, 188 Breidenbach, Frederick (Newark mayor), 48–49 Brennan, Bob, 250...