Description |
1 online resource (xi, 322 pages) : illustrations, map |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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Contents |
Introduction: Downtown Monks and the Miracle on High Street -- Newark's Forgotten Riot -- "Necessary, Useful, and Beautiful": Founding Fathers and a Catholic Day College, 1868-1900 -- The Making of a Modern Catholic Prep School, 1900-1926 -- St. Benedict's Prep from Depression to War, 1926-1945 -- The Duke, Divine Comedy, and Discipline at St. Benedict's Prep -- Benedict's Hates a Quitter: Athletics at a Catholic Prep School -- "He Was Afraid of the City": Abbot Patrick, the Monastic Family, and Postwar Newark, 1945--1967 -- "Camelot Is Dead": The Newark Riots and the Closing of St. Benedict' Prep, 1967-1972 -- "A Possible School": The Resurrection of St. Benedict's Prep, 1972-1977 -- The Headmaster and the Street, 1977-1986 -- Conclusion |
Summary |
Situated just outside downtown Newark, St. Benedict's is a model of successful inner-city school, with 95% of its graduates going on to college. 'Miracle on High Street' is the story of how the monks of St. Benedict's transformed their venerable yet outdated school to become a thriving part of the community |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
St. Benedict's Preparatory School (Newark, N.J.) -- History
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SUBJECT |
St. Benedict's Preparatory School (Newark, N.J.) fast |
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Preparatory schools -- New Jersey -- Newark -- History
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Minorities -- Education (Secondary) -- New Jersey -- Newark -- History
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
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Minorities -- Education (Secondary)
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Preparatory schools
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New Jersey -- Newark
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2010032685 |
ISBN |
9780823234950 |
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0823234959 |
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9780823233120 |
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082323312X |
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0823233103 |
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9780823233106 |
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9780823248742 |
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0823248747 |
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9780823237944 |
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082323794X |
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