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. This section needs additional citations for verification.

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