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Source: "Statistics of Nonpublic Secondary Schools, 1960-61," Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, U.S. Office of Education (report to be published) July 10, 1963.

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Monsignor HOCHWALT. Mr. Chairman, presently there is a very extensive study of Catholic schools being carried on under a grant from the Carnegie Institution to Mr. John Gardner. All of this information is going into computing machines in the University of Notre Dame.

We will be happy to share it with Mr. Lee and anybody else.
Senator MORSE. Thank you very much.

PUPIL LOAD ON PRIVATE SCHOOLS

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Monsignor HOCHWALT. At the same time, the pressures placed upon our schools to expand have been terrific. A spot check in several different dioceses shows that our schools have had to turn away sands of children seeking admission simply because there was no room. We have these figures for 10 different States, and if the chairman desires, I shall be glad to give them to Mr. Lee for the record.

Senator MORSE. We will be glad to have them.

Monsignor HOCHWALT. If our country's future depends upon its students, then prudence, if not wisdom, dictates that the Government seriously consider means of helping children in such an expanding school system. Who can say what future Einsteins, Von Brauns, and Salks, what future statesmen, doctors, teachers, theologians, humanitarians are not now in the classrooms of nonpublic schools? If the Nation's future depends upon its schoolchildren, how can we, in the national interest, cut off from aid such a vast number of potential leaders? To withhold Federal assistance, if it is deemed necessary, could seriously weaken the intellectual and moral fabric of our future. The educational and financial contribution of the Catholic school system to the common good is so great that it cannot be ignored.

To dramatize graphically the size and contribution of the nonpublic school under parochial auspices we have prepared three charts and a brochure entitled "Catholic Schools U.S.A.-A Significant Element in the Educational Scene," is attached to my testimony which is in your hands. I would like, with your indulgence, to put before you three charts which will explain in part the relative size of the Catholic school system in the United States, using the year 1960 as the basic figures for the elementary and secondary school population. Senator MORSE. I would like to interrupt again, if I may.

I would like to take a moment to comment on the brochures you have sent to the subcommittee.

I rule that the contents of the brochure "Catholic Schools, U.S.A.A Significant Element in the Educational Scene," be printed in the hearing record. I think this is basic material which should be incorporated in the record at the close of this panel's discussion this morning. I also hope that a copy of it can be provided each member of the subcommittee.

The article from the Georgetown Law Journal, "The Constitutionality of Inclusion of Church-Related Schools in Federal Aid to Education," I think, by all means, should be made a part of this record at the close of the discussion of the panel. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Those are the two items which you have filed today.

CALIFORNIA, NEW JERSEY, AND MICHIGAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Monsignor HOCHWALT. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Chart No. 1, on the left side of this chart are the outlines of three States: California, New Jersey, and Michigan with a figure showing the Catholic school population in each of these three States as follows: California, 307,503; New Jersey, 290,621; and Michigan, 284,963.

On the right side of the chart is a map of the 50 United States. Seventeen of these States and the District of Columbia are dotted to show that the Catholic school population of any one of the above three States California, New Jersey, or Michigan-is larger than the public school population of any one of the 17 States and the District of Columbia, all of which are colored identification.

ILLINOIS AND PENNSYLVANIA PAROCHIAL ENROLLMENT

Chart 2: On the left side of this chart are the outlines of two States -Illinois and Pennsylvania-with figures showing the Catholic school population in each of these two States as follows: Illinois, 482,955; and Pennsylvania, 564,637.

On the right side of the chart is a map of the 50 United States. Twenty-three of these States and the District of Columbia are shaded to show that the Catholic school population in the State of Illinois is larger than the public school population in any one of the 23 and the District of Columbia. Four States more are shaded to show that the Catholic school population of the State of Pennsylvania is larger than the public school population of any one of the 27 States and the District of Columbia.

NEW YORK ENROLLMENT COMPARISONS

Chart 3: On the left side is the outline of the State of New York with a figure showing the Catholic school population as 745,234. On the right side of the chart is a map of the 50 United States. Thirtyfour of these States and the District of Columbia are shaded to show that the Catholic school population in the State of New York is larger than the public school population in any one of the 34 States and the District of Columbia.

In the handbook placed before you, "Catholic Schools, U.S.A.," similar comparisons on the relative size of the Catholic school system are made in 10 charts. We believe these are worth your careful study and are sufficiently explained within the brochure.

Senator MORSE. I would like to interrupt you for just a minute to make a very brief, passing comment.

In my judgment, this material is the best collection of information on the subject of the contribution of private schools-in this instance Catholic schools to the taxpayers, which has been presented to my subcommittee.

For a great many years I have used information on this subject, but none as comprehensive as this.

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CHART 1

RELATIVE SIZE OF CATHOLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM

(1960 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL POPULATION) Catholic School Population: California, 307,503, New Jersey, 290,621; Michigan, 284,963

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CHART 2

RELATIVE SIZE OF CATHOLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM (1960 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL POPULATION) Catholic School Population: Illinois, 482,955; Pennsylvania, 564,637

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