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at considerable expense and sacrifice. He then prepared a prospectus in English and Spanish which was printed and widely distributed in Texas and Mexico. The new Seminary-College of Our Lady of Guadalupe was placed under the direction of Father Garcia Rives, S.J., an experienced educator, who had been rector of the College of Belen in Havana, Cuba. Father Angel Barber, S.J., and Brother Alberto Custo y Mier, S.J., who had been studying in England, were named teachers of the college section. With all arrangements completed, classes were formally inaugurated on October 16, 1876. By the end of the year the enrollment was only twenty students. 43 Development and Untimely End of tire Gteadalupe Seminary. The new Seminary and College was located just west of the present Seguin High School. During the second year, 1877-1878, the teaching staff was en- larged by the appointment of Fathers A. Morandi, S.J., A. Rives, S.J., F. MacLaughlin, S.J., and P. Garesche, S.J ., but the enrollment did not increase proportionately. The Seminary branch was kept up and Bishop Pellicer sent some of his future priests to Seguin to begin their studies. Among the seminarians who started their training at the Guadalupe Semi- nary were Thomas Moczygemba, who years later was made a Monsignor and served as pastor of St. Michael's in San Antonio, and the late Mon- !:ignor John Sheehan, former pastor of Victoria." Father Artola, the Superior of the exiled Jesuits, attributed the small enrollment to various causes: the low economic level of the people in Texas during the days of Reconstruction, the indiscriminate method of recruit- ing students, and the lack of a comprehensive knowledge of English by Father Garcia Rives. With misgivings in their hearts, they prepared for the third year. _Father Morandi, who knew English well, offered to help cut and he was made rector of the college. He reduced the annual fee for boarding students from $250.00 to $180.00, in a daring move to attract more students. He went further. He bought on terms a tract of land on which to raise produce to help maintain the Seminary and College. But the enrollment was only thirty-five, of which only ten were boarders. The tract of land was returned to its owner at the end of the year. Undaunted, the Jesuits started their fourth and last year, 1879-1880. Father Santiago Larra., S.J., was named rector; English-speaking teachers were secured from Jesuit provinces in the United States who came to help 45 Msgr. Bruno Hubertus, Commemorative Booklet of St. Jose-pit's School, 1856• 1956, pp. 3-4; De Corne, op. cit., 334•338. 44 San Antonio Archdiocese Diamqnd Jubilee, 1874-1949, p. 208.
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