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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Cardinal Gibbons Institute, Ridge, Maryland was a Colored Catholic School in St. Mary&#8217;s County. The Cardinal Gibbons Institute was St. Mary’s County’s first high school built to educate Blacks. Located in Ridge, Maryland, it provided academic, vocational and religious instructions to black students from across the United States.-</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In May 1917, </span>land<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> was acquired for the school. Archbishop James Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore, Maryland donated $8,000 towards the purchase of the land. Consequently, the new school was named after the Archbishop – Cardinal Gibbons Institute.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Knights of Columbus National Board of Directors donated $38,000 towards the erection of the school building. In February 1922, Archbishop Michael J.Curley of Baltimore, Maryland approved the general plans of the Institute.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Cardinal Gibbons Institute was opened in September 1924 and dedicated in October 1924. Victor and Constance Daniels were hired as the Institute&#8217;s first principal and assistant principal. The Institue&#8217;s first graduating class held its commencement in June 1929.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Financial difficulties resulting from the Great Depression reportedly caused the closing of Cardinal Gibbons in 1933. Cardinal Gibbons was reopened by Father Horace B. McKenna in 1936. Nathan A. Pitts was hired as the Institute&#8217;s principal in 1936. In September 1952, the Oblate Sisters of Providence began their instruction at Cardinal Gibbons Institute under the direction of Mother Mary Anselm Bentley.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In June 1967, the last graduating class held it&#8217;s commencement, The school was closed due to new Maryland state laws regarding segregated education. In April 1972, Cardinal Gibbons Institute, also known as the Cardinal Gibbons High School, long abandoned and vandalized, was torn down. In June 1997, the first Cardinal Gibbons Institute/High School class reunion was held. From St. Peter Claver Church, St. Inigoes, Md. Enter to win Kindle Paperwhite. <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F1H52GVs&;h=EAQFgZ_LDAQEq6D5mQgqQa60nEr_9kaL24D9sp3Ca152ezQ&;enc=AZP8OHQXucAPgiKFvv-RADxnD_dGr9S_bsQhceuI9vH35TzTLCKa8wNi4Vu519PoWPiCKUjBe1pCVn_R58ZAS29Gpi818CTYBplM52Xa74AfEg5SChFFbpDttuQTe-qWQ2ojImhVWIvUQYy-mo_Miri4irh-zxAEh675fwoRPZw_oiHd5ZxO00vNSmFkrFF2r0A&;s=1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/1H52GVs</a></span></p>
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<figure id="attachment_11138" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-11138" style="width: 560px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2016/04/24/history-in-photos-st-peter-claver-catholic-church-and-cardinal-gibbons-institute-for-colored-students/one-room-schoolhouse-in-ridge-30s/" rel="attachment wp-att-11138"><img class="size-full wp-image-11138" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2016/04/One-room-schoolhouse-in-Ridge-30s.jpg" alt="One room schoolhouse in Ridge, Md. in the 30's" width="560" height="417" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-11138" class="wp-caption-text">One room schoolhouse in Ridge, Md. in the 30&#8217;s</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_11137" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-11137" style="width: 560px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2016/04/24/history-in-photos-st-peter-claver-catholic-church-and-cardinal-gibbons-institute-for-colored-students/kitchen-stove-in-the-john-fredrick-home-in-ridge/" rel="attachment wp-att-11137"><img class="size-full wp-image-11137" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Kitchen-stove-in-the-John-Fredrick-home-in-Ridge.jpg" alt="Kitchen stove in the John Fredrick home in Ridge, Md. " width="560" height="548" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-11137" class="wp-caption-text">Kitchen stove in the John Fredrick home in Ridge, Md.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_11136" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-11136" style="width: 435px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2016/04/24/history-in-photos-st-peter-claver-catholic-church-and-cardinal-gibbons-institute-for-colored-students/yamaicus-house-in-ridge-30s/" rel="attachment wp-att-11136"><img class="size-full wp-image-11136" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Yamaicus-house-in-Ridge-30s.jpg" alt="Yamaicus house in Ridge, Md., in the 30s." width="435" height="560" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-11136" class="wp-caption-text">Yamaicus house in Ridge, Md., in the 30s.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_11135" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-11135" style="width: 435px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2016/04/24/history-in-photos-st-peter-claver-catholic-church-and-cardinal-gibbons-institute-for-colored-students/three-of-eleven-children-of-edward-gant/" rel="attachment wp-att-11135"><img class="size-full wp-image-11135" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Three-of-eleven-children-of-Edward-Gant.jpg" alt="Three of eleven children of Edward Gant, Ridge, Md. This photo was taken in the 1930's. " width="435" height="560" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-11135" class="wp-caption-text">Three of eleven children of Edward Gant, Ridge, Md. This photo was taken in the 1930&#8217;s.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_11134" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-11134" style="width: 431px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2016/04/24/history-in-photos-st-peter-claver-catholic-church-and-cardinal-gibbons-institute-for-colored-students/gant-children-at-st-inigoes/" rel="attachment wp-att-11134"><img class="size-full wp-image-11134" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Gant-children-at-St.-Inigoes.jpg" alt="Gant children at St. Inigoes, Md. " width="431" height="560" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-11134" class="wp-caption-text">Gant children at St. Inigoes, Md.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_11133" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-11133" style="width: 433px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2016/04/24/history-in-photos-st-peter-claver-catholic-church-and-cardinal-gibbons-institute-for-colored-students/bobby-gant-at-st-inigoes/" rel="attachment wp-att-11133"><img class="wp-image-11133 size-full" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Bobby-Gant-at-St.-Inigoes.jpg" alt="Bobby Gant at St. Inigoes" width="433" height="560" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-11133" class="wp-caption-text">Bobby Gant at St. Inigoes, with his two sisters peeking around the corner as a photographer from Washington, D.C., gathered views of life in rural America during the Depression. Bobby Gant retired from the A &; P, with his wife Dorothy, raised a large family of successful children; was elected to the St. Mary&#8217;s County Democratic Central Committee; appointed to the post of Chairman of the St. Mary&#8217;s County Metropolitan Commission and was a great crab eater. THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY Historic Photo Collection.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_11132" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-11132" style="width: 435px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2016/04/24/history-in-photos-st-peter-claver-catholic-church-and-cardinal-gibbons-institute-for-colored-students/biscoe-family-at-ridge/" rel="attachment wp-att-11132"><img class="wp-image-11132 size-full" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Biscoe-family-at-Ridge.jpg" alt="The Biscoe family at Ridge, where a long-time local restaurant, marina and campground is operated by Vincent Biscoe, who may be in this photo taken in the 1930's. " width="435" height="560" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-11132" class="wp-caption-text">The Biscoe family at Ridge, where a long-time local restaurant, marina, and campground, is operated by Vincent Biscoe, who may be in this photo taken in the 1930&#8217;s.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_11128" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-11128" style="width: 1024px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2016/04/24/history-in-photos-st-peter-claver-catholic-church-and-cardinal-gibbons-institute-for-colored-students/cardinal-gibbons-institute-main-building-ridge-maryland/" rel="attachment wp-att-11128"><img class="wp-image-11128 size-large" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Cardinal-Gibbons-Institute-main-building-Ridge-Maryland-1024x697.jpg" alt="Cardinal Gibbons Institute main building, Ridge, Maryland" width="1024" height="697" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-11128" class="wp-caption-text">Cardinal Gibbons Institute main building, Ridge, Maryland. This historic postcard is from the Mayor J. Harry Norris Collection.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_11130" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-11130" style="width: 776px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2016/04/24/history-in-photos-st-peter-claver-catholic-church-and-cardinal-gibbons-institute-for-colored-students/sisters-of-st-peter-claver-church-and-students-many-of-whom-likely-want-to-cardinal-gibbons-school-at-st-inigoes-md-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-11130"><img class="wp-image-11130 size-large" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Sisters-of-St.-Peter-Claver-Church-and-students-many-of-whom-likely-want-to-Cardinal-Gibbons-School-at-St.-Inigoes-Md.-1-1-776x1024.jpg" alt="Sisters of St. Peter Claver Church and students, many of whom likely want to Cardinal Gibbons School at St. Inigoes, Md." width="776" height="1024" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-11130" class="wp-caption-text">Sisters of St. Peter Claver Church and students, many of whom likely want to Cardinal Gibbons School at St. Inigoes, Md.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_11131" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-11131" style="width: 560px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2016/04/24/history-in-photos-st-peter-claver-catholic-church-and-cardinal-gibbons-institute-for-colored-students/3-of-13-children-of-william-sanders-correction/" rel="attachment wp-att-11131"><img class="wp-image-11131 size-full" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2016/04/3-of-13-Children-of-William-Sanders-CORRECTION.jpg" alt="3 of 13 Children of William Sanders in Ridge, Md. during 1930's. " width="560" height="420" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-11131" class="wp-caption-text">3 of 13 Children of William Sanders in Ridge, Md. during 1930&#8217;s.</figcaption></figure>