, ▁and ▁trad itions ▁like ▁the ▁festival ▁of ▁St . ▁Alo ys ius ▁Gonz aga . ▁Sports ▁were ▁cont ested ▁with ▁Co leg io ▁Nacional ▁de ▁Gu ad alu pe , ▁Co leg io ▁S agr ados ▁Cor az ones ▁Rec ole ta , ▁and ▁later ▁with ▁Co leg io ▁San ▁Ag ust ín ▁and ▁Santa ▁María , ▁among ▁others . ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁children ' s ▁section ▁arose ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁the ▁Serv ants ▁of ▁St . ▁Joseph ▁were ▁put ▁in ▁charge ▁of ▁it . ▁During ▁these ▁years ▁en roll ment ▁grew ▁from ▁ 1 8 2 ▁students ▁to ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 . ▁The ▁school ▁began ▁construction ▁of ▁larger ▁prem ises ▁in ▁Mon ter rico ▁( S anti ago ▁de ▁Sur co ), ▁with ▁the ▁first ▁stone ▁laid ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 3 . ▁ ▁Earth qu ake ▁of ▁ 1 9 4 0 ▁in ▁Lima ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 4 ▁May ▁ 1 9 4 0 , ▁an ▁earth qu ake ▁struck ▁that ▁sever ely ▁affected ▁several ▁areas ▁of ▁Lima . ▁Due ▁to ▁this , ▁the ▁School ▁of ▁Agricult ure ▁( now ▁National ▁Agr arian ▁University ) ▁met ▁for ▁a ▁time ▁at ▁La ▁Col men a . ▁ ▁Location ▁at ▁Mon ter rico ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁the ▁infant ▁school ▁was ▁inaugur ated ▁on ▁a ▁plot ▁of ▁ 3 2 ▁hect ares ▁in ▁Mon ter rico . ▁The ▁secondary ▁section , ▁at ▁La ▁Col men a ▁for ▁