Benedictine High School - Benedictine Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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Death takes Father Charles The joy of the Christmas season was dimmed by the death of Saint Andrew abbey resident Rev. Charles J. Florek, O.S.B. Father Charles, a Benedictine for 48 of his 68 years, died Dec. 29 in his monastery room. Most of his life was spent as a pastor at Saint Michael's parish in Chicago. He worked there as an assistant from the time of his ordination in 1922 until October 1928 when he became pastor. Illness forced his retirement in June 1957, whereupon he moved to Saint Andrew's. The sicknesses had resulted in blindness and the amputation of both legs. Father is buried in Saint Andrew abbey's plot of Calvary cemetery. 18 Rev. Charles J. Florek, O.S.B.

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The faculty of Benedictine Rev. Damian Baloga, O.S.B., moral guidance, French Joseph Bokar, American history August Bossu, health, physical education Samuel Ciocco, music, chemistry Vincent Francioli, civics, contemporary history Rev. Roger Gries, O.S.B., moral guidance, elementary algebra, geometry John Grillo, English Rev. Florian Hudac, O.S.B.; moral guidance, Latin Rev. Richard Hudak, O.S.B., moral guidance, American history Rev. Casimir Lechowicz, O.S.B., moral guidance, geometry Rev. Prior Jerome Koval, O.S.B., moral guidance, sociology John Mader, bookkeeping, business law, economics Rev. Ronald Mahnke, O.S.B., English Rev. Anthony Marko, O.S.B., chemistry Rev. William Matyas, O.S.B., advanced algebra Miss Nettie Morris, reading Brother Alfred Nasticky, O.S.B., typing Rev. Cyril Novotny, O.S.B., elementary algebra, physics Rev. Gregory Oravec, O.S.B., English John Petrus, business math, trigonometry, calculus Robert Petrus, English, speech Rev. Placid Pientek, O.S.B., moral guidance Rev. Andrew Pier, O.S.B., moral guidance, world history Rev. Thomas Pobodnik, O.S.B., world history Charles Reynolds, health, physical education, biology Joseph Rufus, civics, contemporary history Rev. Marian Sabo, O.S.B., moral guidance, Latin, Greek Rev. Lawrence Sevcik, O.S.B., elementary algebra, moral guidance Rev. Denis Sheets, O.S.B., moral guidance, Spanish Rev. Bernard Slimak, O.S.B., moral guidance, English Karl Strmen, French Rev. Vincent Velas, O.S.B., moral guidance, Latin, German Rev. David Vizsolyi, O.S.B., moral guidance, Latin Rev. Robert Wilkes, O.S.B., moral guidance, bookkeeping Rev. Luke Yaeger, O.S.B., English Rev. Edward Yatsko, O.S.B., advanced algebra, moral guidance, mechanical drawing Edmund Yemec, general science, health, physical education, physical science Rev. Augustine Yurko, O.S.B., English Rev. Raphael Zbin, O.S.B., biology Rev. Clement Zeleznik, O.S.B., moral guidance, physics 17

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underclassmen ;S Benedictine's younger set is its underclassmen. These are the students at whom the faculty aims the bulk of its efforts. Following the example of seniors, they are learning the way of Benedictine men, observing and establishing tradition. They are discovering that they can benefit only in direct proportion to their efforts. This last lesson is perhaps the most important they will learn as Benedictine students for it is the basic principal of all progress.