Bishop Noll High School - Marquette Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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Principal With his appointment to the position of principal early this year, Father Zimmer¬ man assumed the responsibility of preserv¬ ing that quality of leadership which has long been characteristic of his predeces¬ sors and consequently fundamental in the growth which Bishop Noll High School has thus far achieved. The success with which this challenge has been met is evident in the continued satis¬ faction of students and faculty alike, and is due, in some part at least, to the fact that, far from being new on the scene, Father Zimmerman has for some time en¬ joyed an important role in the develop¬ ment of Bishop Noll High School as it is known today. Our principal ' s first contact with the school, then Catholic Central High School, was as a student, pursuing his secondary education. Following his graduation in 1936 he entered the seminary, where an additional nine years of study were cli¬ maxed by his ordination in 1945. Father was initially assigned to Catholic Central High School, where teaching chores in both religion and Latin awaited him. Appointment to the position of Faculty Athletic Director in 1948 and Procurator in 1957 was responsible for at first partial and later complete abandonment of his functions as a classroom teacher. Father ' s latest advancement, though rec¬ ognized as the greatest personal honor ever accorded him, is typical of past achievements in that it was accomplished in the service of this institution and its students.

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Bishop Noll The late John F. Noll, D.D., Archbishop of the Diocese of Fort Wayne and bene¬ factor of this school, was born in Fort Wayne in 1 875. He was educated at Saint Lawrence College and was ordained in 1898. He received his L.L.D. from Notre Dame in 1917 and was consecrated Bishop of Fort Wayne in 1925. Among the many dutiful organs of the diocese which he originated were the Legion of Decency, The National Organization of Decent Literature, and the Our Sunday Visitor. The Our Sunday Visitor, a Catholic weekly not only in this diocese but in many throughout the country, was started humbly in 1912 at Huntington, its present center. For this and other contributions to the Catholic Press of the country he was nick¬ named the printing-press Bishop.” The late Archbishop proved instrumental in the founding of Catholic Central High School when, invisioning the future which this area held and, at the same time, real¬ izing its need, he purchased the land at the present site of the school. It was also through his financial assistance that an eighteen room addition was erected in 1947. His death on July 31, 1956, terminated a life dutifully spent in the cause of Chris¬ tian ideals. We, the students of Bishop Noll High School, are only a few of the recip¬ ients of the aid and affection which he lavished on the youth of the diocese. Now as Bishop Noll High School is about to enter into a new phase of development, we must remember that without the foresight and vision of this man, our school could not attain the height to which it now reaches.

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Co- Principal Now in her sixth year as co-principal, Sister Cecile Marie has, since 1956, worked effectively in association with three outstanding leaders of Bishop Noll High School, aiding them in the maintenance of those ideals upon which this institution was founded and continues to function. Prior to assuming her present duties, Sister served with distinction in several ad¬ ministrative capacities, among them the principalships of St. John ' s Grammar School, Peoria, Illinois; St. Mary’s Academy, South Bend, Indiana; and Schlarman High School, Danville, Illinois. Sister’s achieve¬ ments in administrative pursuits are sur¬ passed only in her dealings with individual student problems. The sincerity of interest and swiftness of action with which she ap¬ plies herself in these situations is responsi¬ ble, in great part, for her many successes. It is in this regard that she is best known and appreciated by Nollites. Sister seems bound to the blue and gold —of Notre Dame as well as of Bishop Noll. Born in the shadow of the Golden Dome, she attended St. Joseph’s Academy in South Bend, received her B.A. from St. Mary ' s College, and her M.A. from Notre Dame. The spirit of Notre Dame which has, understandably, been a prevailing force throughout Sister ' s life is to be found, in some degree, here at Noll, for Sister has expressed love for the universal attitude of co-operation and enthusiasm displayed by the student body. More than this, she is drawn by their “liveliness and loveli¬ ness.”