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

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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.”

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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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An Old Friend On the morning of January tenth, as the cold hand of winter touched heavily on the Calumet Region, a fire struck our campus. Our gymnasium building with the athletic and band equipment and classroom facilities burned to the ground — an estimated loss of $350,000.00. How fortunate we were that school had been dismissed the evening before due to the extreme cold. It was sub-zero cold in which the firemen of Ham¬ mond and East Chicago fought. Mrs. Hronsky of the Noll Mother’s Club and Sister M. Francis Catherine, with the help of some Nollites who arrived on the scene early, served coffee, soup, sandwiches and doughnuts to the trembling, ice- crusted fire fighters. Though the 37 year old gym will no longer serve us as an auditorium, chapel and gymnasium, it will be remembered in its absence as an old friend that served us well.