Cathedral Academy - Way Yearbook (Albany, NY)

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To Jllpiglma Mater Dear Alma Mater, looking down From lofty hill on busy town, You mould our hopes, our joys, our fears Our welfare thru the coming years. Within your walls from day to day, VVe've gained what none can take away, A Christian training, broad and true, A sacred gift we owe to you. As exiles leave their fatherland, We leave our school, a severed band. Our strife is past, our battle won, Our tasks are o'er, our duties done. A beckoning world before us lies, With shadowy walks, uncertain skies. God granft that from His chosen way, Our footsteps will not idly stray. Then trusting Him, Dear Master Ours, We'll strive to conquer earthly powers. Secure in His Great Hand of right, We'll gird us for the coming light. l MILDRED joN1-:s 29 13

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ll il Bur Qlma Mater Who of you has not read with interest the adventures of the early pioneers by whose efforts the foundation of our great nation was laid? Who of you has not read with pride 'concerning the valor and courage of our doughboys by whose elforts the world was made safe for democracy? But how many of you have read of the hardy pioneers and courageous soldiers of Christ of our own parish by whose sacrifices the foundation of Catholic education was built in our community? The cornerstone of the Cathedral Academy was blessed on May 5, 1861, by Bishop McCloskey. Father Vlfadhams was the Cathedral rector at the time of this memorable event. On September first of the same year, the Cathedral School opened with an enrollment of two hundred pupils. Three Sisters, who had come from their Mother House, Carondelet, Sit. Louis, Missouri, at the request of Bishop McCloskey, took up the work of saving souls. After the holidays in 1863, the Christian Brothers took charge of the older boys. Brother Semplecian and Brother Alfred Edward were the humble servants of Christ who led His children on the path of truth. One of the last official acts of Father Wadhanis was the purchase of the Morgan property on jefferson Street. This property adjoined the Christian Brothers School for boys. By such a purchase the building of a school for girls presided over by the Sisters of St. Joseph was made possible. To defray expenses every Pater Familias in the parish was assessed according to his means. Father Ludden, the new pastor, headed the list with a donation of five hundred dollars. Accordingly, the work started in the spring of 1873, and in September of 1874 one hundred girls registered. During the past sixty-seven years under the tutorship of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, the Cathedral Academy has risen to the top of the ladder in educational pursuits. As year after year passed and the enrollment of the Cathedral Academy increased, the necessity of a new school was realized. Ever conscious of the needs of his pupils, our dearly beloved pastor rose to the occasion with the result that on February 28, 1927, the cornerstone of the new Cathedral Academy was laid. On September 12, 1927, the Junior and Senior classes entered their field of work in the new school. They were followed by the Sophomores on November 20. The formal opening of this establishment of learning was celebrated on November twenty-second. Bishop Gibbons, Governor Smith, Mayor Thacher, and State Senator Byrne were the guests of honor. Seated with the guests of honor were Monsignor J. A. Delaney, State Comptroller Maurice S. Tremaine, and the Trustees of the Cathedral. This night was the beginning of another great epoch in the history of the Cathedral Academy. CLEMENT BECKER, '29. 15