Cathedral High School - Chimes Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Minute of Agreement between the Right Reverend John J. Cantwell, Bishop of Los Angeles and San Diego, and the Reverend George Donahoe, Rector of the Sacred Heart Church, Los Angeles, California, hereinafter called the Rector, parties of the first part, and the Most Honorable Brother Allais Charles, Superior General of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, hereinafter called the Superior General, party of the second part. WHEREAS: The parties aforesaid have arranged that the School known as the Sacred Heart School, East LoslAngeles, California, be confided to the charge of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH: Article I -- The School. C11 The Brothers shall have the entire.charge and management of the school under the control of the Superior General, who will ordinarily act through his Delegate, the Brother Visitor CProvincial1 for the Pacific Coast. Article II -- The School Staff. C11 The Superior General shall give four Brothers for the opening of the school. They shall not be required to have more than fifty C501 pupils in Grade classes or more than thirty-five C351 in High School classes. In special cases in the lower high school classes forty C401 may be received. If theschool should outgrow the staff, and additional Brothers cannot be supplied immediately, the Rector shall pay the salaries for the secular teachers who might have to be engaged. C21 Should the classes number more than four, the Director shall not be charged with any particular class, so that he may attend to office work, superintend and inspect all the classes, and replace a Brother who may be unwell or obliged to be absent. If much outside work be required, that is, office work, inspection, receiving parents, the Brother Director cannot be confined to any particular class, even if there are fewer classes than four, else injustice will be done the children. Article III -- The School Building. C11 The Brother Provincial shall see that the school building be suitable in plan and furniture, and in a suitable state of repair, etc. t C31 In this Article, and everywhere else in the Agreement, the word suitable shall be taken as meaning in accordance with the Rules and Customs of the Brothers. Article V -- The Salaries. C11 The salary of the Brothers shall beg Six Hundred Dollars CS600.001 a year for each Brother .... Article VII -- Right of Dismissal. C11 The Brother Director shall be free to dismiss from the school any pupil who is refractory or whose presence is a danger for the other pupils. C21 He shall not, however, use this power until he has consulted with the Rector as to means for bringing the boy to amend. Article X -- Attendance at Church. C11 The Brothers accompany their pupils to Holy Mass on Sundays and Festivals if a suitable place be provided for them. ' , Article XI -- Extra Work. C11 The Brothers can not obligate themselves to get up, or to help in getting up, or to assist in any way, any Entertainment, Bazaar or other Parish Works, even for the purpose of raising money for the school, or for any public or private charity. Experience has shown that much school time can be lost in these ways, and that the Brothers can become involved in activities that bear no relationship to their calling. Additional or Modified Items. C31 Tuition fees shall be charged all pupils unless the Archbishop direct otherwise .... C51 When it is necessary to engage the services of secular teachers, they shall be allowed salaries consistent with the services they render and which shall be in keeping with salaries paid in institutions of equal standing. Such salaries shall be paid out of the Tuition fees. ft . Q , .ii ri 121'-A VE' P J

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tAlma Mater to her formerstudents. L-ETLYL -f - -..,.-ww, -sl: um--vwq-:......:: THE CHRISELAEBELBROTHERS' ' hm.. ,bca 11 XVhen we-spuak or write of :min- stituiiou, it is qustoinary to ici! of 1:5 history and, dwell at' length Ql1'i'tS great achievements., If the institution be of an' educational -character, its alumni- is its proudest boast for a school or college is great only in proportion to' the number and char- acter of its'graduates.' Every school worthy of ,the name must be a true A Roman matron when asked to dis4 play her jewels pointed to her sons, So it is withi a. school. She will foltow her children after their departure along the pathways of life with extended arms to support them in their under- takings. -She will rejoice at their suc- cess because shc feels that from her they' received much of the strength that has enabled them to reach their goal. 'NVhcn failure crosses their path- way and impedes their progress she laments as a devoted mother does over the misfortunes of a wayward son. A progressive school must needs be a vital thing, growing and- dcvelopim: to meet the demands of the times and imparting to its students those quali- tieszof mind and heart which will fit them for complete living. The Chris- tian Brothers' School in Los Angeles has no glorious past and no distin- guished sons of which it may proudly boast, for it is yetjn its infancy, wear- ing its swaddling Clothes, but vigor- ously' struggling to take its place among the educational. institutions of the city. . , Under the patronages of the'Righl Reverend Bishop Cantwell and the Reverend Clergy of the diocese, but especially through the encouragement of Rev. George 'Donohoe, of the Sac- red Heaft parish the Brothers opened their iirst school in the present diocese of Los Angeles. September, 1925. More than one hunilred boys are now in at- tendance. For the current year the enro'1ment includes only students in the seventh and eighth grades and the lirstryear of hicfh school. Next Sep- tember auorher high school class wiii be opened and in each succeeding year at similar course will be pursued until 1926 when a. full high schoot sclicclulfs will be in operation. The curriculum will embrace courses in religion. Eng- lish, Spanish, French, Latin, history, algebra, plane and solid geometry, trigonometry, general science, bio'ogy, physics, chemistry, drawing, book- keeping, stcnography, physical cui- ture and any' other subjects required to make the school the equal of any in the state. It will then be accredited to- the state, university and aiailiated with the'Qatholic University in Ywlash- ington, D. C. Graduates will thus be prepared to enter any institution of higher education in the country. The school is open to ali boys. The cou- ditions for admission being the neces- sary preliminarytraining and a good moral character. Applicants who do not present a certificate from their last school vfili bc examined before their admission to the high school depart- ment. A QVMY, .,.a -nn., at , . -. . . 1 Zfbaldwin street AT BALDWIN STREET Ccontinued from p. 10l BROTHER PHILIP He obtained Brother G. Philip from Pennsylvania, and sent him, Brothers Damian of Mary, Victus Rupert and Alexander Cyril to 2718 Baldwin Street. A carefully considered con- tract was drawn up. Expenses twhich would amount to about 56,000 a year for the school and the brother-sl were to be borne by the parish. The Brothers were to teach the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th grades. Brother Philip was not satisfied with the arrangements, however. He wanted to run a boys' high school separate from the grammar school, the girls' academy, and free from parochial support and control. It should be centrally-located, easily accessible, and should have adequate room for athletics. He convinced the Visitor who appealed to the Bishop for a new school. A SECOND YEAR In the spring of 1924, the decision was made to move, but negotiations could not be completed in time for the school year. In order not to lose the 9th grade boys then at Sacred Heart, a tenth grade was added. The graduating 8th grade boys and stu- dents attracted to the school from other grammar schools were suffici- ent to necessitate two classes of 9th graders. A lay teacher was engaged but proved a poor disciplinarian and was replaced by his father. Brother Philip spoke at Holy Names Society luncheons. Public speaking was encouraged among the students by numerous competitions and an annual contest. The students per- formed The Man of the Hour, a popular drama, and participated in the Christmas pageants. Intramural sports were played in Lincoln Park, and competition was keen. The stu- dents were not idle while the final disposition of their school was not yet decided.

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BlSHOP'S ROAD A PLACE OLD CALVARY CEMETERY Arrangements for the building of the new school were completed in the spring of 1925 when Brother Joseph came south to speak to the bishop before Cantwell went on a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome and Jerusalem. Perhaps because the site finally chosen was the Old Calvary ceme- tery, little publicity surrounded the construction of the new school, Father Donahoe supervised the Con- tractors, The erection was so quietly, yet so well done, the FOR ALL OUR BOYS TIDINGS states, that in some parts of the city the project was not known. By September of 1925 the new building was complete, The dedication, on October 18,1925, was attended by over 100 priests and by many Catholic civic leaders. Nuns from thelteaching communities gathered in a room next to the speakers' platform. All listened to speeches by Father Nlarron, Nlr. Joe Scott, and Brother Joseph, The Catholic Girls' High School Orchestra played the Nlarch Romaine by Gounod, TR UE Cl TIZENSHIP The Bishop spoke last.The TIDINGS 1 14!bishop's road l l A 2 reports: He praised the clergy for their zealous loyalty and the laity for their generosity which made it possible for him to establish this new high school for all boys regard- less of their financial or social con- dition. 'I want, ' said he, 'every high school boy in our diocese to feel that school is a place not for the rich, not for the poor nor for any other class in particular, rather is it a place for all our boys to come and be educated, to be trained for true citizenship. ' The school was christened, at the insistence of the bishop, the Cathe- dral High School. It was, after all, in the parish of the cathedral, and the Vicar General would have the There are some criminals, no doubt, to be found amongst the graduates of our Catholic schools and colleges, but it needs no criti- cal acumen to perceive that such an anomaly arises in spite of the system and not as its logical conse- quence, You can no more blame a duly accredited and properly con- ducted Catholic school or college for the back-sliders and renegades and criminals occasionally to be found amongst its gradutes than you can blame Christ Himself for the defection of Judas Iscariot, As fas as the bulk of the children of this nation is concerned--ninety per cent of them--we have tried every- thing else but religion in our efforts to educate them for decent citizen- ship. We have tried everything from free toothbrushes to free text books and from the removal of adenoids to the specialized discipline of reformatory schools. It is now time that we try the remedy that is older than the flaming sword of the Archangel at the gate, the remedy which consists in in doctri- nating the children of the land with that fearand love of God which can provide the only balm for the healing of the' nations.