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

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i I, . l 19 9 CATHEDRAL CHIMES 0 34 1. wauin' A smcunz IP! TBALL INDIVIDUALS 1 n. noun ' s, mms re sracx muocoonnn r. unc-:zu A. CAKKIIUSD Q, vom- n, noses 1. 2. 3. 4. 2Ofchang ing times I Varsity Football 1934 Back of School 1930's Advertisement 1930 Class of 1936 r THE -BISHOP IS A XIOUS icontinued from p. 193 Sports were most important to the students of the Thirties. The '31 yearbook notes, when one has not the ability or desire to become an ahtlete, he must call upon the power of his intellect. The CHIIVIES newspaper started all over again with a new Volume One in 1931, The original masthead drawing of St. Vibiana's Cathedral was replaced by a sprawling, uniden- tified cathedral and later by a drawing of the school. The early CHIMES carried a column from the Catholic Girls' High School. It advertised High boy wool swimming trunks with tops, to keep you out of John Law's clutches. It reports on Senior sweaters: maroon in '30, they were black mohair in '31 and Avalon blue in '32. Religious activities flourished, Msgr, Dolan was relieved by Father Diego. The Knights of the Eucharist was - SEND YOUR BOY T0 CATI'lEDR.-Xl., HIGH The Diocesan High School 1253 Bishop Road, Los Angeles Emily afcexxiblz from all paris al the cily Conducted by THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS , established to promote frequent at'- tendance at the sacraments. The Society for the Propagation of the Faith aided missionaries. The Knights of de Ia Salle fostered de- votion to the ideals of St, La Salle. The Nlothers' Club was begun. The Letterman's Society started and faltered. A debate team flourished. The Senior building was completed in 1931. In 1933 the Long Beach earthquake caused damage to the main school building, The gym and cafeteria were declared unsafe and were eventually torn down. The main building was trussed up after the old cornices were replaced with a wide concrete slab.

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He also faults the Brothers for not participating in the life of the diocese. When the Community Chest organization made its appeal, one of the few schools that refused to reply was the Cathedral School, which is a school close to the heart of the Bishop. LEAGUE CHAMPIONS During the Thirties, the lVlcLaglen Stadium--later named Dolan Stadium--was built. A French Brother, Nivardo Raphael, spent long hours levelling and filling the uneven grounds. Then Brother Conrad met actor Victor lVlcLagIen and arranged with him a deal where by the Southern California Soccer League would build stands and turf the field in return for free use of it. Brother Conrad began the 25 cents-a-foot campaign to buy pipe for a sprinkler system for the field. Coach Phee was replaced in 1929 by Brother Patrick and lVlike Pecarovich. Coach Nlike attempted to teach his football teams the in- tricacies ofthe Notre Dame method, In 1931 his assistant, Dick Hassler, took over. In the fall of 1933, the HassIermen defeated Loyola for the first time: 7-0. The 1934-35 team went into the CIF Semi-finals. Myles Regan led the baseball team to league championships in 1930, '31,'32,'33, and won the CIF in 1934 and '35, The first league championship in track came in 1933. In the league meet, Cathedral gained 72 points, Harvard 22, Loyola 17, and Saint Agnes 11. Ned O'Laughlin, an all- around athlete, set the school record for the football throw: 193 feet, 5 inches. The purple and white teams were first called Phantoms in 1931. Rich Walters of that class designed the Phantom decal. lcontinued pg. 203 ll Coach Hassler Brother Conrad Class of 1930 Brother Robert Coach Regan Varsity Basketball, 1933 Ivlothers' Club in Thirties changing timesfl 9

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BROTHERS' SCHOOL l HOPE YO E ICY YG RYE Brother Julian Royer became principal in 1937. He was not to leave until he had completed 3 full terms of 3 years. The rapid turn- over of principals was ended. Upon his arrival, Brother Julian went to see Bishop Cantwell. I hope you enjoy your YEAR here, the Bishop greeted him. He must have. That year turned into 9 years. Cantwell insisted that Julian be granted special permission to remain principal beyond the normal 6 years. Brother Julian clarified the finan- cial situation ofthe school. He separated the accounts of the Brothers' house from the school account. But when he applied to Cantwell to raise the tuition above 55.00 a month, the Bishop still refused, not wishing to cut out the Cathedral Hugh IS the Archbishop s school built by him and fostered by him Though young for a school, it has already left its imprint on the cultural and religious life of Southern California Among its alumni are men eminent in the professions and In civic and religious life A rapidly growing number of the duo cesan clergy are from Cathedral High School Three different curricula are offered at Cathedral The College Preparatory course, which includes those subjects required by colleges and universities for entrance, the Commercial course, which affords tram more elective subjects and gives the student more freedom in following his own interests To enable the Cathedral student to develop his whole personality a well organized plan of extra curricular activity is made effective Student government, con slstmg of the student body officers and members of the class councils, functions to plan intramural scholastic and athletic activities, and under the diligent direction of the faculty dramatics, debating, Journalism an other societies allow for the necessary individual self expression Other school organizations that have a personal appeal are The Stamp Club, the Library Club, the Sanctuary Society, the Art Club, the Latin Club the Schola Cantorum, and the Che mistry Honor Society , ' ' I ' ' , ' 1. - I I . I 2' . T I '. . ' 3- ing for business: and the General course, which has . I - . - . i ' I . . . I l .- I d I I I Brother Julian Excerpts from 1943 brochure Boxing team in new gym R HERE poor, Brother Julian managed to secure more Brothers for the faculty. In 1940, fourteen Brothers and one lay- man made up the staff. Cantwell was delighted with the new Brothers' School. In the late Thirties the school al- most lost its accreditation to the University of California because several graduates had flunked out of UCLA. This problem was not confined to Cathedral. Brother Julian and the principals from all the high schools were summoned to the Chancery and told to raise their grading standards and improve the academic tone of their insti- tutions, To set the tone, Julian obtained Brother Virgil Eastham, an NI.A. in English, in 1941. We're going to RUN this school, 'he told Julian. The CHIMES of 1944 reports Brother Virgil has no peer in the teaching profession. His proclama- tions in the literary world are looked upon asfthe last word. Sports continued to be a successful part of the Cathedral program. The yearbooks give each varsity football game a full page. Cee football lcontinued p. 223 brothers' school!21