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

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was prayed daily, mass said weekly, vocation days held monthly, retreats conducted annually, though Bishops Bell, NlcGucken, and Manning were regular visitors, and talks by mission- aries a frequent occurrence -- the alumni of the school did not enter the priesthood or religious life in as great numbers as had been hoped, In 1953 Brother Bertram drew up a list of priest alumni: 12 were serving as diocesan clergy, 3 were Jesuits, and 1, a Trappist. In addition, eight more were well-advanced in studies for the priesthood. The Brother Benilde vocation club was started to stimulate vocations. In 1952, fourteen Cathedralites were studying to be- come Brothers. House histories from 1954 to 1960 record 7 students en- tering the Christian Brothers' Juniorate, 11, the Novitiatep 7, the diocesan seminary, and 4, various religious orders. SUCCESS Athletics prospered as never before. Brother Edwin's becoming president lcontinued p. 26l 4' tige J I I-. -- lvs,:rg'Itl. N . .. ,, 'Q ,r iff:-U 5 s..Q'A -lr ' ..,t,gxd '-134.4 .,l5',,,5:Ec. - - 1 1 L J --'I-1.5! -. yi--Aff 1. '-mff7l?'H:,5,g7' f.. ALT '---- ',- 'W 7.15 J il fi-41.12 ,lI '-- Q X' is . 'f.- X' H . E:g344.4,Lll:-pal-lgafiif ' YL . LS V :?EW5i53l2'L1 4 E- . fi If-SWT-C l 1 ttf'-ifffi - - X Li- 'Li .fXN,17sf: by : -- eff? ,., .9.,,, .R A ,V V' - M .- . , fy Ll :f,g.f,-!,i 1- VE- ,gel -X. ,xxfl .-we ' -X 1, l x '-' fi: ' i u . yay L.,,iv,,, tp, ,Q M0541 Azrsawafwv - Rigs, . - X-in - mf., - se: N L W 3, Mm ,xxx 'wi' A i 5 IFTY Rehearsal for 13th Spring Con- cert Brothers in 1951. Back Row: Adrian, Maris, Ligouri Edward, William Cyril, Stephen, Dennis. Front Row: Celestine, Raphael, Augustine, Julius, Paschal, Christian Victor. Manual Arts construction Fiesta prize 1948 Daily Rosary Determined Alfaro in Coli- SGLI lTl spring concert!25 G

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SPRING CONCERT SOURCE GF PRIDE Brother William Cyril became prin- cipal of Cathedral in 1946. His in- terest in music led to the revival of the band and the institution of the glee club and Senior chorus. In the spring of 1950 he conducted the glee club and chorus, and Nlr. Disparte, the band, in the first Spring Concert. Two years later the first two sched- uled performances sold out weeks in advance, a third one had to be sched- uled. The Annual Spring Concert had become a tradition. Brother R. Kenneth took over the chorus and glee clubs when Brother William left in 1952. He continued as conductor lexcept for the spring of 19611 until 1963, the fourteenth and last concert. IVlr. Campos and Nlr. Cronin succeeded Mr. Disparte. The concert was throughout this per- iod well attended, well appreciated, a source of pride for the students, dean of discipline, English teacher, and vice principal, Ligouri Edward. Students remember his sayings: Use your wilI, Talk to your nerves, Be real , his disciplinary proce- dures: toothpick and glue sculpture, the circles in the yard, and his class- room performances in English and religion. NEW PROGRAMS But not everything was stable in the Fifties. The curriculum was continu- ally being reworked. The school tried to provide for widely varying abilities and differing needs of its students. Three different curricula were offered. Technical education promised to solve part of the problem. After con- siderable debate over the kind of building, the Cathedral High School and a symbol of the school's contri- bution to the community. THE OLD GUARD The core of Brothers from the late Forties stayed on till the Sixties: Titus Paschal and Christian Victor gradually moved out of teaching duties, Brother Augustine concerned himself with fund-raising, athletic events, parents' clubs, and the alum- ni. Brother Nlaris taught and coached from 1946 to 1954 and Brother Celestine from 1948 to 1955. But the man of the Fifties was the 24!spring concert Technical Annex was constructed by the Archdiocese. Brother Raphael and Brother Celestine were trained to teach woodworking and auto mechanics. Classes began in the fall semester of 1949. Cardinal McIntyre on February 9, 1950, dedicated the building, drill presses, valve grinders, band saws, and belt sanders, all. lStudents in the curriculum also took mechanical drawing, history, re- medial reading and mathematics, and religion.i The Commercial-Academic curricu- lum continued in an expanded form. Typing, shorthand, bookkeeping, business law, and business theory were offered, as well as sufficient courses to qualify the student for en- trance into college, and of course, religion. The Academic curriculm included Latin, trigonometry, physics, chem- istry, English, civics, Spanish, and religion. Five classes of freshmen were admit- ted and grouped according to perfor mance on an entrance test which now determined not only who would win the scholarships but also who would get ln, and where they would get A typical year began with 740 students saw 70 transfer out, and 20 transfer THE LAY STAFF A constant difficulty in mamtalnln high standards of teaching In all of the courses was the short tenure and lack of experience of most of the lay teaching staff Brother Bertram requested a raise in the laymen s salary to 53,000 when, in 1953, judged four of nme laymen teaching ones were hired away by other schools Not all the laymen were transients The two lVlcGoverns taught Latin and English for a number of years giving the academic courses an air of respectability The coaches Dallmeler in football and Clmmo ln basketball stayed on Vic Balzano, hired In 1954, and Dick Salter in 1957, stayed on through the Sixties VOCA TIONS In one important respect the school seemed to be falling the expectations of its founders Though the rosary . . I in, n I . I 1 .. I . g . z , ' he below standard , and the two good l I n u .n I u

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SIX A D SIX fcontinued from p. 255 of the CIF reflects the status of sports at Cathedral during this time. Si Dallmeier's Varsity football team won the league in 1947, as did the 1951 team and the best ever team of 1954, And though Mount Carmel dominated the league in basketball, the 1950-51 team led by Gaytan and Wheelo Sanchez went 32 and 10 for the season, splitting with Carmel in league play, beating them in their ownf tournament, and going on to the CIF playoffs. Track teams of the late Forties and throughout the Fifties usually placed first or second in the league. The cross country team captured the championship in 1954 and in every year up to 1959. Boxing, wrestling, swimming, golf, and tennis flourished for awhile. In 1952-53, tennis sputtered to life and actually had a winning season. No year quite matched 1954-55. The Varsity and J.V. cross country teams 26!spring concert won the league, the Varsity football team won league, the Varsity basket- ball team came second, but the Cees won, golf won the league, all three track teams won first in league, Other extra-curricular aspects of school life prospered too. The cafete- ria continued under the Tomlinsons. The annual fiesta was a continuing success. The Mothers' Club sponsored family picnics, raffles, dances, and fashion shows. The CHIIVIES news- paper began winning first place a- wards at St. lVlary's College and LACC competitions. lVlixers with girls' high schools became popular. Parker and Adair gave dance lessons. The alumni were gathered, a science club, Quill and Scroll Society, the Circle Cee, and the Altar Society were formed. BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS Improvements were made in the facil- ities. The Senior Building crucifix, paid for by the Class of '52, was mounted by the Class of '56. The Shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe was built by the Class of 1955. In 1955 the Brothers' house was exten- ded. New showers and locker rooms were added to the gym in 1956. The main building, however, was in bad shape. Plumbing and heating were inadequate, the roof leaked. The death of 95 children in a fire in a parochial grammar school in Chi- cago in 1958 focused concern on the old building as a potential firetrap. Brother Gene, track star and student 4. body president in 1947, became prin- cipal in 1958 after five years as track coach and physics teacher. He quickly applied to the Archdiocese I for renovation of the old building. A committee of Nlonsignors Nloran and North, and Father Clyne examined the main building and recommended a major overhaul. First, however, they wanted lVlr. Clar to examine the stability of the structure. He con- cluded it would cost as much to re- novate the building as replace it. Complex negotiations followed. There was talk of moving to what is now the Pater Noster cam pus, There were proposals to sell, to exchange. In the end it was decided to rebuild. The annex and cafeteria were parti- tioned into temporary classrooms, In November the old building was vacated and razing begun.