Central Catholic High School - Echo Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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14 THE aids and appurtenances. as are deemed req- uisite by modern educators for successful teaching. No pains are spared to develop those tal- ents of which a pupil may give evidence. The maintenance of discipline receives particular attention, all scholars arere- quired to observe the regulations of the school. ' These regulations are calculated to ren- der the pupils courteous, honorable and respectful. The chief aim of the discipline in force is to habituate them to manners that will distinguish them as upright and virtuous young men who will reflect credit upon their parents and their school. The pupils have access to Library Hall, which was erected at a cost of about 580,000 by the Very Reverend Joseph Brammer, the present Administrator of the Diocese of Fort VVayne. This imposing edifice contains a large library well stocked with the choicest literature, a reading room, gymnasium, a beautiful chapel for the ex- clusive use of the children, also an exhi- bition and lecture hall with a seating ca- pacity of about one thousand. There are about three hundred and twenty pupils enrolled whose ages range from six to seventeen years.-Quoted from Brothers of Holy Cross C1895b. CEditor's Note :-The book, Brothers of' Holy Cross, was prepared in connection with the celebration of Fort Wayne's Cen- tennial Year in November, 1895. Its his- torical pages are highly illuminated in four colors. It contains photographs of Fa- ther Brammer, the Columbian Literary So- ciety, the Altar Society, the Young Men's Sodality, the Mechanical Drawing Class, the Commercial Class of 1895, and group pictures of all the other classesj A Christmas Thought jesus was born on Christmas day To mend us by his love, So now our duty is to pray To God our Savior above. Jos. PEPE, '25, .ECHO Music Music is a kind of optimistic harmonizer which, the more we listen to, the more it attracts us. It is the 'fsoothing syrupu of our everyday life. It is the one thing which steps in between our mental and physical occupations. Many people will con- sider baseball and such games as the real harmonic , but that is because they have- n't tried music. In school life music is a necessity. Since our last year's seniors have been so suc- cessful several of the classes are endeav- oring to replace them. The attempt has been entirely satisfactory for now we can boast of tivo glee clubs instead of one, the sophomores and the seniors. The former showed their wares at the commencement last year and so have a lead on the seniors. However, that means nothing. Here is where the three P's can become useful. In music, like anything else, practice is probably the most necessary. Sometimes a boy has an idea how music should be sung. Let us take something new, he says. And when he gets up to sing, the idea' is lost through nervousness. fore, fellow members of the glee clubs, let us never forget that when we There- sing' and wish for success and wish to be one of those optimistic harmonizers we must practice, practice, practice. A just a few words about the orchestra. There are certain years when this school is gifted with many musicians. So at such times of plenty the future years are neglected. Now music is an art that is worth more than dollars. Dollars can be earned from music. But letting the pe- cuniary idea drop a knowledge of music has comforted many lonely hours when books were unavailable. So it is hoped the freshman particularly, but of course anyone else, should get an instrument and practice. He'll never be sorry for doing so. For Real Basket Ball, see the Alumnz Game. A

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THE ECHO 13 The Value of a Dollar Jimmie and I were hard workers. We ran errands, helped in the fields, sold pa- pers, etc. But we were doing all this for an ultimate end. john Barns owned a horse. Although its bones stuck out of its sides in conglom- erated bumps, we thought it to be one of the finest horses in the city. Best of all, the horse was for sale, but john refused to talk business with us, because we were not big enough. He wanted people who had money for his prospective buyers, not kids. Although our business did not flourish, we kept plugging along. One night, after we had earned the great sum of ten cents, we met John in the store. He looked at us with a sneer on his face and said: Do you still desire to be mas- ters of that horse ? We-.answered-him -by saying, Do fish like water ? i . , When you get some capital, I will talk business with you. With this remark he left us. We kept on with the good work and finally had enough to talk business with John. The next night we arrayed ourselves in the best attire and departed with joyful feelings. W'e rapped rather timidly on the door and waited expectantly. john appeared and looked at us with a grin. We are ready to come to terms, said I. Hes looked dumfounded, but asked us to come into the house. Shoot, he said as he hunched himself into a chair. Mr: Barnes, we want to buy the horse. but you must throw in the harness and a rig. - How much do you intend to pay me for this horse ? One dollar, I replied with some pride. All that could be heard from John was a groan and he fell from his chair. B EUGENE HUSSELMAN. 'Z-1. Cathedral School lllistorical Sketchp 'l'he Cathedral School of l-'ort Wayne was founded in the year 1846 by the Very Reverend julian Benoit. Being a zealous advocate of Christian education and ani- mated by his characteristic zeal for relig- ion, he resolved to establish a school for the younger portion of his flock in which the science of a secular education should be blended with religious and moral train- ing. He accordingly erected a small frame building Z0 by 30 feet. As the pecuniary resources of the parish were very limited he defrayed the expenses of building and maintaining the school largely from his personal revenues. A competent instructor was procured who conducted the school till june. 1852. ' It became apparent that the existing fa- cilities were inadequate for the rapidly in- creasing number of scholars and that a larger corps of teachers was necessary. . To supply this demand. Father Benoit procured three Brothers of Holy Cross from Notre Dame. the members of whose community have ever since retained charge of the school. The frail frame building soon gave way to more commodious quarters when the present spacious structure tThe Old Broth- ers' Schooli was erected in 1858. A commercial department was added to the primary grades with the view of aiding young men in preparing themselves for the mercantile profession. Scores of suc- cessful business men have received their coznmercial training in this department. The total number of those who completed their studies in this institution exceeds two thousand. tThis was nearly thirty years ago.l There are at present seven teachers em- ployed in the school. tive in the primary grades and two in the commercial depart- ment. The school is well equipped with such

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sfjpgf ,,,xx... Tlllz' ECHO WM VIIIW ALL-CITY HIGH SCHOOL 'l'li.-XXI ' By ROBT. A. REED Sports Ifltlitor, Journal-Gazette FIRST TEAM POSITION SIGVUXIQ 'l'I-IAM Bm-'gzltofj' .......... C. C. II. S .... . .. End Wilkons ............ South Brubaker . . . .... Southside .... . . End . . . .Ilf-Im-mir-l.' . . . . . . .V. V. II S Graf ...... ...CX C. H. S .... . .Tat-kle Miller .... ..... 4 't-nit tl Pohlentz . . ..... Central .... . .Tat-kle . . . ltaho . . . . .South Sehopf . . . .... Southside .... . . Guard . . . . . .Nolrlt-s . . . . . . .1 'PIITI il Alitllirrtn .. ...C. C. II. S .... .. Guard I-'oolufu ...... V. II s Norris ... ... Southside .... ... .Venter ... Sliamhaugli .. ...... V+-nti il Fromuth . .... Southside ...... Quarterhat-k . Vol.: ....... .... 4 '. V. ll N Buslrmuxi ... ...CX C. H. S .... . .IIalfhat-k . Wyss ...... .... S onth Nulf ...... ..... C entral ...... .llalfhat-k ....... l m,m'ynfof .. .. .V. V. Il S Aldrit-h ..... . .... Southside ........ Fullhat-k ........ Paulsen .. ..... l't'llIl tl IIONOHABLE MENTION Eiids-Waite. DI'9:SlIilt l1. Mt-Millen. Tat-kles- Jtirgenson, f'w'y1u.wn. Gtiai-tis-Hill. pie. Jlr-Grfrth, Worten. Ce11te1's-FI1'f'l.', Huffman. Bac-kfieltl-1'urrit-. Ka-ll.-1-r. Mail Caseheer. H o udebush. St0inIu11'l.'01'. Football Review Under conditions which almost demoral- ized the spirit and enthusiasm of the stu- dent body for their football team and its support, C. C. H. S. opened its 1923 foot- ball season. For almost two weeks after the opening of school, the team was without a coach. and uncertainty as to whether there would be a coach prevailed. At last. on Septem- ber l8th. the school hailed with rejoicings and renewed enthusiasm the news that Frank Doriot, an alumnus. and one who has been under the mentorship of K. R. Rockne for four years at Notre Dame. had oiiered his services as coach. XYith discouraging obstacles facing him from all sides the coach started on his up- hill work. The success of the football team. the new school spirit. the new enthusiasm of the alumni for their alma mater. the spirit of clean and manly sportsmanship. and many other good etiects of the season are largely. if not entirely. due to lfrank. our coach. Frank has little to say in the matter-he attributes it all to the boys . After less than two weeks of practice under our coach a team was placed on the gridiron to meet our first opponents.