Regina High School - Tiara Yearbook (Hyattsville, MD)

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f, if . 1 xiigawb. . 1 . ws- 38,17 , ,Q :xi With the addition of a senior year, Regina's enrollment has mounted to over five hundred students. giifadgading jachfiona fdrougk .sgairifuag pafriofic .meuegzlamenf In the beginning there was a forest, a quiet forest. But soon the stillness was gone. Bulldozers came to the forest. Trees were removed, the land was excavated, the earth was smoothed. Yes, this was deep, rich soil. This was the place to make pro- gress. This was the spot for a new school, Regina High School. Builders came to the scene. They faced a tedious task, but the construction was completed and on September 19, 1955, the new high school opened its doors to very am- bitious teen-agers. The students were ambitious! They wanted to form a government so that their activities would be car- ried on in an orderly fashion. At a general assembly on October 14, the first Student Council was elected. This new school must take a promi- nent place among the others in the area. Reginalog, the newspaper founded to foster good public rela- tions in the community, was first is- sued at the end of the second month of the school year. It was evident that the talent of the individual student must be cul- tivated. A glee club gave a concert on November 22 g Thespians per- formed on December 20. The spiritual life of each girl was not forgotten. Msgr. Louis Mil- tenberger conducted the first retreat which was held in the convent chapel on January 11, 1956. Mary was crowned as Queen of Regina High School for the first time at ceremonies conducted by the Sodality on June 1, 1956. The first school year, the one that began tradition for the future years, closed with a picnic for all the students on June 6, 1956. ln the beginning there was a forest, but now there is something better. There is a place where tomor- 5 row s leaders may come to know, to love, and to serve their gracious King and their Queen and Mother, Mary. 9

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5 Official construction began on November 11, 1954 when His Excellency, The Most Reverend Patrick O'Boyle, Archbishop of Washington, broke ground at the site of Regina. Also pic- tured is the founrlress, Mother St. Vincent Ferrer, R.J.M. On June 12, 1955, Rev. Mother Maria del Rosario, R.,I.M. and Mother St. Vincent Ferrer, R.,I.M. watch as His Excellency. The Most Reverend Patrick O'Boylf- blesses the cornerstone inscribed with the motto of the Congregation of Jesus Mary. fa l 'I 'Ease' QA inf 8 ,f G, E., .. Rev. Mother Maria del Rosario, R.,I.M., Superioress General, and Mother Saint John of Kent, R.J.M., General Bursar.

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wiv W we His Excellency, The Most Reverend Patrick A. O'Boyle completes the dedi- cation of Regina on December 11, 1955, by blessing the statue of the Sacred Heart in the rotunda. The Archbishop is assisted by Reverend Denis Fitz- gerald, M.S.SS.T., and Reverend Walter J. Schmitz, S.S. The dedication was the oiiicial opening of the school and the consecration of Regina to Jesus and Mary. The motto chosen for the new institute was Caritas et Veritas. As members of the archdiocesan clergy, religious of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary, and students of the first class of Regina looked on, the Most Rev. Philip M. Hannan dedicated the statue of Our Lady of Fourviere on Sept. 21, 1956. Facing the school, Our Lady stands as a reminder of the virtues that she wishes her daughters to imitate. Under her eyes, the students pass from their freshman year onward to their goal-graduation and life beyond. Old Glory became part of the grow- ing Regina scene on June 7, 1956, at a ceremony in which Rosemary Cerardi received the American Legion Award for leadership, courage, honor, service and scholarship, as determined by the vote of the entire student body with the approval of the faculty. Rep. Richard E. Langford, acting on behalf of the Legion, made the official presentation.