St Martins High School - Laboure Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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sc I ,A 9 2, ,s N . ,F ji! With the help of a Sherlock Holmes and a few other sleuths, we Seniors have been able to peer into the past ninety years of our Alma Mater. lt has been a difficult task, and is, at best, a mere outline. We would like to give it the flesh and bone that it should have to re- late the struggles of the self-sacrificing Priests, Brothers, and Sisters, and the generosity of a devoted congregation, but lacking the pen of a St. Jerome, we would fail to do it iustice. Suf- fice it to say that the St. Martin Spirit lives on. 1958 sees only adaptation of time and circumstance. . . Back in 1868, at the request of Father Foley, Pastor of St. Martin Parish, the Sisters of Charity conducting St. Joseph House of ln- dustry, opened a day school for his Martinites. As time went on, the enrollment so increased that the building at Cary and Lexington Streets was insulllcient to accomodate both institutions. Accordingly, in September, 1883, St. Martin School left the protection of St. Joseph's. Three years prior to the moving, the Brothers of Mary who had opened a school for boys at numbers 29 and 36, withdrew their classes from the latter house to make room for the Sisters and their pupils. In 1884, number 27, which is a large part of our present plant, was built for them. Meanwhile, in 1916, the girls' high school took up residence in Foley Hall, and occupied the rooms above the Kelly Club. The schools functioned as two distinct in- stitutions until 1928 when the Brothers were re- called, and St. Martin's became Co-ed. With the merging, number 27 became the Junior High, and the boys joined the classes in Foley Hall or the Fayette Street- grade school. But moving days were not over. From the hour we responded to our WELCOME with We're Here with Pep Right from The Start! we were doomed to move. So much spirit could hardly be confined. What was that something in the air? The wanderlust had hit again! We returned as Sophomores in 1955 to find the Junior High over in the Fayette Street School, and our address changed to 27 N. Fulton Ave. ,,,-- ,,,.f-- ,,,, A- v , :al - - h ' ' R, -- 5 ex ,,' fffi :Hao f,0,zJ' Lf! jjyu. If-.513 01 full Wilt l Mlff Well, here we are - tamed down a bit. The three flights of stairs at change of class have done their work. As Seniors, we are rem- iniscing, l'll never forget the day when. . . Our Sophomore year is redolent of memo- ries of Sister Mariana. We border between pride and chagrin at the thought that after be- ing our Homeroom Advisor for a year she went to the Foreign Missions. As Juniors we were introduced to Chem- istry, to Business Education, and to one hundred seven Freshmen! How we lived through it we will never know. Needless to say our noses were slightly out of ioint - ours had been the largest class in the school. But one can get used to most things, and last September's ninety- eight beginners didn't faze us a bit. After all, we are Seniors! At present, the high school is not moving. lt is overflowing back into Foley Hall. Our Busi- .ness Department, and the Boy's Lunchroom are in that area, and there is talk of . .. oh, well, we will leave that for future historians - and take up the song which resounds through the years, We're glad we're here, and ... The following pages will tell you why. 4 1 , fre. - . 4 ff .ee i - f 5 I ' QW , , flue- lllif Z: I ll 12

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ELEANOR FOREMAN l I 4- 0 l Q Ao 'U' L President of Children of Mary...Louisettes...Ellie is a laudable leader, re- markably efficient, noted for her winning smile. Bound for Towson State Teachers College. LEROY DITZEL President of Student Council. . .Athletics. . .Martinite Sports Writer. . .One whose philosophy of life is to accept things as they are. Whether dropping a basketball through the loop, or holding an exam post mortem, Lee is as refreshing to us as a summer breeze. l JOHN PFLEUGAR President of Senior Class...Athletics...Martinite Photographer...Were ever altruism to be personified, there is no doubt that it would be immediately referred to our blond-haired president. We shall remember his sunny dis- position andthe spirit of self-sacrifice with which he tackles all school activities.