Andrean High School - Decussata Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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Dedication The Most Reverend Andrew G. Grutka, D.D. The good man from the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good. . (Luke 6, 45). Andrean High was realized through the faith, foresight, and guidance of one such good man. Bishop Andrew G. Grutka. Under his able direction, the resources of the diocese were united in a great spirit of sacrifice to establish the first Catholic high school in the city of Gary. In grateful appre- ciation for this opportunity to obtain a Catholic education, we, the members of the senior class, dedicate our first yearbook to His Excellency, Bishop Grutka.

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August 12, 1958 October 16, 1960 October 16, 1960

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Andrean High, the first Catholic high school in the city of Gary, began its history on September 14, 1959, with 331 freshmen enrolled. This school, hoped for by the people of Gary for many years, and sacrificed for during the fund raising campaign begun in 1956, was established by the Most Reverend Andrew G. Grutka, bishop of Gary, as a co-institu- tional school. A co-institutional school is one in which boys and girls are taught in separate classes by a dual faculty under a single administration. As such a school, Andrean has one principal, Father John Burke, C.S.B. and two assistant prin- cipals, Father Robert O ' Halloran, C.S.B. , for the boys and Sister Rose Mary, SS.C.M., for the girls. The Basilian Fathers of Toronto, Canada, and lay men teach the boys; the Sisters of Saints Cyril and Methodius, from Danville, Pennsylvania, and lay women teach the girls. Most of the classrooms are located in two areas, the boys ' wing and the girls ' wing, but all students use the same library and cafeteria facilities. Andrean ' s curricular offerings are divided into two major areas, the college preparatory program and the non-college program with majors in business and homemaking. Besides the atmosphere of a Catholic school, Andrean offers its students opportunities for spiritual growth in the annual three-day retreat, the First Friday Mass, daily Mass, availability of confessors, and accessibility of two chapels. Despite the fact that the boys and girls are taught in separate classes, they take part in many social and extra- curricular activities through the various clubs and activities which have grown up during these four years. Every aspect of Andrean ' s activities — educational, spirit- ual, social, physical- -flows from the basic philosophy of the school, the formation of the true Christian. . .the super- natural man who thinks, judges and acts consistently in accordance with right reason illumined by the supernatural light of the example and teaching of Christ; in other words. . . the true and finished man of character. (Pius XI)