Aquinas Institute - Arete Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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44. ', V f at . ' - . xr -, A J S' 4 , HOU PLACE OE RE ERIE Oxer a half century ago fifty fne years to be exact the late Father Hickey conyerted a part of the old C athedral Hall tnto a schoolroom where he prepared to open 1 busrness class Ivso sears later rn 1904 more rooms were fitted out so that an academic as well as a tommercral course could be had at the new school I'hus Cathedral Hugh the flrst Catholrc High School rn Rochester was establrshed ln May of 1905 Father Hickey was consecrated Brshop Nexertheless he contmued hrs leadershrp and remamed a member of the faculty of the school whrch he had founded After slx years the school had advanced to such a stage th it Brshop Hlckey felt that vuthout rrsk he could leave rt under the guidance of prnests, sisters, and lasmen Stster Prudentra was named prrncxpal Wfhen rt was fnrst founded m 1902, there were only thrrty puprls, but by 1913, rt had ox er four hundred students regtstered The faculty was made up of four priests, fourteen Sisters of Saint joseph, and three laymen Already, even at this early' date ln the school's development, commercial graduates of Cathedral Htgh were occupytng Important posttrons rn the busmess world, and the graduates from the academrc courses were wmnmg honors and fame for themselves and for their former school at colleges and untversmes throughout the country, not ably at Notre Dame In the fall of 1925 under the leadership of Father Charles Muckle, who had been appolnted prmcrpal rn 1915, a drne for funds for a new and better equrpped school burldmg was begun, and before II had ended, over S900,000 6

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Q Ki, 'pl 'TJ a, rt ' c ,fb Q. f-5 5 -lz' '1- T. TERESA OF LI EUX fjufroneu of fAe 77iiJ51'onJ Burn - 'lxlllllzlfij 2, 1875 limcrcd Ciirincliles - A,t1ril9, 1888 Died - Sefltwlllzer 50, 1897 filllllillibiid - 11111-3' 17, 1925 Patrunesa of the Missiona - Derember 14, 1927 lfcaat Dux' - Ovtnber Srd. 'Q' 'Q' ST. FRANCI XAVIER ,Jah-on of fAe 77!f.5JionJ Born - xl ril 7, 1506 A vt, ff Hcuunc Jesuit - Anguyf 15, 155-1 fyflidillfd Priest - june 24, 155' Died - Dwellzbcr 5, 1552 Cfmmniscd - ,1111'y22, 1622 lfmst Day - Ilefenlber Fwrd. 3155

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nc hccn suhscrlhcd Un Xl :rch ' ' thc pttron tl fc :st of Snnt Thon um is sho 1 ic cx hr ulcc thc grounc fc r thc ncw Aquinas Ihe hull in s c m m ctccl in tlmc far thc Scptcmhcr opcmn m 1275 I tther XX1lI11m Bxr c :mc ic s ti ncw sc ic mc in 1978 he w ts succeede IIIILI' Ctr x c fo I4 Xqumxs cstlhlishcc itsclf notxhls in llmost eserx tctixitx in which thc stuclcnts plrticipttccl Irom the first the deblting team w I5 it th hlnc onc of thc citx s hncst thc hislsethtl telm the best in ts in c tihlishmg rccorc tftcr recorc I1UflXXUI'lI ll 1 1 worlds one hx sir ue 00 shutout xictorx in thc National C ntholic High School tournament 1 77 mc tic ont tll team hccimc thc ttllc of the town from l9s0 lv thc Iiisiliin I ithcrs Itiils oxer thc idministrttion of the sc c I lssummg thc huge debt which had tccumultted in the w tlse of the depression gress ri ndlx XX hen Iwthcr Duggan succeeded Ixther Olome in 194s Aquinas began rise is 1 great foot 1 power Ihe ftcilitxes of the original home grounds Idgerton Pirlc not being sufhcient to hold the s ist crowds which clme to witness the gunes the tctm mos ed to the adequate resources of Red XX ing Stadium where Aquinas footbill retlls entered the limelight The first Bosstown game drew tlmost twcnts thrcc thousand people tnd in nerige of oxer fifteen thousand mended etch Sund is In 1949 with lither fullmine is new principal, Aquinas really toolc a big step in the school s histors md 1 hllf million dollir stadium was constructed in honor of the school s wir dead Ihe following xeir the new Memorial Stadium w lb the scene of mms 1 thrill is eight strught opponents went down to defeat md 1 perfect se ison w IS secured Ihereupon it was decided that new fields must be sought for conquering md in 1951 an ill prep school schedule was ob tuned X ictorious in ill but two glmes the little Irish were named one of the best high school eles ens in the n ltlon Howes er the years following such great success can lead only to a Iesellmg off which A uinis his had to icce vt rather reluctintlx Let us ho we we can raise I ag un to the heights we once enlosed The setr of 1952 saw I' :ther 0 I oane return to Aquinas as principal after an absencc of almost a decade And in 1955 I lther Magee our belosed present day principal succeeded rather O Loane Such 1 brillnnt histors cm onlx arouse a sense of pride in all who contrib uted to so great a success XX e as students of Aquinas, in the year nineteen hundred and fiftx sesen haxe a great tridition to uphold Mas God help us to carry on I I I I 7 I 1 I '- ' ' - . . . ' 'th, IJ--I, - 1 1 u 1' 'IHS Acl ' 1 , Ili I ll' 'Is 't 4 - ' I 1 ' ' ' 1 ' 1 . ii ' Ll' g wa 'o I I - ' A i - c ' .L ' ' ' ' i g i f-'. 1 '1 'DC he '1 ' tl - fir t principal of Ie ' 'I vol, 1 I ' - , '1. . d by I . - ' adv. In th- years to I mg f ' 1 -I 1 ', -I '. ' 1 1' ' 1 . .' 4' D' ', '. 1 'i 1, 1' 1 '1 Al st11ncIoL 1 1: 1 I, ' ' 2 1 ' 1, ' 1l 1 , ' I the lfz . I, i '21 i, A I 1 ' ' I, ' ' .lip 1 ' v' 'i I of115 - . ' 1'1' 1 I1 'Y i' 1 in ll-..1 1 I I ' f 1 IU1 '1 1 ' ' 1 ' ' Q' on. In ll'7, ' 1 1 'iz H c ' ' '1 ' i. 1 ' Shao, 1.. ' 1 ' ' ' i' 1 1 1 ' '1 ' years. Father U'I,o1me was selected as principal and the school continued to pro- .. ll ' Y' '1 ' '1 . :1 '.1 ' f, ' to ' 1. 1 1 b1lI ' 'i ', I i ,Q ' L. .' L, . , . , ' 2 ,' 1 '1 A ' 1 ' ' ' ' ' ' , ' ' 1, 1 1 ' ' if . ' ' ' 1 . fl 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' .' 1 1 ' I 1 '. q Y. Ii I . 1 2 V . -. 1 . Y I I '1 9 ' 5 ' '. 1' 1 1 1 - ' ' 1 ' ' ' ' - 5 ' 1 1 . ' i ' I' 1 , ' i '1 J ' 1 I' 1 ' 1.' ' ' 1' ' ' 1 1 ' J if '1 5 Q ' . i ' , i ' ' I ' k k. W I i ' ' , 1 -1 - r - f - V 1 - ' - - . -- - , . , 1 ' , ' i' ' 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 '. ' , , , I' 1 ,I Y .1 , 4 I . ihfx . . , ' 1 B' '1 1 Af . 1 ' ' fi , , , . - , , I I i 4 -V I I u - , , - - '7 . - - ' , . ' , , ' . I.-5 , y , . , , 2 ' ' . , I, ' . , l