Bellarmine High School - Cage Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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ln honoroiithe bicentennial anni- versary 'George Washington, the Philnmat. ei Club planted a beauti- ful silleriblrch tree on Feb. 23rd, 1932. in a little open space near the .Sfhrine of the Little Flower. -1. 1 -.E es i0ur first page shows a Chalice, the gift of many hundreds of bene- ifactors. But there is a special note about that Chalice. ln its base is an ivory cameo over two hundred aml fifty years old. It eame from Mon- serrat in Spain where Ignatius first experieneed his celebrated Spiritual Exercises. It was given to Fr. John hl4:.4sloekerl SJ., by the Rocca fam- ily, lineal descendants of the first Spanish Governor of California. The cameo itself pictures Our Lady of Monserrat. Another item of note in the Chal- ire is the gold from a eh ain pre- sented by the Czar of Russia for ex- traordinary heroism. Uther pieces include a gold fire medal presented for bravery, an Odd l ellou's medal, 52 wedding rings, elass pins, aml keepsakes. Dlore than 500 hours of labor were required for the perfer-ting of this Cup, dune under the direetion of Mr. I. R. Merrick. find so lifeless genus, aml gold, platinum hare been raised to a dignity, b ea rin g u nhnowingly Precious Blond of ,Iesus Christ.

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fi -s. 1 ll year under the chairmanship of Mrs. W. McCarty, Mrs. A.,lensen, and Mrs. Neal Harrison. Another 4'regular ' was the banquet in honor of the grad- uating class. It was during this year of traditions that the club started the scholarship idea. With such sound activities in the mind backed by the loyalty and generosity of its earnest members of the Philomathea Club was definitely the strong saws of the school. J s y gi? Unge, J. Corvari, Richard Greliiergew Fred Schlattier, Ray Tone, Ash i White, E. Turner, Emmett Mitcllnl, 4 G. Delaney, G. Leahy, L. C. Russell. We could, and possibly should keeil listing namesg but to cover every gen- erous act would have to list all the members of the active club for the past thirty yearw getlxer llwllll or unnamed toifea d all Bell- armine say bless The objectives of the faculty and In cove g of the past more often Walltcrr Georgette Von right, Adam Hahn, T. E. Ashe, right, G. Hazen, H. Honvlez, Geiger, G. C. Jezek, Tom Tom McMahon, V. Inipett, J. T. McCormick, E. Walter F. St the Philomathea are the same: to lll0lil the character of the boys. The teaching staff spends itsali-fe in the Mllllt tht of the o evefy require- thc,sel1ool life repairs aid to smhool. W4 fl this club has on debts of school, cafe- .lnd faculty And on our Silver ,I strive in- adequately to thank her, and to ask tha se e Jubilee

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.fm XJ? 6? ww at avi 43 X In if PRESIDENTS OF THE PHILOMATHEA I I PRINCIPALS 0F BE Mm F if A - . Y 8 192 .32 F-. I M - 1923-24 Mrs. Il. M. shovnsn lgfggggfg lil, 'lfQj,'fdSQi, S J 1924-25 Mrs. 11. M. Shovlnin , ff- H-vfnflil-sn 1925-26 Mrs. William Mccam 15142.45 l':::l.b1:i:ll9ir:i: 1926-27 Mrs. Aaam H. Jam.-n 1311!-'40 11-'frm --J-4' .. --H. 1927-28 Mrs. Mahon Raonmmd .S 1.,4,7,g FL ,.i,,,.Q:Il:.D1:hn 1928-29 Mrs. mer Manley 22A2 1 A ii' i NI F4011-1' g 1929.30 M,.5,,M,,.,inVp,.h.ic' Uf'!'Un. Sept. 1 947, in Providence- ' ' i 'PFm: '5D' Q, , 'Q . S., QHo.tta 'Por and, Uregqa, there A , V 1 3 1930-31 'MTS' Helllflfk -if die! inf 'lit' ll young Jesuit srhol-at? , L' A 'W is 193132 mrglpmd Bath., A astic- b that-manm of ,Q ed Fair- W s A A Q, ' A in hurst. e wii long bv l'1'ii'llllll'l'l'll 193233 Pewcw as Micro b Whose b33,34 lic d Noriwtholic contact with' -him 1934-35 John .flat nl ln- fwh ere th e' 1 941 1 943-44 1 945-46 M Morisette Alfred Moriselle John Quinn - finallg' as president of nhn Quinn Q len Wa? ,U fm. sufferif ing frvr, ah: fl hr 4 n .ttldu 3 ul beemne some- an For he last. one day tlu-y knvn' lu' nh: n rich .s to be the OUT mine V ership ' an , da dalist member of the body in his senior year. It was after his that Al placed others at the servire of by winning his wings in tha' , Force, and by later bccol ing a foul lr. Aftfer his discharge from K so e he decided to complete his dz t n at Gonzaga University, where i a hort time he again was being as Ito run for student body presi- -V . ,- ing instruetor. k-3 de . Hut instead he refused the - 'owl he ' lu' ul' to s art another stu M as a candid e for the same office. It was about this time that Al finally szfrrendered him- self to the call he had lonfbeer rv- sisting, a vocation to t tit priesthood. f- Al's short period as a Jesuit novitfe 4 . Y . may be characterized, In his own Air Force slang. as one heroic effort' lo be on the stiek for God. And that is better than any other eulogy for him. Al Fairhurst was on the stick when he took of on his short flight to heaven.