Benedictine High School - Benedictine Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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Otoentp pears! ago Benedictine High School completes its twentieth year of functioning with the close of the present school term. On September 15, 1927, the first regis- tration, enrolling thirty-one students, took place at St. Andrew’s Parish on Super- ior Avenue. In 1929, however, the scene was trcnsfered to the remodeled St. Mary’s Orphanage on Buckeye Road, which became the first Benedictine High School. In 1931, thirty-one students, were the first to receive diplomas from the school. The enrollment gradually increased, and plans for a new modern building were drawn up. Finally, in 1940, the new school on East Bou]evard was ready for occupation. The technical department in the new school helped boost the stu

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dent body. During the war, it played an important part in supplying much of needed machinists as well as manufacturing war materials. In the two decades, more than twelve hundred students have been gradu- ated. Today the enrolment is well above the thousand mark and plans for ex- pansion are already being effected by the construction of the new buildings. In the American atmosphere it has helped to preserve the heritage of the Slovak people, whose generosity caused its be:ng. Among contemporaries, it has met and equalled the best in providing for its wards the benefits of faith and learn- ing for their lives of time and eternity. With new hopes and prospects of pro- gress and expansion, our Benedictines Fathers cannot, with the aid of God, fail to continue in, their fruitful efforts in the cause of genuine Christian education. The Senior Class and student body hope and pray that their Alma Mater may continue to enjoy this singular success for years to: come.