Bishop Noll High School - Marquette Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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Upon matriculation at Noll High, pros¬ pective students are given a battery of tests, the results of which prove helpful in de¬ termining the choice of a curriculum and in placing the student in classes which will satisfy his needs and talents. Noll High offers to its students four curriculas: the Classical, the Commercial, the Scientific, and the General. Bishop Noll High School has thus vastly expanded and improved since its inauspi¬ cious launching in the early Roaring Twenties. However, those modest begin¬ nings were the necessary nucleus out of which has grown and developed the present institution.

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BISHOP NOLL HIGH SCHOOL Every good thing has a humble begin¬ ning, and Bishop Noll High School, the main topic of OUR STORY is no exception. It began in 1921 in the temporary quarters of two class rooms at St. Mary ' s grade school in East Chicago. In 1922 the school moved to the present campus and into the famous barracks a five-room building covered with tar paper. In 1923 a building program was begun which has resulted in the present buildings on the campus. Bishop Noll High School began with a total enroll¬ ment of 40 students in 1921, and has grown to the present enrollment of 1341 students. With such modest beginnings and with such leaps and bounds, our school has con¬ tinued to the present day. The original faculty members of Catholic Central High School, as it was then called, were the Poor Handmaid Sisters of Jesus Christ, whose Motherhouse is located at Donaldson, Indiana. Today Noll High is staffed by seven priests, twenty-two Sisters of the Holy Cross, and ten lay men and women. Rev. P. J. Schmid was appointed Director of the school in 1923. Fr. Schmid is now acting as chaplain at St. Margaret ' s Hos¬ pital, Hammond. In 1934 he was succeeded by Father Conway, present pastor of St. Mary of the Lake, Miller. The present Prin¬ cipal, Rev. A. J. Junk, made his first appear¬ ance at Noll High as teacher and athletic director in 1933. In 1939 he began his career as Principal and has been serving the cause of Christian education during the twenty years of his priesthood. The subjects taught at Noll High are based on Catholic principles and are pre¬ sented from a Catholic point of view. They are imparted with an eye towards the future life and needs of each one of the students. The school sponsors a complete athletic program and a wide variety of activities of an extra-curricular nature. 6

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r ' rcx.Jii. «Ui THE GROTTO The grotto of Our Lady is bright at night. The grotto, built by former students, is a hallowed spot, dear to the heart of every loyal Nollite. The entire student body joins annually in special devotions to Our Lady in October and in May. It is traditional for the football team to visit the grotto before and after every home game. Be¬ fore, during, and after every school day many students visit the Mother of Christ at the grotto to praise her, to tell her their troubles, and to obtain her powerful intercession. Students assemble for the rosary in October. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament is given after the October Rosary. Our Lady is crowned Queen at the annual May Devotions. 8