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

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Expansion and improvement throughout the years have characterized not only the building program, but also the curricular and athletic program offered by the school. Extra-curricular activities have also been greatly extended. Approximate seventy per cent of Noll alumni go on to higher education and the majority of its students follow the college preparatory courses. There are, however, four dif ferent curricula of¬ fered: the Classical, the Scientific, the Commercial, and the General. Although much progress has been made in the comparatively short lifetime of Bishop Noll High School, there still are many more things for which loyal Nollites are and will be striving in the years to come. Among these things might be listed new cafeteria accommodations and a field house. These dreams will be realistic if there prevails among all present and future Nollites a continuation of the wonderful spirit of sacrifice and cooperation that has always been so out¬ standing along with the combined appreciation of the value and importance of Catholic education.

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BISHOP NOLL HIGH SCHOOL Bishop Noll High School, 1519 Hoffman Street, Hammond, Indiana, is the home of 1389 students each day from 8:25 A.M. to 2:14 P.M. Noll High, now one of the largest high schools in the Calumet area, has grown to its present proportions through thirty-four years of sacrifice and progress by faculty, students, and friends of the school. At its founding in 1921 the school was known as Catholic Central High School and temporary classrooms at St. Mary ' s Parish, East Chicago, were used to accommodate the first enrollment of forty students. In 1922 the school moved to the present location in what was then a five-room tar paper building. The buildi ngs now on the campus are the result of a building program begun in 1923 when Rev. P. J. Schmid was appointed first director of the school. The original staff of the school were the Poor Handmaid Sisters of Jesus Christ whose Mother- house is at Donaldson, Indiana. In 1933 the Sis¬ ters of the Holy Cross came to Noll High. There are now twenty-two Sisters of the Holy Cross on the faculty. Other members of the present faculty include seven priests and ten lay teachers. Father Conway, now pastor of St. Mary of the Lake Parish, Miller, succeeded Father Schmid as director in 1934. Rev. A. J. Junk, the present principal, made his first appearance on the fac¬ ulty at Noll in 1933 as teacher and athletic director. After six years he became principal and has served in that capacity ever since. In 1947 Catholic Central became Bishop Noll High School in honor of Bishop John Fran¬ cis Noll, D.D., now Archbishop ad personam. Bishop of the Diocese of Fort Wayne and a great benefactor of the school. Bishop Noll High School has grown at such a rapid pace since its foundation in 1921 that the present year necessitated the opening of an extension at St. Joseph ' s Parish, Hammond, to alleviate the crowded conditions on the campus. 6

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CHURCH OF SAINT MARGARET MARY The beautiful Norman French Gothic Church located on Noll ' s campus is dedi¬ cated to St. Margaret Mary. In 1947 Archbishop Noll authorized Rev. Everard N. Klein, then a member of Noll ' s faculty, to form a parish in the vicinity of the school. Until the completion and dedication of the church. Sept. 21, 1952, Mass was held in the school gym. Students now have the privilege of attending Mass and receiving Holy Communion daily before classes, and an especially large number is present on every First Friday of the month. Students also have an opportunity to visit the Blessed Sacrament during lunch or after school.