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

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As Bishop Noll High School expands and develops to meet the needs of the advancing world, it offers its student four basic curricula: classical, scientific, commercial, and general. Extra curricular activities extend opportunities to develop particular abilities and talents of each student in the academic, social, athletic, and religious fields. With each step of advance¬ ment, each student becomes better equipped to face the problems of the world after leaving Noll High ' s portals. With the passing of the years, dreams have become realities through hard work and sacri¬ fice. Though much progress has been made, there are still more dreams which, it is hoped, will soon become realities to make a good school even better.

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Qti ' lt p, AoU Jlujh School Bishop Noll High School, center of Catholic secondary education in the Calumet area for thirty-five years, is the home port for students who come from a wide area. With each year not only the student enrollment but also the prestige of the School has advanced in every field of competition to the extent that Bishop Noll High School is now numbered among the largest schools in the area. With a meager beginning in the classrooms of St. Mary ' s Parish, East Chicago, Catholic Central High School, as the school was formally called, originated in 1921 with forty students under the tutelage of the Poor Handmaid Sisters of Jesus Christ. In 1923 Rev. P. J. Schmid was appointed director of the newly founded high school, and a building program was begun at that time at the present site of the school in Hammond. Father Conway succeeded Father Schmid as director of the school in 1934. Father A. J. Junk began his career at Noll as teacher and athletic director in 1933. In 1939 he succeeded Father Conway as Principal. In 1933 the Poor Handmaid Sisters were suc¬ ceeded by the Sisters of the Holy Cross who now number twenty-two members of the faculty. The student body not only has the advantage of these Religious as teachers, but the added services of seven diocesan priests and ten lay men and women. In 1947 Catholic Central High became Bishop Noll High School in honor of Archbishop John Francis Noll, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Fort Wayne since 1925, founder of Our Sunday Vis¬ itor, and a great benefactor of the school. The tremendous increase in enrollment in re¬ cent years necessitated the opening of two classrooms at St. Joseph ' s Parish in Hammond for the 1954-55 academic year. This past year a new west wing of six classrooms and a cafeteria was added to the school to relieve crowded conditions and accommodate the enlarged stu¬ dent body. 6

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Ute Qnxdto. Whether the year is 1942 or 1956, the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes is of para¬ mount importance to Noll ' s family, student body, and alumni. Located at the west end of the campus, the Grotto represents a special tribute to Mary, the Mother of God. Twelve years ago Nollites, with the encouragement of Sister Ivan, spent their free time constructing the Grotto which contains rocks from various parts of the world, notably from Lourdes and Fatima. Upon its completion, the Grotto soon became an integral part of school life and treasured traditions soon centered around it. Prayers of petition and thanksgiving are laid at Mary ' s feet daily. Before and after each home football game the team in a body visits Our Lady. Near the beginning and end of each school year special ceremonies are held at the Grotto. In October the entire student body joins in reciting the rosary and in Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament before the Grotto. In May the entire student body again honors Our Lady with the May Crowning ceremony. The prayers directed to the Mother of God at Noll ' s Grotto over the years have undoubtedly brought many blessings to the school, its faculty, students, and alumni because of Mary ' s powerful intercession. 8