Bishop O Dowd High School - Mitre Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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Students make each school distinct and each year at a school distinct. Therefore to judge Bishop O'Dowd High School l965, one must look at their activities. These are many and varied. The list is headed by the Student Council, representing all students, and is the most important. Scholastic groups are well known and numerous: Honor Society, C.S.F. Language Clubs, Publications, Religious and Service clubs have small but dedicated member- ships, who do their work quietly and efficiently. Bishop O'Dowd is not limited to its three major sports. Students have formed swimming, golf, and tennis teams. To come to a generalization about the students is difficult because they represent many interests. Through the vignette of intellectual pursuits mental faculties grow, social functions develop, emotional ma- turity, and religious activities make realistic the power of the spiritual drive.

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Principals Mark Bishop O'D0wd Growth The faculfy 1951-'52 consisTecl of Two priesfs and four Dominican sisTers Teaching 150 Freshmen aT ST. Louis Berfrand. The sTu- denT body increased To 375 in '52-'53 and The faculfy To nine sisTers, five priesfs and Two lay- men. The classes were Taughf in The presenf building. The sisTers resided on The second floor of The school building. The convenT and The recfory were complefed by '54. During This year The faculfy increased To fifTeen sisTers, six priesfs, Three lay faculfy and The sTudenTs To 590. The chapel was complefed in The summer of 1953. The gyms, begun in 1953, were com- plefed in The IaTTer parT of 1954. January 1955 sow The formal dedicafion of The school by Archbishop MiTTy. In The Ten years ThaT followed The sTudenT body doubled and Three Temporary buildings were erecTed. The faculfy increased To fifTy members, 22 sisTers, 10 priesTs, seven diocesan and Three Oblafes of Mary, 7 lay women, and 11 laymen. Thirfy-six subiecTs were in The curriculum in 1955 and 1965 has The same number. Though There are a few differenT subiecfs offered, The emphasis is The same-college preparafory.