Cathedral Griffin High School - Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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Two hundred and sixty-five students registered for the I933-34 school year, more than had been expected. The curriculum was ex- panded to handle the fourth year as the first freshmen were now beginning their final year of high school. This was the year that State Inspectors visited the high school and were so impressed that they granted full and immediate accreditation. The athletic teams began to establish the winning tradition that has always been a hallmark of Cathedral-Griffin. Thej7rst band uniform was West Point style. Freshmen and Sophomores in 1932. Bob Heilz, 38. --rams . my of , - r W News .tu :we-asm r . . A .. Q--was - - N S'fw,i.s. - WB . N-www ,-. - ,eww Q21 ff -.0-K -' if xiii' ii -f .W gi is r -- Wwe, e ' : :Qi in i 'S i SMF' 1 ,gl ' J I . bqqr M Q 5?-. N 1 i we Q 'z 1'2- gr , A e , fr- . , gif. F' ' K Q ,e n. ,Q X -Q . flag. - - -iw' T 1 ,ig fr e ff . Ni: ' I ' - in F35 -:Eg : , . v ' K , rig T . - 'X 8 ,sg K at J?-E Y k 4. K ::t,,g,,x' bf sk ew 4-1, -.K N as 1' X fs? si, X lf, L 'ya vs ,, W fs, is 'P-' 'K r R ei 'F ' if N is at its ,refs ..- dl ., ,,, at W l K 91.35 1 v uv 1 we 1 1 9... wi? X ' Q . .4 we 4 + , ,Q 32 r i A Q ' 4 , as , . . . . s .ga 'H X ffi1E7i'Q,., 441. 'Q ' , Fira W e f . ' -- -Q, , , it le K '. ,.u'7 ' . l f'f.,f-in .s .. V , -. 1,15 1- agar. , ,,, --e: +'h.t if.. -- t K, J If f' f , . fy Fletcher Ulterbavk, 38.

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The band made its first appear- ance in its West Point style uni- forms at the Springfield- Cathedral football game. Under the direction of Father Eugene Surprenant, the Echo began pub- lication as the school's newspaper. The word first has appeared in this text over and over, but it is hard to avoid as each of these early years saw the beginning of some aspect of school life, many of which became permanent parts of the Cathedral-Griffin tradition. Perhaps the most important first , since it indicated that the new school was here to stay, was the first commencement ceremony held in the June of 1934. The cer- emonies began with Mass cele- brated by Bishop Griffin in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Following Mass, a breakfast and class exercises were held in the Knights of Columbus Hall. Fifty-nine young men be- came the first graduates of Cathedral Boys' High School and the nucleus of alumni that numbers over 5,000 today. Two members of that first graduating class, J. Cullen O'Brien and Jo- seph Prokopp, became priests of the Diocese of Springfield. eil illffyji il thy iff!-A-as ' Wills ua 35 I GM' .... Qwogct izwsuui yvw9L 064'-90' K rn-rm p Jun- was If-ix CSV 3 -A . Founded in 1933 by Fr. E. J. Surprenant ,, ..., .. .. 'A V . M... 'x V