Cathedral Griffin High School - Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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Brother Drolet returned to Cathedral as the 1945-46 school year opened. He energetically re- sumed his duties as band director and began a feeder band program in the primary schools. One other returned Viatorian, Father Matthew Noonan, formed a staff for the purpose of beginning a yearbook for the school. A con- test was held to find a name for the new publication. Cathe- draloguev was the winning entry for the title. This first yearbook offered a brief history of the school and pictures of all of the graduating classes that had gone before. World War ll had ended, and one of the most interesting as well as touching sections of the book was an Honor Roll listing all Cathedral graduates and students who had served their country so well in the war against the Nazis and Fascists, including those who had given their lives for their country. X K.l.A. rgw, i Student memorial service honoring nineteen alumni killed in action. J0hf1 Feeney 43 y K.I.A. The 1946 Senior Band Cathedrals pioneer yearbook. The Cathedralogue staff. . . starting a tradition on a shoestring. Fr. M. Noonan Walt Donelan '41

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The 1944-45 school year con- tinued to be overshadowed by the war. The Viatorian staff had been cut to fourteen and all were des- perately needed in the classrooms While there was a clear need for construction of a new high school, the Bishop decided that the time was not yet right for such an undertaking. Instead, he pur- chased the present school for 541,500 from the school district. Remodeling, which quickly doubled the purchase price. be- gan. The remodeling was de- manded if the school was to maintain its accreditation. Much of the work was done by the staff of the school. 1941-42 Faculty Fr. James Sees Bro. Thomas B. Nolan Bro. Charles Carlon Fr. B. M. Russell Fr. A. P. Burke Fr. J. T. Moos Fr. J. J. Klim Fr. Stephen Mayer Bro. John Beatty Bro. Phil Clifford Fr. L. Demmer Fr. R. C. Hope Fr. Thomas Murphy Mr. Jolm Fabri Fr. Manual Rua 1942-43 Faculty Fr. F. J. Harbauer Bro. Thomas B. Nolan Bro. Charles Carlon Fr. Bemard M. Russell Fr. John F. Brown Fr. Stephen Mayer Fr. Joseph Meara Bro. Owen McCarthy Fr. W. A. Harris Bro. John Beatty Fr. Capps Fr. Dumas McCleary Fr. Francis Emerick Bro. M. P. Daugherty Fr. Mort McLaughlin Fr. Harold Wilker Mr. John Corcoran 771e Cyclones of 194-'lfeted at annual K. of C. banquet December 17 Tomorrowlv Programmers? 1943-44 Faculty Fr. F. J. Harbauer Bro. Thomas B. Nolan Bro. Charles Carlon Fr. Bemard' M. Russell Fr. John F. Brown Fr. Stephen Mayer Fr. Joseph Meara Fr. W. A. Harris Bro. John Beatty Fr. Dumas McCleary Fr. G. Nelson Fr. J. W. Shells Fr. L. M. Weiland Fr. F. E. Williams Bro. L. A. White Mr. Corcoran Mr. John Hendricks Mr. R. T. Neeson 1944-45 Faculty Fr. F. J. Harbauer Bro. Thomas B. Nolan Bro. Charles Carlon Fr. John F. Brown Fr. Joseph Meara Fr. W. A. Harris Bro. John Beatty Fr. J. W. Sheils Fr. John A. Toolan Fr. M. P. Loughran Fr. F. E. Williams Bro. Joseph Gallagher Bro. J. E. Healy Bro. Mack Mr. R. T. Neeson Father Nolanlv noon league All-Stars.

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This year also saw the choral groups under the direction of Father F. E. Williams and Father Loughran begin to flourish. For the second time the basketball team went to the Sweet Sixteen tournament after winning on the city, regional and sectional levels. The first post-war variety show was hailed bythe local press as excelling its predecessors in all re- spects and praised the work of Brother Drolet, Father Williams and Father Loughran. Among the graduates of the Mani' Glee Club members parricipaled in Schools At Warnprogram War bonds and stamps purchased mechanized equipmenlfor the Armed Forces fist Q Sv Fr. M. P. Loughran Fr. F. E. Williams class of I946 was Patrick Wright, now the pastor of St. Agnes Par- ish, and William Mayer, now a Viatorian priest and former teacher at Griffin. C. B. H. S.l2 headsfor the Stale Tourney. SHOWBOAT 1946 Variety Show was held in the Knights of Columbus ballroom