Cathedral Griffin High School - Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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The new foreign language department. In the Fall of 1960 there were 633 students enrolled in Griffin High School. The faculty had grown to thirty-four, twenty-four of them Viatorians. On the aca- demic scene, the faculty voted to set up boards to handle many matters that had always fallen on the shoulders of the administra- tors. Two of these boards, one on discipline and one on academic matters. functioned quite we-ll. The school also began to be de- partmentalized according to sub- ject matter. Thefaculty votedfor administrative boards. 1959-1960 Faculty Fr. Jos. Canella Fr. Geo. Dempsey Fr. john Durkee Fr. Pat Durkin Fr. Gerald Leahy Fr. Eugene Lutz Fr. Chas. Maranto Fr. Geo. Neych Fr. Arnold Perham Fr. Marion Schuetz Fr. Robt. Spiekerman Fr. Francis DesLauriers Fr. Leonard Stachura Fr. john Tobin Fr. Pierre Vautrin Fr. Eugene Weitzel Bro. Wm. Dunlap Bro. Wayne Dupuis Bro. Harry Wong Fr. Cullen 0'Bnen Fr. Casimir S. Paul james Belz Robt. Astroth james Morris james Weithman Fr. Francis P. White Miss Marie Fruend Mrs. Luke Gleason Mrs. Foster 1960-61 Faculty Fr. Jos. Canella Fr. Fran. White Fr. Casimir Paul Fr. Francis DesLauriers Fr. john Tobin Fr. Geo. Dempsey Fr. john Durkee Fr. Pat Durkin Fr. Ray Field Fr. Chas. Maranto Fr. Am. Perham Fr. Marion Schuetz Fr. Ed. Shaw Fr. Robt. Spiekerman Fr. Leonard Stachura Fr. Pierre Vautrin Fr. Gerald Leahy Fr. Eugene Lutz Fr. Geo.Neych Fr. Eugene Weitzel Bro. Wayne Dupuis Bro. Wm. Dunlap Bro. Bern. Bebee Bro. Harry Wong Miss Marie Freund Mrs. Luke Gleason Mrs. Ruth Hafel Miss Valor Shurrager james Weithman james Belz Robt. Astroth james Morris Fr. Cullen 0'Bnen Clara Bretz-Secy. 1961-62 Faculty Fr. Jos. Canella Fr. Leonard Stachura Fr. Francis DesLauriers Fr. Casimir Paul Bro. Wayne Dupuis Fr. john J. Tobin Fr. Marion Schuetz Fr. Eugene Hoffman Fr. john Durkee Fr. Ed. Shaw Fr. Ray J. Field Fr. Chas. Maranto Fr. Geo. Dempsey Fr. Julius Kirchgessner Fr. Gerald Leahy Fr. Robt. Spiekerman Fr. Arnold Perham Fr. Eugene Lutz Fr. Pierre Vautrin Fr. Eugene Weitzel Fr. Geo. Neych Bro. Dunlap Mrs. Alice Carpenter Mrs. Marion Lilly Miss Marie Freund Miss Valor Shurrager Mrs. Ruth Hafel Robt. Astroth james Belz james Morris Fr. Cullen O'Brien Clara Bretz-Secy. Isabel Deloney, Asst.

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The sports teams had very good years. Both the football and base- ball teams won City titles, the basketball team posted an 18-8 season and the track team also did well. The Industrial Arts Club was formed and the French stu- dents began their own newspaper, dubbed, Le Grtffbn. The science department organized a series of seminars for students which proved to be popular and success- ful. Further success came at the District Solo and Ensemble The prize winning band members of 61. Charter members ofthe Industrial Arts Club. Music Contest with Fr. Spieker- man's musicians winning I3 first prizes and I4 second prizes among the 27 students entered. Eleven first and two second prizes were won by the 13 students who entered the State Science Fair. Of 32 Illinois State Scholarships won by students in the high schools of the city, I3 went to Griffin stu- dents. The ltalian Dinner served 5,000 people that year. One hundred twenty graduated in June of 1961. Teachers don 't always teach! Emi