Cathedral High School - Chimes Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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1 92 3-Christian Brothers . High School opens at Sacred Heart parish . Catholic Girls High School opens on Pico. 1924-St. Vibiana's Ca- thedral re-opened . 1925-Cathedral High School opens on site of Calvary Cemetery, New city charter adopted , 1 92 6-UCLA dedicated . 1 927-Brothers' House completed. CHS graduates 23 . Construction of new City Hall begins. 1 928-Hoover elected . First talking picture show . 1 92 9-Stock Market Crash . Loyola College moves from Venice Blvd. 1 930-Population of L .A . has doubled in ten years. Depression hits California. St. lVlonica's H .S . opens . 1 931-Senior Building added to main building. 1 932-Roosevelt defeats Hoover. Olympics in L.A. 1933-Long Beach earth- quake causes damage . Old gym and auditorium razed. Banks ordered closed . Pro- hibition ended , 1 935-IVlt . Carmel H .S . opens . 1 936-Roosevelt again carries state. Colorado aqueduct begun. L.A. made Archdiocese . 1 937-CHS graduates 76 . Cathedral High, looking west, City Hall on Left. From 1935 CHIMES. chronology!7

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ZCHRONOLOGY- 176 9-Gaspar de Portola and Fr. Crespi reach present site of L .A. on the feast of Nuestra Senora de Los Angeles de Porciuncula. 1781-L .A . is granted status of Pueblo. 1835-L.A. is capital of California . 1848-Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo cedes California to U .S . Christian Brothers come to United States . 1849-Gold Rush 1865-St. Vincent's Col- lege, predecessor to Loyola, opens on Olvera Street, 1880-USC founded . 1885-Santa Fe R.R. con- nects L ,A: with the East. 1887-Occidental opens . 1890-Sacred Heart Academy begins as grammar school. 1 91 1-Loyola College on Venice Blvd, 1 913-Owens Valley aqueduct brings water to L .A. 1914-San Pedro Harbor completed . World War I be- gins . 1 917-John J . Cantwell be- comes bishop of L .A. 1 91 9-UCLA opens . 1 920-Women receive the vote . Harding elected. Tea Pot Dome scandal follows . lVIovie industry comes to L.A. Population has doubled in last ten years . 1 922-IVIonterey diocese is separated from L .A , 6!chronology

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1938-Floods cause collapse of St. Francis dam. 1 939-World War ll breaks out in Europe, 1 940-L .A . Archdiocese celebrates centennial of its origins . Arroyo Seco Parkway, first freeway . Ponulation of L.A . at one mi ion. 1 941-New gym completed , U .S . enters war. War re- lated industry in L.A. booms . Rationing begins . Draftees and volunteers leave schools for war. 1 944-Roosevelt wins third term . 1 945-Population of L .A . at 15 million. 1 946-Cantwell H .S . opens . 1 947-Cal State L .A . dedi- cated. CHS graduates 105 . 1 948-J . Francis Nlclntyre succeeds Cantwell. Truman defeats Dewey , 1950-UN Police Action in Korea . L .A . population at 2 million. 1951-IVlanual Arts Annex is dedicated . 1 952-Eisenhower elected . 1 953-lVlclntyre becomes Cardinal. Building program sees great increase in number of Catholic grammar schools . 1 956-Eisenhower re-elec- ted, Cal State San Fernando Valley opens . 1 957-Dodgers arrive in L .A . Chavez Ravine con- troversy explodes . 13 story height limit on buildings is repealed in city elections . Renewal project on Bunker lililabegins. CHS graduates 8! chronology