Cathedral High School - Crusader Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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FOREWORD W B, tlit Graduates of today, have the unique distinction of seeing the light of day for the first time at a period, when this world of ours was suffering from one of the greatest upheavals mankind has ever re¬ corded, namely, the World War, and graduating during the greatest depression of all times. Still the days of today are as interesting as the days of the Sixteenth Cen¬ tury, when numerous tales of discoveries and adventures were prevalent. True, there are no new worlds to conquer, hut there are new fields to explore in our whole economic and social structures. These structures need re adjustment hut how will this he accomplished? Many panaceas from all corners of the world are offered. Stalin of Russia prescribes Communism as the only cure. Mussolini has accomplished much iu Italy, through Facism. Hitler poorly apes the Italian Dictator, and calls it Nazism. Dictator Calles of Mexico, with his cohorts, tries to imitate Stalin by persecuting the established religion in the neighboring Republic. In our own Fnited States. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt introduced “The New Deal,” Huey Long, the senator from Louisiana invented a “Share the Wealth’’ program. Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, radio priest of Detroit ex¬ pounds weekly the principles contained in the Encyclicals of Pope Leo XIII, and Pope Pius XI. the “Rerum Novarum” and “Quadragesimo Anno.” In the State of Illinois, Governor Henry Horner, and the Mayor of Belle¬ ville, George Remsnider struggle to cope with local depression. Likewise, in our own diocese, Bishop Henry Althoff silently studies the Encyclical “Quad¬ ragesimo Anno” of our reigning pontiff. Pope Pius XL, and issues a scholarly and comprehensive summary of it for the perusal of his faithful. The Most Rev. Bishop is ably assisted by the various pastors of the city, namely:— Rev. Joseph Mueller, Cathedral Rev. Frank Kaiser, St. Luke’s Rev. Joseph Orlet, St. Mary’s Very Rev. Dean Win. Hoff. St. Teresa’s Rev. Joseph Ehman, St. Henry’s Rev. Louis Ell. Blessed Sacrament And so we have briefly enumerated the principal characters in this great drama of reconstruction. But this brief atinal would he incomplete without mentioning those who were intimately associated with us during our School days at Cathedral High School. We therefore ask you, kind friend, to turn the pages of this booklet, to read the lives of those who made the world a better place to live in not¬ withstanding the World War and the Great Depression. —The Seniors of ’35.

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DEDICATION When l y a kind word, a cheery smile, one can bring a fleeting moment of happiness to some sad heart, he has indeed accom¬ plished more than we poor mortals can measure. We were most fortunate in having such an amiable sold for our teacher and friend, whose constant cheerful disposition was an inspiration. We are proud to dedicate this issue of “The Cathedra” to the memory of our beloved Moderator the late Rev. Brother William Keisker, S.M. Who as a simple religious, with simple ways accomplished far more than this little volume could express. —The Seniors of ’3 Seven