Cathedral High School - Journey Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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A Brief History of Cathedral School Parish records reveal that the first parish school was opened in the year 1863, with a Miss Steele as teacher. lt was a pay school, and not very suc- cessful, although it was continued for a number of years. At first it was for both boys and girls, but upon the opening of St. Mary's Academy, in l864, the girls were sent to that institution. This information would make the Cathedral school the oldest in Denver, which has always been the conviction and boast of the members of the Cathedral parish. The first efforts, however, to establish a real parish school, in the true sense of the word, were made by Bishop Machebeuf in l874, when he opened a high school and college for boys, but the venture met with no success and at the end of the year the school was closed. The Cathedral school as we now know it, was founded in l89U, by Bishop Machebeuf, who erected a building on Logan Street. The school was placed under the direction of the Sisters of Charity of Mt. St. Ioseph, Ohio, who have remained in charge during the forty-seven years which have elapsed since then. Until the year 1921 classes for grade and high school were conducted in the original building erected by Bishop Machebeuf, which also served as a home for the Sisters. Concomitant with the growth of the city was the growth of the school, so that in l92l ground, adjacent to the priests' old rectory, was purchased, and a beautiful high school building, with a convent for the Sisters adjoining it, was erected. These buildings form one of the architectural gems of Denver, having been built in pure mission style, and equipped with every modern convenience. The school continued to grow, so that the purchase of more ground on the corner of l8th and Logan Street was necessary in order to provide the children with a playground sufficient for thetr needs. ln the year l928,through the beneficence of the Malo Family,a gymnasium, with the latest gymnastic equipment, was built in memory of Oscar Malo, Ir., a pupil of the Cathedral school who died as the result of an infection received during a scout hike sponsored by the parish. At the present time the school harbors over seven hundred and fifty chil- dren about equally distributed between high school and grade school. Prom the time of its foundation the school has been rich in religious voca- tions. More than one hundred of its graduates and those who spent the ele- mentary years of their education within its walls have entered the religious life, so that the school boasts of many prominent priests and heads of religious com- munities among its alumni. ln 1930, the school was placed on the accredited list of the North Central Association of Education, and has a scholastic rating which makes it one of the leading schools of the city. There is scarcely a profession in the city in which Cathedral graduates are not represented. Priests, Sisters, Doctors, Lawyers, Engineers and Scientists can be found throughout the State and in many parts of the nation, who laid the foundation for their achievements within the portals of Cathedral school. lilllllllllmllllu I I Ill I mlnnul I IIulIllnlllnmlIIInIIulIllnllllllllIIInIllllIIllIIllllllllllllllIllIIlllllllllllllllllllmll lllllllllllIIlllllllIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ,12.

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