Cathedral High School - Spires Yearbook (New York, NY)

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1951. Honors for the Debate Club-trophy at the C.F.L. Grand Tournamentg for the Caesar Latin classes-the Know-English Trophy and for the Secretarial Practice classes-the Pitman Cup. In October we had the most memorable event in the his- tory of our school, the opening of the Chapel of Mater Sedes Sapientiae with the Presence of our Eucharistic Lord in the Tabernacle, and after the Mass which in- augurated this privilege, the seniors had the first ring ceremony presided over by Sister Miriam Aloysia. 1952. Our theatrical year opened with the Dramatical Club presentation of What a Life! ln our scholastic life Nora Donegan won first prize in Monsignor Voight's science essay contestg two seniors and three juniors rated high in the annual Span- ish contest held by the American Ass'n of Spanish Teachers. The Debate Club won the C.F.L. trophyg Kate Curry was winner in the County Finals of the American Le- gion Oratorical Contest and Marie Mulligan competed at the Metropolitan Opera House in the Hearst Oratorical Contest. The fall term brought Father Wolff for our monthly religious instruction. As the Dramatic Club was preparing for the pre- sentation of The Rivals, we were all very much grieved by the sudden death of our dramatic coach, Miss Marie Hale, on October 2. 1953. ln an Art Show, sponsored by the C.Y.O., Cathedral received fifty-six prizes: the Varsity won the Bongiorni Trophy in the Brooklyn Tournament. Again oratorical contests claimed our attention, Kay McGowan competed at the Metropol- itan in the Hearst Contest and Alice Courtney, was winner in the County Finals of the American Legion Contest. For the first time both ARBUTUS and SPIRES re- ceived Medalists awards from Columbia. A record no other class has ever reached --the graduating class of this year received a total of seventy-eight scholarships! In the fall we were honored by a lecture given by Bella Dodd, a former Communist Party member. On December 8, our Holy Father opened the Marian Year in honor of the hundredth anniversary of the proclamation of the Immaculate Conception of our Lady. When we returned to school this fall we thought we could make all the noise we wanted because the cafeteria and gym had been sound-proofed, but now we find we must beware, the new P.A. system will be in operation shortly. ln De- cember Ann Novellino was chosen General Chairman of the Mirror Youth Forum. 1954. We returned after Christmas to find that the cafeteria had been redecorated and new tables and chairs installed. What an inducement to loitering there! A series of championships and prizes followed in the spring months: the Archdiocesan C.Y.O, Championship and the Bongiorni trophy for the Varsity, a thousand dollar scholarship as first prize in the American Legion Oratorical Contest for Ann Novel- lino and the C.F.L. trophy for the Debate Club, the C.Y.O. and the A.A.U. trophy for the track teams. ln September the new Guidance Library was opened and Mr. O'Connell completed twenty years of service. Never absent! Never late! On Oc- tober 24, Francis Cardinal Spellman opened the Golden Jubilee Year by celebrating Mass at the Cathedral: two thousand Cathedralites were present. After having breakfast at the Waldorf-Astoria, then spent the afternoon at open house in the school, where they found the spirit unchanged even in the midst of material pro- gress. - 1955. ln this issue of SPIRES we hope to tell the story of this famous year of Jubi- lee. May this year be one of great blessings for all those connected with our Alma Mater-- faculty, student body and alumnael '1 Graduation in the Cathedral in 1955- 763 graduates. ii?

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1945. Besides the excitement of the outside world, there was much going on in the school lives of Cathedralites. Once again they have been outstanding above and beyond the call of duty. A citation was received from the Treasury Department for an amount sufficient to purchase seven field ambulances. Our sympathy was ex- tended to those members of the student body who suffered bereavement during these last years of the war. A bulletin was posted on the first floor bearing the name of those students whose relatives were wounded or killed in actiong sometimes this bulletin was issued daily. Congratulations to the ARBUTUS for its Medalist award! Professor Heinroth has written another Mass dedicated to Archbishop Spellman. For the pause that refreshes -our coke machine was installed in the cafeteria. On V-E Day we went to the Cathedral to sing the Te Deum in thanksgiving for the end of the war in Europe and prayed that it would soon end in the Pacific also. 1946. This year brought many changes to our school, the last January graduation was held, the last February class was admitted and the 3B classes were accelerated. This plan was continued until all February admissions were graduated, Bishops' Relief Organization for Victims of War held its first drive this February and March. On March 5 Cardinal Spellman returned from Rome after his consecration as Cardi- nal. ln March also Father Keller gave his first talk to us introducing the Christo- pher idea. The graduates have their first Communion Breakfast with Monsignor Flannelly as their guest. We received three state scholarships and the ARBUTUS is again Medalist. ln September we formed part of the Living Rosary in the first Holy Name Rally at the Polo Grounds. This year was marked by the frequent ex- citement caused by the welcome given by New York to the returning generals, who stayed at the Waldorf-Astoria. 1947. Our scholastic achivements were high: Rosetta Natoli received honorable mention in the Westinghouse Science Talent Research examination, the ARBUTUS received Medalist, the Science Club, second award in the Cancer Exhibit and three state scholarships came to us. ln May Father Meeus again stormed Cathedral, giving us the story of his experiences on the Burma Road. Cathedralites , gener- ous as usual, gave him a gift of shoes before he left to visit his family in Belgium. ln April the seniors went on the first trip to Washington since the war. ln Decem- ber we gave a Christmas party to the Foundling children, this later became a Y.C.S. project. 1948. At the start of the New Year at the Debate Tournament at Cardinal Hayes. our Junior Debaters won Honor Ribbons. February marked our first magazine drive with 1141 subscriptions to the SIGN. A minstrel show was given by the Funny Fathers for Father Plumblossom, who is now returning to China for the last time. The Varsity won the Manhattan and the Archdiocesan championships, and the AR- BUTUS received Medalist. Again we have our annual Parents' Day in May with a concert given by the Glee Club and Orchestra. In October we entered the Columbus Day Parade for the first time. We have lost an old and trusted neighbor-the fire- house that stood on the southwest corner of Fiftieth Street and Lexington Avenue for many years. 1949. The new term brought Father Keller to address the assembly. ln March the seniors presented an Irish Variety Show to raise money for new stage curtains. The spring saw the formation of the patrol, the trophy won by the Science Club, first award of the New York City Cancer Committee, and another championship for the Varsity. School closed with the largest graduating class-891 seniors. ln Septem- ber we had fully equipped darkroom opened by the Science Department and a music department added to the library. Sewing classes were started with Sister Maria lrene in charge. ln November our Latin students received the highest rating in the AUXILIUM LATINUM test with another trophy coming to C.H.S. ln No- vember also--the first West Point trip! 1950. The new doors of the Cathedral, consecrated before Christmas, proved a point of interest 'to all at the beginning of the New Year, Nora Leon was a winner in the County Finals of the American Legion Oratorical Contest, and Aileen Den- gel, in the third round of the Hearst Oratorical Contest. ln the spring eighteen re- ligious communities participated in a vocation exhibit held in our school and the Science Club again won the cancer trophy-the third time. We now have our own beanies which we wore at our first participation in World Sodality Day at Fordham. To the honors already mentioned, we may add seven state scholorships, the C.B.E.A. cup award for shorthand, the A.P.S.L. trophy for Latin students, the Medalist award for SPIRES. ln September the Guidance Office was moved to room 205 On October 18 we had the memorable visit of the Dionne Quints, who sang East Side. West Side for us. This has been a musical year, December l 1 we had the Silver genes Quartet and on December 14, the Little Singers of the Wooden Cross from ans.- 1 -3-fglakf A

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R zsfefl 9171122112 1651212 NOT PlCTURED 1919 1929 Thus was a peruod of duffucult and tryung transutuons, yet the unfaulung patuence and kundness of Suster Marue Vuctoure dud much toward buuldung a great school Be cause of the uncreasung popularuty of the educatuon of gurls and the resultant ruse un the regustratuon at Cathe dral un the early twentues, the lumuted space provuded un the elementary school buuldung was crowded beyond uts capacuty and further accommodatuons were needed Agaun, Monsugnor Lavelle made provusuons for the work he so dearly cherushed Wuth the approval of Cardunal Hayes, Monsugnor had the plans made for the buuldung whuch us today a monument to the remarkable fore sught of thus great man However, the responsubuluty of plannung and of coordunatung the school schedule as peacefully and as thoroughly as possuble un the mudst of constructuon work rested wuth the pruncupal To estab lush an enlarged student body un a new buuldung and at the same tume to mauntaun a standard of achueve ment equal to that of the prevuous years was lukewuse her responsubuluty That Suster Vuctoure succeeded us evudenced by the years of hugh scholarshup that fol lowed Durung Suster's years as pruncupal un the new buuldung, the departmental system was establushed and extra currucular actuvutues were begun un the formatuon of the Dramatuc and Glee Clubs and of the ARBUTUS I8 t, fs-:fit w W, ,yr if Fx' 1 if IKM! My Wayman! 1905 1919 Although students of today do not remember Cathedral s furst pruncupal Suster Mary Raymond those who were here un the formatuve years loved and respected her The unterest of the school was always her deepest concern She sought for and obtauned from every possuble source the best scholastuc helps for both faculty and students Because she frequently sat un for observatuon durung classroom recutatuons and personally coached the students for plays and graduatuon exercuses she was untumately acquaunted wuth all that took place un the school Suster helped guve many gurls the Catholuc educatuon they wanted for she knew that gurls of the calubre requured to meet the exactung academuc standards would be worthwhule leaders un later lufe In a small way Suster Mary Raymond began a work whuch un the years to come would bear great fruut for the Church un New York Though her memory rests un beneductuon now we can stull salute the gallant spurut that guuded Cathedral through uts furst years iff ff 12.95 2 ,- 2.7 4253121 07102212 fmeffe 192 9 - 1936 Suster Marue Annette gave thurty two years of servuce to Cathedral, for she came furst to the elementary school, taught un the hugh school from uts openung untul l929, when she was made pruncupal, whuch posutuon she held untul her change un l936 Many features of our school remaun as memoruals of the foresught and ungenuuty of Suster Annette such umportant tradutuons as the ARBUTUS and the SPIRES, both of whuch were unaugurated by Suster whule she was Head of the Englush Department As pruncupal, Suster Annette realuzed the value un our development of extra currucular actuvutues Hence, she encouraged the formatuon of clubs connected wuth our study classes and between l93O and l936 a club was formed under the supervusuon of the departments for almost every subyect taught un Cathedral To these clubs must be guven much of the credut for the breadth of maturuty found un many of our students, for theur natuve abuluty us guven scope for uts development un these actuvutues Many students recall Suster s unformal talks on character and womanly trauts expected un Catholuc gurls of good traunung Whule she held out very hugh udeals of character and study to the students, she also demanded an exactung background un all subjects, acquured chuefly by careful and unduvudual readung As teacher and as pruncupal, she unculcated a love for good luterature un all students 7 . . Vg. '- J 351-f:ksf-'3'2F5:fl5'l - 32i1. '1A'fU,1 f:i'755'1flf ni-1f...2fQ,: .',: :u,.,Z5 f - ...1 ,' ,J 5 . 5, , Ny iw, A g in mg- 5,.3,,-,4t,xu. gs , 4, 1 V, 1' ani refer' A-W-SE :eff '2 i w fnml ,W , w I 4 rf iw 1, f mr-,wie sc,-, , , s . .A MW. . ,, f- -cg I f , wi- .u: , ,.- ,f M, 5, - we 3' iz ' ,f ' s '7,f.,: 1 -J' . V. ! '2 'T' fwg.,,?+z' '.'f:'i1-39? '. ' S- K ' X ' ' ' l , lt-5ff'6f7-3?if fT':5l9FT 5 . l -3.39 x,,, 11 I A 'V uf' - , ' ' V I ' ' , K r ,, X - , , , .V I m 1 ,- I A . - , . . . - , . . , , I , ., ,, 1 , . X, . - if I .M r . . . . .-