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

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? 017016 I 6' 5 1-u- Qffliffdfl Qffrklzbm 1942 - 194 9 ln September, l942, a new era un the hustory of Cathedral Hugh School was begun when Suster Muruam became pruncupal and other Reluguous Orders were untroduced unto the Maun Buuldung and the Branches Thus move was a tremendous step forward un the expansuon of the faculutues for the Catholuc hugh school educatuon of qurls un New York ln Suster Muruam s tume every successuve year brought a steady stream of umprovement, many of whuch are stull evudent today Loud speakers were unstalled un the audutoruum and senuor dances became a welcome tradutuon Always concerned wuth the wel fare of the students Suster started the Health Servuce Program, whuch has made great strudes un promotung the health of the Cathedral student Whule January graduatuons and February admussuons were termunated, a four year busuness course was started un St Joseph s Branch Auduo vusual auds were uncreased throughout the school Suster reorganuzed many courses so that students of lower abuluty mught enjoy the opportunuty of a Catholuc hugh school educatuon All these advantages Suster Muruam offered because she gag a genuune concern for the welfare of the students of Cathedral Hugh c ool I9 gffsw Qffaiy Qwlfldfljlh 1936 I9-42 At the tume Suster Mary Bernarduta took charge of Cathedral the school had already attauned an excellent reputatuon ut was offerung a wude chouce of academuc subjects and was mauntaunung a hugh stand ard of scholarshup However new needs arose and Suster Bernarduta was prepared to meet them Because many of the students now at tendung hugh school were goung ummeduately unto busuness Suster untro duced a two year secretarual course as an electuve Thus was a modest begunnung for what has sunce become an extensuve department un the Maun Buuldung and also a four year course un St Josephs Branch Greater numbers of students were seekung admussuon every year T avoud turnung these young people away Archbushop Spellman formu lated a plan for extendung the opportunuty of a Catholuc educatuon among the youth of the Archduocese To Suster Bernarduta went the arduous task of adaptung thus plan to the gurls schools Several new branches were opened All Saunts St Veronuca s later St Joseph s and Holy Trunuty Suster s next work was the reorganuzatuon of the old branches and provusuon for the welcomung of dufferent communutues un the Maun Buuldung Thus latter was planned by Suster but she was changed before uts fulfullment lt was Suster Bernardutas unusual admunustratuve abuluty that made successful these duffucult but far reachung changes un our school Luke former pruncupals Suster sowed the seeds whule ut was left to another to reap the harvest thus makung ut possuble for the work for souls to go on 'fi 49? aiifgtk, Va 14 bg fi, 'F Q Tb

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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 . . . . .-

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Although Sister Miriam Aloysia became principal in 1949, she first came to Cathedral in 1926 as a teacher of English, later becoming the first assistant principal in 1939. Many improvements in our school have been introduced by our present principal. Very significant in a senior's memory of high school days is the ring ceremony which commemorates the first Mass in our own Chapel of Mater Sedes Sapientiae on October 11, 1951. Although Cathedral has always had an oratory and has made preparations for the coming of the Master into our chapel, it was left to Sister Miriam Aloysia to make this dream a reality. We now have the privilege of weekly Mass in Our Lady's Chapel. ln addition to giving the school a spiritual impetus, Sister has also pro- vided the school with a New Look, New chairs and tables in the cafeteria have greatly improved the atmosphere there. The redecorating of the audi- torium, with the addition of the new trophy cases, has made the receiving of report cards at assembly a less unpleasant adventure. Any visitor to the building is duly impressed by the offices on the first floor and the Guidance Library on the second, which were renovated under Sister Aloysia's super- vision. Evidence of this New Look can be seen throughout the building in the new classroom lights and the pleasantly painted rooms, particularly on the lower floors which'are,done in harmonious pastel shades. Attention please! We shall never forget the Public Address System. Always foremost in Sister's thoughts are the students of Cathedral High School. A Home Economics course, was introduced as an' elective and' pro- vision was made to meet New York's most vital problem- the education of the Puerto Rican children. No doubt, the future holds great promise for Cathedral under Sister Miriam Aloysia's able supervision. We, the Class of 1955, are especially privileged to have this opportunity of showing Sister Aloysia some appreciation for what she has done for the Cathedralite. 20