Cathedral Preparatory School - Literulae Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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WX 11. ff Q The faculty of Cathedral Prep consists of fifty-three persons: twenty-two diocesan priests, five priests of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, tive Sisters of St. Bene- dict, six Sisters of St. Joseph, four Sisters of Mercy, and eleven lay faculty members, While diverse in origin and interest, they find a common unity in the single aim of providing an outstanding Catholic education for every one of Prep's 1,300 students. Thirty faculty members hold master degrees. All are prepared to provide atrich academic background from which the student can draw. Pivotal to Prep and central source of energy and power is the work of the headmaster, Msgr. Robert B. McDonald, and his assistants, Father Charles Skinner, Father John Poux, and Father G. Matthew Daly, who form the administration. The faculty is divided into the various academic de- partments of Religion, English, Social Studies, Science, Mathematics, Modern Languages, Latin, Art. and Physical Education. Several teachers serve in more than one department, but the trend is toward greater special- ization, even within the departments. Students feel the cameraderie among the priests, the relaxed atmosphere between priests and laymen, and the respect that both priests and laymen have for the sisters. They can sense the easy friendship among them all. This provides a valuable lesson. Life is taught best by the visual aid of practical example Q THE FACULTY WORLD 41? 3. E X. Q - :QT Thtgoegssms fir! 'T N 'H fi . -M' T ' 2 P, .L v . .pf . .-- , .V ..,.,,,4 , , Lo.

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o The tower clocks on the Cathedral read eight o'clock as students waiting to enter Prep's seven doors listen to the chimes. The doors are opened and the boys pour into the empty corridors. The halls reverberate with conversations and an occasional boisterous laugh. Prepsters hurry to their lockers to get books for the morning classes. Here and there someone is catching up on his work, perhaps finishing an assignment which is due today, or else doing some last-minute studying for a test. Those whose work is finished gather in small groups to talk and to wait for another day of school to begin. In the attendance ofiice the assistant headmasters are greeting boys who have sad stories to tell. These stu- dents left for school so eagerly that in their haste they forgot perhaps their locker keys or their blazers, and no one can go to class without either. The priests listen patiently to their stories and mete out the appropriate corrections. At 8:27 the first bell rings. There is a flurry of activity as everyone hurries to his first period class- room. Those who like to cut things closely and come in just on time are taking their books from their lockers. Within three minutes, the corridors are empty and si- lent. When the bell rings at 8:30 to mark the start of the first period, everyone is already in class. That is, almost everyone is in class. Those who have cut things a little too closely are going down to the attendance office to receive tardy slips and demerits. There are more sad stories for the assistant headmas- ters to listen to. Finally the school settles down into class routine. Today the periods are shortened for Wednesday morning Mass. The classes, which are ordinarily fifty- five minutes long, have been cut to slightly more than a half hour. The bell rings for the change of classes, and thirteen hundred boys stream through the corridors to- ward their next classroom. They have three minutes to get to wherever they are going, and there is good-na- tured jockeying for position. Monitors stand at strategic points along the corridors to keep the students in a reasonable semblance of order. Second period is a Student Council meeting. The representatives of the different school organizations and one elected representative from each social studies class assemble in the auditorium. Any student who wants anything changed in the school can drop a resolution into the box in the attendance office and the Student Council debates it. Would the majority of the students want the change? The representatives vote on the reso- lutions, speaking on behalf of the boys whom they represent. Resolutions which are passed are given to the Headmaster to be approved. If prudently possible, he follows the council's suggestions. 25?-S' - V .. -.yung .5 13:54, ci gg - - - - rx 4' A: w ' - i '.f-:Mt-12 ' .Z ..: 'f 1 -1' -' '-..r,m-sg. ,fftm 4- . V- 4 THE STUDENT COMMUNITY AND ITS ACTIVITIES 13