Catholic Boys High School - Rocket Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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O I FR. EDWARD J. YEAGER 1930-1939 FR. THOMAS F. SMITH 1930-1933 ., 2 f.,, A ' G ,L.: I A , A I ' I . .,., A 111R A ' . , Il x V li gg FR. JOHN J. IDUFFY 1930-1932 W5 THE LENGTHENING SHADOW or A GREAT MAN MONSIGNOR HEALY First Rector-1930-1938 MSGR. JOHN J. HEALY A quarter century has rolled by since that quiet September day in 1930 when the reins of Catholic secondary school education in Greater Little Rock passed from the hands of Morris Prep into the hands of the newly founded LITTLE ROCK CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS. Like its predecessor, the new school was officially the high school department of Little Rock College, the now-dormant institution from which have come some of Arkansas' most valued citizens. Catholic High's first principal, Fr. John J. Healy . . . priest, scholar and gentleman . . . stood at the school's door and welcomed fifty-three students, the first of six hundred twenty-one young men who were, in the course of twenty-five years, to be numbered among its graduates. With him were those other pioneers: Fathers Edward J. Yeager, Thomas F. Smith, and John J. Duffy. The four had been appointed by Bishop John B. Morris, the school's founder, and charged with the task of setting the course for the future. FR. JOSEPH M. BURNS 1931-1932 FR. FRANCIS A. ALLEN FR- l-E0 M. DAILEY 1931-1932 1932-1933

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I0 FROM 53 STUDENTS AND . To 1. xwe bagel sf-WN at 'X 506 cam' NX ' 4 TRP' RO -VAX-E-XXC Bess!-X35 I P' 099 srlalxaix- W5 -QQ' NIGX YXXC7 new .590 e000 sie-QQO ad Q' GPX we V533 TATQYXXVS4 DTN a Wa So well did They seT The course and so faifhfully was iT followed by Their successors ThaT Today many of CaTholic High's boys, grown To manhood, are noT only ouTsTanding citizens buT also leaders in every pro- fession and field of endeavor. PriesTs, docTors, mechanics, business execuTives, lawyers, skilled workmen, Teachers, chem- isTs, engineers and physicisTs . . . They now work all over The counTry and some in oTher parTs of The world. They owe parT of The success ThaT has been Theirs To The Training . . . inTelIecTual, moral and spiriTual . . . which They received aT Their alma maTer. So profound was The influence exerTed by FaTher Healy ThaT even Today The school reaps The benefiTs of his efforTs. Truly can iT be said ThaT CaTh- olic High is The lengThening shadow of a greaT man. LocaTed on RoosevelT Road beTween STaTe and Gaines STreeTs The block long campus consisTs of Three buildings and a large recreaTion area. ln The firsT years of The school's exisTence The Gaines ST. building was The cenTer of operaTions. Physics, Chemisfry and Biology labs as well as The library and principal's office were siTuaTed on The firsT floor while four large classrooms were on The second. The STaTe STreeT building served as ad- minisTraTion headquarTers and living accommoda- Tions for The faculTy. The gymnasium was locaTed beTween The Two large buildings and conTained, in addiTion To a baskeTball courT, a swimming pool, lockers and shower rooms, recreaTion hall and cafe- Teria. Xe gx. -'SB' A Ol' xqx TWG 5903 '51 Cal axx I I FR. JAMES G. EVANS T931-1932 FR. CHARLES A. MCCAULEY 1932-1939 FR. RICHARD J. MCCAULEY 1932-1943 FR. THOM. J. PRENDERGAST T933-1934 FR. STEPHEN F. JACKLIN T934-1936