Catholic Central High School - Shamrock Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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FOREWORD ' Class after class entered the doors of the old school each September dreaming, confident, that four years later they would graduate from a new and unexcelled Catholic Central. But four years came and went many times and many dreams were unfulfilled until it came our turn, the class of l952. But the building from which we leave means little, the bricks and mortar that hold up the new school held up the old. lt is the spirit that we take with us that matters. ln our daily classes we studied the languages, mathematics, the sciences and social studies. But unless these were modelled on the Divine Bluprint that hung before us on the wall, our time has been spent in vain. We have met Christ, our model, each day in the chapel, in the person of our priest-teachers, and among our friends whose lives have been truly Catholic. Every opportunity has been ours, the test is just beginning. If our lives reflect Christ and we spend our talents for His honor and glory, we will be worthy of the privilege that is.ours-being the first graduates of the new Catholic Central.

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FOR C. C. Cardinal Mooney dedicates the school on April 6, l952. Though long in the blueprint stage, the new Catholic Central High School was not begun until the early part of October l95O, when the first sod was turned by Father Sheehy and Mr. Hugh Dean. Work then began in earnest on the con- struction, on the seventeen acres of land purchased some years before by the Basilian Fathers. Month by month, day by day, anyone passing by along Outer Drive could see the work in its progress, first the foundation, then the super- structure, and slowly one by one the floors, until the present wing was completed, and His Excellency, Bishop Babcock laid and blessed the cornerstone. Mayor Cobo, along with a host of Church and lay dignitaries and Catholic Central friends, viewed the proceedings. On September 17, l95l, eight hundred students entered the school and began classes, among them the present group of Seniors which are the honored first graduates. Palm Sun- day, April 6, 'l952, His Eminence, Edward Cardinal Mooney, Archbishop of Detroit, consecrated the new Catholic High School to the Honor, Glory, and Service of God. ing into the new school during summer. A view of the completed school.

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OUR SCHOOL .... . . OUR SENIORS .... . .. OUR ACTIVITIES... .. OUR ATHLETICS... .. OUR UNDERCLASSMEN A NEW HOME 0 FATHER SHEEHY'S MESSAGE 0 FACULTY ' STUDENT COUNCIL ' CUSTODIANS SENTENTIA SENIORUM 0 SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS ' SENIORS v SENIOR DIRECTORY BAND 0 SPECTRUM ' SHAMROCK SOCIAL LIFE 0 RETREAT ' ALUMNI ASSOCIATION - MISSIONS MoTI-I:Iz's CLUB - DADIS CLUB COACHES 0 FOOTBALL ' BASKETBALL HOCKEY 0 BASEBALL 0 TRACK BOWLING ' PHYSICAL EDUCATION U N DERCLASSMEN CLASSES