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

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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

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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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DEDICATIDN Behind the scenes of every huge production is always found a director upon whom the ultimate success of the enterprise rests. Many qualifications are requisite for this indispensable personality. Tireless would be a fitting surname for him. Capable must be his middle name, and just plain Humble his last name. These words aptly describe Father William P. McGee C.S.B., the genial priest-director in back of the i952 success entitled The New Catholic Central. Father MeGee, a truly exemplary Basilian always known for his eager- osity to spend himself to advance everyworthwhile project given him, whether it be academic or athletic, was cast in a new role of building coordinator. For hours on end in all kinds of weather, boot-clad or in shirt sleeves, he nur- tured the new C.C. from its blueprint stage to its paint brush finishing touches. To have done a job as well as Father has and not to have taken any curtain calls is just like something our unpretentious priest would do. To understand how all this could be is to understand Father McGee. So, for all the time so tirelessly, capably, and unostentatiously well spent in directing the constructing of the building where Detroit's Catholic men of tomorrow will learn to draw eternal blueprints, we gratefully dedicate this volume of The Shamrock to you Father, commemorating a new beginning made possible through your generous efforts. Fr. McGee strikes a pose so familiar to everyone.