Central Catholic High School - Echo Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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20 THE About Exchanges: We intend to have an exchange col- umn in our next issue, so we are send- ing out some sample copies of this number. We are anxious to exchange with those schools to which we are sending them. So far eight publica- tions have reached us asking for ex- change. We appreciate these publi- cations and have quoted freely from their humor sections. The Secret of Happinessi' Brother Florentius, C. S. C., assist- ant general in the Congregation of Holy Cross, was heard in a lecture at 10 o'clock, October 3, by the students of the high school and the boys of the seventh and eighth grades of the Ca- thedral parochial school. His lec- ture, The Secret of Happiness, was illustrated by one hundred and twenty well-chosen slides. The Secret of Happiness pertains to vocations in life, the speaker treat- ing of the married state, the priest- hood, and finally the life of the brother in various religious commu- nities, but particlarly in the Congre- gation of Holy Cross. The need of Catholic high schools for boys was emphasized, Brother Florentius indi- cating that if this work is to be car- ried on successfully an increased number of teachers is essential, and therefore encouraged vocations to the brotherhood. The students seemed most interest- ed in two groups of slidesg the first group centered around the Sacred Heart College, Watertown, Wiscon- sin, the training school for boys who enter as postulants for the Brothers of Holy Cross. It is of this institu- tion that Brother Owen, our princi- pal of last year, is now director. r The second group of slides that attracted ECHO a great deal of attention were the nu- merous scenes of mission work con- ducted by the priests and brothers of Holy Cross in the far-off flelds of Bengal, India. Bengal is interesting to us as the foreign mission where one of the C. C. H. S. former teach- ers, Brother Gabriel, gave. up his life in 1914. Bengal is also the special object of our mission unit. Brother Florentius is not an utter stranger in Fort Wayne, although he had not been here since he taught our fathers twenty-five or thirty years ago. Brother Florentius was stationed here from 1891 to 1896. While here, Brother Florentius de- livered two lectures to the students of St. Augustine's Academy. One of the lectures was his famous Ben Hur, a most interesting lecture il- lustrated by 150 slides. We are looking forward to Broth- er's next visit. We hope to be' able to book him for a reading of Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, Evange- line, or The Sign of the Cross, be- fore the winter is over. -Thomas M oKfierfn.0m, '23, Scotty Griffin's Feats On September 22 Sailor Scotty Grillin performed before the students and faculty. His demonstration was most unusual. The unlimited power over the muscles of his body, and the various feats he performed seemed most impossible. Nothing of the kind was ever seen in our school before, and the student body thoroughly enjoyed the demon- stration. The valuable assistance rendered by John Hediken of the senior class added much to the humor of the dem- onstration. f'Ain't it so, Red ? 1 -Robertfbltot, 223.

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THE ECHO 19 desks, rooms, school and surround- ings in good order and repair. Let us be 100fZp students, and above all 10096 Catholics. Let our lives and our conduct be such that anybody may point with pride to any one of us and say, There is a Catholic boy, there is a student of the Central Cath- olic High School. -J. C., 223. L A Retreat A city-wide retreat for men, given under the auspices of the Knights of Columbus, was entirely a new venture in the City of Fort Wayne. The gen- erous response of the members of all the parishes who thronged the an- cient Cathedral was a source of great edification. We were happy to see so many of our older students faithfully attending the morning and evening exercises. The retreatants were in- deed fortunate in securing Rt. Rev. Msgr. John F. Noll, LL.D., of Hunt- ington, who was recently honored by Pope Benedict XV with the title of domestic prelate-and who has done untold good throughout the land as editor of Our Sunday Visitor, to conduct the exercises. May this re- treat become an annual affair. -Alfred Gardner, 524. Halt Now that the first issue of The Echo is off the press, it is high time for you to do your part towards mak- ing your school paper a success. We are not asking you to do very much, but we would like to have you do the little we are asking you. What we expect is that every student of the Central Catholic High School be per- sonally on the lookout and visit a few of his friends to get them to sub- scribe to The Echo. This is not a very hard proposition, for any friend of yours who is too tight to come across with iifty cents for a year's subscrip- tion, must indeed be a very close-fisted individual. All that is necessary on your part is that you take the trouble to ask them to subscribe. The time has now arrived when the co-operation of EVERY student is abso- lutely necessary. If you want The Echo to be a real live publication, representative of our school, do your little part towards making it a suc- cess. GET SOME SUBSCRIBERS AND GET THEM Now. -A. S., '23. I Saw Your Ad In The Echov Would that we could impress upon the minds of the C. C. H. S. students and all the readers of The Echo, the necessity of not only patronizing our advertisers, but of mentioning The Echo when doing so. Like all other papers, The Echo is dependent upon its advertisers for support. If we had no advertising we would have to charge several times our present subscription rate. Now the professional men, the merchants and the business men-both local and national-who advertise in The Echo, expect a return for their money. Ad- vertising is an investment which pays dividends in the form of increased business, and it is up to the students and their friends to support our ad- vertisers. All other things being equal, why not do your business with Echo ad- vertisers? When you visit such men, be sure you mention The Echo. No matter how much business you give our advertisers, it will do us no good if the professional and business man in question does not know that it was his ad in The Echo which brought him your trade. -J . F. K., 592.

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THE ECHO 21 Father Dolan's Talk On the morning of October 10 the Reverend Patrick Dolan, C. S. C., a member of the Holy Cross mission band, gave us a very interesting talk in which he urged us to continue and to make the most of our high school course, and if possible to follow it up with college and university train- ing. He pointed out the great ne- cessity of diligent application to our secular studies, but stressed most em- phatically the absolute necessity of our making the most of the study of our religion as offered to us under the ideal conditions We have here, in possessing such a Well-equipped Cen- tral Catholic High School. Father Dolan had just finished preaching the Devotion of the Forty Hours, at St. Patrick's Church, and he congratulated the sixty-some boys from St. Patrick's on the splendid Way in which they made the devotion. He said he Was highly edifled by the piety of the boys in general, and was more than pleased to see so many of the high school boys serving in the sanctuary. Father Dolan, who is himself an able athlete of Herculean proportions, encouraged us to keep up our fighting spirit in athletics and clean sports, and expressed the hope that We would go through the season with our colors flying as proudly as they did the pre- vious Saturday. We thank Father Dolan for his kind visit and talk. We hope that he will call again. -Robert Boyle, 323. Armistice Day Memorial exercises on Armistice Day were held in the assembly room of the school. The progmm consist- ed of patriotic selections by the school orchestra, a spirited recital of In Flanders' F ields by Harry Jenny, and an explanation of the significance of the day by Mr. Robert M. Connelly, Dean of the Knights of Columbus Evening School, who Was appointed by the Red Cross to address the C. C. H. S. student body. The program closed with the singing of The Star Spangled Banner. In his talk Mr. Connelly briefly pointed out the causes of the War. He recounted how hard-pressed the Allies were at the time that our country en- tered the conflict, and the very vital part that the American army had taken in terminating it successfully. He emphasized especially the Work of Catholics not only in the army and navy of our country from the time of Commodore Barry, The Father of the American Navy, down to our time, but also of those in the service of other countries, and Who were fore- most in bringing the War to a suc- cessful issue. In conclusion, he ex- plained the significance of the day, and expressed the hope that the dis- armament conference Would effect completely what the World War had done in part. -Eugene Luley, 223. . -Tii1-- Rev. Wm. P. Lennartz Heard On November 22 the Rev. William P. Lennartz gave a very interesting talk to the members of the Freshmen class. The missionary-elect empha- sized in a particular manner the Work the Holy Cross priests and brothers are doing in the' mission field of Dacca, Eastern Bengal, India. The activities in this country in further- ance of their efforts Were also con- sidered. Father Lennartz pointed out that the diocese of Dacca, Whose Workers are all members of the Congregation