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

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THE. ECHO 9 and students of St. Augustine'sg and the faculty and students of Central Catholic High School. The orchestra opened the program with a series of selections, one of the most popular being Southern Melo- dies. Patrick Wayne Donahue, pres- ident of the Senior class, made a hit with his address of welcome, the text of which is given elsewhere in this issue. Of the recitations, it would be hard to say one was better than the other, although it might be safely said that Edmund Bresnahan's reci- tation, Mr, Dooley at the Football Game, was the most enthusiastically applauded. A distinct hit of the pro- gram was made by Maurice Smith, as a soloist of the Glee Club in the Lit- tle Red School House. The Glee Club was at its best in the song, I Hate to Go Home Alone. The most laughable number on the program was City and Country, featuring Patrick Donahue as a City Girl and James Belot as a Country Rube. After the singing of the Victory Song, the Right Reverend Bishop gave a spirited talk, the substance of which is given elsewhere in this issue. The entertainment ended by Thom- as McKiernan leading the school in giving six hearty cheers for the Bishop. The complete program follows: tl. Selections 2. Address. ............ Patrick Donahue 3. Recitation- Value of Reputation . ................ Orchestra O'Neill T4. Songs ..................... Glee Club 5. Recitation- A Warning to School- masters . ............... Edward Cull 6. Recitation- John J enkin's Sermon ..................Thomas McKiernan 7. Selections ................. Orchestra 8. Recitation- Dooley at the Football Game'i' .. . ...... Edmund Bresnahan 9. City and Country ................. . .- . ..James Belot and Patrick Donahue 10. Victory Song. ............... Students tOrchestv'a:-Harold Whitmer, John Burke, Melvin Walz, Donald Mulhaupt, Clayton Howard, Edward Barnett, Franklin Bishop, James Smith, John Fitzgerald, Ed- ward Flood, Edward Kallmyer. TGZee Club:-James Belot, Edward Mc- Carthy, Maurice Smith, Patrick Donahue, Edmund Bresnahan, Robert Suelzer, Austin Centlivre, Thomas McKiernan. Franklin Bishop, Accompanist. Address of Welcome Right Reverend Bishop: We welcome you to our midst, to the midst of the boys whose earnest desire of education has moved you to overflowing generosity. On the one hand we congratulate you on your twenty-second anniversary as Bishop of this great Diocese of Fort Wayne, on the other hand we recall with love and gratitude that this is the thir- teenth anniversary of your founding this school. We greet you with the greatest love and esteem, because you are not only our chief pastor, bishop, and founder, but also our solicitous father, replete with noble deeds and elevating ideas. In your sacred per- son we behold the spirit that advances and leads, the spirit that gives us courage and strength, the spirit that does not forget the younger portion of his flock, the spirit that has given to the Catholic youths of Fort Wayne a chance of receiving religious in- struction as well as higher education. Perhaps we do not sufficiently ap- preciate nor realize our advantages of receiving a good Catholic educa- tion. You Right Reverend Bishop have done your share and it is up to us to take advantage of our oppor- tunities. To our mind that school is ideal which safeguards the morals of

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8 . THE ECHO - St. Andrew's Day . I Every year St. Andrew's date Brings our boys a happy fete. Powers that be, without delay To their Bishop tribute pay. II Music next begins to flow To the strains that people know. It's a pleasant thing to hear Young folks' hearty yell and cheer. III Pat then comes and makes a bow Tells the Bishop 'tis our vow- Faith and hope and love to keep And a lasting harvest reap. IV Ed. O'Neill, you make us feel No manls honor We should steal. Nor to fritter nor to fret At the honors we can't get. Now Stirs V the Glee Club with its songs our spirit that it longs For the days we went to school And a swimming in the pool. VI Eugene Cull with main and might Tells How Then Tom In a How us of a father's rightf- his children should be taught for fads the master fought. VII McKiernan's strength and stay mighty sermon lay- we oft our neighbors cheat And the Lord's design defeat. VIII Next some music, noise and sound Raised our feet just from the ground, For the band with rash desire Tried to get the pe0p10'S i1'0- IX Brcsnahan with football dope, Starts to raise the studcnt's 110139 So hc tells us just for fun How old Dooley played and won. X Pat and James made such a hit That the audience had a fit, For the girls' new country Rub, Played the perfect poor old Boob. XI Victory songs-which students sing Always make the echoes ring, Sure a victory they did score As they ended with a roar. XII Then the Bishop glad and gay Closed the doings of the day, He advised us strong and clear To serve our Lord so good and dear. -M. S. St. Andrew's Day Commemorating the twenty-second anniversary of the episcopal conse- cration of the Right Reverend Her- man Joseph Alerding, our beloved bishop, the students gave a most en- joyable musical and literary enter- tainment in the new study hall, Wed- nesday afternoon, December 29th. The Bishop's Feast Day is an occa- sion eagerly anticipated by all the students at the Central Catholic High School, but to the Senior class it is the day of days before graduation, for to them goes the destinction of doing the honors on the occasion. Besides the Right Reverend Bishop and his devoted companion, the Rev- erend A. E. LaFontaine, diocesan su- perintendent of schools, those present included Reverend Thomas M. Con- roy, pastor of the Cathedral, Rev. John E. Dillon, chancellor of the Dio- cese of Fort Wayne, Rev. John A. Dapp and Rev. Theodore V. Fettig, of the Cathedralg Rev. Edward T. Fallon of St. Patrick'sg the faculty

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10 THE young students by instructing them in religion. For you know from ex- perience that a tree is known by its fruit. The chief reason of your found- ing this school was your earnest de- sire to train up good Catholic young men for church and state. Men that will give an account of the faith that has been instilled and developed in them at school. I think we can sin- cerely say that the Central Catholic High School has produced an abun- dance of good fruit. Our graduates can be found in every walk of life and they are, as far as we know, a credit to themselves, to their school, their church, and to their country. We are proud of our graduates because they have proved that the liberal educa- tion which they received in this school made men of them. We know that if their education had been of a less liberal character they would never have been able to take their places as students in the best univer- sities of the country. Today they thank you for the opportunities which you made possible for them. Right Reverend Bishop, we know that you are averse to praise, but Right Reverend Bishop ,this is the only method we have to show our gratitude to you for this institution. The words to which I have given ex- pression today were never uttered with greater sincerity by any repre- sentative of the Central Catholic High School. Yes, Right Reverend Bishop, we are grateful for all that you have done for us and we earnest- ly hope and pray St. Andrew, that great patron of yours, that the good God will bless and reward you and your boys, both in this life and in the lll'9 to come. -Pafr1'f'k Donahue, '23. ECHO Bishop Alerding's Address In opening his address, following the program, Bishop Alerding thanked the students for the good wishes they had extended to him. He told of the visit he had received from a committee of four students on the previous day, and how the commit- tee presented him with a beautiful gold fountain pen. He said that he prized the pen very highly as an em- blem of esteem, but that he doubted if it would improve his penmanship. He went on to say that besides the pen, the boys brought a parcel which he did not open in their presence- for he thought it contained flowers- but after the committee had departed he found it to be a turkey, which he assured them would do good service on Thanksgiving. He said: If the turkey were large enough and my house spacious enough, nothing would please me better than to have all of you with me at my table to- morrow. Continuing, the Right Reverend