Central Catholic High School - Towers Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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MOST REVEREND HUGH C. BOYLE Bishop of PiTTsburgh MOST REVEREND JOHN F. DEARDEN CoadiuTor Bishop of PiTTsburgh 9.. To The sTudenTs OT CenTral CaTholic, Bishop Boyle sTands TorTh as a Tireless exponenT aT CaTholic AcTion. The Bishop has always been lcnown To champion The cause aT CaTholic youTh. By esTablish- ing CenTral and NorTh CaTholic, he has provided The boys of PiTTsburgh-wiTh high school educaTions which are second To none. STill noT conTenT, his Excellency hopes To esTablish more boys' and girls' schools along The same plan. Our Bishop symbolizes The sTrides ThaT are being made by The hierarchy in providing CaTholic youfh wiTh a background, whereby They may gain a sound knowledge oT The FaiTh, along wiTh The arTs, and The sciences. IT will be our resolve To bring crediT To The CaTholic school sysTem by Talcing our place among The CaTholic leaders of our diocese. We Teel iT an honor ThaT we are The TirsT gradu- aTing class of CenTral To welcome, Through our year boolc. MosT Reverend John F. Dearden, Coad- iuTor Bishop oT PiTTsburgh. AlThough in PiTTsburgh only a very shorT Time, he has won The admiroTion and respecT oT non-CaTholics as well as oT all The people oT The diocese. AT our Mass oT The Holy Ghost many aT us had our TirsT glimpse of His Excellency. On This occasion he delivered a sermon Through which he noT only expressed his deep inTer- esT in The sTudenTs oT our schools, buT also admon- ished us oT The necessiTy oT preparing ourselves well in an environrnenT oT solid ChrisTian Training. No beTTer ToundaTions aT religion and ChrisTian pieTy are laid in young hearTs, Than Those our CaTholic schools inviTe us To enjoy. i 1 0 1

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Convinced as To his purpose in life, he labors zealously Tor ThaT same purpose in The young, in The boys who siT before him. IT is an old adage ThaT one cannoT approach The hearTh wiThouT experienc- ing some warmTh. So, Too, The scholars cannoT ap- proach Their Teachers wiThouT experiencing ThoT n1oTivaTing Torce which colors all acTions. lT is noT Then The counsellor, The friend, The guide. 0 H and The insTrucTor ThaT impresses and inspires The scholars, buT The awareness of Someone greaTer, Someone mighTier. bending The reed who concen- TraTes his eTlorTs solely in The all-imporTanT work Q Ill ,T of The classroom, As The scholars behold The BroTher, and as The i5roTher beholds himself, boTh enjoy a vision, buT in a diTTerenT manner. The scholars wiTness a dis- ci le Tully equipped To Teach, To guide, To solve, P To cheer, To encourage, To plan, and To inspire. BroTher E. MoTThew sefs The fuculTy house clock in prepara- The BroTher wiTnesses The ideal, The MasTer, The be- , , , , , d H1 d + Wh, h d V 1. hhm elf Tron for The early rising hour of 5:30. The TucT Thur The Qmmrlg on Salem .O . 'C 9 ge O es I 5 BroThers rise so early corroboroTes The sToTemenT Eorfy To For him, The spiriTual life is a conspiracy oi love in bed. ,qrly fo rgs, mah, C man ,lceedingly Wim-- which God and he uniTe To make all Things new in ChrisT. In The words oT The poeT. ConsTanTine Pise, he seTs TorTh his newness of life, boTh in himselT and his scholar: God is my love's TirsT duTy To whose eTernal Name , Be praise Tor all Thy beauTy Thy grandeur and Thy Tame, BUT ever have l reckoned Thy ldaily chargel my second. Every morning The Broiihers begin Their dey wiTh Moss and Communion. This is buT o porT of The spiriTual exercises prescribed by ST. LaSalle, Their founder, whose zeal and devoTion inspire our Teachers To moTivoTe us To greoTer aTTainmenT in Religion and socieTy. fr --,- If l2A H T H H -'Ti XL

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As superinlendenl ol lhe Calholic Schools in lhe Diocese ol Pillsburgh, Falher Quigley has been loslering a new diocesan spiril. Many ol lhe proi- ecls, like lhe Diocesan Glee Club and lhe Diocesan Orcheslra, are already so well eslablished, lhal olher groups hold lhem up as oulslanding models. Year aller year, new programs are inlroduced lhal challenge lhe besl lalenl in our schools. Recenlly Falher Quigley augmenled lhe school course wilh new sludy groups, like lhe Science, Hislory, and Lilerary Honor Socielies. Through lhese. sludenls wilh similar inclinalions have lhe opporlunily of working logelher. The lalesl venlure is lhe Musarl Club lor musicians .and arlisls who are seriously inleresled in lhese fields. REVEREND THOMAS J. OUIGLEY Superinfenclenl of Diocesan Schools For lhree years, Brolher E. Anlhony has been Principal ol Cenlral Calholic. ln lhis lime, he has promoled a school-wide movemenl lhal provides real opporlunily lor grealer scholaslic achieve- menl. Brolher lakes a personal inleresl in each slu- denl: he has guided many a confused senior' in choosing lhe vocalian lo which he is besl suiled. ln lulure years, we, lhe graduales ol loday, will loolc back on our associalion wilh Brolher Anlhony as a vilal laclor in lhe building ol our characler, and in our being lhe well-lrained Calholic men ol lomorrow. BROTHER E. ANTHONY Principal Brolher Gabriel's genial personalily has made him a companion ol every sludenl al Cenlral. His long experience as a Chrislian educalor has made him a prudenl advisor, and his zealous lile has made him a model lo be imilaled by all. Brolher Gabriel has vigorously planned and pro- moled an exlraordinary program ol lascinaling aclivilies lor lhe sludenl. Brolher is lceenly inler- esled in our minslrel and operellas. His ideas and lresh approach have eslablished a new and beller lype of high school produclion, and have suc- ceeded in making lhem lhe lallc ol lhe lawn. BROTHER GABRIEL CECI LIAN Vice-principal L i