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

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ll is wirh a cerlain complacence 'lhei we welcome our new Assisfani Superinlend- en+ of Schools, Falher John B. McDowell, Ph.D. Since Fafher McDowell is one of our own graduales, we feel il superfluous fo men+ion lhaf his inleresf in us is very real. Monsignor Quigley refers io Fafher McDowell as his co-Superinlendenff' We loo share Monsignor's Quigley's con- fidence in Falher McDowell. ,,,v.. ff? an-wif .Amy or glzridf We pay respecfful homage io fha Mosl' Reverend John Francis Dearden, S.T.D.. whose consfani supporf and encourage- ment have been responsible in no smell degree for fhe success fha? we have had during our 'Four years al' Cenfral Calho- lic. As fhe seventh Bishop of lhe diocese of Piifsburgh, His Excellency has been unceasingly solicifous for lhe spiriiunl. inielleclual, and femporal welfare of his flock. If is fhis devofion and vigilan? pasioral care 'lhai have won for His Excellency fhe respecl' of Cafholic and non-Calholic alike and lhe repufaiion of personifying The ideal of lhe episcopafe. To lhe Very Reverend Thomas J. Quigley, Ph.D., Superinlendenl' of Schools, friend of Ceniral Caiholic, capable and pro- gressive adminisfrafor, we offer sincere and hearlfeli congraiulalions on his be- ing elevaled fo ihe prelacy. Monsignor Ouigley's leadership in educaiion, which has been lhe defermining facior in our diocesan educaiional progress, exfends io slale and nafional execufive levels.

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,Are .xdmdafifia om Seafed a+ his deslr in Office A , Brofher Vincenf checks over some of his many duiies as Principal of fhe largesf diocesan high school in Piflsburgh. Besides bearing ihe fradilional adminisirafive re- sponsibilifies, Brofher Vincenf has personally in- specfed classes, regulafed discipline, and associ- aied himself wifh school acfivifies fhroughouf fhe yBrI'. As a diocesan high school, Ceniral Calho- Iic is under ihe direci supervision of His Excellency Bishop Dearden and Monsignor Thomas J. Quigley, Superiniendeni ol flafholic Schools. Since 'rhe opening of ihe school in 1927, over five ihousand young men have been graduaiecl afier having speni fheir iormaiive 'reen-age years under rhe insiruciion and guidance of lhe Chris- fian Brorhers. Our sixieen hundred and fiiiy boys come from some forty parishes wifhin ihe Pillsburgh area. Possibly our mosi' disiinciive mark is fhe basic philosophy aboui which The adminis- fraiion oi ihe school revolves. The princi- pal aim of Ceniral Caiholic is 'ro frain fhe whole man, body and soul, according lo The norms suggesied by Pope Pius Xl in his encyclical on Chrisi'ian Educafionf' Our 'rraining is designed lhai we may achieve a maximum of prosperily in 'rhe near iufure and, af ihe same Time, begin now our life as cifizens of heaven. Serving his fhird year as Vice-Principal, Brofher Frederick John, fhrough his affable and unclersiand- ing manner, has won fhe affecfion and respeci of all Cenfral sfudenfs. The regulafion of fhe infricafe masfer rosfer, 'lhe handling of assemblies, excuse slips, and divers unpredicfable school problems have been resolved by Broiher John fo fhe saiisfac- lion of ihe greafesf number.