Christian Brothers College High School - Guidon Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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6 Driveway from Easfon and Kungshighway Fame and success had come fo fhe humble foundaflon of fhose fhree Brofhers who had come as sfrangers fo fhls Clfy of Promise ln fhe feemmg Wesf Their classes were filled fhelr accommoda flons for boarding sfudenfs were faxed fo capaclfy fhelr courses had an enviable repufahon for fhor oughness and fhear graduafes were marked men In all fhe professional and mdusfrlal acflvnfnes of fhe Middle Wesf Slxfy seven years of sacrifice were now fo receive fhelr reward God had ofher plans On fhe morning of Oc fober 5 l9l6 a fire sfarfed an fhe mam building and before mghf fhe Brofhers and fhenr sfudenfs were wufhouf a roof over fhenr heads and all fhaf had been so paflenfly and devofedly bunlf lay a pile of smouldermg rums Since classes for fhe fall were already in session Chancellor Roberf D Broolungs of Washlngfon Um verslfy permlffed fhe Brofhers fo use wafhouf cosf fhe spacious Smlfh Academy and Manual Training School buildings-now Bleweff Hugh School School conflnued fhere unfll June I9I7 There was a gesfure of educaflonal sporfsmanshlp fhe Chnshan Brofhers have never forgoffen In June l9I7 fhe faculfy were obliged fo an- nounce fhaf fhe College would be dnsconflnued unfll such fume as proper buildings could be erecfed This achon broughf ouf a demonsfraflon of loyalfy on fhe parf of fhe sfudenf body fhaf was consola- fnon enough for fhe many years of sacrifice fhaf were apparenfly endmg ln nofhung Because World War l had pracflcally deplefed fhe colleguafe sfudenf personnel and because fhe Brofhers were unable fo rebuild lmmedlafely fhe unsflfuflon remained closed for five years ln l922 worl: was resumed In a splendid suburban neighbor hood of fhe Hn Polnfe dlsfncf Iusf across fhe Cl line wesf of Foresf Park Wufh fhe reopemng of classes bofh fhe colleglafe and fhe boarding deparfmenfs were dlsconfmued C B C now funchons as a hugh school for day sfu denfs only However if is fhe hope of fhe Brofhers of fhe Sf Louis Province fhaf fhe College will evenf ually be resfored and regam fhe honored pos: hon if once held among mshfufions of hlgher learn nn Beginning wnfh an enrollmenf of fiffy five sfudenfs fhe presenf school now has 7I9 boys an all fame record Sifuafed on a beauhful fen acre fracf fhe physical layouf includes a school and admmlsfrahon building a faculfy residence a gymnasium and afhlehc field Mulnfary fralmng lh fhe form of an approved Junior ROTC unnf was mfroduced un I934 For eleven years fhus umf has mernfed Honor Rahng from fhe Umfed Sfafes War Deparfmenf Durmg fhe years CBC has achieved nafuonal even mfernaflonal prominence The record of her sons achlevemenfs has affracfed pupils from every sfafe ln fhe Umon and from Canada Mexico Cen fral and Soufh America Her former sfudenfs may be found on fhe helghfs of dasflnchon In every walk of life Chrlshan Brothers Academy ln i856 To the leff is fhe MacDowell Medical College I I I - . . . I . , . 0 c u l ' I . ' - . .- ' ' . I e I 0 l I e - I . 9. ' I ' - . . - . . . - I . ' - e e I 0 ' O . . A cafeferia building, a science hall, and a magnificenf I . e ' ' I . . . . . , , . ' ' 0 - I 0 . . . . I . I - ' ' ll e I ' q ll e , gli ' ' I

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porfunify fhaf musf come fo if in fhe nexf hun- dred years. lnfimafe confacf wifh fhe people of fhe disfricf during fheir firsf year of feaching convinced fhe Brofhers fhaf here lay a wonderful field for fheir labors and fhey made mosf urgenf and pressing demands for more feachers. Far-seeing Superiors recognized fhe possibilifies and answered fheir de- mands by maferially increasing fhe personnel of the communify. Adequafely equipped as fo sfaff, fhey soon found, as applicafions for fhe coming year began fo come in, fhaf fhey would have fo furn many away. Af fhe suggesfion of fhe Archbishop fhey purchased a building af Eighfh and Cerre Sfreefs. This building was fo be used for classes. A new problem soon faced fhe Brofhers. The small number of Cafholic colleges in fhe Mississippi Valley, and fhe disfances sfudenfs were obliged fo fravel fo affend fhem, indicafed fhe need of a boarding school for young men who wished fo do collegiafe worlr. In I852 fhe original building, af' Eighfh and Cerre, was modified fo accommodafe boarders, and Chrisfian Brofhers College was esfab- lished in fhe form if mainfained for fhe nexf sixfy- five years. Originally called Chrisfian Brofhers Academy, if was for fhe firsf fhree years of ifs exisfence an ele- menfary and secondary school for residenf and day sfudenfs. Af fhe solicifafion of fhe Mosf Reverend Archbishop, collegiafe classes were added in I855, and fhe insfifufion was empowered fo granf fhe academic and liferary degrees usually conferred by universifies of higher learning. Thus, C.B.C. was fhe firsf esfablishmenf of fhe Brofhers in all fhe Americas fo funcfion on fhe collegiafe level. Among fhe names of fhe five charfer members of fhis corporafion fhere is one fhaf will ever be held in benedicfion in Sf. Louis-Brofher Paulian. Then came 'fhe Civil War. The College fided over fhis crisis, b'uf only af fhe cosf of greaf sacri- fices. During fhe enfire period of fhe war, school sessions were confinued wifhouf inferrupfion, de- spife frying inconveniences. Federal froops were quarfered in 'rhe College and as Confederafe pris- oners were confined in adioining buildings, fhe prison guards found if necessary 'lo occupy several of fhe classrooms days and nighf. This made feach- ing rafher difficulf and af fimes very excifing. For fhe sevenfeen years immediafely affer fhe war, fhe College lrepf pace wifh fhe gianf growfh of fhe cify only fo come face fo face wifh anofher problem. The encroachmenfs of business were mal:- ing fhe locafion of fhe College unsuifable for edu- cafional purposes. The old parishes were doomed fo be overrun by facfories and warehouses and fhe people were already moving ouf in ever-increasing numbers. To meef fhis new condifion fhe faculfy purchased a fhirly-acre fracf of land af Easfon Avenue and Kingshighway Boulevard. If was known as Cofe Brillianfe and fhe name ever clung fo fhe second College. A building was begun in I877. ln I882 if was sufficienfly advanced fo allow fhe fransfer of fhe faculfy and fhe sfudenf body. Here Chrisfian Brofhers College grew and prospered for fhirfy-four years. The maiesfic college building sef on fhe highesf poinf in fhe cify, surrounded by groves, beaufiful lawns and playgrounds, was one of fhe show places in a cify famous for ifs many beaufy spofs. Brofhors' School Today - Chrisfian Brofhers Collage ii

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