DeAndreis High School - De Andreian Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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The ARCHITECTS lt is the purpose of the Church to make of this world a huge cathedral in praise of God. The architect of this spiritual edifice is our beloved and universally esteemed Pope Pius Xll. l-le carries upon his shoulders the awful burden of teaching. governing and sanctifying the faithful. ln these times he looks to American youth to rescue a world which lies in ruins at his feet. l-le places great trust in the Catholic education of youth: The Church is a power in America. The Christian education, given by our numerous -- Hwy z ' schools, produced many good results during the war .... That is another proof that the educa- ,.,i e c..i- tion of youth is a basic factor in all social moral restoration. 'J X f i? 5 S F ,QS Q ff ir :C wgi' 'Q ' ' I 1 Our new school, so splendidly designed by our architect, Mr. Hess. is planned with only one purpose in mind: to make it possible and even easy to realize the ideal of Catholic education. This ideal was perfectly realized but once, and that within the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Our school must, therefore, be Marian. Christ was once formed in the womb of the Virgin Maryp we are to become other Christs in the bosom of the school. l4l Christ is the pattern after which all created things were made. He is the source of grace, the cause of our hope, the object ol life. Man, the created image of God, has as his noble destiny the obligation of reproducing the uncreated image of God in his own soul. The school has as its object this same great and noble purpose, namely. Hthat Christ may be formed in youth. . i ' i wr - is W, i if Q Z l

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DEDICATED 77,555 To the People of St. Louis whose generous contributions made our school possible. The appeal which the late Iohn Cardinal Glennon made to the people of St. Louis to build schools for the Catholic youth of their city was answered with their usual generosity. In a short time the huge sum of 52,000,000 was raised. Plans for new schools were immediately drawn up and carried out. Due to the unending interest of our late Cardinal Glennon and his devoted assistants, the fifth Diocesan High School is about ready to be occupied. The school is built to accommodate nine hundred students and will relieve the impossible conditions which exist at McBride High School. Une thousand five hundred boys are now attending that school in five daily shifts. To the people of St. Louis who have always showed the spirit of a deep Catholicity, to the people of St. Louis who have been unstinting in their generosity, to the people of St. Louis who have cooperated with the clergy and hierarchy even to the point of sacrifice we dedicate this Yearbook. May it serve as a constant reminder to future De Andreis students of the debt they owe to the Catholics of the past. Their contributions have been wisely invested. When in the course of ages the militant Catholicity of the people of St. Louis is not only perpetuated but also made more articulate by her Catholic schools the generous Catholics of today will proudly recall that their contributions have made this possible. l3l

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The CONTRACTORS The students of De Andreis High School, and especially the Senior Class, compliment lVlsgr. Alfred G. Thomson, the Superintendent of Schools, and his assistant. Father Iames E. Hoflich, for carrying on the building program inaugurated by the late Cardinal Glennon despite the problems of change, working conditions and ma- terials. The theme of our Yearbook would not be complete if we did not give place to the men who have assumed the respon- sibility of erecting a large and modern high school in the midst of the upset postwar conditions. We introduce our contractor, Mr. Rallo. f5l Qur present Archbishop, his Excellency Ioseph E. Ritter, D.D., has already manifested a deep and sincere interest in the education of the youth confided to his paternal direction by Holy Mother Church. It is for him to read carefully the blueprint of Christ's redemptive plan, to make it come to life in flesh and blood, to transform each Christian into an edifice erected to the glory of God, whose corner- stone is Christ. His constant vigilance and supervision of all the material that goes into the building. his solicitude that the workmen be qualified and his constant preoccu- pation that the original plans be not changed is our guarantee that each graduate will say with St. Paul: A'For me, life means Christ. X fV.k ,- . 'V gr..