De La Salle High School - Delta Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Guide Student Life school. He can be seen in the morning questioning the absentees and the tardy pupils. From then on he ghosts” classes, directs traffic in the corridor and stairways, writes messages on the bulletin board, and attends to countless other duties in his office and around the school. Brother Bernard always takes time to encourage a few poorer pupils to study harder, and to give individual guidance and correction to boys who need straightening out. Have you ever wondered who calls home when you are absent? The answer is easy: Mrs. Anderson, the school secretary. She arrives at school before the students, and is still working long after they have gone home. Mrs. Anderson keeps office records, types letters to alumni and parents, and supplies various colleges with data on the seniors. Although her contact with the students is seldom, she still performs a large part of the functions of the office staff. Mr. Thompson is the school bookkeeper and cashier. He has worked at DLS for nine years and is part of the school’s atmosphere. 9

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Office Facilities As the students of De La Salle enter the front door of the school, they see before them the statue of the Blessed Virgin. This statue is a constant reminder that she watches over us in all we do. A silent Ave when passing the statue will never be forgotten by Our Lady. The administration department at De La Salle is composed of three well-known figures around school, Brother Bernard, director, pictured at the right with Jerry Cassidy and Ed Foley; Mrs. Anderson, secretary, shown at the bottom right phoning the mother of some absentee; and Mr. Thompson, bookkeeper, who is shown at the bottom left receiving tuition from Jerry Stafford. Together they form the nucleus that administers all the relationships of the school, plus all outside business. Brother Bernard is undoubtedly the busiest man in the entire

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Faculty Grows With Increased Enrollment Above and on the following page is the nucleus of all activities at De La Salle. The Brothers and lay teachers re at all times available to teach, guide and advise the students. Because of this unselfish devotion of their life to the teaching of Christian Youth, both the Brothers and lay teachers arc shown extreme respect by the boys. Even though this respect might be sometimes forced it is a certainty that in later years the student will realize and appreciate all that has been done for him by his high school instructor. In the picture above standing to the left is Mr. Casanova, and sitting from loft to right are Brothers L. Raymond, J. Timothy, Luke Clement, Mr. Savelkoul and Brother H. Peter. Mr. Casanova is one of the lay teachers at De La Salle. This is his first year here but he has done fine, in fact he must be to have weathered a year which found him teaching four senior sociology classes. He graduated from St. Thomas College and before coming to De La Salle was employed by the government. Brother Raymond, has taught at De La Salle for four years, 2 years were put in from 1942 to 1944, then he went to St. Mary’s, Winona and returned to us in 1949. He teaches the seniors Religion. Brother Timothy also teaches senior Religion. He taught at St. Mel’s in Chicago before coming to De La Salle three years ago. Besides his teaching duties, he manages to execute with excellence his job as moderator of athletics. Brother Luke, without whom we would not have clean sidewalks during the winter, came from St. George’s last year and teaches Religion, business law, and economics to the seniors. The boys took an immediate liking to this little Brother, proof of this is that he was the only Brother to receive numerous valentines last February from the students. Another of the lay teachers on the faculty is Mr. Savelkoul who teaches typing, Bookkeeping I and II, business law, and economics .to the seniors. He came to the Rock 2 years ago from St. Cloud teachers college. To the extreme right is Brother Peter, the moderator of the senior Dept. It was on his shoulders that rested the task of bringing this senior class through the year. As you can sec from the smiling faces in this book he has done a fine job. He has spent 18 years in the twin cities, the last three at De La Salle and 15 years at Cretin. He teaches 2 classes of senior Religion and also sociology. To the extreme left of the picture at the top right is Brother J. Gabriel who has been at De La Salle for 2 years. Before coming here he taught at St. Pat’s in Chicago. He teaches English to the seniors and has'what is called the hardest job on the campus, that of governing the intramural games. 10