Desales Catholic High School - Desalian Yearbook (Walla Walla, WA)

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p re5e1fLLli1fLg ,JQ4g!LAg!Lf5 Q M ' 1 I5 IIIGH SCI KJOI lm! f ,..- . x .1 1 - . . if, Third successive Catholic high school to serve Walla Walla and the vicinity, DeSales High School opened on schedule on August 31, 1959 . Prospective students had watched its progress since November 17, 1958, when construction had commenced with A. Ritchie and Company as general contractor, Warren Little and Lund, Inc. , mechanical and heating con- tractor: and Kehne-Crabtree Electric Company, electrical contractor. Replacing the now defunct Saint Patrick High School, a parochial institution, DeSales is a diocesan central high school established by His Excellency, the Most Reverend Bernard I. Topel, Bishop of Spokane, with the assistance of Walla Walla's three Catholic parishes: Saint Patrick's, Saint Francis, and Assumption. Two hundred twelve students arrived for opening day classes carried on in a building only partially completed.

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3 A' rt.. . - .qv In partnership with Father Triesch to set up administrative precedents worthy of imitation, the Reverend Edward F. Caffrey , vice-principal , supervised the areas of maintenance and finance . Outstanding for kindly leadership, this priestly team ranks high among benefactors to whom DeSales' pioneering stu- dents wish to pay tribute in DeSalian. f,. Serving in the double ca- pacity of diocesan superin- tendent of schools and first principal of DeSales, the Reverend Norman N. Triesch achieved smooth first-year operation despite heavy odds: building incomplete, workmen underfoot, policy undeter- mined, finances problematic. P

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of ,SZBASZLLJ ,Ami year EHS P 'Q E X I The opening message of our principal, Father Triesch, stressed that the tone, the spirit, the goals and the traditions for all future student bodies at DeSales will be formed in some measure by the activities of this first year. The following pages are an attempt to give visible permanence to those first year activities that have helped to mold the esprit de corps of DeSa1es. Faithful flag-raisers, Merton Lowery and Ray Loosveldt remind us daily of the freedom that is ours. ' ' if '- ,. M .I . . j. ML 9 - V f K 'wg X F . H N Y if A f ,544 i ' V 1' fi 4 r i was A +911 i s X ' i A . . Y' . H 5- H ' D' t fQ?'r. K ' ' N I J .vt A A x, its - ' 1 wM5f Y'f5a , ' ' .3 in ii' ' i Q., X -0- 'A Q, 4'-K , i ,tr ,fe , a ,few .Aff .ds - 1 is to ,ff it 'aff' ' 2 ?.f 'P xxx - r if 'W 1 4 fr Q! 195+ 47 ,' N. ,s rr A its--. ,av asf' f r A I ,. E,4-1451 , , fig rg,-2,10 f I ' -., s W J x J M 5 A . fl f , ,.., . W H . I I h X 3 r a r t i ' ......, r, il if Q s . MTE , i -21 N ' Z: ...na lf . . 1- .vi X. , i : .if..gs it 1 M g K V. WN., 'A 3 X ' ' 2 t ' V i A V Pi ., f 1-'fL'.i .s..,H:a4- '. fiitLrttff'f-fit fr J? Eifltti Lillfi' - YW:-5? 94,'QQTLE:2S'i4l5a'f'?f