Fenwick High School - Blackfriars Yearbook (Oak Park, IL)

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?enwiclz Hi to q Sign 3lllllUlllII'CS site nt' lntnre lfenwitls Beginning ol' the ll1lSl'lIN'llI During 1927 and the spring and summer of 1928, fertatin lloininitun l'l2lIllL'I'S were lllflllllllllg znnong the pznishes ol' the XX'est Side, inlorining locztl grann- tnzn' school gmclnzites ol' the new institution which was being t'0llSll'lH'UfCl on zt portion ol' the old Cusack estate in Ouk l'zn'k. Few ol' these hoys were overly enthusiastic about entering at completely new school such :ts this one wus to be, hut the pioneer spirit lIlilllLfllC'Cll at snlzlll ntnnher to enter Fenwick :xt its opening in the lull ol' lE!28. Here was the lounclzition ol' at mighty trzlclition. Halls of Fetnvick Going up! Rapid clevelopnient lol- lowed under gnidztncie ol' the lirst princ'ip1tl,Rev. I.eo Cl. Guinor, O.l'., to WN'llOl1l much ol' the credit for Fen- wic'k's stlecess must he git en. The liztfulty ol this per- iocl was well equipped lor the clilliftxlt tzlsk :assigned to il. :incl within ll few years the scholastic' l'L'lJUl2l' lion ol' the school wins es- tzuhlishecl. .Xn interesting stntly is oIl'e1't'tl hy the vznl ions fluhs ol! those years. The XVir'k :appears to have been the first CXIl'2l-K'llI'1'lt'-

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Fc'nwirk's Pringipzlls -nur Rev. I.. C. Rm. lf. ll. Rm. XY. .X. Rm. R. Rex. W. IH. Rm. K iinur. 0.I'. llzicsllc-r. O.l'. lfitiu-l, O.l'. Kelleher. 0.I'. Yam Rom. O.l', Wztltc-1'. Ol l929-l936 llIfl7flllflH lllflll-lflll lfll2-llllfl lfll l-lfllli lfll7- ilozifli lmty l.ziwlt'ss' splcmlicl zttlllctic IJl'Ugl'2llIl clrvw lzivotuililc' COIIIIIICIII lrmii thc' press :tt :in ezirlv tlzite. Ott Novetitlmet' 2, lllflll, lfc'ttwic'l-Us lirst sports write'-up zippcztwcl in thc Cllticztgu Daily Ncws :tml rcztcl: l ci1wit'k High in Oak Park is rzipitlly rcztclting thc point wlicrc tht' higgvr sclmols will ltztvc' to give: it sonic c'ottsiclct'zitiuit. Soon l'lCIHVlCl4 hztcl :tflticwcl thc status ol' zi ntzijm' zithlc-tic' powvr. lfitst ol' at long lim- ol illttstrious Iioothzill fziptziins was Ray Vfmvsh, Till. Om- ul' thc iiicttilxws ol' tht' Cllziss ul' Illflil wats llzm O'lSrit'ti, whosc lzitct' sttfwsscs with l c't1wick's switmititig tcaitiis wvrt' to ht' lJllCllUlIll'll2ll. l'ciiui4k's hrst faictlltx lcsls -melt thfttl li