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

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if The Reverend John E. O'Connell, O.P., S.T.Lr., M.A. 7 ecome fo enwic 5 new Principa lmporfanf in our nofes for lhe year is fhe appoinl- menl of our new principal, Fa+her O'ConnelI. Fafher came fo us from Rosary College in River Foresf, where he had been chaplain and professor of Theology for nine years. His home is New Haven, Conneclicul, where he allended Hillhouse High School. He received his bachelor of arfs degree from Providence College, Providence, Rhode lsland, af+er which he en+ered +he Dominican Order, was ordained, and received his Lec- for of Theology degree a+ +he Dominican House of Sfudies a+ River Foresf and his masler of arls degree a+ S+. Thomas Aquinas College. We welcome him, a forceful and capable leader, and complimen+ him on lhe ou+s+anding success of his firsl year as lhe direclor of our school life. He became immedialely inferesled in complering rhe new school building, lhe audiforium and classrooms. To fhis end he has worlced unfiringly 'lo encourage lhe Fenwick Developmen+ Fund Drive, now well under way. We appreciale deeply his personal inferesf in us, manifes+ed especially in his privafe in+erview wilh each of fhe seniors.

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-1 ,X iv Reverend C DELLA PENTA OP The Fa+l'1ers reci+e 'rlwe Divine Office in common Brofhcr ' BRADLEY. OP PHILIP MICHON O.P, -qnvff PhD M, 1. MURPHY OP ST Rcvfrerd Luc C H D'URSO OP. ST.D R X 'silslii -Ask ,Q 1 A Brother 3 Qfv. in fhe communify chapeh Reverend - , F LARCHER v OP. Ph.D Brorhcr PASCHAL HUNT. O,P. RAPHAEL MONACHAN, O.P. -X-N l

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iscip ine in fhe school is lhe problem given 'ro Fafher Reardon: and all of us have many no+es aboul him and fhe office on sec- ond floor. The duly of lceeping II8O +een-agers in order is no+ an easy assign- rnenf, and penances and jug have been frequenf causes of irriiafiong buf really we do apprecia+e +he necessify for cor- reclion and lhe excelleni' resulls obfained and +he good advice given by our effi- cien+ direcior of discipline. Faiher Reardon was born in Sioux Falls, Sou+h Dalio+a. He a++ended +he Dominican elemen+ary and high schools fhere, and 'rhen enfered Nolre Dame. He joined fhe Dominicans and sfudied a+ River Foresf, and was ordained 'rhere in I949. He has been assigned lo Den- ver, Colorado, and lafer wenf 'ro ihe Uni- versify of New Mexico, where he was chaplain of fhe Newman Club. The Reverend John l. Reardon, O.P. Ph.Lic. The Reverend John Fran:7s Jacobs OP. Ph.L'c. B.M,E. Direcfcr of Sfcdies 7-a fAer aco has given us many occasions for pleasanf enfries in our memory noleboolc. His genilemanly consideraiion for us in our diiiicul+ies wi+h siudies and marlcs makes us ior+una're +o have him as one of our leaders. Fa+her Jacobs comes from Currie, Minneso+a. Afier high school in Minne- soia he enfered S+. Joseph's College in Collegeville, lndiana. During his ihree years in ihe Navy he afiended ihe navy fraining school a+ Marquefie Universify, where he remained ai+er his service dis- charge fo gef his degree in engineering. He enfered lhe Dominican Order, 'roolc his philosphy af River Fores+, re- ceived +he degree of Liceniiafe in Phil- osophy, fhen complefed his 'rheology course and was ordained a+ Dubuque, Iowa.