Holy Names High School - Echoes Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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SISTER M. REGINA ANN, Superior Prinripal Chairman of Religion Dept., Religion. ,Mmirzi tration In 1844, Mother Marie Rose established the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Names in Canada. Twenty four years later, six Sisters sailed for California and after an arduous trip, arrived on May IO, l868. The Catholics of St. Mary's Parish, which at the time embraced all of Oakland, eagerly welcomed them. Hearing of plans to build the convent near Lake Merritt, the parishioners refused their financial assistance. Why should the Sisters be put away out in the wilderness where there were only rabbits and ducks? Their pastor, Father Michael King, refused to listen to the complaints and the convent was built on the shores of the Lake. A grammar school and high school were established and in l872, the first graduation took place. Eight years after the schools opened, a college was chartered. To allow needed room for the expanding college, in 1931 SISTER M. FRANCIS RAPHAEL V ire Prinripal Chairman of the English Dept., English, Latin, Literary Magazine SISTER MIRIAM CHRISTOPHER Dean 0fGirLt ,4-manga... SISTER M. HELEN IRENE Treasurer M' Chairman of Science Dept., Chemistry, Physics, Executive Council, Red Cross SISTER M. EULALIE ROSE Registrar Freshman I, Italian, Sodality 6

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Haculfy the grammar and high schools were moved to our present Holy Names buildings. In 1954. the wilderness on Lake Merritt was sold to the Kaiser Company and the college moved to its present location on Mountain lioulevard in Oakland. In the ninety seven years of its existence, the province otflalifornia has grown steadily. Today almost 500 Sisters staff38 schools attended hy students ranging from first-graders to candidates for the M.A. degree. The'zeal and dedication of the six Canadian Sisters are repeated in Californias six missionaries in Arequipa, Peru. SISTER M. ANGELA CLARE English s1s'rER ALoYs1A MARY TT Algebra MRS. BASIL CARBIS English SISTER MARY BARTHOLOMEW Ancient History, C.S.F., Mission Committee, Sodality 7 . . . to thy tender hands we entrust the hearts of e children confided by their parents to our care . . . is the daily prayer of every Sister. SISTER M. ANN CHARLOTTE Junior I, Religion. Spanish, English, Spanish Club, SISTER MARY CELESTE Piano fi fi