Jesuit High School - Blue Jay Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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.,, Y :r ijiissiwissiwaiwii'-m'The Bm J'-Y Ely ' Shaw, Archbishop of New Orleans, and Father McCreary, the President of 3556 the school, should be the only speakers on this occasion. But on the stage was a man who, as Father McCreary fittingly expressed the thought, Had ,male heard the knocking of young promising boys at the temple of Christian edu- cation, asking that they 'be not barred because they did not have the means glqeelrgtgirziand he has answered their plea in a princely way-Mr. Henry C. Father McCreary then told the audience that the manner in which Mr. gggigzi Prevost had answered the plea of those young boys was by a donation of 5500,000 for scholarships at the Jesuit High School. ' The donation is known under the name of the Francis Prevost Schol- glggii arshlp Endowment Fund. The interest alone that comes from this fund means Lhat ln the first year .of the new High SchooI's existence sixty boys will 61:5 ave, iS MT- PTCV0St.Sald, A chance to earn a place in the world through edu- cation 3 and these sixty boys will continue their course at Jesuit Higg School QQ? for foul' YCHTS-. In the second year another sixty boys will be offered four- 5299 year scholarships, and this number will continue to be added each successive Q-i year. ,cz No wonder th th t h en a t e name of Mr. Henry C. Prevost can be numbered emi-Z ?rff10fl8 Such NeW.Orleans benefactors as Delgado, Newcomb, Stanley, Howard, C5415 lton, TuIane,'Pizzate. Indeed, New Orleans is to be congratulated on having found among its sons such a man as Mr. H. C. Prevost, and the city will ben- ggi? emi efit hy the memorial that is a Living testament, a powerful constructive force Shaping thfg-ITDSS of lives, long after the most imposing of physical monu- 9592 ha' - nl ' ' . .QB en S WO? 6 . Jeswt High School appreciates the gift of Mr. H. Prevost. Both the glift of the father, and the. memory of the son, who died while a student of ,Mile t C-Jesuit High School, will be perpetuated in the plaque that stands in the 515, entrance to the High School: S20 Elia? ' Mile A. M. D. C. 'rj THE JESUIT TEACHERS +-as ' . 4... 6.312 DEDICATE THIS PLAQUE AS AN HUMBLE BUT ABIDINC TOKEN OF THEIR GRATITUDE TO MR. HENRY c. PREVOST FOR HIS MUNIFICENT SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, GIVEN TO THE JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL SEPTEMBER 24, l926, IN MEMORY OF HIS BELOVED SON ' FRANCIS JOSEPH PREVOST, TO PROMOTE AND PERPETUATE THE NOBLE IDEALS OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION IN THE CITY OF - NEW ORLEANS. , I iii? 5534 '1 3?4'?'IF7'I ?3F7'?1'i'IF7Ql 'Z9FJJi.i'Lf-?'I'2 2FXD: i IFP: .mzwmz zCX2: ':00: ':rff1' 'fw-