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

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Blu' JW WE bf? QE? fifcs Ms? ZS?-1? MSE WSE ,M G5 SEQ WSE sr-'55 :EQ M896 C? Qj aiica Wav? sis is-e GE.: . HV Wi? aio x X We tai use ie' 'f' axis? W een .jj 9,5 5 .. .1. we of? WEE 1' The Iesuit High School fw Q any HE view of our new Jesuit High School on Carrollton Avenue is imposing. The red brick facade, the concrete ornamentation, and the balustraded roof, leave themselves indelibly imprinted on the imagination. The front of the structure runs the length of one of the largest blocks in the city, and two gigantic wings Hank Banks and Palmyra streets. There are five entrances. The main entrance of marble leads to the first floor corridor on which are the administration offices. An antechamber leads into the office of the Principal and Prefect of Discipline, and adjoining is the office of the Registrar. Three parlors, where visitors may consult the professors, are also on this floor. The remainder of this floor is devoted to class rooms and the library. The second floor is occupied by the classes of First High. There are about thirty class ro-oms in theqbuilding and these will accommodate over a thousand students. Each class room is equipped with all modern improve- ments and the requirements of present day hygiene. Desk chairs have taken the place of desks. The rooms have air space for forty boys. An automatic telephone connects with each class room and the Principal's and Prefect of Discipline's offices. Each class room is equipped with an electric clock that is governed by the master clock in the Prefect of Discipline's office. The win- dows are large: and one of the features of these windows, that stretch from three feet above the floor to the ceiling, is that they afford plenty of light. Each room has four of these large windows and a transom. The corridors are long and wide. Two automobiles might easily pass without fear of collision. The walls are almost entirely window space. The Hoors are covered with mastic, and in consequence, the noise from hun- dreds of feet is deadened. On the fourth floor are Fourth and Third High class rooms and the chemistry and physics departments. Each of these departments has an office for the professor, a preparation room and lecture room. The chemistry department has a laboratory covered with tile flooring. The balance room is fitted with concrete tables. The physics department has a lecture room, preparation room, laboratory and also a dark room for photographic work. There is also a private room where students, desirous of pursuing individual experiments, may carry on their work undisturbed. No expense has been spared in the equipment of the laboratories, and in addition to the instru- ments, already in the High School's possession, Sl6,000 worth of experi- mental apparatus has been bought. The basement of the building has large space that is used for recreation in wet weather. Here is situated the 55,000 cafeteria that supplies the students in wet weather. I-lere too is the 55,000 cafeteria that supplies the students 539 x :SM 'fi - 4:4 u,GJ slag ess if-at egg? 85. .sn -R filig c- ff, C559 1:5 oil: 5-:QM i 1 C?-co rat -an 49 .mn 56+ 415 wt 339 T: EESQ fG9 599 'Sli . 45, JE fit? iii? e si? 339 s'i'.::GfJ: .::Pm-:PQa'!.::QfxxzC2'fa:rrzD'f2: IE1Z'2. 'l9QZ'i 'IQQZw'IF-itll' :Gfw::QQ::.1':9F2c 'v-'f

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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-

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am. YV! Blu' El, li ,. 5 - . 1:4 with hot lunches. At the end, opposite to the cafeteria, are the dressing rooms and lockers of the athletic department. The dressing room opens into the large shower room, where hot and cold shower baths are always awaiting the Mgt? players after practice. The Jesuit High School will be complete when the gymnasium, audito- C23 rium and chapel are constructed. 'fa'-5 THE HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY. - to ,rw The library has been equipped with the best of furniture. Long tables for reading, each table with seating capacity for eight students, are placed in Wig rows of two down the length of the library. The tables and chairs are of .rim ings' . . :silt 62,215 solid oak and wlll stand the wear and tear nf constant usage. cpm., The library few books in the beginning. In January a drive for books was started. The clock that marked the number of books brought in daily slim' ticked off the number by ones and twos. Then an idea was suggested that Q22 the boys of the winning class be given a half holiday. This answered the 'se t- --is , EY ' ft., 0.6 purpose and the goal of the drive was put at two thousand volumes. As the CB tru A , . ' 'Cf two thousand mark was reached, the interest began to lag behind. Q- iw ' A sign was placed on the drive-board that a whole holiday would ig? be given to the school if the four thousand peak was topped, and that two Gels: Gr, J-7 . . QS, 111 'Q' further prizes of a half-holiday and ten dollars would be given to the classes 5 male . . New Q-..-is gaming first and second places respectively. This had the desired effect. Finally, January l6, the last day of the drive, arrived, and at eleven o'clock the students gathered around the bulletin board to obtain the results. Five thousand books had been brought into the library. The high fliers were 6:,,,1'i2 Third A with over live hundred books: next came Third B and First C in very close pursuit. viii baba Externs were also generous in their donations, and from them were tif: . CQ . C5 ,M 2,5 received many volumes that have been a useful and welcome addition. 515 e capacxy o t e 1 rary is eig t t ousan ve un re oo s, an WF iii Th 1 fhl'b hh df. hddbk d E539 9 5-, I .4 4 already there are over six thousand books on the shelves. Many sets of fic- tion, modern and classical, five sets of encyclopedias, reference works, and fb- a splendid historical section, with three thousand novels have alread been CST , y . ..-Q see classified and arranged for the coming year. The libary will be thrown open to the students of the High School this CI-'39 6762 ' 5 5 coming eptem er. gl VARIA C'3'7i.' wb - f 41- GFI. Q . . Q-'..'w ' H I hl h 6555 . o y C 1 d ood Drive But the library was not the only activity to figure in a drive. Each year 7,3 FQ . . 4 .-. gig!! it has been the custom durlng Lent for the Jesuit High School to think of the mfg missions. This year the usual drive for the Holy Childhood took place. EI?-1.5 Again Third High A secured the first place with Sl58.00. ln succession Wig followed Fourth B, with Sl29.00g then Second C with Sl00.00. The total fwffi amount from the entire school wa S792.00. gjfcp S 12516 E'r'HQQFj9Q gr3,5?c71'p,E2-g'e:g0,,fJg't' zfffrgxzfgr '2xLQv4'1t1DQ:'arpG,Q '12 1139: wgQgx'f.r3gng gC3wg 5 :FEI