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

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BN' -'-Y V 3552 EXHIBITIONS. This year a new custom was introduced into the school curriculum. It EQLLQ had been usual for each individual class to give before the assembled school gif an exhibition of the work it had done during a certain specified month. This 5:53 year it was decided to have competitions that would be open either for the whole school or for special sections. The first contest was in solid geometry for the senior division. The first Z?,.,,5 prize, five dollars, was won by E.. Fischer, and the second was merited by mile E.. Koerner. The second test, for the junior division, was in plane geometry. SEM G. lndest and F. Lozes were first ex aequo: while L. Baudier secured the ggi! second place. The contest for the ensuing month was a spelling bee that swf, was thrown open to the whole school, excluding again the first high classes. gg 4,., , P. Gaffney was the only one who did not bite the dust. McCloskey and Wg C. Seemann secured second and third places respectively. Then came the Latin test for the first high classes The first three places were as follows: Bowmann, A. Dart and Gallagher. sea, OUR DELEGATE T0 ROME. Towards the latter part of the year 1926 a letter was sent to all the colleges and schools of the Society of Jesus, that delegates be sent to Rome ow. for the bi-centenary of the canonization of St. Aloyslus. Daniel Murphy was SJ..:v chosen by the whole school as the fittest student to represent Jesuit High at the celebration. , A The morning of the tenth of December there was a Mass celebrated G,,1Q,5 by Father Dowling, S. J., the student conductor. Afterwards a short talk was bww, given to the boys by Bishop Murphy, who stressed the life of St. Aloysius as N514 the patron of youth. He concluded his exhortation by giving to the students we his episcopal blessing. Then the Principal of thd School, Rev. P. A. Roy, blessed the delegate and recited the ltinerarium for a safe journey. Y ff? , ORCHESTRA. This year the Jesuit High School, following the custom of preceding times, organized an orchestra of the boys of the school. The orchestra is now in full running order. lts activities have not been confined to the High we School alone. The players were invited to perform at several entertainments, and generously accepted the invitations. QQ? DEBATING cmcuas. QQ The debating society of Jesuit High School has many promising mem- 34 bers in its circle this year. Hg The Giunio Socola medal, donated by Mrs. Anita Socola Specht, was Gai! contested for under the following question: Resolved that Governor Alfred E. Smith should be nominated at the next Democratic Convention for the fm Presidential Election. The debaters of the affirmative side, Carl Buchmann wie and Clarence Hebert, gained the victory over the negative, Elisha Fischer Qpgw and jack Scwab. The judges, Mr. U. Marinoni, Mr. G. S. Cuion, and Mr. ' I-U11 N515 399 4'-.I-Qs' '2 Q- Q -lv-pg-'r

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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

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an .,., .., . ev Bk J. McCloskey, awarded the memorial medal to Carl Buchmann with Jack Schwab scoring a close second. Jesuit High School clashed with its old rival in an educational contest, Q96 on Tuesday, March 8th, l927. The debate, which was the preliminary for the city championship, was held under the auspices of the Glendy Burke S Literary and Debating Society. Jesuit High School met Warren Easton in Warren E.aston's own auditorium and there debated the question: Resolved H15 that all debts owed the United States Government by their allies of the late My war should be cancelled. Carl Buchmann and Jack Schwab, holding the negative side for Jesuit High School, stood up against their opponents of 1-2 ' .eb in Warren Easton, Stanford L. Hyman and Gustave P. Devron. The debate 9551? 9139 was well argued, and the decision was won by the Jesuit High School. mile Judges were selected for the finals of the city championship debate and ,Iii Jesuit High School and lsidore Newman Manual Training met in open forum at the Sophie Wright Auditorium. The question debated was Resolved that We the Eighteenth Amendment should be repealed. The affirmative was upheld by Jesuits and the negative by Brown Moore and Walter Lurie of Manual Training School. Carl Buchmann and Jack Schwab defeated the lsidore New- We man Training School team. As the judges gave in their decisions there could be-as be heard even a pin drop, so intense was the excitement of the audience, and N56 so well-contested had the debate been. The judges, Mr. Charles Dunbar, Mr. H. P. Dart, and Mr. Rene Viosca, gave the votes, two to one, in favor of ea- - . 1 -4-at Je u t . .ro 46.6 s is D . U 545, 9.6 The Glendy Burke Loving Cup was presented to Jesuit High School ,-Q and it is to be hoped that it will remain permanently in its possession, because QQIQ the cup has to be carried off three times before it becomes a keepsake. ffm 5693, S I 5.5 293 - - as X We rm 4.-' :Ofx'i':Cffx'1'mrfxe':CSQ:'Q':CDfb: fIffx'Qfm'1' Q e':C?ftf1':c?fn:'l'zc?4m'2':0fJ:'f:fif2:'lw'fe