Mount Carmel High School - El Conquistador Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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REV. WILLIAM P. RUSSELL O.Carm. Principal l My dear Graduates of the Class of l944: Some of you may recall the play of Sir lames Barrie, Dear Brutus . The characters in the play represent, generally speak- ing, average types of human beings. Some have gained a certain measure of successg some have only failures to reckon. When, through a gift of the gods, they are given the opporunity to begin their lives over again, they achieve practically the very same results as they had achieved in real life. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that We are underlings. To each one of you is given on graduation day that oppor- tunity which will be given only once. The use you make of that opportunity depends rather entirely on you. Through your parents, pastors, and teachers, the Good Lord has sought to pro- vide you with the means that will bring success, temporal and eternal. Ten or fifteen years hence it will be useless to ask for another chance. lt will then be too late. You cannot say, in the event of failure, that you did not know better. Our fervent prayer for you on the happy day of your gradua- tion will be that you may be ever faithful to the Way marked out for you, especially during your years in Mount Carmel, that you will be loyal sons of l-loly Mother Church, and in consequence loyal sons of your country. ln the difficult and trying days that will test your Christian manhood and your patriotism, you will have our constant prayers and sympathy. May Our Lady of Mount Carmel bless you and sustain you in the battles of today and tomorrow.

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sth. X rv, t l fl 'J- evfll erVDaly. lQ.Carm. Rev. Albert Schwartz. O.Carm. Rev. Edward Duffy O Carm ff It I ice-Prirtcrpal Languages and History History and Religion . L i - f' Mount Carmel High School began in September, 1934. As most of us recall, the first classes were held in St. Rap-hael's Parish Hall. The Faculty consisted of two Carmelite Fathers, and the Student Body numbered sixty boys. Then in December of the same year our present school building opened its doors for the first time to its first pupils and faculty. Solemn dedication services were held on Ianuary 6, 1935. His Excellency, the Most Reverend .Archbishop of Cantwell, assisted by the Carmelite Provincial and by the clergy of the Southwest District, officiated on this memorable occasion. Our first Glee Club, under the direction of Father Matthias Lani, rendered appro- priate music. A Catholic Boys' High School had long been considered necessary for the ever-increasing Catholic population of the Southwest District of Los Angeles. The Carmelite Fathers of the New York Province devoted their resources and their best efforts to meet this need. Mount Carmel's constant growth and development are evidence of the success which, under Divine Providence, has continued to bless their enterprise. As might be expected, the new High School was named for and dedi- cated to the great Patroness of the Carmelite Order. lts official title is Our Lady of Mt. Carmel High School. With the invocation of Our Lady, every class and every activity in Mount Carmel begins. Her statue guards the main portals, her image gazes from its lofty eminence in the School Chapel on the succeeding generations of Carmel's sons. lt is Our Lady who gives life and meaning and inspiration to the work of the school, Hlesus in mente, Maria in corde are the principal objectives of Carmelite education in Mount Carmel High School. The school building was the firs of itspfpe to be erected in Los Angeles 67 I . 609-s I X Rev. Peter T. Liebau, O.Carm. Rev. Bernard ly, O.Carm. Rev, Kevin Morrissey 0 Cam-, ,History and Mechanical Drawing Physics and Chemistry Religlon f . 'Rm.. 'W