Mount Carmel High School - Oriflamme Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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THE REVEREIND THEODORE 1 HATTON D 1 AD oqt fiix flu 1V1r CARMEL HIGH Sonoor have molded men w1th true Chrrstran character and ldeals Thrs they have accompltshed by brotherly counsel and exemplary conduct The 1dea of a Cathollc educatlonal 1nst1tut1on 1n Woodlawn was con cetved 1n 1902 and carrled out 1n the foundlng of St Cyr11 s College 1t be came evldent however rn 1924 that the school had outgrown 1ts old quarters necessltatlng an expan present Mt Carmel the name belng changed at that tlme 1n honor of Our Lady of Mt Carmel the spectal patroness of the school and of the Crder The old bu11d1ng 1S strll used for a chapel a prlest s refectory and a 11brary besldes accommodat1ng the Off1CGS of the L1ttle Flower SOC19tY 15 , . A o. Cfrm. I 1. I I u - I Princi Q- ol eics - I I- I N - I - 1 ' - s sion program which resulted in the T ' R . 1 1 A T . ' 1 '. C . ' . . . N

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14 MT CARMEL l-lrcrr Scrroor Some twenty e1ght hundred years ago a small group ot courageous men banded together on a mountam rn far oft Palestrne to dedrcate therr hves to the servrce ot God and ln the name of l-hs Mother to manlcmd Thus was the seed ot Carmel planted and through the years 1t grew and flounshed Through tryrng trmes the gu1d1ng hand ofthe Blessed V1rg1n protected and nurtured her chosen sons unt1l the day when the Order of Carmel matured 1nto one of the foremost rel1g1ous organ 1zat1ons 1n the World ln Mt Carmel I-hgh School these same Carmelltes have cont1nued the Work of Catholrc educatlon They have lnstructed boys 1n both the sp1r1tual and the matenal they THE VERY REVEREND LAWRENCE C DIETHER O Car Prov nc al D rector 04931211 13311 Aly . y M ' Q I I . .m. 1 N I' I 11.1 I... .. S d, T . T . 1 , l 'g f N -- -- l

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16 REV SYLVE TER l. SNEE VERY REV BASIL A KAHLER O C O C J Cl-lRYSOS'l'OMl ANDERSON REV SPIRIDION GRECI-I O C O C Ch pl REV. ANDREW l.. VVELDON, REV. MARTIN l. ODONNELL, O. Carm. O. Carm. ., , .. , D., O O 1 .J't,.Y fl EllQllSIl'FCC'.1.lY A131 - .ii Pastor of St. Clara O l tif amme MOUNT For location env1ronment cmd access1b1lty Mt Carmel 1S 1deally situated The school buildmq faces east on Dante Avenue at Sixty fourth Street On the north 1Sl1'19 Carmelite Monastery and on the south St Cyril s Parish Rectory To the south 1S a district almost eXclus1vely residential and yet a moment s Walk in a northerly d1rect1on will bring one to the shopping section of Woodlawn The Electrified Ill1no1s Central Suburban Service has a station within a block of the school and pro vides fast convenient service for the entire South Shore dis tr1ct as Well as tor South Chi caao Pullman Blue Island Gary East Chicago and Whiting The Chicago Sur lace Lines cars are also with 1n a block of the school offer ina transportation to and from all directions, the Elevated Lines, a scant two blocks from the school, reach practically every locality north and West The Chicago Motor Coach Company's route through lackson Park serves as still another means ot convey- ance. Thus We see that every facility is at hand for the sate and speedy transportation ot the student.