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

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High School at that time. in honor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. the special patroness of the school and of the Order. The old building is still being used for a chapel. a priests' refectory, and a library. besides accommodating the offices of the Little Flower Society. For location, environment. and accessibility. Mt. Carmel is ideally situated. The school build- ing faces east on Dante Avenue. at Sixty-fourth Street. Cn the north is the Carmelite Monastery and on the south, St. Cyril's Parish Rectory. To the south is a district almost exclusively residential. and yet a moment's walkin a north- erly direction will bring one to the shopping section of Woodlawn. The Electrified lllinois Central Suburban Service has a station within a block of the school, and provides fast convenient service for the entire South Shore district, as well as for South Chicago. Pullman, Blue Island, Gary, East Chicago. and Whiting. The Chicago Surface Lines cars are also within a block of the school, offering 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 Jackson Park serves as still another means of conveyance. Thus we see that every facility is at hand for the safe and speedy transportation of the student. RIEY. THIEODORIQ J. ll.'X'l liOX O.C.1rm. . 'Q l'r1m'1pu! THE FACULTY 4e a ss tv' I ii 'N 099 1. gg --13,13 ig H P?

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VIERY RIZV. LAVCRIZNCIE C. DIliTHl2R. O.C.1rm. l'rot'rm'1ul Director Jwozmt mfmel With zeal I am zealous for the Lord Ciod of Hosts -down through the ages echoes the motto of the prophet Elias to instill into his followers the fire of inspiration from that first staunch and loyal band who gathered round him on the Mount of Carmel in Palestine, down to the White Eriars of our own twentieth century. The fierce Saracen might drive them from the Holy Land: Europe might for a time eye them with suspicion: but the order founded by Elias and dedicated to Mary was destined to grow and flourish until it should become one of the fore- most religious organizations of the world. a zealous leader in the missionary and educational fields. In Mt. Carmel High School, these same Car- melites have continued the work of Catholic education. They have instructed boys in both the spiritual and the material-they have molded men with true Christian character and ideals. This they have accomplished by brotherly counsel and exemplary conduct. The idea of a Catholic educational institu- tion in Woodlawn was conceived in 1902, and carried out in the founding of St. Cyril's College. It became evident, however. in 1924, that the school had outgrown its old quarters-necessi- tating an expansion program which resulted in the present Mt. Carmel. the name being changed

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THE FACULTY Cd1 7726l X ERY REX BASIL A RAHLER O Ca m Pastor or St Cu I REX CHRYSOSTONI J ANDERSON O Carm L brat an FR SPIRIDION GRECH O Ca m Chapla n REX ANDRI XX l XX ELDON The school ltself IS housed 1n a spac1ous modern bu1ld1ng It IS perfectly equlpped W1th large well llghted and well ventllated class rooms excellent laboratorns lecture halls anew gymnas1um and an up to :late swlmmlng pool In connect1on Wlth the latter two prov1s1ons have been made for lockers for v1s1t1ng as well as home teams The gymnas1um contaxns all types of athletrc equlpment regular 1nstruct1on ln the use of wh1ch IS g1ven the students for QXQFCISQ and for the cond1t1on1ng of the var1ous teams The latest 1nnovat1on lS a radlo ampl1fy1ng sys tem to s1mpl1fy announcement maklng Apart from the mater1al s1de Mt Carmel has rece1ved the h1ghest poss1ble ratlng scholas tlcally It 1S accredlted by the Un1vers1ty of Ill1no1s and the North Central Assoclatlon of Secondary Schools and Colleges Th1s afHl1at1on carr1es Wlth 1t the pr1v1lege of entry wlthout eXam1nat1on to any Un1vers1ty or College recog nlzed by these organ1zat1ons 0 Ca m Rl x MARTIN J ODONNIII REX PATRICK 'VILRRAY O Carm O Carm D an of Emil sh clluyld rOfla me to fS1CIa Chpln