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

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C'- 6LClfL for South Chicago Pullman Blue lsland Gary East Chicago and Whiting The Chicago Surface Lines cars are also within a block of the school offering transporta tion 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 of conveyance Thus we see that every facility is at hand for the safe and speedy transportation of the student The school itself is housed in a spacious modern building lt is perfectly equipped with large well lighted and well ventilated classrooms excellent laboratories lecture halls newspaper office a new gymnasium and an up to date swimming pool ln con nection with the latter two provision has been made for lockers for visiting as well as home teams The gymnasium contains all types of athletic equipment regular in struction in the use of which is given the students for exercise and for the condition ing of the various teams The latest mno vation is a radio amplifying system to sim plify announcement making Apart from the material side Mt Carmel has received the highest possible rating scholastlcally lt is accredited by the Uni versity of lllinois and the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Col leges This affiliation carries with it the privilege of entry without examination to any University or College recognized by these organizations Included in these affiliations are all the larger Universities in the Middle West lllinois Michigan Wisconsin Chicaao Notre Dame Northwestern and many of the smaller colleges The certificate privi lege tentrance upon recommendation of the facultyl is held with three large Eastern Universities namely Georgetown Dart mouth and Brown ln order to maintain this accreditation as well as their own high standards of scholarship the Carmelite Fathers have outlined a wide course of study which is designed primarily for the best interest of the student body ln the first year the stu dents have their choice of either a com 141 REV PASCI-IAL BAIER REV JUL ANI SLQBIG 9 fh REV CLAUDE ENGEMANN O REV ANGELUS OBORNE REX REGIS DONEHUE Q REV EREDERIC MANICN E-Ek' W . I I I I 1 I ' I - ' : I I I I - . I 1 I I I ' O. Corm., Latin-En lish OI CO,,.,,II MC, emafjcs I I I 1 l 1 ' 1 ' I I I I I I 1. ' I I I - I I ' ' - Ccfm-I Science O. Cczrm., Registrar-Latin , - . . y I I I I I I I I 1 I I 1 1 1 1 ' X 1 - N 1 . . , , 7. I - ' O. Carm., En lish OI Cmmw Engng I I -' rf. I ' I I - r lx - -it Q E Q ez is

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REV RAPHAEL KIEFER REV ANSELM WERNER O OC REV URBAN I-AGER REV CHRYSOSTOM f Sf ANDERSON O RSV. IULIUS MERATZ REXA TERRENQE FITZGERALD O. Corm.. amish i t C.. 6lCll fb EPORE the coming of Christ the prophet Elias with a band of followers living on Mount Carmel in Palestine dedi cated their lives to the Virgin who would be the mother of God Their Christian suc cessors devoted their lives to the service of God until they were driven from the I-loly Land by persecution In Europe they found a new home but the persecution continued St Simon Stock Superior General of the Order prayed to Our Lady of Mt Carmel to give him a sign that she approved of the labors of the Order On luly 16th 1251 Mary appeared to him and gave him the Brown Scapular promising that Whosoever shall die wear ing this Scapular shall never suffer he pains of hell Fired with zeal by this commission the Carmelites went forth preaching and teach ing devotion to Marys Scapular They accompanied Columbus to America but no permanent foundation was made until 865 The idea of a Catholic educational 1nst1 tution in Woodlawn was conceived by the Carmelites 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 re sulted in the present Mt Carmel the name being changed 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 a school cafeteria and a library besides accommodating the offices of the Little Flower Society. For location environment and accessi- bility Mt. Carmel is ideally situated. The school building faces east on Dante Avenue at Sixty-fourth Street. On the north is the Carmelite Monastery and on the south St. Cyrils Parish Rectory To the south is a district almost exclu- sively residential, and yet a moments walk in a northerly direction will bring one to the shopping section of Woodlawn. The Electrified Illinois 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 +5tl3lf'f

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film fy rnerclal or a general course The cornmer clal course was estabhshed th1s year ln thelr th1rd and fourth years the students have several electlve subJects All courses are str1ctly college preparatory l-llstory and Engllsh are requlred 1n fourth year but the student IS offered h1s cholce of Chemlstry or Typewrltlng and of Latln Spanlsh lournahsm C1V1CS Economlcs or Comrnerclal Law Th1s method demands a unlformlty that 1S for the good of all and yet allows a varlatlon sulted to the develop ment of each boy s partlcular talents and deslres Four tlmes a year grades are glven monthly ln each sublect and are governed not only by the amount and quallty of work done but by the monthly examlna trons whlch are a part of each course Quarterly and semester marks also glven are deterrnrned chlefly by the examlnatlons 1n each sublect Honor cards are merlt awards glven each month to students who carry a nlnety or more ln all sublects for that month Students who have a monthly average of nlnety or more 1n a subJect and who pass the semester rellglon examlnatlon W1ll'1 a grade of elghty f1ve or better are exempt from examlnatlon ln that subJect Thus the school demonstrates to the student a w1ll1ngness to recognlze and reward h1s best efforts To graduate and to recelve a dlploma the student must have slxteen credlts A cred1t 1n a subJect IS obtalned by complet mg satlsfactorlly a course of th1rtve1ght weeks f1ve perlods a week Besldes the exempt1on pr1v1lege mentloned above an added 1ncent1ve 1S to be found tn the medals awarded to the boy ranklng hlghest scho lastlcally 1n the school and to those of hlgh est standlng ID each of the1r several class years ln add1t1on gola medals are glven to those students who excel ln varlous subjects These awards are made at the Commencement EXGTCISGS held at the close of the school year Slnce the a1m of the Carmellte Fathers lS to prepare the boy for problems wh1cl'1 w1ll confront hlm ln later l1fe rehglous ln structlon and tra1n1ng play a most lmpor tant part 1n the currlculum The Freshmen are grounded ln the essen 5 RTV HUBERT MCCARREN RVV THOMAS STHASSER O C M fh REV RoD13R1cK HURLEY REV CQNRAD HALL PefefofSfdesRelgo e REV ONEN COTE R f MAURlCE ANDERSON O Ca 9 E-'lk' QWE I I . . . . I W i I I I -4 v A.. v - . arm., Engffsh- CJ emaffcs O. Carm., Lafin 1 . . . - I I , , I I - I I I ' I O- Cwfn-I ' . O. Corm., Sci nce ' ' ' ' r c u 1 - 1 1 n 1 I I , , . I , I - . . 1 . ' , K sv . O. Corm., . fm., . , , Prefer! of Dfscfpline-Latin Pfefect of Religion-E11 fish I - . . ! ' Lg-A' ir' ' , , XX . -L , F N Q I ef J '