Mount Carmel Catholic High School - Yearbook (Mount Carmel, PA)

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Q Q GRE T TRADITIO Miss Kalherine Veifh, who look par+ in lhe musical numbers for lhe lirs+ Commencemenl, June 25, l903, 'Pells Mary Colicchio, Donald Geary and John McElwee of lhe early 76 evenfs of lheir Alma Maier. V, Cafholic High in Mounl Carmel can claim graduales in every is profession-Lorraine Colcross, '53 inferviews Sisfer Angela a Mary, C.l.M., Miss Mary Dunn, R.N., and Rev. Joseph gy: Kealy, Principal of York Cafholic High, who recall pleasani 5 :lik memories of iheir sruclenf days here. 5 M. ,QT 1 i i l i ,Iam 1 ,415 All page iilles carrying quoferions have been laken from fhe School Repor+s and ofher wriiings of The Mos? Reverend Philip R. McDeviH, lafe Bishop of Harrisburg.

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The Class of l953 marks The TiTTieTh To graduaTe Trom CaTholic High School in lv1ounT Carmel, From humble beginnings OT a halT cenfury ago unTil now, our l-ligh Schools graduaTes have noT ceased To be a consTanT source oT pride To Those who sacriTiced To make a CaTholic Secondary School in MounT Carmel a realiTy. For nearly Thirfy years The high school classes were held in rooms on The TirsT Tloor oT The presenT convenT. ln l932 a spacious high school building beside Our Lady's Church was opened. While This was considered spacious aT Thal' Time, Tor The pasT Three years This building barely accommodaTes our junior and senior sTudenTs. This consTanT sTudenT increase is suTTicienTly high evaluaTion placed upon CaTho1ic l-ligh School educaTion by The CaTholics ol lvlounT Carmel and The surrounding areas. Gracluaies of former years are proud and happy To see Their sons and daughTers ioin The ranks of Cafholic High's Alumni. Here we see John Corcoran, Sr., '20 with his son, John Corcoran, Jr., '53, and Mary CaTherine Keely, '53 wifh her ded, Hubert Keely, '2I. .-All,- ,,...4 i 7 4 5 l.,nnlll ' l K

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The supremely 1mportant Work of the Church Amerlca IS the rlght educatnon of her ch1ldren Begunnung wnlh hs appolnlmenf an i935 as Bishop ol l-larrusburg and conhnulng To fhe presenf has Excellency lhe Mosl Reverend George L Leech has champloned a lorward movernenl nn Calhollc Secondary Educahon Ever alerf fo lhe growing needs ol has people he leaves nolhung undone Tha? shall equlp us lo meer lhe challenge of lomorrow s world The sleady Increase an The enrollrnenf of lhe Cafholuc l-lwgh Schools an lhe l-larrssburg Diocese as frabufe lo has nnslslence 'rhal nowhere can one beller prepare lo lhus challenge 'rhan In a Cafhollc School Besudes ofhcnally promohng lhe cause of Cafholnc Educahon our belov d Bnshop proves hns personal nnleresl an us ln splle ol has manulold duhes he manages each year 'fo vnsnl us and grac our graduahon nughl by belng our mos? honored guesl THE MOST REVEREND GEORGE LEO LEECH D D J C D BISHOP OF HARRISBURG f' ' in X