Pius X High School - Tiara Yearbook (Downey, CA)

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-1-g1r '!'9 Father Charles G. Cranham, our vice principal is one of the most popular of the Pius X faculty Besides his administrative duties, he teaches religion and mechanical drawing A great sports fan Father enjoys water skiing sailing and skiing He also takes flying lessons, and we have reason to believe he will become an ace pilot before long Father Cranham enjoys a rousing baseball game, but also finds great fun in watching football and basketball especially when the Warriors are winning! Father Wallace Daley, from Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Downey, teaches history, civics, and speech here at Pius X. ll native of llberdine, South Dakota, he has spent most of his life in California. Father Daley enioys classical music and basketball in his spare time, but his greatest interest is travel.

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Sr. Concepta initiates S. Kelly and C. Bellevia with special tutoring on foreign policies. l Sister Mary Concepta, l.H.M., is a new arrival at Pius X. She teaches civics, his- tory, and English and she brightens her X lessons with a flavor of wit and charm. When she is not busy teaching, she en- ioys reading-however her favorite inter- est is travel. ,fgttzll Mr. lay Francis Conroy, from Our Lady of Good Council Parish, obtained a B.A. degree in philosophy at Loyola University. His chief interest is Philosophy, but he also enioys collecting, and listening to, records. He is the moderator of our cross-country team this year, and from the result of his efforts, the boys have done a fine job. He teaches English to many boys and girls at Pius X. lunior girls, G, Gasporra and C. Annis dem- onstrate Mr. Conroy's theory that diagram- ming is an all important step in learning correct usage. 27

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Father Matthew S. Delaney, lrom St. AIbert's Parish in Compton, was born in Tipperary, Ireland. He was educated at Mt. Melleray secondary school and col- lege where he completed his philosophy maior. He came to the United States in 1947 and spent four years at St. lohn's Seminary where he was ordained in 1951. He was assistant pastor at St. Francis Cabrini Parish in Los Angeles for over four years. From there, he came to Piux X. He has attended U. C. L. ll. and the adult education department of Immaculate Heart College from which he took his B. ll. in the field of mathe- matics. He has also done work in the graduate department of S. C. in the field of mathematics. His hobby is golf but it has suffered greatly since his teach- ing career began. Here at school, he teaches Algebra l and ll, General Math, and Trigonometry. Father Delaney explains one of the mysteries of simultaneous equations to B. Klotz and D. Liable. Emphasis is placed on speed and accuracy M Montoya, J. McMiIlen, and M. Perkins, as Sister Dorothy quizzes Sister Mary Dorothy, C. S. I., is a graduate of Holy Names College in Oak- land, where she completed her work in English. Having taught here at Pius X for several years, she is head of the Business Department. She is very inter- ested in sports, stating basketball to be a great favorite. She also enioys interior decorating and is especially interested in color schemes.