Pomona Catholic High School - Fidelian Yearbook (Pomona, CA)

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THE HISTORY ln auTumn oT I949 The doors oT Pomona CaTholic l-ligh were opened To The youTh oT Pomona Valley. For years The pasTor, Rev. Thom- as P. English, had realized The greaT need Tor a CaTholic high school in This parTicular localiTy. Under his inTelligenT leadership and unTiring zeal, and wiTh The concerTed eT- TorT oT The parish The aTTrac- Tive high school building was obTained. To sTaTT The school The Felician SisTers were per- suaded To come WesT. We owe many Thanlcs To Very Reverend MoTher lvl. SimpliciTa, The superior gen- eral, and To Reverend MoTher M. PeliciTas, The superior oT The Chicago Province, Tor un- derTalcing This proiecT and im- planTing The sparlc oT The MidwesT inTo The Tar WesT. The school has a spacious library and TwenTy modern classrooms, six oT which are laboraTories. The program oT sTudies conTains various cur- ricula and subiecTs oT varied conTenT To enable The sTudenT To broaden his spiriTual, inTel- lecTual, and physical horizons. The inTegraTing TacTor oT our school liTe is The CaTholic Phil- osophy, which aims aT The developmenT oT The whole man, and educaTes man To seek The ETernal TruTh. This year Pomona CaTholic l-ligh School has TuncTioned as a Tull-Tledged senior high school. Under The eTTicienT direcTorship oT PaTher lvlur- phy The aThleTic program has Tlourished. The sTudenTs keep- ing pace wiTh The program have won The CaTholic Con- Terence TooTball, baseball, and Traclc championships Tor The lasT Three consecuTive years. Thus, wiTh a Thrill oT pride The members oT The TirsT graduaTing class presenT This brieT hisTory oT Pomona CaTholic l-ligh School -- a school second To none.

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ibeckca fion To ST. JOSEPH, model oT TioleliTy, The Seniors declicaTe The TirsT ediTion oT The Ficlelian. We involce His inTercession To lqeelo us ever TaiThTul To CaTholic heriTage and ioleals, and To The TraoliTions and counsels oT our Alma lvlaTer. To FATHER ENGLISH, on The occasion oT his Silver Jubilee, and in recogniTion oT his eTTorTs To TurTher CaTholic ecluceTion, we cleclicaTe This yearbook as a sincere ges- Ture oT our qraTiTude and appreciaTion.