Redemptorist High School - Almarre Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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k N f W9 r 'Rf' 1 ix 1 the building October 3 of the same year. This building was converted into the convent home for the Sisters two years ago. For several years the curriculum was limited to the grades, but in 1904 it was considered best to open the high school department, and to add one class each year so that the pupils who wished to carry on higher work might have an opportunity to do so. In 1908 there was one girl graduate, Miss Josephine Mangan. Three pupils graduated the following year, and two in 1910. Then the high school was discontinued, but was reopened in 1913. The fol- lowing year a commercial course was offered. From a total attendance of forty in 1913, the high school has since grown till it now has a daily attendance of two hundred sixty. Again in 1919, the enrollment was such that all could not be accom- modated in the school, and for the four succeeding years, the Fathers gave up the old chapel, which had been the first Redemptorist Church, to serve a twofold purpose of study-hall and classrooms. We can trace the progress of Catholic ideals and efforts, like silent currents, ever lengthening and widening with the advance of better facilities and higher standards, until finally culminating in the handsome structure, the model elementary and up-to-date high school which is our pride today. In 1923, Father A. Chapoton, C. Ss. R., drew up the plans for the building which we now occupy. Work was soon begun but in a short time Father Chapoton was transferred to another field of labor, and through the able administration of his successor, Father J. J. Gunn, C. Ss. R., our present rector, was dedicated Right with impressive cere- building cost about the vast dream became a reality. When the new school Reverend Thomas F. Lillis, formally blessed the school monies, after assisting at Solemn High Mass. The S360,000. We of the Redemptorist School think that it is one of the finest in the United States. The building has thirty rooms and is used for both the elementary and high school students. The fame of the work done at Redemptorist was soon broadcast-not by radio, though-and the school became recognized throughout the city. Our school is affiliated to the State University. Both classical and commercial as well as courses in Physical Education and Household Arts are offered. The teachers strive to cultivate the minds and hearts of those entrusted to their care and to develop in them the power to perform their duties to Cod and fellowman. It is commonly said that a school may be rated in terms of its student product. During these years many boys and girls have passed through the portals of Redemptorist School into the busy world: a goodly number have given their lives to God by following the call to the pri-esthood and the religious life, while others carrying on the good spirit of the school are engaged in' home duties or other social activities. We are justly proud of our school. This living monument testifies to the deep interest of the Redemptorist Fathers, who realize so well that the greatest asset to any church is its parish school, and who, regardless of sacrifice, have not spared themselves, but have provided every facility.for Catholic higher education, thus making our school second to none. ROWENA MoLlNc, '2 7. 1 Tga,.,- ' Thirty-three

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'N 4 A 1 1 l retreat September 2-5 was made by the children to prepare them for study. The school was taught by two Sisters of St. Joseph, Sisters Thecla and Hermina, who came every morning from St. Joseph Orphan Home. The following teachers, Sisters Blanche, Patricia, Annunciata, Blandina, Gabriel, Catherine, Eugene and Imelda were associated with the school in subsequent years. There were many difficulties to be encountered in those days. This part of the city was little better than a wilderness, as Broadway and our other well- paved streets were then unknown. In those days cows could be seen contentedly strolling through the shady lanes close by. Nowadays we must quickly detour lest the elegantly'outf1tted blue buses that speed along Broadway should maim or cripple us for life. In May, l889, the first communicants found it rather toilsome traveling to get to church on account of recent heavy rains. Five or six inches of mud i As We WERE IN 1898 and white slippers do not go well together. The only way out of the difficulty was to Pick up thy white clothes and walk. They could be seen trudging along to the school to don the finery which they had carried in large boxes in their arms. There was no dressing room, so the girls draped their coats of many hues over a chart of maps. This served the needs of the occasion. When all were ready, they marched to the church. Under the capable and zealous direction of the Fathers and the Sisters the school flourished and rapidly expanded in growth. As time went on larger quarters had to be provided and another school was erected at the corner of Hunter Know Linwoodl and Wyandotte. Archbishop Glennon of St. Louis, then coadjutor to Bishop' Hogan, laid the cornerstone July 3, l898, and blessed I 1 I A -Q 1- H W,-W ,--W...-... WA M-,, -?-.3T Aiilf--f Thirty-two

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A -,mm-To Umma ZS Venit summa dies I Examination day! Even the appearance of the outslde atmosphere sends forth the dread foreboding for old Sol is obscured by dark clouds although day has well advanced from the Ocean Naturallv it seems like our Day of Doom Tantaene animis caelestlbus irae? Can passions so great be in the minds of the gods that such tortures should be inflicted on young innocent g1rls3 Thus say the walls of the passaged halls and they seem to close in around us as we pass through them allowing no means of escape from the inevitable doom lVl1rab1le visu Dux femma facti And indeed she is She arraigns us so that there is nothing around us but lovers of La France She then produces the paper which will have to be summoned from Hades if we expect to answer such questions One glance at the questions and Furor arma mmlstrat Serzlng our pens we take spite on the paper But Furor iraque mentem praecipltant It is impossible for us to think However the first question does not seem so bad We are a little consoled Adsplrat prlmo fortuna labori But such relief 15 short lr ed The rest of the questions takes our heart away Com fortlngly Edith says Osccu neque enlm lgnari sumus ante malorum O passi graviora, dabrr deus his quoque finem l 7 l ' , has been stowed away, only the gods know where. Truly, Virgil himself I 1 Thirty- f ou 1' Nevertheless, we all sustain the strain by Dolus an virtus, mostly Virtus. Now everyone is filled with joy, for we have survived 'the unspeak- able day, and all exclaim, O terque quaterque beati. In calmness and dignity, the teacher says, Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit. ELIZABETH RIEHLE, '27, WHAT MY HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION MEANS TO ME' What my high school education means to me? Ah! that is difficult to say, but infinitely easier to feel, for have I not been thrilled by the stirring tales of Scott, Cooperg have I not laughed and cried with Dickens: have I not shuddered with Macbeth, marveled at Virgil, and have I not been awed by the grandeur of Milton? And so on, down the line of the masters of prose and poetry: I have wended my way, finding at every turn some new truth, some fresh marvel, seeing nature and eternity through other men's eyes? Through pages of history, I have watched the rise and fall of nations, the founding, flourishing and decay of empires, the passing of men and marvels, all bounded within the covers of a book. I have been, as it were, a spectator in a vast area, watching and waiting for the outcome of the struggle, while the gladiators fight the deathly fight, making the sands slippery with their life's blood. With thumbs turned upward, I plead, Mercy, O Caesar, mercy! With Archimedes, I have cried, Eureka, when after hours of intense application to the innumerable laws of science, I have clearly understood, as the scientists of old, the why and the wherefore. So I could go on indefinitely, naming the chambers to which my high school education has been the key, and I find that the walls rise higher and higher, as I proceed and find rooms beyond, deeper and more silent. I am filled with a majestic sense of awe for what I have seen, and eager desire to press forward, even though I find myself shrinking to the floor, as I realize how very little I do know. EDITH SCHROEGER, '2 7.