Reitz Memorial High School - Memorial Review Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

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fares. ' H -' ' flli L, . - 1 WZ Qllmtnrg it With our going forth into the active world we close another chapter of our school's history. Lest we should forget in after years the things that went to make up our student life, we have decided to summarize the important of these for our' selves, within the next few pages. We first entered high school on September 6, 1922. It was an important day for us and for the school in general. That was the first day Boys' Catholic High School, as it was then called, was in full operation. It had been started but three years before through the generous efforts of the Clergy and Catholic laity, and the heroic endeavor of the Brothers of Holy Cross who undertook to establish in Evans' ville, the first Catholic High School for boys. You will no doubt remember that then we were located on Third and Vine Streets, in the Trinity School. Those were truly pioneer days, but in some way enjoyable ones. But with the growth in the institution it soon became evident that new quarters were needed. Different means were resorted to in an effort to raise sufficient funds to build a new school, and just when things seemed to be moving very slow Mr. Francis Reitz came to our assistance. Everyone in Evansville knows what a great benefactor he is to education. To the delight of all concerned he decided to buy the new site and erect and pay for the school himself. How glad we were to hear this! Many of us thought that we were spending the last year in the old school. But Mr. Reitz had in mind to erect some' thing beyond the expectation of all - something monumental, and to do this it took much longer than we had expected. But we were not idle during the erection of the new building. Wonderful prof gress was made in the various school organizations. Never before were such thrilling dramas enacted by the Dramatic Club. The Glee Club reached its zenith under the able direction of Brother Agatho. More than onefhalf of the entire city heard the singers during the course of the school year. The Orchestra, begun in the early part of the scholastic term, under the direction of Mr. Henry Wulf, astonished all who heard it., The various divisions of the Athletic Club made, splendid showings and were a credit to the work of their directors, Brother Harold, faculty manager, and Mr. joseph Windbiel. Those of our friends who have, for the ,past years, been tak' ing the Echo know that it greatly improved during this year. J'The Hub, the sec' ond annual was put out in good style, and our first year at Catholic High came to a close. II. The following September 6, we returned once more, to find that some of our All l li 1 1 l 1 Y I s .. ' A '3

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i 4 I 95? .VJ If A ri', iiiiiiiiii X -3 - 1 REV. HUGH C-ALLAGHER, C. S. C. Religion, Latin MR. FRANK ADAMS MR. HARRY BELL Band Orchestra 28

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