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T H I 5, above all, we shall remember . . . Roman Catholic High School has adopted the ideals set forth by Pope Pius XI, in his encyclical letter on Christian Education of Youth: The subject of Christian education is man. whole and entire . . . with all his faculties . . . the product 01 Christian education is the man who thinks. iudges, and acts in accordance with right reason illumined by the supernatural light of the example and teaching of Christ. At Catholic High we are trained tor the role we are to play in life.
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. . . B.E.H.S. . The dedication of Roman Catholic High School, at Broad and Vine Streets, yesterday, marked a great onward step in the progress of the Parochial School System of the Cath- olic Church . . . The school is the only one of the kind in the United States. lPhiladelphia Press, September 7, 1890i Having reaped much fruit from his long labors, Thomas E. Cahill was urged by friends at various times to give up his busi- ness for a while and to go abroad to enjoy the sights of Europe. He would merely reply that he had a thought in mind, cherished for years, and for its realization he wanted to make all the money with which God might bless him. No one surmised what this thought was until, after his death, his Will directed that, except for minor bequests, his entire fortune All good things must come to an enddven the school day. An observer at Broad and Vine, any day at two-thirty. must be impressed by the reluctance with which the students tear themselves from their scholastic . . First Free Catholic should be devoted to the founding of a Catholic High School for Boysethe first of its kind in the United States. The standards of this first Catholic High School for Boys were so high that in the first decade of the school's existence only twenty per cent of the students enrolled actually finished the four year course. Through the years, Catholic High has met storms of opposition but it has weathered these and has come down through the years virtually unharmed. It is to our Administra- tors and Faculty, therefore, that a word of thanks and gratitude should be tendered for their untiring efforts towards the furthering of the good interests of Roman Catholic High School-THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE UNTED STATES OF AMERICA. pursuits. They are u mourniul lot as they move slowly through the school doors with faltering step and tecn- dimmed eye. They dread the thoughts of departure. If that is what you think, watch out brother! That's all!
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