Southeast Catholic High School - Crystal Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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im . , ABOVE: These boys were Freshmen in I936-foday mos? of fhem are in lhe armed services of our counfry. They are reading from leff fo righl and fop io bo++om: L. Renzulll J. Edier, V. Ferrigno, W. Lawler, E. McDermoH, J. Renzi, A. Tabasco, J. Moresi, J. Murphy, T. Gorman, J. Fellicioffi, D. Zappa, F. Pulini, M. Carfagno, R. Kearney, D. Coniglia, V. DiMen+c, E. DellaMonica, A. 'Ama'ro, A. Liiwinowicz, E. Valenie, E. Hunier, J. Murphy, C. Pidlislci, J. Arena, J. Parlxer, J. Paolo, E. Maffioli, A. Masirogiovanni, J. Sernicola, M. Dowey, B. Oss, D. Triolo, W. Hughes, A. Ponlarelli, J. Mes- sina, N. Bashara, P. Anas+asia, J. Brinn. Fafher Schmidf was fhe homeroom ieacher. MIDDLE: ln i935 Fafher Lulce Dionne had all of 'ihese boys in his Chemisfry Class. BELOW: When Coach John McGarry's Piraies won lhe Cily Tille in l94l, lhe band cu? quile a 'figure on lhe 'floor wifh iis S+. Palriclc Day music and drills. OPPOSITE PAGE: Open House was always a big 'fealure of +he school year, when sfudenis displayed +heir school, classrooms and aciivilies lo lheir parenfs and friends. Here 'the Biology Laboraiory is ihe scene of much critical inspec- lion and approval. ln fhe small picfure we see John Dulce ' Hannan in l935, when he was a freshman of Soufheasf Cafhclic High School. Here Dulre holds proudly 'rhe covefed Bernard Sam- uel frophy which was won by fhe Pirales for becoming The 'fooiball champions of Soufh Philadelphia. ,,c...m.-a-,

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Jrfuuvrfzd . ' n CMTHSW, Xassmef' oi Zuideofi Hou Aefc Sade uh A., io' . ddikkon mot 5061 md coursei- new 6 The Swain dushidx shop S in Skreei lined 054 The houses DevelopmenT and change have been The key- noTes oT This modern age, and during The pasT decade man has wiTnessed one oT The mosT mo- menTous periods in The hisTory oT The world. Huge advances have been prevalenT everywhere in Tac- Tory producTion, in medicine, in aerial Transporla- Tion, in commerce, in invenTion and perTecTion, and even in war. Here, however, in SouTh Philadelphia, The developmenT and change OT our age has Tound expressioniin parT, in growTh, progress and edu- caTion. AT The beginning oT The decade There arose aT SevenTh and ChrisTian STreeTs a new school and TaculTy, small indeed in iTs beginning buT large in The possibiliTies of iTs TuTure. Since ThaT small be- ginning our school has grown, has progressed, has walked hand in hand wiTh The rapidly changing world, adapTing iTselT To every need, TulTilling every obligaTion. IT has developed wiTh The world abouT iT, and in so doing hascalways looked Torward wiTh iTs colors Tlying high carrying The message oT iTs moTTo, ForTiTudo, To The TaculTy, The sTudenT body and To The very neighborhood in which iT exisTs. And now, in This TenTh year, all aT us musT pause -pause To celebraTe an anniversary of paTience, oiT discouragemenTs, oT hard work, oT improvemenT, and oT success. And in ThaT pause, The CrysTal STaTT, represenTing The sTudenT body oT This TenTh year, will help us To remember The people and evenTs which Tell The sTory oT The origin and growTh oT SouTheasT CaTholic High School. When The doors opened 'Tor The TenTh Time in SepTember, I943, The TaculTy and sTudenT body in- heriTed nine years oT eTTorT spenT by Those who have gone beTore in esTablishing The TradiTions and philosophies which are Theirs. Now in This TenTh year, we have succeeded in adding The Tinal rung To The ladder which brings To a successful end The baTTle To place SouTheasT CaTholic High School in ci prominenT place in our ciTy and counTry, and which places in honored memory The names oT all Those who have helped us To reach This TenTh year. Thus iT is ThaT we menTion in honor roll Tashion The names oT all TaculTy members and graduaTes oT These Ten years, and we recall incidenTs and evenTs in picTure and record Term To make This ediTion oT The CrysTal a help To all oT Those who mighT wish To remember, The book does noT claim accuracy or compleTeness, in iTs underTaking, buT The sTaTT and iTs adviser do pledge ThaT They have given everyThing possible in Time and eTTorT To The book so ThaT iT mighT Tind a Treasured haven in The homes oT iTs readers. The aim oT The school ThroughouT iTs shorT his- Tory has been To saTisTy The wanT oT every sTudenT. ln The very beginning, classes, as many as were possible, were oTTered which would give mosT To The TirsT sTudenTs. As The years passed by, how- ever, larger expansion oT TaculTy and buildings made possible ai larger curriculum oT sTudy and acTiviTy. Hand in hand came music and pracTical arTs in The TirsT imaior advance To saTisTy The grow- ing needs oT The school. WiTh The ParenTs Associa-

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Tion showing The woy, come The bond: ond wiTh FoTher Adrion Troeger's inTeresT There wos born o procTicol orTs course. Music Tound iTs origin in I938 wiTh o newly Tormed bond, while procTicol orTs begon cis ci club in The some yeolr, Since Then boTh hove grown inTo disTincT deporTmenTs, From The Tlimsy beginnings oT 0 club wiTh shops in The presenT oTTice oT Socred l-leorT T-Toll, proc- Ticol orTs hos grown inTo o deporTmenT heoding o hosT of pre-inducTion ond vocoTionol courses. The yeor Tollowing iTs birTh The ProcTicol ArTs deporT- menT sow The incepTion oT courses in mechonicol drowing, droTTing ond shop. ln l94l prinTing presses were seT up To oTTer s+ilI more educoTionol subiecTs. Keeping The modern Trend in educoTion in mind ond seeing The UniTed SToTes porTicipoTing in The presenT world conTlicT, SouTheosT CoTholic recog- nized The need of preporoTory Troining Tor Those sTudenTs who wished To pursue some oT The special- ized courses oTTered by The vorious bronches of The ormed Torces. Much grec1Ter c1TTenTion wos poid To The scienTiTic ond moThemoTic deporTmenTs oT The school, while oll deporTmenTs organized Themselves To molce possible grec1Ter opporTuniTies. ln l942 There wos inTroduced ci course in ouTomoTives wiTh loboroTory worlc done in o well equipped shop. During The some school yeuclr more pre-inducTion courses were oTTered in elecTriciTy, rodio, mochines, oeronouTics, code, riflery, rniliTory drill ond in phye sicol educoTion. T When on SepTember 6, I934, 600 boys ond I5 ToculTy members enTered Main Holl To orgonize 0 new school, prospecTs did noT seem brighT. STu- denTs ond ToculTy members olilce were doubTTul. The building iTselT wos inc1dequoTe wiThouT The nec- essory loboroTories, oTTices ond librories. However, in The TirsT yeor wos presenT oll oT The deTermino- Tion ond good will which choircicTerized SouTheosT Cc1Tholic during These Ten yeors, LiTTle by liTTle Things were done, sTudenTs come, more room wos provided in The Torm oT Freshmon ond Scicred l-leorT holls, ond wiThin The wolls boys grew-be- come good Cc1Tholic men. All -oT This spells growTh, chonge ond success- The growTh oT cz school in o growing noTion: The chonge ond odopTobiliTy necessory in successTul growTh: ond The ciccomplishmenTs Tound recorded OT lecisT in pcirT wiThin The poges oT This boolc.