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

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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.

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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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