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

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THE B SY HE HT UF lmpossible you say? . . . 7'rh and Chrislian couldn'+ be lhe hearf of Soulh Philadelphia? Well, maybe you're righl . . . buf isn'1 lhe hearl lhe main organ of lhe body? Try picluring Soulh Philadelphia wilhoul' Soulheasl Calholic . . . wilhoul ils vilal organ! . . , No hear? +o purify The blood from 'rhe arleriesl . . . No hearl' 'ro slimulale aclivilyl . . . No hearl lo guar- anlee life! . . . When Soulheasl Calholic opened ils doors 'ro The Calholic young men of 'rhe communily, if look a greal Task upon ils shoulders. Did 'rhe school measure up lo lhese greal responsibililies? Whal' beller proof fhan lhe oulslanding record of her facully, her sludenls, her alumni. Some day Soulheasl' Calholic may build new school buildings . . . perhaps malerially bigger and beller . . . bul wherever lhey may sland . . . lhere Sou'rh Philadelphia will find ils 'lhrobbing hearf . . . conslanlly replenishing l'he veins of 'rhe communiiy wilh new blood . . . pure Calholic young blood. -. ?' Chrislian Slreei Scene lloolxing 'loward Sl. Paul'sl. Sluclenis wailing al Eighlh Sfreel for a lrolley. Across from Sacred Heart Hull.

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THEY SERVE HIM BEST... Miltnn For sevenTeen years, The RighT Reverend Monsignor John J. Bonner was The guiding lighT, The inspiraTion, The propelling Torce in The educaTion oT The CaTholic High School sTudenTs oT Philadelphia. The year I946 will noT Tind him laboring in our behalf: Tor he vacaTed his office as Diocesan SuperinTendenT of Schools during The closing monThs oT T945 Tor a much greaTer posiTion in God's Heaven. The Thousands of boys and girls educaTed under his leadership will be The leaders oT Tomorrow's world. The schools ThaT he Tounded and supervised, such as SouTheasT CaTholic, will conTinue To insTill CaTholic principles of Thinking and living inTo Their sTudenTs To prepare Them Tor True ciTizenship here and hereaTTer. The CaTholic League ThaT he TosTered will eTfecT The physical well-being oT many youThs and Teach Them The worThiness oT genTlemanly sporTsmanship. The many laudable obiecTives which Monsignor Bonner accomplished can be recorded Tully only in Heaven. We pay him a lasT TribuTe knowing ThaT These words shall pass away: his worlcs , ' shall noT. For Monsignor Bonner wroTe his memorial in The imperishable Theological virTues oT FaiTh, Hope, and ChariTy. lLefTl Monsignor Bonner speaking aT VicTory BanqueT in March, I945.

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