St Bonaventure High School - Seraph Yearbook (Sturtevant, WI)

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1905-06 xri' I '-' Ylr. Vhnrh-s Gojny Mr. .XIIHQIINI Hrylski '04 Niwuml lily-te-zwlii-l', IUUJS-HT. Sw-mul lungvst- In-rmv-fl lay ll'Jll'lll'l'. 11003-1922. tion hall with 3 bowling alleys and other facilities, a student printery and a spacious gym- nasium 190'x60'J, one of the finest in high school circles in the land. As a sign of continued growth and ever-increasing expansion, there exists since 1946 at St. Bonaventure a crying need for adequate dormitory space, additional classrooms, of- fices, utility, and alumni rooms. V. ADMINISTRATION Although Father Francis Manel founded The Seraphic School of Sl. Francis , he did not choose to become its first rector. For that office, a friar was chosen who had orig- inally been a Franciscan in Poland. was driven into exile by the cruel May Laws and Kul- turkamf of Chancellor Bismarck of Germany in the latter part of the nineteenth century, had lived and worked as a diocesan priest in Detroit. Mich. and Winona. Minn, for 24 years 11875-18993 and then returned to the Order, to the Franciscan Fathers in Pulaski, in 1899. to put on again the garb of a Franciscan friar. This priest of God was Father Romuald By- zewski, who had a Doctor's degree in philosophy from Louvain U., Belgium, had founded a parish in Detroit, and a Polish daily Wiarus in Winona before coming to Pulaski. The school could not be entrusted into more capable hands. His assistant in the administration of the school was the Rev. Stanislaus K. Lepich. O.F.M., just ordained in June. 1901. Dlr. Frank Heitski '03 First separate student cliam-l rfrom I-'f-lu.. 121033. I.. tu r.: YV. SUI xx Um- nl' first g,l'2ll'ilI2ilPS nf ski WIS, B. Zuchowski '06, F. Synulmwski 'HEL Y. Kunierzlizi 'uf ll li N. limmve-utiixw-, .lum-. lffvul. 1-lmwski 'HEL and l-'. Sonmfk '4'T.

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In-v. Stanislaus Knstku In-pivll. 1904-05 First Vll't'-llt'l'lUl'. livlll-U63 teach- l'l', liltil-UN. either through the basement or over a walk on top of it. The new school building was ready for use in February, 1903, and could now accommodate 40 boarding students. After the completion of the building, the remaining debt amounted to S7,725.00, which in those days of low wages was quite a sizable sum. Accommoda- tions now included a more spacious dormitory, four classrooms ttwo of which served as studyhallsj, a dining hall, a large wash- room, a library, a greater wardrobe space, bathrooms, an infir- mary, a separate office for the rector, and rooms for the lay faculty members. Seven years later, in 1910, when the enrollment of board- . ing students was in excess of 40. another addition, 50'x90', was built entirely by the lay brothers on the foundations laid in 1903 between the first separate school building and the friary. Bro. Modest supervised the work. In 1912, the northeast wing designed for washroom purposes was constructed and a 90'x40' extension was added to the east of the 1910 structure in order to expand kitchen and dining hall facilities. Final completion of the building into a uniform quarry stone style was made in 1914 with the construction of a 135'x46' southern wing which increased space for the Fathers, Brothers, and faculty, who had been living in a wooden structure on the same spot. The school now could accommodate approximately 100 boarding students. With the growing crowded conditions and a realization that a more centralized location nearer to the larger cities would greatly increase the enrollment, Father Francis, now as a Commissary Provincial, began to look about and inquire among the Polish clergy of Wiscon- sin for a suitable site. Through the aid of several Polish priests from Milwaukee, HOLY ROSARY ACADEMY for girls, conducted by the Dominican Sisters at Corliss, Wis. Q20 miles south of Milwaukee, 60 miles north of Chicago, and 7 miles west of Racinej, was purchased by Father Francis in 1922 and the transfer from Pulaski to Corliss was made in the summer of that year. A large four-story, three-Wing building with a very serviceable attic could conveniently accom- ,fs 'A 6 Q if modate 180 students, with offices and rooms N 4 A7 fflgpyvcfgfgl' ' for the administration, large dormitories, K W -if classrooms, a study hall, dining hall and ,mg ygfz f,,,',,,,K,-f,c7 kitchen, library, small gymnasium, library, I' fi infirmary. and utility rooms. Another build- p ing, ST. ANN'S HOME FOR THE AGED, ,QQ-f-fag ff' J about 200 ft. south of the school building, f f ' was converted for the housing of the faculty and lay brothers and its name changed to we W ST. JOSEPH FRIARY. The purchase also iz-A-rv fn! covered 160 acres of land affording ample S X0 3 M space for a beautiful campus, a park in 55'5fi?W?'5'XLf 1 ff' . 1 ff front of the school and friary, and greatly -,,..3,5..Z.,..,.,i , , M is M needed farm land and buildings. ' True to expectations, the purchase of it aww' ivi' 'W 3 W ' A If a new site nearly doubled the highest en- gif Wi-iysf-5 jg . ,, rollment at Pulaski. When on November 3, f' 1929, ground was broken for a new gvmna- 5 W sium, The Rev. F. Wojfalewicz Memorial iiiawww Building, enrollment actually doubled that in VE-QW t A of Pulaski in 1930-1931 with a record high , f . of 186 students. The gymnasium building Q includes a study-hall for 220 students, a .oafmpwgvgxfawx modern library, classrooms, a large recrea- - A Lf! Copy of report m-ard for the first seniosti-1' if 11001-H2 st-hool ye-ar of the lit-V. .lust-ph lluhry Page 17 szek.

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1906-07 if 'I is r-avi 4-'. 1 III- it . Q-1 1' Q . E I- lh-v. John llnlzknu-1-Ill. 0.F.Yl. Ill-v. flillzlllil' Ilyhinski lllgllll nilvl Ill Imhilmilv VI. CURRICULUM - GRADUATIONS - DIPLOMAS As may be expected in a preparatory school for the priesthood and the professions, a curriculum of classical studies generally prevailed throughout the past fifty years at St. Bo- naventure. Records of the 1901-1902 school year show that the following subjects were taught: religion, bible history. Latin, Polish fgrammar, reading, and orthographyj, English fgrammar, reading, and ortographyj, German, U. S. history, geography, arithmetic, calli- graphy qpenmanshipj, music, and chant. In its infant growth, with a variety of students coming from different elementary schools, and in an age when laws governing a required eight grades of elementary education priors to high school entrance were not strict, the school was justified in the inclusion of subjects which later were relegated to the elemen- tary level Qpenmanship, geography, and arithmeticj. Additional subjects taught in 1902- 1903 comprise Polish literature, Greek. and world history. Ancient history was added in 1903-1904, while French, Polish history. botany, algebra, and geometry appeared in the curriculum of 1904-1905. Juniors and Seniors were given a two-year course in physics in the later years of the school at Pulaski. but this was changed to one-year only from 1922 on at Sturtevant. Other subjects added since 1922 are trigonometry, modern history, chemistry, elocu- tion fincluding debate and oratoryb. general guidance, sociology, typing, printing, civics, mu- sic and chant, and first aid fduring World War IIJ. At the beginning of the 1927-1928 school year, the German language was dropped from the curriculum. After an inspection by the faculty representatives of the Univ. of Wisconsin in Decem- ber, 1931, St. Bonaventure M. S. was placed on the accredited list of that University. Mar- lh-v. Hole-slnus xx'lllPjli0 lflrst native Pulaski priest ,rzralrlilzxtn-. l1I4l2-UT. ,. Frank Guhryszi-k. Slllflttlll I Oil ll .3-5. Page 19