St Catherines Military School - Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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On the horizon at the right one of two St Catherines towers point heavenward. The mud road is Lenter Street, Anaheim QLincolnj, Where once the grapevine grew, orange and walnut groves now stand As the land changed St Catherine s changed From a parish school to an orphanage from boys and girls to lrttle men from first grade to eighth grade the school grew Its kindly light burned brighter But there were dark days when orphan care and turtion dollars would not stretch to meet the bills The Domrmcans decrded to sell A shoe factory from the east signed to buy both burldrngs and land As Mother Pia came to close the contract a swarm of bees followed her buggy A Sister saw the good omen and said Mother do not sell St Cath erine sg the bees bring good luck. Mother agreed In the years of gloom neighbors knew the trrals the Sisters faced. Charles Pelzer's ten cows fumished milk for the orphanage. George and Mary Mattis took the parentless children into their farm home for week ends and vacations. Mrs. Walter donated over 800 young orange trees, and dozens of citizens lent a hand so that the light of learning might not be extinguished 3' .444 Henry Ford svrnbol of an industrial revolution 5 3 Among the frrst group of students were Emma and Fred Backs, Iesse Melrose and Claudma Rxmpau

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si ssz S83 ss S 5 sae ss? sss ssu sqm sqi S0 ull C' 7 Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on. The night is dark, and I am far from home, Lead Thou me on. Keep Thou my feet: I do not ask to see The distant scene, one The time is 1889. The nation has recovered from the ravages of Civil War. President Harrison has pro- claimed the admission of North and South Dakota, Montana and Washington, to the union. The place is Anaheim, California. The night is dark. A blight discolors the leaves of the grapes, and the vineyards of this German settlement wither and die. . P .sa ,, Lead, Kindly Light Since the beginning of human life man has worshiped light. From the sun god to the moon shot we pray for light. All religions throughout history have thought of heaven as a place of light - radiant light. Christ said: I am the way and the light. For three quarters of a century the Dominican Sis- ters of Mission San lose held high the light of learning, guiding the feet, stretching the mind, and ennobling the soul of the youth of California. It all started back in 1887 when Father Stoeters, pas- tor of St. Boniface Catholic Church in Anaheim, asked Mother Pia, Prioress General of the Queen of the Holy Rosary Congregation, Come, teach my children. And the Dominican Sisters came and remained, at times amid encircling gloom, for 75 years. This is their joy-filling anniversary. This is the record of those years, 'Two men whose birth and lives coincided in time with the years of the school, whose philosophies were diametrically apart were Karl Marx and Cardinal Newman, author of Lead, Kindly Light. step enough for me. ulgv -:iz it ---: gi -.'--:rv .r.': -r.r... :i.::2.':2 2 ',.f Isa.-. CARDINAL NEWMANW A ' 1801-1890 Mother Gonzaga and Mother Pia pose with the orphan children of 1894

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- - for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations . . . f.:2tf: ' I - AT WOODROW WILSON-APRIL 17, 1917 Captain Daniel Healy formed the first battalion. The plan: to teach the discipline, courtesy, and respect for authority that military training instills in the young 5. . 'H m ig 'af The First Battalion, 1926. Yesterday's history was measured by war. Its dates were the dates of battles. Its names were the names of generals. World VVar I, to make the world safe for democ- racy was fought with Yankee courage and valor. But the idealism of Wilson faded fast. His Fourteen Points, his League of Nations, his restoration and his Euro- pean food programs were, like those of many leaders, soon rejected and forgotten. The years that followed were mixed years of dis- illusionment, prohibition, woman suffrage, labor strife, organized crime, and jazz. The watchwords were to be found in personal liberty and rugged individualism. St. Catherine's Military School pursued its objec- tives, instilling its principles, and keeping the same warm light burning in the window of the soul. In 1914, five boys graduated: Clifford Keller, Louie Beller, Iames Maglio, Ioseph Lore, and Wm. DeFerge. 5