St Catherines Military School - Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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t Ioseph's statue tipped .but did notyrfall. The Earth Quakes In the same week that President Roosevelt declared a 'ibank holiday, the wrath of nature shook the earth. In the late aftemoon of March 11, 1933, the wind rose, St. Cathc-:rine's tall palms lashed about, and its build- ings broke. Large areas of Southem California cracked under a giant earthquake. The nun's chapel and study were demolished, By an act of God, the Sisters were at dinner. The length of the Divine Office had pro- longed their schedule and, by Providence, had delayed by minutes their return to the doomed chapel. Quakes continued throughout the night and the chaplain heard confessions outside on the grounds. Nature showed its fury again when, on March 3, 1938, the Santa Ana river rose and flowed through the streets of Anaheim. The water Hooded the base- ment of the school and inundated the lower floor. The Sisters and the townspeople, with Christian faith, 'withstood the wrath of nature. The walls crumbled, but the stairs stood and the organ played a broken cord

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during the Presidency of Herbert Hoover, the building program stopped. The stock market crashed and a man- made disaster finished the decade. Temporal stories start and end. On February 8, 1925, Mother Pia, foundress of St. Catherine's School, died, just four years after the passing of Father Stoeters, who, 36 years before, had invited her to Anaheim. St. Catherine's battalion of 1930. 1. 1 ,.,, - Xfiif' ..,i Now they are fiftish. Aliz ! 14 15 L EW, 'IF x -1 t X MW, 1 Iune 15, 1930, First Mass, Rev. Aloysious Antlitz, O. F. M. Fr. Nicholas Perschl, O.F.M. Fr. Raymond Smith, O. F. M., Fr, Matthew, O. F. M. Fr. Donald, O. F. M., Fr. Weber, O. F. M., and Fr. Fred Martinez, C.M

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f as Commandant ll. r XX ' At floodstage, the residents moved by boat. Intersection is Lemon and Broadway Q 1 - , , ' P. F. Grover taught the class of '37. all tl! is October 6th, 1934, Lt. Schmitt was installed of St. Catherine's. In the St. Catherine's battalion of 1941, Captain Wm. Murphy replaced Lt. Schmitt who was called to war. Among cadets identified are: Horan, Cline, McDonald, Beckett, Pedley, McGowan, Couch, Raighand fbottom rowl Suiller, unidentifiedj Captain Murphy, DeCleur, funidentifiedj. School kept, and the cadets, too young to fight, played billiards in the recreation room. The boys were fed in the dining rooms that were moved to the second floor of the old administration building. 16 f 'Wk QQ- my 'tit 3' '--iv'fXx:? --lk 291 Der Fuehrer and man' s fury, 1940 1941 01 1941 9 1Qf1 111 r , rx 1 u