St Catherines Military School - Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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A l i S l i .CA A .:--'Q:- t 'J ' E Aw 4. wo! '..., .fo-in A,.V ,:,,, ve aid The man that played Moses. E5 ..1V ov- 'A i fa at A' ' The Spotlight of Hollywood o,,,:, , ,l,. ,, Universal Studio's camera crew shoots The Private War of Major Benson on the St. Catherine's drill ground xhwlf Seeing a movie in school is news, but making a real William Demarest Tim Hovey and a full battalion live, technicolor, full length film at school and acting of St, Catherines cadets in it, too, was a thrill that cadets found hard to believe. The experience said Sister Verona Prioress But that's what happened in 1955. Universal-Ir1terna- though novel and exciting was not always an easy tional Studios choose St. Catherines Military School one, For more than one cadet the prospect of a Holly as the scene for their humorous comedy about the trials wood career lost some of its glamor a group of grade school cadets gave a tough, cocksure major whom the anny had demoted from the ranks. Filming started in Ianuary and was ready for edit The picture, The Private War of Major Benson, ing in April. After the cadets were finished with the starred Charlton Heston, Iulie Adams, Nana Bryant, reel-school, they returned to real academic study pretty Iuhe Adams at - l f? i f p ,, i s E S 1 5 i i A

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Legend records the words of the Pearl Harbor padre-hero: Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition. Reverend Father William A. Maguire, Captain U. S. Navy retired, 1890 -1953 I Am Far From Home December 7th, 1941, day of infamy. During Father's early morning field Mass, said for both the military and civilian personnel on the island of Oahu, Iapanese bombers, without warning, dove with deadly cargo on Pearl Harbor. American boys from Anaheim, California, to Albany, New York, lay dead. The allied world was shocked. The United States government declared war. Father William Maguire was appointed Chief Chap- lain of the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. He followed his boys through battle, many of whom he knew' would never laugh or love again or taste the summertime. Later, he wrote of these days in two books: Rig for Church and The Captain Wears a Cross. The Lights Go On Again A year after the dedication of the administration build- ing at St. Catherine's Military School, the cadets wel- comed their new Navy Chaplain, Father Maguire. He came with many stories of battle experience and with a warm love for America's fighting men - and their sons, the little men of St. Catherine's. There amid quiet joy he remained until his death, September 13, 1953. As God planned it, he died at an altar in London, saying Mass. The school moumed and Sister Verona, Prioress, dedicated the proposed new chapel to the memory of this much-loved and much-admired Navy Chaplain, Father Wm. Maguire. W 4

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'Tim Hovey, Universal-International star is the tiniest cadet at the academy, but has the biggest problems. Father Slavik, chaplain of St. Catherines, receives a few pointers from Charlton Heston during the rnajor's private war with the cadets. Charlton Heston. Major Benson, disclplmes Tim Hovey