St Catherines Military School - Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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egg --- - V A l Q' s Q? 1 f ,' Lfx I milf: Y if T f Q:-A -K.. '- -f. -mm f- V. 1 His Excellency Bishop Timothy Manning gives his blessing to the cadets and their parents at the Confirmation Exercises of 1953. California weather makes possible beautiful field Masses in the palm-lined lawn in front of the school. ssSclllv4 ! l Cadet Color Guard, 1953 Field Mass. f sw I ff K N X. f '- at ,, p 'C .WE .x 1 ' 29 'f,:M?i.. 5 K Q ,wif S- f-fgww E if 4 A 3 f' fi Q When a societv is perishing, the true advice to give to those who would restore it is to recall it to the principles from which it sprang POPE LEO XIII

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Tre old chapel IS torn down makrng room for a new admmrstratron burldmg There are Sundays and fun days There are Holy days and Hohdays The year 1957 was fun That year Walt Drsney fa. opened hrs world famous fantasyland yust a mrle south of St Cathennes burlt on the c1trus land of three Cathohc fannhes ' In 1957 the crty of Anahenn populatlon 65000 celebrated rts Century of Progress The crtys een tennral lasted srx days and on the seventh rehgrous herrtage day the mayor and the crty fathers cele brated a Solemn Hrgh Mass at nerghbormg St Bomface At St Cathermes rn 1957 as rn 1955 and 1956 the newly formed Parents Gurld planned and promoted a fabulous fxesta Huge red whrte and blue posters announced the I 1955 celebratron rn honor of the Pearl Harbor padre hero and featured a 554000 U S Savrngs Bond tele vrsron set krtchen range and the personal appearances of Dennrs Day Maureen OHara Red Skelton and Congressronal Medal of Honor wmners Mayor Gen eral C H Sclnlt USMC and Colonel Francrs S Cabreskr USAF Booths of all kznds barbecues fashlon shows vaudevrlle entertarnment, and pubhc showmgs of The Pnvate War of Mayor Benson helped to make the whole fresta a fun frlled day Frestas were fun for the cadets but work for the school parents They were held to rarse money to burld a new chapel New Buuldmgs New Gardens New Boys St Cathermes has always been as busy as Mother Pras bees burldrng and reburldlng gorng forward to meet the changrng needs But what has never changed IS the arm of St Cathermes the sp1r1t rn whreh the school was founded the trarnmg of Chnstran character The Srsters knew the truth of Cardrnal Grbbon s gospel If your character IS above reproach you wrll wrn the battle of lrfe The Dommrcfm Srsters at St Cathermes were wmmng rt The archrtect left for St Catherme's palm trees port holes through the second floor porch

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Major and Mrs. Schmitt stand as honor guard salutes his 25th Iubilee as commandant The Major's Silver Iubilee Twenty-five years is a long time. For a quarter of a century, Major Schmitt has been commandant of St. Catherines Military School. On May 2, 1959, the Sis- ters arranged a silver jubilee celebration. By plan, Mrs. Schmitt, the Major's wife, shared honors, by coinci- dence it was her silver wedding anniversary. His Excellency Bishop Bell gave his blessing to the commandant - husband, father, and grandfather - whose first grandchild was baptised in the St. Cathf erine's chapel October 19, 1957. The decade of the fifties was filled with the achieve- ments of military men. The first commander of United States forces, General Douglas MacArthur, led men from many nations to the 38th parallel in the Korean War that could not be won. Dwight Eisenhower, first general in 70 years to occupy the White House, was elected President of the United States in 1953. In Europe, the 5th Republic of France was formed under General Charles DeC-aulle. But the decade closed with the death of the wise and gentle general, Pontiff of the Catholic Church, Pius XII. Quietly and serenely, the peacemaker left the world of men to find that peace which the world can not give. Among the church digniitaries attending the Major's Iubilee were qcenter rearl His Excellency Bishop Bell, Q The cadets execute precision drill for Major Schmitt. ff Er. i - b 1 Father Quatannens, pastor of St. Boniface, Father Montrose, principal of Mater Dei High School, and Father Fitzgerald. Cadet Matteson receives trophy at 1959 Iune Drill 23