St Catherines Military School - Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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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

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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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Cadets: Wahler, Spang, Kroeger, Callahan, Glaser, Owens, and Powers develop muscles on a boy-powered merry-go-round in the Iuniors' playyard, 1958. l we u r 1' 1 An appreciation of beauty and a knowledge of natural law is gained from a summer sketch class with Don May in 1955. W im a n w e m e H is s E s 1 8 Team plays are planned by Cadets Frazxer Ault and Lebeau for S C M Ss football squad St Cather1nes IS a member of the Cahforma Mlhtary School League I 7 Mayor Cromre teaches the exghth grade cadets a mastery of academxc subyects mcludlng English Hlstory Latm Scrence Math and Geography 1957 Gulde Thou my feet and hands and mmd and heart Academrc Arts and Athlctlcs The fourth R IS re11g1on and so 1n truth, are the other three readrng ntlng, and rrthmetrc But a boy 1S made of many parts and the pohsh of the parts makes the bnlhance of the whole The educatron of a cadet compr1ses a11 the aca dem1c subyects w1th re11g1on permeatmg each to gxve