St Joseph High School - Arrow Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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REV. BRoTiiER A. HENRX', Director, formerly of St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute, Buffalo, New York, to whom this volume is dedicated, has been at the helm since September, 1919. During his regime Alma Mater has grown by leaps and bounds and today as a result ranks as the second Catholic High School in the City of Detroit. ' From the very outset, Brother Henry made things hum and they have been humming right along ever. since. With his advent many changes for the better were made. Athletics, essential to all High Schools today, became a potent factor. Interclass leagues were started. Football saw its birth under his guidance. The Year Book of 1921 was published at his suggestion. Above and beyond all, the best and most important thing of his regime was the change made in the curriculum last September, when the commercial course gave way to the academic. This by far has been the most logical and common sensed change ever made here. By it he gave the school some standing, so that today it ranks with the best of them. It is the type and stamp of Christian Brother that Brother Henry represents that has made the Christian Brothers so renowned. It is such men as he who add luster to the escutcheon of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. Long may he live so as to do for others what he has done for us here at St. Josephs REV. BROTHER A. LEWIS, Sub-Director, who came here from St. Mary's Commercial School, Lynn, Mass., has been with us since September, 1917. He has been a tireless and indefatigable worker, putting his whole heart and soul into everything that has been for St. joe's honor and glory. He has fought, labored and sweated for the institution of which he has been Vice-Principal for the past four years. It has been his proud distinction to see two of his classes launch out into the deep-the sea of life, the Class of 1920 and that of 1921. This year again he witnesses another, that of 1922. Last year it fell to his lot to send the 1921 class forth and we feel and know that it was with a feeling Of joy that he was privileged to send it forth, with all the honors the school conferred on the graduates. Besides his activities in the class, he has also interested himself in the school publications, The Commercialitef' The Arrow, The Senior Annuals of 1921 and 1922. We can safely say that it has been mainly through his initiative and business acumen that these have been successful-socially, literarily and financially. 1Ve predict a bright future for him in higher spheres of activity. REV. BROTHER B. JOSEPH, who came from LaSalle Academy, New York City, has been with us since September, 1919, and now sees his boys graduating for the second time-they being the same lads who graduated last year. This has come about because of the change in the curriculum from Commercial to Academic, in September, 1921. This is indeed a rare privilege for him. From September, 1919, he has had these young men under his guidance, and it is needless to say that he has sacrificed himself in order to train them well. All these years Brother Joseph has done his work quietly and unosten- tatiously, seeking neither honor nor glory, but the satisfaction that he has done his work well, because it is the work of the Great Master-Christ. He deserves all the praise he can get. It will be his proud boast to know that he lives in hearts he leaves behindf' ' REV. BROTHER B. DoM1Nic, a boy of the school, who came to us from La Salle Academy, New York City, in September, 1920, has in the short space of two years endeared himself to all who have come in contact with him. His work, particularly that of Spanish, has been of no mean order. Early and late lie has been at the helm either in Freshmen B or in the Sophomiore class, and Page Fm:f'tf'c'11

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