St Joseph High School Nazareth Academy - Excelsior Yearbook (Victoria, TX)

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BROTHER LAWRENCE GONNER SM 1946 49 Aerral vrew of the new , ax school MN ff 418 students greeted thenr new prmcrpal rn 1949 Such a large number made larger quarters necessary and Mrs Welder agam proved her generous sp1r1t by provrdnng the new Hugh School burldmg completed rn 1950 When Mrs Welder retrred after 38 years as head of the Mothers Club fi 5:'w w'waIi? School History Next rn the l1ne of St oseph s prmcrpals was Brother Lawrence Gonner who saw ln 1947 an all tlme hlgh fup to then of 384 puprls In 1948 appeared the Exrelrzor now rn the form of a yearbook Durmg thus trme Mr Leo Welder succeeded Mr Hobby Abshrer as head of the Athletrc Councrl and Mr Elmer Bache became head coach A umque feature of Brother Lawrences term vsas a trxple srlxer yubnlee Brother Lawrence h1mself Brother Otto Wersbruch and Brother Edwm Busch all celebrated their 25th anmwersary as Brothers Brother Busch d1ed at Rockport only a few months later Brother Lawrence rs novs teach1ng journalnsm at St Mary s Unn erslty sfarwararsr , 'n Q dill as fi of St joseph s she could look back at a tremendous lrst of accomplrshments More than anyone else she was responslble for the growth and development of the Club and of the school through the long years In 1952 Brother Leo and St joseph s took part IH the Centennral of the Brothers of Mary rn Texas Brother Leo left the school nn 1952 and srnce then he IS prxncxpal of Assumptlon H1gh School rn East St Lours Ill1no1s BROTHER LEO ROTHERMICH S M 1949 52 l . . . I A , . . V , 1 ' D - I V ' , . . , . . . , . . . . , Y 3 Y , . s - ' ' - . V . , . , . Y . -1' R - rw: ' . ,. ta.. 1 - '. 5 ' 1 f 1 1 . W C in I-4-A fi if ., , 11.115 Q lol f A' -4 wr A I pump? 4 X 4' fa . 4 - . ' ' gge- mf. - A j 'M -t 'tw-5, -. an f'. 'e.Q.t 's2f'. vowwf' '- , ' ' , N, - Iowa, vu: tub'- ,V .f V -V-1.1-ffrwmnsf 'tmp , ' ' tt QW? I! F' ,- A - - C 1 ,Q Q as yr 4 l - L . r r 1 -5 Wai Y ' U 1 F . .,,g if ca . - as s - ., . . r..ff. 1 t.? .1'1-t- -'gf 9 , . , . . 1 , . . . , - 7 , . . 1 ' w , , . . . , . ..J3-- '-

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of I joseph 5 Brother Vmcent Brand the new prnncnpal sau thc establlshment of the Athletxc Councnl under the chanrmanshlp of Hobby Abshler Football sus revned rn the form of slx man type and under the expert coachlng of Mr Duck Harn the Ilyers won the state champuonshnp mth a 14 1 record I August 1939 the frrst coachmg school of srx man football nn the U S was held at St Joseph s The generoslty of Mrs Wfelder proyrded a gym m 1939 and ln the same year 11 man football was begun ag ln The basketball team won the sports manshnp trophy at the TCIL tourney Construction on a faculty resndence was completed by 1940 thanks to BROTHER VINCENI the generous help of Mrs Welder and Mrs Thomas O Connor Sr BRAND S M 19154 IO Brother Vmcent IS stationed at the present tlme at McBride Hlgh School St Lours BROTHER GERARD BLSCH SM 1940 46 Hlfflfvlfvfflfvkvk lroop K4 mt bt joseph Enrollment jumped durmg' the term of Brother Gerard Busch from 223 m his fnrst year to 337 by 1945 But the school s athletrc abrlxty contlnued strong as the football team vyon two consecutne state Catholxc champron shlps C1940 and l941j under the coaching of Leo Dmllon XV1th XVorld War II boxmg replaced football and rs strll gomg strong ln rts fourteenth ear In 1941 Monsxgnor john Sheehan of St Marys Monsngnor Salyador Marco of Our Lady of Sorrows and Mr james I' Wfelder benefactor of St joseph s all passed away With the War news of scrap dm es evc students rn seruce sales of bonds and stamps filled the pages of the Exrelnor by nova m nts 20th year In the mndst of all thus m 1943 St Josephs celebrated the 75th annnersary of its orxgmal establishment Football St Josephs number one sport came back nn 1945 this trme to stay Brother Gerard Busch ns now the vlce prmcxpal at Central Catholxc Hugh m San Antomo o , , , . , . . , , - - . n . , B ' . . 1 ' a , ' a . ' 7 '- ' s v ' . f ff- Y s Y , I U , 4 A 4 . V - ,1 Y an--Q ' f 1 Q 11 , H, typ , . . . H . 1 . ' 1. 5 H , x 1 . , 's 1 pi 7 , . 4 Y -V 1 D . . I l 7 . V, - Y I ' 3 V T ' y - - y . . , . 9 Y I , . . . . , , , t - V V .. 1 - r ' I . . . , i A .y V l 7 ' 1 ' A Y 7

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af Sf jascph 5 BROTHER JOHN KURZ S M Brother ohn Kurz principal for the past four years has seen a steady increase in both faculty and student body Each year the enrollment has increased until it hit the peak of 650 this year In 1954 it was eyident that there would be an increase of students and a necessary increase in faculty The friends of St Joseph s responded generously and the result was a new wing to the Brothers house com pleted in the fall of 1954 The St Joseph Flyers haye been members of the STCIL league since 1951 and haye been football champions four years out of fiye since then The 1955 56 school year has been a most remarkable year in more ways 1952 than one An all time high of 650 students was matched by the largest faculty the school has ever seen 21 Brothers and 2 lay teachers Practically every room in the school is used at all times the typing and music rooms have overflowed into the barn for the first time every grade in grade school had been divided into two classes Its progress has been great as seen in its first public appearance at Christmas and in subsequent programs The old school paper was revived in February under a new name the Blue and lVla1le Religious actiyity is highlighted by the silver jubilee celebration of one of the teachers Brother ames McMenamy SM and by the ordination of one of the former students of St Josephs Father Louis Fritz Athletically the 1955 56 season has been perhaps the greatest in the history of the school A large number of football hopefuls reported to Coach Collins and under great odds won the Conference Championship The basketball team fought off a bad early season record to win a hard fought Conference title and wound up the year with a state title in the Catholic tournament in February Track and baseball results were not yet eyident when the yearbook went to press but the members of the teams vyere hoping to duplicate the feats of the other sports For all these accomplishments and progress in this year of the golden anniyersary we are thankful to eyeryone who helped in any way throughout the years to make St Joseph s what it is today teachers students friends May God and His Most Blessed Mother bless them all' 1 O In September the St. Joseph's Band was organized, and met with enthusiastic approval.