West Philadelphia Catholic High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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The goal of every boy of the fifty-six parish schools within the district and suburbs is to at- tend West Catholic Boys' High School located at Forty-ninth and Chestnut Streets. Since its incep- tion in l9l6 West Catholic has grown enormously, providing a wider field of education, better edu- cational facilities and a larger faculty. Today, it has two buildings with over forty rooms, includ- ing five well-equipped laboratories for physics, chemistry, biology, radio and aviation. There are also special rooms for the use of the commercial students who follow typing and bookkeeping courses. The spacious walnut-panelled audito- rium with a seating capacity of over twelve hun- dred is used for daily assemblies and activities. The gymnasium is the scene of the basketball games and physical training courses. After school hours and during week-ends it is used to ca- pacity. The library houses more than seven thousand books. The campus behind the school is exceptionally large and one of the many glories of West. lt contains a SU X 40 football field, a 320 yard track and two tennis courts which adequately serve the needs for outdoor sports. Graduating classes form a simple picture of West Catholics growth. The first class tl92Ol numbered forty-tive students. The year l938 watched almost six hundred students don the cap and gown. Presently West Catholic can boast of almost five thousand graduates giving their all Pro Deo et Patria . Chestnut Street at Forty-Ninth. the address of our beloved West Catholic where many have learned, prayed and laughed tor four enjoyable years. Note the pavement worn with travel and the Sycamore trees, the home ot the original burrs.