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

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OF THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS Harry Hall, an honor sTudenT oT Junior Science D, puls inTo pracTice The knowl- edge obTained during The lecTure pe- riods. Americas TuTure scienTisTs are groomed in The WesT CaTholic lab. Howard Jackson delivers his oral com- posiTion To Senior Science B over a wire recorder, a novelTy inhoduced by Bro- Ther Henry. EvidenTly The boys oT Senior Science F had very liTTle Trouble in compleTing The English TesT given by BroTher Francis Philip. RecenTly, insTrucTive movies have be- come an essenTial parT oT The biology curriculum. BroTher Lulce explains The inTricacies of operaTing a proiecTor To Sophomore H. Edward Doyle and William Higgins rc- ceive a Thorough examinaTion from Doc- Tor Bove and Mrs. Bohan, R.N., as do all WesT sTudenTs. 1-Q f, io Rf J ' 4- L., S

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Anfhony Cygal, a member of The Arf Club, aslxs BroTher James, club modera- Tor, Tor consfrucfive criTicism concern ing his laTesT posfer. Miss Carson, our librarian, explains Thoroughly To Freshman A, The advan- Tages of our well-equipped library and iTs proper use, Eager members of Sophomore B pre- pare answers for Brofher G. Phillip's queries concerning a subiecf of discus- sion during The morning religion class. Before beginning a daily exercise in bookkeeping, Brofher Lewis explains To J.C.B. The proper consfrucfion of a pracTical business form. THROUGH THE INSTRUCTIONS CTher Than This, The arTs sTudenT Tollows much The same curriculum as does The science sTudenT, who malces chemisTry, physics and higher maThemaTics The Tocal poinTs oT his sTudy. We also are equipped wiTh Two well-Turnished physics and chernisTry labor- aTories, in which The laTesT equipmenT is used. The commercial course is inTended To give The sTudenT a good background in oTTice and business pro- cedure. Boys who underTalce The Technical course concenTraTe on radio, mechanical drawing, and oTher relaTed subiecTs. Many boys have gone Trorn WesT's Technical classes To become Top-noTch elec- Tricians and repairmen. IT is easy To see how The base, which was laid in The Treshman and sopho- more years, has maTerialized inTo The Tinal producT, The ouTsTanding CaTholic young man. v- xx

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' s A Master strives to make scholars happy, either by interesting lessons, prudent counsels, or good example: he assists them in difficulties, aids their schemes of amusements, and takes pleasure in seeing happiness around him. This he does with affectionate charity, that he may make them Christian men and useful members of society. Saint John Baptist De La Salle Three hundred years ago, Sainl John Baplisl De La Salle inslruclecl his followers, The Chrislian Brolhers, lo leach The youlhs ol France lo be Calholic Scholars and Genllemen. l-le also aclvocaled parlicipalion in aclivilies, olher lhan sludiesi as essenlial lo a lhorough eclucalion. Al Wesl Calholic, lhe Chrislian Brolhers, as True sons ol Sainl La Salle. adhere 'ro his principles by providing many exlracurricular aclivilies for lhe social and scholaslic bellerrnenl ol our Burr sluolenls. i