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

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CATHOLIC ATTITUDE . N.W M 12' 'f S f Tx ,gg .Q 'wif T 5 1' M, . ' wgzrfm. K Tk

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THE WEST ln class at West, the student matters most. He is a person in need of help toward heaven, into whose entire life must come en- couragement for the will, and, for the mind, the clear light of a true sense of values. QU. MM L, , ? , K, . A A . W 4 X ' 'L ' ' , , ig , A

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is l VISIO , EFFICIENCY Archbishop John F. O'Hara has esiablished him- self in Philadelphia as anofher champion of Calho- lic High Schools. ln This capacily he is filling a greaT need of The Church Today. 'Tlfvery CaTholic sTudenT in a CaTholic school. One oT The greaTesT school sysTems in The counTry, largely The worlc oT Cardinal DougherTy, exisTs in The Archdiocese oT Philadelphia. Realizing The sovereign imporTance oT a good CaTholic educaTion lor The youTh oT his diocese, he Tounded many CaTholic parochial and high schools. Upon The deaTh oT Cardinal DougherTy, his successor, MosT Reverend John F. O'l-lara, presenT Archbishop, immediaTely laid plans To conTinue The worlc oT building more and beTTer CaTholic schools To accommodaTe The growing populaTion OT CaTholic youTh. In his Episcopal capaciTy, Bishop J. Carroll McCormick has been an example oT unassuming TideliTy. Bishop lVlcShea, a graduaTe oT WesT, is The mosT recenT addiTion To The l-lierarchy oT Philadelphia. l-Tis parish, SainT Francis De Sales, is among Those which send Their boys To WesT. fri? s'i1w, JRHQ Tisv His Excellency, The Mosl Reverend J. Carroll Mc- Cormick, D.D., is Auxiliary Bishop of The Arch- diocese of Philadelphia and Reclor oT'Tl1e parish of SainT Sfephen. A recenT addiTion To The Heirarchy of our Arch- diocese, Bishop Joseph McShea has already proved himself capable and eFFicien'f in his Episcopal ca- paciiy. I4