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

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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

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D HIGI-I ID KEYS TO I TRICATE B RR LIFE Our diocesan parochial and high schools are capably supervised by R+. Edward M. Reilly, J.C.D. This lille was recenfly conferred upon him for his menfs. Placed in charge ol lhe vasl is a man whose unliring eiiorls schools. Monsignor Edward M. unique problem. One problem of schools wilh lhe individual Monsignor Reilly is slriving lo ohlered ai lhe schools. These are so designed as lo presenl EAL : Reverend Monsignor oulslanding achieve- syslem of schools in lhe Archdiocese ol Philadelphia are direcled foward lhe beflermenlr ol our Calholic Reilly's laslc is one which never ceases +o presenl some ever presenl is lhal of reconciling lhe immense size alleniion lhe sludenl needs. This problem, which abolish, is parlially solved by lhe dillerenl courses courses, Aris, Science, Commercial, and Technical, lo lhe sludenls lalcing lhem lhe allenlion deserved. Monsignor Reilly is helped in his lremendous 'raslc by his capable and eiiicienl assisl- anis, lhe Reverend John J. l-laydl and The Reverend John J. Graham. Reverend John J. Graham, Assislanl Superinlend- enf of schools, complemenls lhe efforls of his colleagues in running fhe many schools of an arch- diocese lhe size of Philadelphia. ln his eighlh year as Assisfanl Superinlendenl of schools Reverend John J. Haydf, J.C.D., once again has proved his abilily in filling ihis exacling posifion. I5