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

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BroTher Dominic Beriin elaboraies upon The principles of Religion To Soph F. There is no doubi Thai' a scholasfic ap- proach To Religion is a suppori' To our faith. Church Hisfor as Tau hi i y g n The second year paves The way for The Apol- ogefics course in The senior year. OPHS: EAGERNESS TI CT RED WI Af The edge of The quadrangle Three so hom p ores have en informal chaf wiTh Brofher Timoihy. In This way The boys ef Wesf soon learn To recognize The Brofhers Teachers as real friends besides simply being our TH K OW-HOW Elecfion Yearl' AT W T Th .. es e sfudenfs in civics class Try To apply The knowledge of The machinery of governmenf To The poliiical siTua+ions Thaf arise every day. B . . . roiher Felix guides sophs Ih Trying To undersTand one of The many issues. S own freshman groups and from The annexes. Hence iT is difficulT To characferize The so h p omore. While The one-year-veTeran Burrs are preparing To dominaTe The local scene, Their new classmafes fre quenTly share The Temporary confusion of The fr h- oph secfions aT WesT are formed from our es men. The differences are shorT-lived, however, as The second year men merge info a unified class. All sophs sTudy religion, English and biology. Sub- iecTs from which They make a selecfion are LaTin, civics, plane geomeTry and applied geomeTry C h oac es and moderafors loolc sophward when mak- ing fuTure plans. Numerically The largesf group aT WesT lnearly 700 in sevenfeen classesl, They can be counfed upon To supply The greaTesT number of junior varsiTy players and acTiviTy Trainees. Exploring The mysferies of Science proves absorbing To So h- P omore D as They seek knowledge of biology's microscopic new world. Brofher Lulze sfresses The visual and experimenfal a ro h ' pp ac To The firsf lab science encounfered by These siudenfs.

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E T'S YEARLINGS BEGIN NEW LIFE B RRL Wi+h The shadow of grammar school s+iIl on Them, The under- classmen of Frosh B delve once again inTo The mysTeries oT supernaTural world of religion under The guidance of BroTher E. Edward. These boys will also dip Their Toes in The waTers of journalism in The F-B GazeTTe, and F-B Yearbook, pace- seTTers among WesT class publicaTions. The seeming impossibiliTies of algebra are drilled inTo Fresh- man E by BroTher Gerard JusTin. ImmediaTely aTTer digesTing a big lunch, They are asked To digesT such Things as linear equaTions and TacToring. ATTer waTching The board Tor The day's lesson, They are now on Their own To work ouT prob- lems. Algebra is The 'framework Tor The house of higher maThemaTics. Each SepTember, sTudenTs commonly reTerred To as Fresh are welcomed inTo Burrdom. WiTh The sTargazing sTare oT grammar school days s+ill linger- ing, They begin Their high school sTudies. lncluded in Their curriculum are Religion, LaTin, Algebra, World T-lisTory, and English. FirsT year Religion re- calls The evenTs in The liTe oT ChrisT while LaTin gives The bewildered Trosh his TirsT TasTe oi Toreign language. Algebra, The science oT incleTiniTe quan- TiTies, complemenTs The pupil's knowledge of ariTh- meTic. From prehisToric animals To modern day science is a long period Tor one subie-cT To cover, buT This is done, and done successTully, in World l-lisTory. Improving English grammar and enriching The sTudenT's vocabulary are Two aims OT The TirsT year English. The yearlings receive pracTical lessons in healTh besides a course in physical educaTion, commonly reTerred To as gym. ATTer a year of avoiding domineering seniors They loolc Torward To Three more years oT success. Four Freshmen Take in aT a glance The glories of WesT's VicTory-laden pasT. Perhaps The sighT oT The Trophies will sTarT These boys Thinking ahead To The Time when, as The TuTure Teams of WesT CaTholic, The iob of garnering fresh laurels will Tall To Them.

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Ak e Wk?-X. W, 1? The Technical course here al Wesl includes many subiecls buf Radio is considered The mosl inieresiing among The boys of J.T.C. Brolher Mariin has led +o fhe developing of many skilled +echnicians in fhis field. His own s+a+ion is powerful enough lo reach many paris of lhe world. Room l02 slrilces a familiar nole io Those many Wesl slu- denls who make use of i+ as a siudy hall, or, in a more cyn- ical view, a refuge for numbed 'thumbs in fhe winiry season. Whaf is lhe use lo which il will be pul by J. While, F. Donalo, J. Kennedy, and R. Hagger+y7 ABOVE, RIGHT: The genial spiril of ihe members of Junior Science G is suddenly acceniualed when John Kelly is called upon lo give his oral composilion, a brief biography of Willie Sulfon. The oral composiiion is a regular praciice of Broiher Pafriclr, shown casfing a crifical eye on The siluaiion. THREE YEARS UNDER BROTHERS' GUIDA CE