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

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Brother Francis Brother E. Paul, Brother Daniel Henry, Brother G. John, de Sales, F.S.C. F.S.C. F.S.C. F.S.C, 1938-1941 1947-1950 1950-1954 1954- The Most Reverend Joseph McShea. auxiliary bishop of Philadelphia and pastor of St. Francis De Sales, at- tended West for three years. was ordained in 1931. The Most Reverend Thomas J. McDonough, auxiliary bishop of St. Augustine, Florida, spent just a year at West, was ordained in 1938. West' s Daily Concern Priestly and Religious Vocations among West Catholic Alumni Diocesan Priesthood in Philadelphia ....... . . . 164 Seminarians at St. Charles, Overbrook ....... . . . 67 Seminqarian at North American College, Rome ...... l Christian Brothers teaching in the Baltimore Province. 84 Brothers Scholastlcs ......................... 28 Brothers Novices ..................... . 7 Members of all other communities at last available tabulation ................ . , . 31 Below: Mr. C. A. Rowe, now teaching in Camden, was among the first to bring to West the unique contribution that our lay instruc- tors make to Christian education. Messrs. John King and Patrick McNally were pioneers, joining the faculty in 1952. Sole member of the original Christian Brothers' faculty of 1926 who has served at West continuously since then is Brother Gabriel Thomas, pictured here in an old photo. Brother has lilled such posts as student council moderator, director of athletics, head of the commercial department, is now bursar. , .3-.xuisfmv L' as Hwzleswsz asfifa-

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Fr. Walter Tredtin, Fr. John Ott, S.M. Brother E. Anselm, Brother E. James, Brother E. Abdon S.M. 1921-1926 F.S.C. F.S.C. F.S.C. 1916-1921 1926-1932: 1932-1937 1937-1938 1941-1947 Christian Principles: During Forty Years Two years of West's contribution to Christian education group at the Brothers' 'novitiate in Ammendale last summer. Some have since pronounced vows and are now scholastics. This is a Blue and White find-your-old-friends feature. -fi J Christian education, the combining of the principles of our faith with the necessities of present day training, is a must for today's Catholic. The rare ability to subtly accent and deftly administer Catholicism is a characterstic of the methods of teaching common to West's mentors. The test of time has proved its feasi- bility, since forty years of wear and tear finds this system still flourishing. Though immortalized along the corridor, past principals find more permanent remembrance in the minds of over 10,000 grateful students.

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Above: Last group picture H9463 of an all-Brother faculty includes many present members. Can you identify your teachers, before ten additional years of teaching had taken their toll? Below left: Tenth anniversary Blue and White featured a tribute to the pioneers. Below right: Through the years and today, a distinguishing feature of Burrland has been the informal give-and-take of after school life, tl-le's been home and changed: he didn't attend 'class that waylj PIONEERS 196 Walter C Tiedtm Sf! Joseph J, Jmimriir-S511 Francis Y Mm Atugmn Mibert 3.91, Rt. Rev.