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

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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.

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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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I96 RIGHT: During lhe annual sludenl re- lreal, filling splendor lransorms lhe slage info a sancfuary as Falher Alexis, C.P., gives Benediclion. LEFT: Sludenls bring only lroulsles lo 2l6X. Brolher Francis Gerard presides over Chrislian educa+ion's mos? down-lo- earlh fealure, our clanlring loclzers. BELOW: One of lhe 'few high school alumni associalions in fhe nafion lo finance an annual Scholarship, Wesl's graduafes proudly inlroduce lhe scholarship fund's board of lrusfees. Sealed: Messrs. William MCC-Sarvey and William Carey. Slandingz Mr. Wil- liam O'Brien, Rev. Paul Larlcin, Mr. Francis McCarlhy. sawn' . -