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St. Patrick's
SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR.
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Boys' School Completes 50 Years of Sterling Service
Proud Record of Achievement in Religious Education Fostering Religious Vocation -Test of a School's Spirit class room were two large ante rooms, one used as a relieving class room and the other as a gymnasium. The area for recreation was congested, for all adjoining properties were built on. Here the Brothers taught until 1907. Brother David Quigley (RIP.) had been headmaster for some years previous to this. The staff in 1903 comprised two Christian Brothers and two The school was divided lay teachers. into senior. comprising fourth and fifth with third and secjunior, grades ;and Holy Church. The old school became ond grades. the in span Fifty years is not a long over -crowded. Dr. Gibney selected life of an old nation, but it is a long the site where the school now stands. span in the life of the Young West; This building was planned by, and and it is a very long span in the life erected under' the supervision of the of a school in the Southern Hemislate Mr. J. Cavanagh, architect, of phere. A school engaged in training Perth. The blessing and official openand moulding characters is doing a ing was performed by Archdeacon work of the highest national import- Smyth, as the Bishop was then in ill ance-a work without which a nation health. There were still four on the could not thrive. But this school was staff and the roll was now 180. There founded by the saintly Bishop Gibney was ample' space for all.
"Exegi monumentur area perennis" (I have raised a monument more lasting than bronze). During its fifty years of service in the interests of the youth of the community, St. Patrick's Boys' School has established an excellent record in the and Further, educational sphere. stove all. the Christian Brothers have succeeded in imparting to the hundreds who have passed through their school a fear of God and a love of
to train boys not only for this world, but to train them to look beyond this material world to their ultimate des-
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inhabited the The boundaries of parts of Perth of 1894 would be, roughly, the River, Newcastle -street, MilliThere gan -street .and Bennett -street. was nothing but bush between Wellington Square and the river, except the cemetery. Tall graceful gum trees stood where Hay -street now crosses
In 1936 His Grace Most Reverend Dr. R. Prendiville had a new and substantial fence erected, the lawns laid out, the school painted, the playing area bituminised, with granolithic footpaths A special room around the school. for the Junior Examination Class was constructed in the big playing shed.
Between the years 1912 and 1919. under the buidance of Rev. Brothers Murphy (R.I.P.) and Blake (now in SydThomas -street There was but one ney). the roll reached the 300 mark. house visible from Subiaco Railway This necessitated an increase of two in Station. the staff, and an additional classIt was on September 17, 1894, that Standard Six. Rev. Brother Redthe Christian Brothers, at the invita- mond (Aquinas College) took charge tion of Most Rev. Dr. Gibney, took for a short time, to be followed by charge of St. Patrick's Boys' School in Brother R. Wexted (St. Joseph's Farm, Irwin -street, on the site of the present Bindoon), who stayed for three years. The He did much for organised sport. The Brigade Headquarters. Fire school was then in charge of Mr. John most outstanding head master was Bourke late Monsignor Barry. The Rev. Brother Gregory Downes (RIP.) also taught here for some time. who stayed for nine years. Apart from Connolly the success he achieved with his wonPascal Brother Reverend He derful choirs, he reorganised the school. was appointed first headmaster. The Junior Examination Class was inis still alive and well in his native country, Eire. His assistant was Rev. troduced, and the two years' preerend Brother Bradley, now on the paratory classes firmly established. St. staff of the Christian Brothers' College, Patrick's showed to advantage in the Brothers Walsh, educational world. Fremantle. and Maguire were next in The old school, as it was familiarly O'Connor, known, was Gothic in design-very un- charge. In 1936 the school had reached a reIt consisted of like a modern school. His Grace caused C.B. a main hall, sub -divided by a partition cord call -450. It had College, Highgate, to be opened, to be into two large crass rooms. College, Leederville. by C.B. three entrances, the main one facing followed Irwin -street, and two towards the rear which openings considerably relieved Abutting the senior the presXure. of the building.
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The most outstanding assistant master is Mr. S. J. Kelly, who has laboured so well and successfully for over thirty With him for different periods Years. has been Mr. Larry Ryan. Two faithful and loyal teachers have since passed to their eternal reward-Mr. Leo Ryan and Mr. Joe O'Donoghue. During this present Great War our Old Boys have rallied to the call of duty in the various services. Some of them have paid the supreme sacrifice
Numbers of Si. Patrick's Boys have answered the Higher Call ,and entered the Priesthood and the Religious life: Very Rev. Dr. L. Goody, Rector. St. Charles' Seminary. Very Rev. M. Tully, Adm., Armidale, N.S.W. Very Rev. A. McCusker, B.A., O.M.I., Melbourne. Rev. G. O'Callaghan, P.P., East Fre-
mantle. Rev. Dr. Giles, P.P.. Beverley. Rev. Frank O'Connor. P.P., Victoria Park. Rev. F. Regan. P.P., York.
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Rev. J. Cullen, P.P., Meekatharra. Rev. R. Kelly, St. Patrick's, Manly. Next year (1945) Rev. Albert Rutherford will be ordained as a Pallottine. He will be the first Australian to be ordained in this Congregation. Rev. Brothers A. McMahon (R.I.P.). O'Driscoll, P. L. Smythe, K. Kent. R. Keogh, A. Collopy, J. Hardisty, and R. Brothers M. Doyle, P . Doyle, Brookes, V. Duffy, L. Eaton, L. Haughey. F. Lyoris; Rev, Brother Paul McNamara, C.SS.R. At St. Charles' Semin.ary and Christian Brothers' Juniorate the school is well represented. In other walks of life our Old Boys have worthily represented the school. May God prosper the work of the Old School and aid us, Old Boys, to be ever sensible of our obligations to our Alma Mater, to the end, that we may worthily endeavour to uphold her name, honour, her tradition's ,and prove faithful to the ideals for which she stands! Owing to the War, there will be no Jubilhe celebrations.
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