History Of

The November 1943 Roundup explains that in the later part of the school’s first year, Bishop Lynch awarded a trophy at graduation to an outstanding student. In Fall 1943 he endowed this award to ensure it became “an annual event.” At that time a student from any grade level could receive this award. The Roundup states that “Every student is...

The 1942 Mothers’ Club scrapbook includes a school newspaper article about the beginnings of the Radio Club which states, “The initial lecture of a series of experiments and lectures designed to equip seniors and all members of the student body who have reached their eighteenth birthday with the fundamentals of radio and other standard army communications was given ....

“Every day I remind myself of how I felt those first few weeks, and how I longed for someone to grab my hand and pull me through it.” - Jason Gonzalez ’96 Big Brother (The Roundup Sept. 1996) “When former Student Council President, Pat Walsh introduced the program to Jesuit, he was looking for a way to introduce...

  The September 13, 1974 Roundup published what appears to be its first editorial policy. In 1973 -1974 the paper took “an in depth look at the success Jesuit has had in integration.”  It published three articles about “how minorities feel here.”  It also published poll results “on the student body’s racial attitudes” (November 8, 1974). The April 1, 1982 issue continued the...

“A.M.D.G. On this day, the 30th day of August in the year of our Lord 1942, The Jesuit High School of Dallas, under the patronage of St. Aloysius was solemnly dedicated by the Most Reverend Bishop Joseph P. Lynch at 10:30 a.m. At 11:00 a.m. Mass coram Episcopo was celebrated by Very Reverend Father Provincial, Thomas...

Please note that the early history of the Philothespic Society, Debate and Elocution were entwined. You may wish to visit the history of Debate to grasp the full picture of this busy and important activity. 1940s One scene from Jesuit’s first play Twelfth Night was presented on February 12, 1942, to the student body during an assembly for the Provincial and...

    The 1954 Last Roundup summarizes the beginning of the bowling club: “Bowling was a new activity at Jesuit this year. It was developed through the efforts of the Lettermen’s Club and the cooperation of Mr. D. F. Luckie, the manager of the Texas Bowling Center . January 19th and 20th marked the start of league play with more than...

History of Robotics Jesuit All Sparks 2848   2014 First World Championship 2016 Dallas FRC Regional 2017 3rd Place First World Championship   Jesuit’s Robotics Program began in 2008 - 2009 “sponsored by the JCPenny Afterschool Fund, PTC, and Burns Controls.  was successful in its inaugural FIRST Robotics Competition . . . at S. M. U.  The team won the Rookie All-Star Award for...

Brief History of Jesuit High School at Oak Lawn and Blackburn Super Brief History In 1905 the second Bishop of Dallas, Bishop Edward Joseph Dunne, asked the Vincentian Fathers to establish a school in Dallas. Holy Trinity College opened at Oak Lawn and Blackburn in 1907 and closed in 1926. The building reopened in 1930 as St. Joseph Orphanage...