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Timeline

  • January 4, 1943 1940s Football Sports Timeline

    Archives

    First Letter Jackets Awarded

    Classes resume with a general assembly to award letter jackets to football team. Display items: Ticket stub from 11/1/42 game against St. Edward’s High in the Cotton Bowl;1942-43 picture of the Lettermen wearing the first awarded letter jackets; picture of a 40s era game;1943-44 team picture; one of first letter jackets - donated by Pat Schnitzius ‘45; 1/22/43 copy of The Roundup with article of awarding the first letter jackets; Bowl Program from the 10/11/42 game against St. Mary’s in the Cotton Bowl

    The Roundup

  • January 12, 1943 1940s Activities/Clubs

    Science Academy

    J.H.S. Science Academy presents the first entertainment of the year. Harry Wren, with the aid of John Morley, demonstrates general principles of airplane control. The evening also included the film "Parachute for Safety."

  • January 14, 1943

    Attendance Problems

    All students attended the Solemn Requiem Mass for the soul of Very Rev. Wlodimir Ledochowski, S.J. the late General of the Society of Jesus. However, classes resumed afterward and no school holiday was given because of "the large and very abnormal absentee problem that seems to be prevalent here. Between sixty and seventy different students have been absent for some time for some reason or other since resumption of classes on January 4, after the Christmas holidays, up to and including this day."

    Principal's Diary

  • February 1, 1943

    First Student Retreat

    On February 1 the students began their retreat at 2:30 after classes. First and second year students met in the Assembly hall and third and fourth years met in the chapel. Retreat continued through February 4. "Non-Catholics have option of following retreat or having vacation.” All had to attend the opening talk on February 1st, as an Assembly. Only two followed the exercises." Led by Fathers Cassidy and Druhan.

    Principal's Diary

  • February 2, 1943

    Golden Gloves Champ

    Bob Herring, Heavy weight from YMCA, upsets the favored champion

    The Dallas Morning News

  • February 13, 1943 Basketball Sports

    First Trophy

    Basketball team in tournament sponsored by Forney High School. “Awarded a trophy for second place in the Consolation Round. A trifle inglorious, but still the first trophy won by the school.”

    Principal's Diary

  • February 24, 1943

    Brotherhood Week

    Brotherhood Week assembly held at Jesuit at 2:00 P.M. with Fr. Nowak, Lt. Colonel from Fort Sill: Rabbi Kahn, Lieutenant; and Mr. Lewis, Warrant Officer.

    Principal's Diary

  • March 1-3, 1943 Activities/Clubs Photos

    Archives

    Twelfth Night

    First Philothespic Production

    Twelfth Night is performed in the Jesuit auditorium. One Shakespearean play continued to be presented each year for decades. The DMN reports that the faculty made the settings and a matinee will be given for the city nuns.

    Archives

  • March 8, 1943 Anecdotes First two years

    First Dad's Club Meeting March 8, 1943

    First Dad’s Night

    First Dad’s Night sponsored by the Mothers Club serving dinner for about 70 or 75 fathers and sons, faculty and local clergy. The Desco family present the school with an American flag and a school flag designed by John Desco a first year student. The flag background is blue with the seal in gold and white in the center. Entertainment by school band, choral group and student magicians Burney and Jimmy Scanlon.

    Principal's Diary and The Roundup 2/22, 4/20

  • March 23, 1943 Sports

    Archives

    Baseball team 1942-43

    Baseball Program Begins

    The program was granted after many boys asked to play. Rain stopped practice for days and 4 of the better players became ineligible by March 26. The uniforms arrived on the 27th and the principal lamented that "we had very little to put in them". The first game was cancelled against Forest Avenue High School until April 1 at Fair Park at 4:30 p.m. Jesuit lost in the sixth inning 11-0.

    Principal's Diary

  • April 2, 1943 1940s Anecdotes

    Army-Navy Qualifying Test

    Under government sponsorship the school, in conjunction with about 28,000 other school centers throughout the country, administers the Army-Navy qualifying test for students interested in the Army-Navy college training programs. Fourteen seniors took the test which was supervised by Fr. Mulhern and Mr. Kammer.

  • April 9, 1943 Anecdotes

    Archives

    1942-43 Transcript

    General’s Assistant Visits

    Rev. Zachaeus Maher, S.J., asst. to the general of the Jesuits, visits Jesuit as part of an informal tour of Jesuit high schools and universities

    Principal's Diary

  • May 1943 1940s Academics

    Archives

    First Bishop Lynch Award Winners

    First Bishop Lynch Award Winner

    First Bishop Lynch Award winner, Shorty Wall '45, also became the first to win twice. He earned the award again in 1945. The award was initially given to any student and became a senior award later.

  • September 13, 1943 1940s Anecdotes

    Second Academic Year Begins

    Registration: 185 students, a decrease from last year’s opening number, but an increase over the closing number of last year which was approximately 165.

    Principal's Diary

  • December 7, 1943 Activities/Clubs

    “The Will for Right”

    “The Will for Right,” a 15 minute play written by Jesuit H.S. students tied for first place with Woodrow Wilson and Sunset in the Dallas Kiwanis Club contest. The theme: Keep America American. On Dec. 7 the final contest is held at the Adolphus Hotel Jesuit and Woodrow Wilson tie for 1st place. Later presented to Kiwanis District Convention at the Adolphus. On Dec. 12 the play was broadcast over WFAA.

    Principal's Diary

  • Fall 1944 Anecdotes Photos

    Archives Mothers Scrapbook

    Mothers Club Card Party

    Mothers Club

    Mothers Club Card Party Jesuit High School

    Mothers Club Scrapbook

  • February 11, 1944 1940s Sports

    Basketball

    "Coach Clyde Johnson of the Jesuit Rangers still is hoping to get into the Texas Interscholastic League, citing Buckner Home, the Odd Fellows Home of Corsicana and Masonic Home of Fort Worth as more or less private institutions which have been admitted . . . " (DMN February 11, 1944).

    The Dallas Morning News

  • March 8, 1944

    Deputy State Superintendent Visit

    Annual inspection. Recommends more dictionaries, fiction and biography for the library. Adds Latin 4 and Spanish 3 to accredited subjects.

    Principal's Diary

  • May 1944 1940s Anecdotes

    Yearbook Pictures

    For the first time individual, yearbook style pictures of graduates and Most Valuable Athletes are printed

    The Roundup 5/44

  • May 19, 1944 1940s Activities/Clubs

    Graduation Dance

    A graduation dance for juniors and seniors is held at the Lakewood Country Club. The parents sponsored the event. Ted Parrino' orchestra played.

    Mother's Club Scrapbook 44-45

  • June 2, 1944 Anecdotes

    Second Graduation

    Graduation exercises held in Assembly Hall at 8: P.M. The graduating class of 18 remains the smallest in Jesuit history. 16 boys appear in the graduation picture. Patrick Koch, Valedictorian; John Buettner, Salutatorian;

    Mother's Club Scrapbook 44-45

  • June 1944 Photos Sports

    Jesuit Archives

    Football in the 40s

    Football Programs

    Football programs cost 10 cents. The program cover shows an American flag, tanks, and battleships.

    Mother's Club Scrapbook 44-45

  • October 3, 1944 First two years

    Boarding Students

    "Two boarding students take up regular residence at the close of the Priests' Retreat. An experiment: Frank McGehee and Sam Lancaster. The charge for everything except dry cleaning is $800 per yr.

    Principal's Diary

  • December 15, 1944

    Rowdy Students Dismissed

    "At the beginning of December 1944, a wave of rowdyism, vandalism, and ungentlemanliness, manifested in disrespect for teachers and disrespect for authority, which seemed to be malicious and premeditated and organized by a group of students, grew to an alarming size. To overcome it, a scrutiny of the behavior and attitude of a number of students was made. As a result, six were designated undesirable and dismissed, all of them 4th yr students, who had transferred here either in 1942 or since then".

    Principal's Diary

  • February 1945 Anecdotes

    First Alumnus Dies for his Country

    Jerome John McGinnis, USMC ‘43, is the first alumnus to die for his country in the Battle of Iwo Jima. 44 alums serve in the Armed Services. Addition: On April 15, 1948, a Rosary service was held after his body was brought back for a reburial service. The 1948 graduates and 1943 graduates were invited to attend. The 1948 seniors will attend Mass at the Cathedral the next day, April 16. See Article PDF

    Mother's Club Scrapbook 44-45, The Roundup 5/45

  • February 20, 1945 Sports

    Basketball Season Ends

    The basketball season closed as Jesuit trounced Crandall 64-12 for their 13th consecutive victory. Dave Cowdin scored 25 points and Tommy Shine 15

    Mother's Club Scrapbook 44-45

  • April 11, 1945 Activities/Clubs

    First Pin donated by Pat Schnitzius '45

    National Honor Society

    Aloysius Chapter of The National Honor Society established with ten charter members, Frs. Murphy W. Ross, S. J., F. M. O’Connor, S. J. & R. A. Tynan, S. J. constitute the faculty council.

    Principal's Diary

  • June 1, 1945 1940s First two years

    Graduation

    26 students graduated from J.H.S. including two who had completed the requirement and left for military service. Held in the Assembly Hall at 8:00 P.M. The audience overflowed the hall.

    Principal's Diary and Mother's Club Scrapbook 44-45

  • June 2, 1945 Anecdotes

    Jesuit Dallas Archives

    Letter From the New Principal Fr. Druhan

    New President/Principal

    Fr. David Ross Druhan, S.J. replaces Fr. Joseph Mulhern, S.J. as President/Principal; Edward Curry, S.J. serves as defacto Principal

    The Roundup 11/45

  • September 10, 1945 1940s Anecdotes

    Letter to Parents on Student Requirements

    Letter from Fr. Druhan, Principal to parents: Each student is required to have an assignment book, that is, a notebook in which he lists the lessons for study and the formal written work that he is required to do. We are asking the parents to sign both this notebook and the written homework of their boys every day.

  • October 12, 1945 1940s First two years

    Civic Parade

    In honor of Admiral Chester Nimitz. Jesuit Senior class officers represented the school. The event led to The Hall of State at Fair Park.

    Principal's Diary

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