Looking Back

257 Brothers at Ocean Rest with Busy Schedule

In three separate groups of retreats, 257 Brothers of the Baltimore District spent eight days at Ocean Rest in Ocean City, NJ, during their annual retreat. The retreat schedule in those days was crammed with activity at every turn.

• Each day began with the rising bell at 4:30am followed by
• 5am morning prayer
• 6am Mass
• 7am breakfast
• 8:15am sermon
• 10am rosary
• 11am conference
• 11:30am spiritual reading
• 12 noon prayer and dinner
• 1:30pm prayer
• 2:30pm sermon
• 4pm conference
• 4:30pm spiritual reading
• 5:15pm sermon and Benediction
• 6pm supper and recreation of Rule
• 8pm prayer
• 8:30pm retiring bell

Film Library Established in Scranton, PA

No specific month is given, but a film library was established around this time at St. Thomas College in Scranton, PA. The college thus became a central source for schools in northeastern Pennsylvania for educational motion picture films. The films which have been collected as of this writing deal with: high school biology, health education, physics classes, and hospital nurses' training classes. St. Thomas College later changed its name to the familiar-sounding University of Scranton.

9/750 New York Students Top Rating in Regents

In August, the New York State Department of Education made public the names of the 750 high school grads whose top rating in the Regents' exams entitled them to a college scholarship. Graduates from high schools taught by the Christian Brothers have 9 of these scholarships.

Brother Cantidius Thomas 50th Anniversary

On August 10, a large assembly celebrated the 50th anniversary of Brother Cantidius Thomas at Manhattan College. A true giant, Brother Thomas is remembered as an active Director of St. Joe's in Buffalo (the builder of a new school structure there), followed by his deanship of the Engineering School at Manhattan and later as its President; he was responsible in many ways for the current campus which Manhattan enjoys today. Brother Thomas then held the role of Provincial of the New York District.

Junior Novices Enjoy the City — Giants Beat Chicago

The highlight of the vacation of the New York District's Junior Novices was the "never-to-be-forgotten trip to New York" due to the generosity of Brother Visitor. On their first day in the big city, the Junior Novices were the guests of the secretary of the New York Giants baseball team, where the young men witnessed the home team defeat the Chicago Cubs. After the game, the New York Junior Novices went to their family homes, while the others stayed at Manhattan College, where they saw more sites of New York in the days which followed.

Summer Activities at St. John's Industrial

The students of St. John's Industrial School in East Toronto were given a number of summer activities, and a public demonstration of these was given on August 30 to an audience of admiring friends, in the form of a community concert. Vocal and instrumental numbers were performed, plus school choruses, Danish and dumbbell drills, harmonica and xylophone selections, sword drills, Indian clubs, setting up exercises, group games, and—the crowd favorite—tumbling.

Every Camper is a Swimmer

The De La Salle Camp in Jackson Point, Ontario, enjoyed another banner summer. The most salient program at this camp for youngsters is swimming. "Every Camper is a Swimmer" is the De La Salle Camp slogan. Another keen attraction is the weekly boxing tournament.

12 Brothers Leave for Retreat

On August 12 the Brothers of the Toronto area left for the District Retreat in Aurora, Ontario