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Saint Charles Preparatory School |
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| Motto | Euntes Ergo Docete Omnes Gentes ("Going out, therefore, teach all nations") |
| Established | 1923 |
| Type | Roman Catholic, Private |
| Principal | Dominic J. Cavello |
| Dean | Scott M. Pharion & James R. Lower |
| Faculty | 34 |
| Students | 578 |
| Location | Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Red and White |
| Mascot | Charlie the Cardinal |
| Website | http://www.stcharlesprep.org/ |
Saint Charles Preparatory School is a four-year college-preparatory school (a type of high school) in Columbus, Ohio. It was founded in 1923 by the Bishop of Columbus, James J. Hartley, as a Roman Catholic college seminary. Today, it is an all-male high school serving the Diocese of Columbus.
The Saint Charles mascot is Charlie the Cardinal and the patron Saint is Saint Charles Borromeo. The school's motto, inscribed above the front door, is Euntes Ergo Docete Omnes Gentes, a quote from the Gospel of Matthew in the Latin Vulgate: "Going out, therefore, teach all nations." The school calls itself "The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education." The original nickname for the school was "Carolians." (It is derived from the Latin word "Carolus," which means "Charles.") In 1947, the school's nickname changed to "Cardinals."
[edit] History
St. Charles was founded in 1923 by Columbus Bishop James J. Hartley and was originally called The College and Seminary of St. Charles Borromeo. For the first two years, St. Charles did not have a building of its own until a school was completed in 1925. For the two years that the school was being built, students went to class at Sacred Heart School in Columbus. The first graduating class had just 17 graduates.
The legendary flood at St. Charles happened on January 20 and 21 of 1959. In a matter of 24 hours, nearly five inches of rain fell. The rain, along with the frozen ground (because of the cold January temperatures), caused the neighboring Alum Creek to overrun and flood the St. Charles campus. It caused over $150,000 of damage and for classes to be temporarily cancelled. Some of the damages include sinking of the lower chapel and ruining of about 25 percent of the library’s books. In order to prevent futures floods, a dike along the bank of the creek and the Alum Creek Reservoir have been built.
Columbus Bishop Clarence G. Issenmann decided to convert St. Charles exclusively to a seminary in 1961. This decision was unpopular but it stuck anyway. Only young men who were considering joining the priesthood were allowed to attend the school. Alumni pressure eventually forced St. Charles to revert to a college preparatory school in 1969. At that time, college operation was suspended and still is.
[edit] Building and construction
1931 marks the completion of St. Charles’ gymnasium as well as the Our Lady Lourdes Grotto. Major renovations were made to the gym in 1951 to more the double the capacity.
A Romanesque-style chapel (called the "Lower Chapel") was added on to the east side of the school in 1937. Bishop Hartley dedicates the chapel to Mother of Mercy. A Milwaukee art company beautified the chapel with artwork in 1952.
A natatorium was built next to the multipurpose room in 1990. And in 1999, the Jack Ryan Training and Fitness Facility was built adjoining to the gym.
By the 1990s, since St. Charles was no longer a seminary and it did not house students, the dorm rooms were not necessary. The current art room on the fourth floor was formerly used for housing purposes. In 1993, some of the dorm rooms were converted into a physics lab. In 1995, residence rooms for priests were also converted into classrooms because there are not many priests living at the school anymore.
[edit] Theatre
Since St. Charles is an all-male school, the theatre department has had to use different methods to incorporate the female roles of plays and musicals. Both prep school and seminary students performed the first plays at St. Charles in 1929 under the direction of Father Joseph A. Cousins. Female roles were played by male students dressing up as women until 1971. It was then that Mrs. Teresa McLean (the school’s biology teacher) became the first woman to perform in a St. Charles play. The next year, female students from St. Joseph Academy and Bishop Watterson High School played female parts in a production. Ever since then, female roles for plays have been filled by open auditions from women at other Central Ohio schools.
[edit] Notable people
- Bishop James J. Hartley: He was the Bishop of the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio from 1904 to 1944 who founded St. Charles. His 40 years as Bishop of Columbus are far more than anyone before or after. Under his tenure, the number of parishes with schools in Columbus went from 37 to 74. Also, he started what is now known as the The Catholic Times, which had an office at St. Charles for a short period of time (Fabro, 16-17, 165).
- Jack Ryan: Hired in 1936, he was the head basketball, football, and baseball coach at St. Charles from 1938 to 1964. In a four season span, from 1938 to 1942, the basketball team went 77-5. He is the only person in Ohio's high school coaching halls of fame for three sports. He decided to leave St. Charles in 1964 because the school’s conversion to a seminary meant that there would be little to no athletic program. He went to Bishop Hartley High School, another Columbus Catholic school. A state of the art fitness center was built next to the gymnasium in 1999 and named after him. He passed away in 1996 (Fabro, 69, 164-165).
- Msgr. F. Thomas Gallen: A student and teacher at St. Charles for 56 years, he graduated from the preparatory school in 1940 and the seminary in 1944. After that, he spent 48 years teaching at St. Charles (from 1950 to 1998). Originally, he was hired to teach music in the seminary, but has also taught algebra, pre-calculus, English, and Gregorian chant. In his later years teaching, he was given the nickname "Monz." He has since passed away (Fabro, 86-87).
- Msgr. Thomas M. Bennett: He has been teaching at St. Charles since 1963 and is currently the only priest teaching in the Diocese of Columbus. Originally from Detroit, he graduated from St. Charles College in 1953. He is a staple and an upper-classman favorite at St. Charles, having taught world and U.S. history, economics, and current affairs (Fabro, 114-115).
- Dominic J. Cavello: A graduate of the class of 1964, he joined the faculty of St. Charles in 1972 and became the first lay principal of the school in 1985. Under Cavello, there has been a significant amount of building and expansion on the campus including: a new natatorium, a new baseball diamond, a new football/soccer/lacrosse field, a new physics lab, theatre improvements, and the construction of the Memorial Grove and the Cardinal Circle. In 1998, the banquet facility under the theatre was named the Cavello Center.
[edit] List of principals and rectors
| Years | Principal / Rector |
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| 1925-1942 | Msgr. Joseph A. Weigand |
| 1942-1945 | Msgr. Edward J. Leinheuser |
| 1945-1957 | Msgr. Paul J. Glenn |
| 1957-1969 | Msgr. Paul J. O'Dea |
| 1958-1969 | Msgr. George T. Wolz |
| 1969-1971 | Msgr. Ralph J. Huntzinger |
| 1971-1976 | Rev. Charles A. Jackson |
| 1976-1985 | Rev. Daniel W. Pallay |
| 1985-present | Dominic J. Cavello |
[edit] Academics
St. Charles maintains rigorous requirements in order to graduate that include: 4 years of religion class, English, foreign language, mathematics, and science; 3 years of social studies; and 1 year of fine arts, health, physical education. Some of the AP classes that are offered to juniors and seniors are AP Latin, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, English, Calculus, and History.
Saint Charles is one of the last schools to require students to take at least two years of Latin, a practice retained from the school's past as a seminary where four years of Latin and two years of Greek used to be mandatory.
Many students graduating from Saint Charles attend some of the premier college institutions in the country, including University of Notre Dame, Harvard, Yale University, and The University of Pennsylvania. There is also a notably large number of students each year who are admitted to and attend the United States service academies.
In 2005, Saint Charles Preparatory was one of three schools in Central Ohio to have every sophomore pass every section of the new Ohio Graduation Test. (The state-wide public school pass rate was 64%.) In addition, the 2004-2005 class of 122 contained 11 National Merit semifinalists and 13 commended scholars, one of the highest percentages in Central Ohio.
[edit] Athletic achievements
- This is an incomplete list.
| Year(s) | Sport | Achievement |
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| 1938-1942 | Basketball | Coached by Jack Ryan, the team had a record of 77-5 |
| 1975-1979 | Basketball | Won 25 straight Central Catholic League games (still a CCL record) |
| 1983 | Soccer | Won Ohio Class A-AA championship (the school’s first state title) |
| 1985 | Soccer | Won second state title |
[edit] Other notes
- The Saint Charles newspaper was started in 1926 and is called The Carolian. The alumni magazine is called The Cardinal.
- In 1935, the Notre Dame football team spent a night and practiced at St. Charles before a game with Ohio State University (also in Columbus). Notre Dame beat OSU 18-13 in an upset.
- The Saint Charles theatre program is widely regarded as one of the best in Central Ohio.
- The founder and CEO of Cardinal Health Inc., Robert D. Walter, graduated from St. Charles, and has since brought his company to #17 on the Forbes 500 list of most profitable companies. He also donated a large sum to St. Charles for the recent $5 million renovations taking place (see the website for info).
[edit] References
- Fabro, Louis V. Saint Charles Borromeo Preparatory School: The First 75 Years of Excellence. United States: n.p., 2000.
