Christian Brothers College High School
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| Motto | Religio, mores, cultura "Religion, morals, culture" |
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| Established | 1850 |
| Type | Private all-male secondary |
| Affiliation | Catholic, Lasallian |
| President | Michael England, '83 |
| Principal | Bro. David Poos, F.S.C. |
| Dean | Mr. Raymond Bahr |
| Founder | The Brothers of the Christian Schools |
| Students | 1,075 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Location | 1850 De La Salle Dr., St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
| Accreditation | North Central Association |
| Colors | Royal Purple and Old Gold |
| Mascot | Cadets |
| Yearbook | 'The Guidon' |
| Newspaper | 'The Turret' |
| Website | www.cbchs.org |
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Christian Brothers College High School (CBC High School), is a Lasallian Catholic college preparatory school for young men in St. Louis, Missouri. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis and is owned and operated by the De La Salle Christian Brothers Midwest District since the school's founding.
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[edit] History and evolution
The school was founded in 1850 by three Christian Brothers who came to St. Louis in 1849 from Montreal, Quebec. In 1851, the school moved from its original location at 16th and Market Streets to 8th and Gratiot Streets in downtown St. Louis where the name changed to the "Academy of Christian Brothers." In December of 1855 , the school was granted a college charter becoming the first institution of the Brothers in the United States to operate at the collegiate level.
In 1882 , due to lack of space, the school once again relocated to the "Cote Brilliante" campus in north St. Louis City on the northeast corner of Easton Ave. and N. Kingshighway where it would serve as a primary, secondary, and college boarding school for boys. At one point in the 1890's, over half of St. Louis' clergy was a graduate of CBC.
Tragedy hit CBC on October 5, 1916 when a fire destroyed the school. Six men were killed from the fire. Picture Washington University allowed CBC to use the former Smith Academy building to finish out the remainder of the academic year.
For several years, the brothers taught in parish schools until a new "Christian Brothers College High School" was built at University Ln. and Clayton Rd. in Clayton's Hi-Pointe neighborhood. The school building was annexed several times due to constantly increasing enrollment. The Hi-Pointe campus opened in 1922 and served CBC students for 82 years. Picture
CBC was also home to an Army JROTC program. In earlier years, JROTC was mandatory, but it later became a voluntary program, until it was disbanded in 1993 due to low enrollment and the lack of support from the administration.
In 1998 , the CBC Board of Directors announced that the school would once again relocate to a new campus in west St. Louis County, eight miles west of the Clayton campus. The property is located at the northwest corner at the intersection of US-40 and I-270. The first academic year at the current campus was 2003-2004.
In January 2006 , CBC announced plans to begin drug testing of all of their students. The school would be the first private school in the St. Louis area to implement such testing, and the proposal received widespread press coverage. CBC started its drug testing program in the 2007-2008 academic year. [1][2]
[edit] Athletics
[edit] School Mascot
- Collegians: mascot from the inception of inter-collegiate athletics at CBC until 1916.
- Hi-Pointers: mascot during the early years on Clayton Rd. through the 1950s. The name comes from the neighborhood where CBC was located from 1922-2003, the Hi-Pointe neighborhood in Clayton.
- Cadets: unofficial mascot named after the students when CBC began mandatory JROTC training in the 1930s. The name became official in 1958 and the Cadets logo was created in 1993 by Jason Buford, '93.
[edit] Metro Catholic Conference
CBC is a chartered member of the Metro Catholic Conference (MCC). The MCC, sometimes known as "The Big 5," was formed in 1992 and includes Chaminade College Preparatory School, De Smet Jesuit High School, St. John Vianney High School, and SLUH.
[edit] Championships
Team State Championships
- Basketball - 1959, 1960, 1963, 1997
- Hockey - 1983, 1987, 1988, 1993, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
- Indoor Track & Field - 1940
- Inline Hockey - 2001, 2004, 2005
- Racquetball - 2007
- Soccer - 1969, 1983, 1984, 1988, 2004, 2005
- Track & Field - 1935, 1941
- Lacrosse - 2007
Collegiate Level
- Football - 1900 (Missouri State)
- Soccer - 1901 (USA National Champions), 1901 (Canadian National Champions)
[edit] Performing Arts
The Cerre Players, headed by Thomas Murray and Ed Goetz, are noted for performance- plays and musicals including High School Musical On Stage!, A Few Good Men, Urinetown, and Footloose (musical).
[edit] Notable Alumni
- Jeff Otis quarterback with the Oakland Raiders
- Joseph M. Darst, Forty-first mayor of the City of St. Louis (1949-1953)
- Daryl Doran, St. Louis indoor soccer legend, jersey retired by the St. Louis Steamers in 2006 hangs in Scottrade Center's rafters
- Jimmy Dunn - soccer player and National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee1
- John Kelly, amateur golfer, runner-up in the 2006 U.S. Amateur Championship
- Joseph Lydon, American welterweight boxer and bronze medalist at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, also played for the CBC soccer team that won the silver medal at the same 1904 Summer Olympics.
- Mike Peters, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for the Dayton Daily News and author of the popular comic strip Mother Goose and Grimm
- Harry Ratican - soccer player and National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee[3]
- Jimmy Roe - soccer player and National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee[4]
- Mark Santel - soccer player
- Mike Shannon, professional baseball player, broadcaster, The Voice of the St. Louis Cardinals
- Larry Hughes, NBA point guard with the Chicago Bulls
