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ST. STANISLAUS SCHOOL FOR BOYS—A panoramic view of the oldest institution in Bay St. Louis, showing the extent of its nearly a mile deep grounds, its beautiful buildings and the overhead walk to its famous swimming, boating and fishing pier.
St. Stanislaus School For Boys
In Its 3,000-Capacity Athletic Stadium Will Be Presented the Bay St. Louis Centennial Pageant
fire completely destroyed most of the buildings, leaving only the kitchen and dining rooms. But within less than a month the de-: cision was made to rebuild and one year later on the anniversary of the fire the new St. Stanislaus was ready for occupancy.
Founded and conducted by the [again. They were Brothers Basile Brothers of the Sacred Heart, who|c.nd Aloysius, who came as teach-dedicate their lives to the educa-iers, and Brother Leo, as cook.
tion of youth, 104-year-old St. | They lived at the presbytery and FRAME BUILDING Stanislaus has survived hurri-Received as compensation for theirl At first the school was a canes, wars, epidemics and almost Reaching duties only $18 a month. ',tory frame buiMing with galleries
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which Father Buteux raised and Since then St. Stanislaus has the Brothers of the Sacred Heart swadily added new buildings and supplied the other half.	j facilities — the present gymnasium
total destruction of its buildings by j The names of these three patient
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fire. Today its cross crowned pioneer Brothers are now forgot-!^ Brothers with their sleeves shower rooms> dressing rooms and domes facing the Gulf of Mexico j ten, but it was they who with their lrolled up assisted by a few labor-it0iIet facilities comPletely rebuilt
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!in 1925, the Chapel building in 1929 with its large study hall and science rooms, the modem dining halls and kitchen in 1949, and the
guide you to an educational institu- j efforts and understanding laid the!ers_ The schoQ} building itself cost
ljust five years ago in 1953.
t’on (also famous for its athletics) foundation of the present day
$3,800 and was named St. Stanis-;
In the years of its formation it was called a college and was orig-
whose grounds and facilities ex-.recognized and respected St.'laus> in honQr Qf the patron sajnt> extend almost a mile in depth. jSranislaus Boys School whose aver-jof father Buteux	,inally	empowered to grant degrees,
The story of St. Stanislaus goes!age annual enrollment of 500 pupils! T). nnlinv frnrn f’hp hpm'nninff h«:but since 1922 has restricted its
tack to that indefatigable Father come from all states of the Union, L	to acceDt hoth hoarders and !:un.cutions to the traimnj’ °f boy^
_ ^	..	.	.	„	„	/-■	*	i	•	jf	to	accept	Doth	Doaraers	and m the upper grammar grades and
Buteux. the first permanent Cath- from Central America and tne,day students. And as such a schoollhigh school. In this it has attained o-'wL-jaaest of iBay St. Louis who, West Indies.	i;t	\?	national	reputation.
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cs soon as he had firmly estaDhsh- But Father Buteux had am- „ ..	t	.,	,	uim,	ithiftfs
,	,	ifmding	it	necessary to add an ad- .MA.NY
€d Our Lady of the Gulf Church, Qitions for a greater school, aij ^ u mj- ^	u-	u	-	-
iditional building irx ioo9, which t+ je equally famous for its
re-acatiorrofyhi" flo'ck6	sch°o1	f	at BaJ ^provided two dining rooms, a com- physic al education program and
His &st tiny school opened in a ’ S° ? T 3 J? t0 ^“"^munity room, a director's room, athletics. Two of the gridiron’s Isc uny scn001 opened m a dlrect t0 the Superior General of i ,	,	,	.	.,	iareatest — Doc Blanchard of
modest two room frame building:^ Brothers of the Sacred Heart!3 chapel and dormltory-	Kvest Point and Marchmont
back of the Church in 1852 Hand boidly asked f0r financial help Lackm§ food and the transPorta-;Schwab of Notre Dame were St.
charge of the Christian Brothers, jand mQre teachers. He must have but hardly had it got under way!rjieaded his cause eloquently be-when the raging yellow fever epi-l	four	more	Brothers	saiIed
cemic of 1353 that swept NewOr- !immediately from France and Fa-Jeans and the Coast forced it to j
close and claimed as victims prac- ther Buteux carried back with him
the financial assistance to buy
tion for the boarders during the1 Stanislaus graduates. Also, while War Between the States St. {at St. Stanislaus Henry Zeke Stanislaus closed down for the Eonura established the internation-3362-63 school year. Two Brothers !al javelin throwing record. Later were left in charge and the rest j he went cn to play professional went to New Orleans where they baseball w,'th the Chicago White
tically its entire teaching staff. INDUCED BROTHERS TO START SCHOOL Undaunted Father Buteux visited Mobile in 1854 and induced three of the B rothers of the Sacred Heart to retu-n with him to Bay f*- r	school
half of the necessary land upon which to build a school.
'pened the Annunciation Parish School for the duration. In July
1865, three months after the close of hostilities St. Stanislaus again
,	. ,	.	,	_re-opened and has never ceased
The	site	selected	was	just	100, Sanctioning since, although in 1903
yards	south	of Our	Lady of	the ;it came close to being burned out
Gulf Church	— a beautiful	site that of existence,
faced the Gulf of Mexico with 140
'eet frontage. The total cost of the property was $4,000, one half of
FIRE DISASTER
Sox. He is now retired and living in New Orle-ans.
In the sunimer the school’s facilities and it's 1,500-foot swimming and fishing pier become Camp Stanislaus where a capacity of 225 campers, under the guidance of 42 counsellors, b uild body and character during tho summer camp season that runs from June 22 to July, On that night of June 21, 1903, 26.