Christian Brothers College High School
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Christian Brothers College High School (CBC High School), is a Lasallian
Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools is a Roman Catholic religious teaching congregation, founded in France by Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle and now based in Rome...

 Catholic
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...

 college preparatory school
University-preparatory school
A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school is a secondary school, usually private, designed to prepare students for a college or university education...

 for young men in St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis
The Archdiocese of St. Louis is the Roman Catholic archdiocese that covers the City of St. Louis as well as the following Missouri counties: Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Perry, Saint Charles, Saint Francois, Ste. Genevieve, St...

 and is owned and operated by the De La Salle Christian Brothers Midwest District
Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools is a Roman Catholic religious teaching congregation, founded in France by Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle and now based in Rome...

.

Early years (1850-1916 fire)

The school was founded in 1850 under the name St. Joseph's Academy by three French-speaking Christian Brothers who had come to St. Louis the previous year from Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

. In 1851, the school moved from its original location at 16th and Market Streets to 8th and Cerre Streets in downtown St. Louis, and the name changed to the "Academy of the Christian Brothers." In December 1855, the school was granted a college charter, becoming the Brothers' first U.S. institution to operate at the collegiate level.

In 1882, due to lack of space, the school moved to the "Cote Brilliante" campus in north St. Louis on the northeast corner of Easton Ave. and N. Kingshighway, where it served as a primary, secondary, and college boarding school for boys. At one point in the 1890s, more than half of St. Louis' clergy were graduates of CBC.

On October 5, 1916, a fire destroyed the school, killing seven firefighters, two sick Brothers, and a nurse. Washington University allowed CBC to use the former Smith Academy building for the rest of the academic year.

Hi-Pointe campus (1922-2003)

For several years, the brothers taught in parish schools until a new "Christian Brothers College High School" was built at University Lane and Clayton Road in Clayton's
Clayton, Missouri
Clayton is an inner-ring suburb of St. Louis and the county seat of St. Louis County, Missouri. The population was 15,939 at the 2010 census. The city was organized in 1877 and is named after Ralph Clayton, who donated the land for the courthouse.-Geography:...

 Hi-Pointe neighborhood. The school building was opened in 1922 and enlarged several times over the following decades to accommodate increasing enrollment.

CBC was also home to an Army JROTC program. In earlier years, JROTC was mandatory, but it later became a voluntary program, and was disbanded in 1993 due to low enrollment.

In 1998, the CBC Board of Directors announced that the school would move again, this time to a new campus in west St. Louis County, eight miles west of the Clayton campus.

2003-present

The current campus is located at the northwest corner at the intersection of US-40
U.S. Route 40
U.S. Route 40 is an east–west United States highway. As with most routes whose numbers end in a zero, U.S. 40 once traversed the entire United States. It is one of the original 1920s U.S. Highways, and its first termini were San Francisco, California, and Atlantic City, New Jersey...

 and I-270
Interstate 270 (Illinois-Missouri)
Interstate 270 makes up a large portion of the outer belt freeway in the St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area. The counterclockwise terminus of I-270 is at the junction with Interstate 55 in Mehlville, Missouri; the clockwise terminus of the freeway is at the junction with I-55 and I-70 north of...

, close to Missouri Baptist University
Missouri Baptist University
Missouri Baptist University is a private evangelical Christian, coeducational university located in western St. Louis County in Creve Coeur Missouri. In August 2002, the Missouri Baptist College was officially renamed Missouri Baptist University...

. The first academic year at the new location was 2003-2004.

In January 2006, CBC announced plans to begin drug testing all of its students. The school became 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.

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 derives 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 (class of 1994).

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
Chaminade College Preparatory School (Missouri)
Founded in 1910, Chaminade College Preparatory School is an independent Catholic Marianist school for boys in grades six through twelve. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis. The school is located in west St. Louis County, Missouri. Chaminade offers 7-day, 5-day, and...

, De Smet Jesuit High School
De Smet Jesuit High School
De Smet Jesuit High School is a Jesuit Catholic, college preparatory high school Creve Coeur, Missouri in western St. Louis County. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis.The school began classes in the fall of 1967...

, St. John Vianney High School
St. John Vianney High School (Kirkwood, Missouri)
St. John Vianney High School is a private, all male, Catholic college preparatory high school located in Kirkwood, Missouri. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis. The school was founded by the Society of Mary , a religious order of priests and brothers who continue to...

, and SLUH.

Championships

Team state championships
  • Baseball - 2010
  • Basketball - 1959, 1960, 1963, 1997
  • Hockey - 1983, 1987, 1988, 1993, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
  • Indoor Track & Field - 1940
  • Inline Hockey - 2001, 2004, 2005,2011
  • Racquetball - 2007
  • Soccer - 1969, 1983, 1984, 1988, 2004, 2005, 2009
  • Track & Field - 1935, 1941
  • Lacrosse - 2007

Collegiate level
  • Football - 1900 (Missouri State)
  • Soccer - 1901 (USA National Champions), 1901 (Canadian National Champions)

1904 Summer Olympics|1904 Summer Olympic Games in St. Louis
  • Soccer - Silver Medal
    Football at the 1904 Summer Olympics
    At the 1904 Summer Olympics, a football event was contested. Only three club teams competed. No medals were awarded at the time, but the IOC subsequently awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals and upgrade the status of the contests to an official event....


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!
High School Musical on Stage!
High School Musical on Stage! is a musical based on the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical, with music and lyrics by Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil, Ray and Greg Cham, Drew Seeley, Randy Petersen, Kevin Quinn, Andy Dodd, Adam Watts, Bryan Louiselle, David N. Lawrence, Faye Greenberg...

, A Few Good Men, Urinetown
Urinetown
Urinetown: The Musical is a satirical comedy musical, with music by Mark Hollmann, lyrics by Hollmann and Greg Kotis, and book by Kotis. It satirizes the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, and municipal politics...

, Les Miserables
Les Misérables (musical)
Les Misérables , colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz , is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo....

, Footloose
Footloose (musical)
Footloose is a 1998 musical based on the 1984 film of the same name. The music is by Tom Snow , the lyrics by Dean Pitchford , and the book by Pitchford and Walter Bobbie.-Act 1:...

, Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started off as a rock opera concept recording before its first staging on Broadway in 1971...

, Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast (musical)
Beauty and the Beast is a musical with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice and a book by Linda Woolverton, based on the 1991 Disney film of the same name. Seven new songs were written for the stage musical...

, Crazy for You
Crazy for You
Crazy for You is a musical with a book by Ken Ludwig, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and music by George Gershwin. Billed as "The New Gershwin Musical Comedy", it is largely based on the songwriting team’s 1930 musical, Girl Crazy, but interpolates songs from several other productions as well...

, and Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 1936 British film produced and directed by George King.-Plot:The film features Tod Slaughter in one of his most famous roles as barber Sweeney Todd. Sweeney Todd was wrongly sentenced to life in prison. After his release 15 years later, he begins...

. Murray completed his 100th production at CBC with Little Shop of Horrors
Little Shop of Horrors (musical)
Little Shop of Horrors is a rock musical, by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood. The musical is based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film The Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman...

.
The new theatre was made even though the theatre department wasn't quite as prominent when it was established. It is a very elaborate (costing nearly a half a million dollars) theatre that brought the hopes of initiating the popularity of students participating in theatre.

Arts

  • Stephen Martines
    Stephen Martines
    Stephen Scott Martines , is an American actor and former model. Martines is sometimes credited as Coltin Scott.- Early life :...

    , actor
  • Mike Peters, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for the Dayton Daily News
    Dayton Daily News
    The Dayton Daily News is a daily newspaper published in Dayton, Ohio. It is owned by Cox Enterprises. In the 2010 Associated Press Society of Ohio newspaper competition that takes place every year, DaytonDailyNews.com was named "the best large-newspaper web site in Ohio".-History:On August 15,...

     and author of the popular comic strip Mother Goose and Grimm
    Mother Goose and Grimm
    Mother Goose and Grimm is an internationally syndicated comic strip by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Mike Peters. It was first syndicated in 1984 and is distributed by King Features Syndicate to more than 800 newspapers...

  • Abram Joseph Ryan
    Abram Joseph Ryan
    Abram Joseph Ryan , OSFS, was an American poet, an active proponent of the Confederate States of America, and a Roman Catholic priest...

    , "Poet-Priest of the Confederacy"
  • John Moore, distinguished modern artist, academic lecturer, and member of the 1958 class.

Politics

  • Joseph M. Darst
    Joseph Darst
    Joseph M. Darst was the thirty-seventh Mayor of St. Louis, serving from 1949 to 1953....

    , mayor of St. Louis (1949–1953)
  • William L. Ewing
    William L. Ewing
    William L. Ewing was the twenty-fifth mayor of St. Louis, Missouri, serving from 1881 to 1885.- External links :* at the St. Louis Public Library: St. Louis Mayors website....

    , mayor of St. Louis (1881–1885)
  • Richard J. Rabbitt
    Richard J. Rabbitt
    Richard J. Rabbitt is a Democratic politician from St. Louis, Missouri who was Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives from 1973 to 1976....

    , Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives
    Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives
    Speakers of the Missouri House of Representatives are :* 1820 James Caldwell * 1821 Henry S. Geyer * 1826 Alex Stuart * 1828 John Thornon * 1832 Thomas Reynolds * 1834 John Jameison...

  • Jack Buechner
    Jack Buechner
    John William "Jack" Buechner is an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Missouri. A Republican, Buechner served in the United States House of Representatives for Missouri's 2nd congressional district from 1987 to 1991...

    , Class of 1958, longtime Missouri State Representative and twice United States Representative, 2nd District

Amateur championship athletics

  • 1904 Olympic soccer medalists: Charles Bartliff
    Charles Bartliff
    Charles Albert Bartliff was an American amateur football player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.He was born in Memphis, Tennessee....

    , Warren Brittingham
    Warren Brittingham
    Warren George Brittingham was an American amateur football player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.He died in El Paso County, Texas....

    , Oscar Brockmeyer
    Oscar Brockmeyer
    Oscar Bernard Brockmeyer was an American amateur football player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was the son of Dora and Bernard Henry Brockmeyer, His Grandparents moved from Glane, Germany to St. Louis, Missouri...

    , Alexander Cudmore
    Alexander Cudmore
    Alexander Cudmore was an American amateur football player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.He was born and died in St. Louis, Missouri....

    , Charles January
    Charles January
    Charles James January was an American amateur football player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.He died in Hidalgo County, Texas....

    , John January
    John January
    John Hartnett January was an American amateur football player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics....

    , Thomas January
    Thomas January
    Thomas Thurston January was an American amateur football player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics....

    , Raymond Lawler
    Raymond Lawler
    Raymond E. Lawler was an American amateur football player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.He was born in St. Louis, Missouri....

    , Louis Menges
    Louis Menges
    Louis John Menges was an American amateur football player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.He was born in East St. Louis, Illinois....

    , Peter Ratican
    Peter Ratican
    Peter Joseph Ratican was an American soccer midfielder who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.He born and died in St. Louis, Missouri....

  • Joseph Lydon
    Joseph Lydon
    Joseph Patrick Lydon was an American welterweight boxer who competed in the early twentieth century.-Biography:He was born in Swinford, County Mayo, Ireland...

    , boxer and bronze medalist at the 1904 Summer Olympics
    1904 Summer Olympics
    The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States from 1 July 1904, to November 23, 1904, at what is now known as Francis Field on the campus of Washington University...

    ; also played for the CBC soccer team that won the silver
  • John Kelly
    John Kelly (golfer)
    John Kelly is an amateur golfer who plays for the University of Missouri and was runner-up in the 2006 U.S. Amateur Championship.Kelly was born in St. Louis, Missouri and graduated from Christian Brothers College High School....

    , amateur golfer, runner-up in the 2006 U.S. Amateur (Golf) Championship
  • Andy Meyer - Former Quinnipiac University Hockey standout

Professional soccer

  • Daryl Doran
    Daryl Doran
    Daryl Doran is a U.S. indoor soccer player. His 827 games are the most of any player in American professional indoor soccer history. Doran currently plays for the St...

    , St. Louis indoor soccer player, jersey retired by the St. Louis Steamers in 2006
  • Don Droege
    Don Droege
    Don Droege is a former U.S. soccer defender who played seven seasons in the North American Soccer League and three seasons in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He also earned eight caps with the U.S. national team between 1977 and 1979.-Youth and college:...

    , professional soccer player
  • Jimmy Dunn
    Jimmy Dunn (soccer)
    James “Jimmy” or “Ebbie” Dunn was a U.S. soccer forward. He spent nine seasons with Ben Millers in the St. Louis Soccer League and was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1974.-Biography:Dunn began his career with Christian Brothers College of the St...

    , soccer player and National Soccer Hall of Fame
    National Soccer Hall of Fame
    The National Soccer Hall of Fame is a private, non-profit institution established in 1979 that honors soccer achievements in the United States.-History:...

     inductee
  • Mike Freitag
    Mike Freitag
    Mike Freitag is a retired American soccer defender who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He served six seasons as the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team.-Youth:...

    , professional soccer player and college soccer coach
  • Carl Gentile
    Carl Gentile
    Carl Gentile is a former U.S. soccer forward. He played one season in the National Professional Soccer League and two in the North American Soccer League, all three with the St. Louis Stars. He also earned six caps with the U.S. national team in 1968....

    , professional soccer player
  • Harry Ratican
    Harry Ratican
    Harry Jay Ratican was a U.S. soccer forward, coach and team owner. He began and ended his career in the St. Louis Soccer League with several years in both the National Association Football League and American Soccer League...

    , soccer player and National Soccer Hall of Fame
    National Soccer Hall of Fame
    The National Soccer Hall of Fame is a private, non-profit institution established in 1979 that honors soccer achievements in the United States.-History:...

     inductee
  • Jimmy Roe
    Jimmy Roe
    Jimmy Roe was a U.S. soccer inside left who spent his entire career in the St. Louis leagues. He was called into the national team in 1937, but suffered a career ending knee injury before his first game with the team...

    , soccer player and National Soccer Hall of Fame
    National Soccer Hall of Fame
    The National Soccer Hall of Fame is a private, non-profit institution established in 1979 that honors soccer achievements in the United States.-History:...

     inductee
  • Mark Santel
    Mark Santel
    Mark Santel is a retired U.S. soccer midfielder who is currently an assistant coach for the Saint Louis Billikiens. Santel played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League, American Professional Soccer League and Major Soccer League. He also earned eight caps with the U.S...

    , professional soccer player
  • Zach Bauer
    Zach Bauer
    Zach Bauer is an American soccer player currently playing for AC St. Louis in the USSF Division 2 Professional League.-College:...

    , Professional Soccer Player with AC St. Louis
  • Brandon Barklage
    Brandon Barklage
    Brandon Barklage is an American soccer player who currently plays for D.C. United in Major League Soccer.-Youth and College:...

    , Professional Soccer Player with DC United
  • Justin VanMatre, Professional Soccer in Australia with Sunshine George Cross FC
  • Tyler Schaefering, Professional Soccer in Australia with Sunshine George Cross FC
  • Sam Gelven, Professional Soccer in Australia with Sunshine George Cross FC

Other professional sports

  • Larry Hughes
    Larry Hughes
    Larry Darnell Hughes is an American professional basketball player who most recently played for the Charlotte Bobcats. He is a and shooting guard. Hughes attended Saint Louis University and was the eight pick in the 1998 NBA Draft, selected by the Philadelphia 76ers...

    , NBA shooting guard with the Charlotte Bobcats
    Charlotte Bobcats
    The Charlotte Bobcats is a professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association. The Bobcats were established in 2004 as an expansion team, two seasons after Charlotte's previous NBA...

  • Jeff Otis
    Jeff Otis
    Jeff Otis is an American football quarterback who is a currently a free agent. He was signed by the Arizona Cardinals as a street free agent in 2006. He played college football at Columbia....

    , quarterback with the St. Louis Rams
    St. Louis Rams
    The St. Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are currently members of the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Rams have won three NFL Championships .The Rams began playing in 1936 in Cleveland,...

  • Mike Shannon
    Mike Shannon
    Thomas Michael Shannon is an American-born former Major League Baseball player and current radio sportscaster.Shannon is a radio broadcaster for the St. Louis Cardinals. He was raised in St. Louis, Missouri and played with the Cardinals during some of the team's most successful years...

    , Major League Baseball player and sports broadcaster
  • Joe Vitale
    Joe Vitale (ice hockey)
    Joe Vitale is an American ice hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins organization of the National Hockey League. Vitale began his professional career in 2009 with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League....

    , Center with the Pittsburgh Penguins
    Pittsburgh Penguins
    The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original...

     of the National Hockey League

Other

  • Thomas Licavoli
    Thomas Licavoli
    Thomas "Yonnie" Licavoli was a gangster and bootlegger during Prohibition. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Yonnie, along with brother Peter Joseph Licavoli and cousin James Licavoli, worked with Jewish gangsters to take over illegal gambling in St. Louis. He was a member of the Licavoli Crime Family...

    , gangster/bootlegger
  • Mark Hertling
    Mark Hertling
    Lieutenant General Mark Phillip Hertling, USA is the Commanding General, US Army Europe and Seventh Army. In that role, he is the Commander of the approximately 42,000 US Army forces assigned to Europe, and he is the Army Component Commander of US European Command...

    , as of 2010, a U.S. Army lieutenant general
    Lieutenant General
    Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....


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