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Christian Brothers College High School
Address
1850 De La Salle Drive St. Louis , Missouri United States
Coordinates	38°38′23″N 90°27′31″W / 38.6397°N 90.4587°W / 38.6397; -90.4587Coordinates: 38°38′23″N 90°27′31″W / 38.6397°N 90.4587°W / 38.6397; -90.4587
Information
Type	Private
Motto	Religio ∙ Mores ∙ Cultura (Religion ∙ Morals ∙ Culture)
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1850
Founder	Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
President	Michael Jordan
Dean	Jeff Myer
Principal	Timothy Seymour
Grades	9–12
Gender	Boys
Enrollment	840 (2017)
Color(s)	Purple and Vegas Gold
Athletics conference	Metro Catholic Conference
Team name	Cadets
Accreditation	North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[1]
Newspaper	The Turret
Yearbook	The Guidon
Tuition	$14,700 per year (2017)
Affiliation	Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
Website	www.cbchs.org

Christian Brothers College High School in 2018 facing west

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.

History[edit]

Early years (1850–1916)[edit]

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, Quebec. 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.^[2]

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.^{[citation needed]} On October 5, 1916, a fire destroyed the school,^[3] 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)[edit]

For several years, the brothers taught in parochial schools until a new "Christian Brothers College High School" was built at University Lane and Clayton Road in Clayton's 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.^{[citation needed]} 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[edit]

The current campus is located at the northwest corner at the intersection of I-64 and I-270, close to Missouri Baptist University. The first academic year at the new location was 2003–04.^{[citation needed]} In January 2006, CBC announced plans to begin drug testing all of its students. The school became the first private school in the West St. Louis area to implement such testing, and the proposal received widespread press coverage. CBC started its drug testing program in the 2007–08 academic year.^[4][5]

Athletics[edit]

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School mascot[edit]

The mascot from the inception of inter-collegiate athletics at CBC until 1916 was the Collegians. The team was known as the Hi-Pointers during the early years on Clayton Road through the 1950s; the name derives from the Hi-Pointe neighborhood in Clayton where CBC was located from 1922–2003. The team was unofficially renamed the Cadets 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).

Athletic Ground[edit]

Klemm Field at W. Michael Ross '66 Stadium
Prominently viewed off of Highway 40 on the Town and Country campus is W. Michael Ross Stadium, a 3,000 seat Multi-Purpose stadium hosting Football, Soccer, Lacrosse and Ultimate. Carved into the southern hill of the campus, Ross Stadium is known for its dusk time shadows and sun rays during early season football games. It also prominently features a rock "CBC" on the grandstand hillside, similar to the University of Missouri "M". Klemm Field in 2012 became a "Championship Field". The turf that was used to replace the original surface is from the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and hosted the BCS National Championship and several Bowl Games.

Cadet Park

CBC's practice fields are called "Cadet Park"; it has enough room for about 2 football fields. CBC's tennis courts are also here. In preparation for the 2014–15 year, the fields will be renovated to Bermuda grass.

Mike Shannon Stadium at Cadet Park

Mike Shannon Stadium is CBC's baseball stadium. It is currently under construction but the team began playing games there for 2013. Before the project began CBC's varsity team played at Missouri Baptist University.

Metro Catholic Conference[edit]

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.

Championships[edit]

National collegiate championships

• Soccer: 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905^[6]
  

Team state championships

• Baseball: 2010, 2015


• Basketball: 1933, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1997, 2014


• Football: 2014, 2017, 2018


• Ice Hockey: 1983, 1987, 1988, 1993, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017


• Soccer: 1969, 1983, 1984, 1988, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2018


• Inline Hockey: 2001, 2004, 2005, 2011


• Lacrosse: 2007, 2013


• Track and Field: 1935, 1941


• Indoor Track and Field: 1940


• Racquetball: 2007


• Wrestling: 2017

Cross Country: One individual state championship (1998)

Wrestling: Nine individual state champions most recently 2018 at 113, 126, 132, 182

The CBC Hockey team won 130 straight games from 2002-03 to the 2006 season final.

CBC Football has had 3 consecutive undefeated seasons in 1961, 1962 and 1963, before the state title in Missouri was established.

Collegiate Level

• Football: 1900 (Missouri State)


• Soccer: 1901 (USA National Champions), 1901 (Canadian National Champions)

1904 Summer Olympic Games

• Association Football (Soccer): Silver Medal

Performing arts[edit]

The Cerre Players, headed by Thomas Murray and Ed Goetz, are noted for performance- plays and musicals that have included High School Musical On Stage!, A Few Good Men, Urinetown, Les Miserables, Footloose, Jesus Christ Superstar, Beauty and the Beast, Crazy for You, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Oklahoma!, and Sweeney Todd. Murray completed his 100th production at CBC with Little Shop of Horrors.
The new theatre, Gundaker Theater, opened in 2003 when CBC relocated to the West County campus.

The CBC Music Program is made up of, as a whole, the "Band of Brothers". Its focus is primarily Jazz and Rock style music. The choral program, comprises "The Cadet Chorus" and the premier group "Brothers in Harmony". The CBC Drum-line. the line is noted for novelty cadences like "Canosaurus" and "High Voltage". The Band of Brothers, Brothers in Harmony and the Drum-line are CBC's primary performing and touring groups. CBC also offers classes in Piano, Guitar, Music Practicum and a Beginning Band

Notable alumni[edit]

Arts[edit]

• 
  King Baggot, star of the silent film era


• 
  Stephen Martines, actor


• 
  Mike Peters, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for the Dayton Daily News and author of the popular comic strip Mother Goose and Grimm
  


• 
  Abram Joseph Ryan, "Poet-Priest of the Confederacy"^{[citation needed]}
  

Politics[edit]

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


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  Joseph M. Darst, former mayor of St. Louis (1949–1953)


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  William L. Ewing, mayor of St. Louis (1881–1885)^[7]
  


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  Antonio French, Class of 1995, St. Louis alderman


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  Harold A. Moise, Class of 1899, member of the Louisiana Supreme Court, 1948 to 1958

Athletics[edit]

• 1904 Olympic soccer medalists: Charles Bartliff, Warren Brittingham, Oscar Brockmeyer, Alexander Cudmore, Charles January, John January, Thomas January, Raymond Lawler, Louis Menges, Peter Ratican
  


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  Culver Hastedt, runner and two-time gold medalist at the 1904 Summer Olympics; also won numerous "Open" Olympic events in 1904 representing CBC and the Missouri Athletic Club
  


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  Joseph Lydon, boxer and bronze medalist at the 1904 Summer Olympics; also played for the CBC soccer team that won the silver medal


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  John Kelly, amateur golfer, runner-up in the 2006 U.S. Amateur (Golf) Championship
  


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  Larry Hughes, NBA shooting guard with Philadelphia 76ers, Golden State Warriors, Washington Wizards, Cleveland Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks, Charlotte Bobcats, and Orlando Magic
  


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  Patrick McCaw, NBA player with Golden State Warriors
  


• 
  Philip McRae, NHL player with St. Louis Blues
  


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  Don Mueller, MLB player with New York Giants, Chicago White Sox, 2-time All-Star


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  Jeff Otis, NFL quarterback


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  Mike Shannon, Major League Baseball player for St. Louis Cardinals and sports broadcaster


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  Joe Vitale, retired NHL player and current radio color analyst for the St. Louis Blues.


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  Jake Burger, Baseball player for Chicago White Sox
  

Professional soccer[edit]

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  Brandon Barklage, professional soccer player with New York Red Bulls
  


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  Zach Bauer, professional soccer player with AC St. Louis


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  Daryl Doran, indoor soccer player, jersey retired by St. Louis Steamers in 2006


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  Don Droege, professional soccer player


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  Jimmy Dunn, soccer player and National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee^[8]
  


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  Mike Freitag, professional soccer player and college coach


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  Carl Gentile, professional soccer player


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  Tommy Heinemann, professional soccer player with Vancouver Whitecaps FC


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  Harry Ratican, soccer player and National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee^[9]
  


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  Jimmy Roe, soccer player and National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee^[10]
  


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  Mark Santel, professional soccer player

Other[edit]

• 
  Thomas Licavoli, former gangster/bootlegger


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  Mark Hertling, U.S. Army lieutenant general
  


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  Martin Kilcoyne, sportscaster
  


• Benedict T. Viviano


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  Harold A. Moise (Class of 1899), associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, 1948-1958.^[11]
  


• 
  Mark Santel, professional soccer player

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website