Central Catholic High School, Fort Wayne

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Central Catholic High School: The original Central Catholic High School was at Calhoun & Lewis Streets, and known earlier as Cathedral School. It was mostly a grammar school, with some high school classes. It reopened as Central Catholic High school in 1909. A new building was dedicated in 1938 on the south west corner of South Clinton and Lewis (130 East Lewis). Central Catholic High School closed in 1972.

Users of these data files will find both Echo and Shamrock titles referenced as Central Catholic High School yearbooks. The Echo began in the fall of 1915 as a school magazine, with fiction, history, biography, poetry, and school memories. Although in time photographs of graduating seniors were included, it continued as a literary magazine until 1939, when it became a school yearbook, highlighting photos of events and students. That same year, the Shamrock, started as a mimeographed news bulletin, which graduated to a printed monthly student newspaper in 1942. In the fall of 1962, the Shamrock was available at a cost of $2 per year. For an additional $3 per year, a student could order a set of the Shamrock bound in with pictorial supplements, replacing and eliminating the Echo. The biggest difference between this Shamrock and the issues of the Echo was the replacement of the single underclassmen photos with group homeroom photos. The individual photos returned in the next year's Shamrock (1964). By the 1965-1966 school year, the publications had been separated again and the yearbook resumed the title of Echo. The Allen County Public Library does not have any issues of the Shamrock except those that replaced the Echo in 1962 to 1965.