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Archbishop Rummel High School History |
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1962 - 1963 |
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The Christian Brothers, after having been requested by the Archdiocese to open a boys high school in Metairie, welcomed the
school's first freshman class of 225 students at the request of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Archbishop
Rummel attended the dedication ceremony of the $900,000 campus on September 9th. Along with lay teachers and staff the
brothers served as administrators and faculty. The school was named in honor of Joseph Francis Rummel who
had served as Archbishop of Omaha and was the current Archbishop of the Diocese of New Orleans. Brother August Raphael
Bodin F.S.C.served as Director and Principal. Originally named Archbishop Joseph Francis Rummel High School,
it was one of four new high schools (including Blenk, Chapelle, and Shaw) constructed by the
Archdiosese on both sides of the River in Jefferson Parish. In the year that Rummel opened, Archbishop Rummel
ordered, on March 27th, that all Roman Catholic schools in the New Orleans diocese would no longer be segregated by race.
This edict applied to 116 elementary and 37 high schools with a total enrollment of 75,276. The 86 year-old Archbishop
resigned as New Orleans archdiocese head on May 24, 1962. In memory of the Nelson-Smyth family of Chicago, the gymnasium
was dedicated on July 6, 1962 when real estate and homes in Metairie were highly touted as being "near Rummel
High" and "close to the new boys high school". James Pratt ('67) related that Ronnie Frentz was the winner of the "name the school newspaper" contest.
He chose Raider's Digest. Band The band earned
a "very good" rating at a local competition. Football Parent Booster Club The Archbishop Rummel Parent Booster Club was founded in 1962 to
promote and sustain the Christian atmosphere at the school and to help foster a harmonious relationship among parents, students
and teachers. Basketball Stan Chelchowski was Rummel's first basketball coach.
Leon Kelner's Orchestra performed at the Blue Room. World-renowned for its jazz, New Orleans musicians also
influenced early rock and roll and '60s music. During the 1962-63 school year Irma Thomas recorded I Done Got Over,
It's Raining, I Did My Part, Two Winters Long, and Ruler of My Heart on Minit Records as did Benny Spellman (bass vocalist
on Ernie K-Doe's "Mother-In-Law,") with Lipstick Traces and Fortune Teller. Aaron Neville recorded Humdinger
on the Minit lable as did Jessie Hill performing Can't Get Enough (Of That Ooh Pah Doo. Chris Kenner's Land of 1000
Dances was a hit for Instant Records. Reggie Hall implored why everybody was Always Pickin' on Me on the Rip label.
Eddie Bo did Ain't It the Truth Now on Ric Records.
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