For the Stags (and families) who wish to side-trip or experience the beauty of Bicol's tourist spots, these tour packages can help. Take advantage of your presence here in Bicol and make your stay more pleasant and memorable.
Photos and videos of Stags Reunion last Dec 27-28, 2010 in Legazpi City (DWHS, Small Talk Cafe, Airport, Sikatuna Grill, Lignon Hill, Brent's Grill)and Malilipot, Albay (Patio de San Jose).
Today's Quote: "Remembering is the future tense of forgetting. Forgetting is the past tense of remembering."
Early History of the Divine Word College of Legazpi City
The
forerunner of the Divine Word College of Legazpi is the Liceo de Albay,
a Diocesan parochial school for boys owned and managed by Rev. Fr. Juan
Carullo, a native of Malinao, Albay, who was a retired Army Chaplain.
When he left the military service, his retirement pay and other personal
money was invested in a school which he himself founded. At the
beginning, the school was an exclusive high school for boys (another
school, St. Agnes, was the exclusice high school for girls).
In
1952, a very strong typhoon hitting Albay badly damaged the Liceo de
Albay. Around this time, the Society of the Divine Word or SVD was
looking for a place to put up a school in the province. Fr. Joseph
Bates, SVD, negotiated with the Bishop of Albay for the SVD acquisition
of the Liceo de Albay, amidst the school's financial difficulties.
In
1959, the formal transfer of ownership and management was effected for
around Php30,000.00. Reconstruction of the school began with Fr. Bates'
own personal funds as well as money from his family and friends and from
the United States of America. With the SVDs and Fr. Bates now in
Legazpi City, many people from his old assignment in Bohol were brought
to help him build and run the Liceo de Albay.
When the Bicol
Association of Catholic Schools (BACS) was formed, Fr. Bates was chosen
as its chairman. Fr. Bates met Fr. Honesto Moraleda, who was then parish
priest of St. Michael Parish in Oas, Albay through the activities of
the BACS. He invited Fr. Moraleda become the first high school principal
of the school with the permission of then Bishop Flaviano B. Ariola.
Fr. Bates was the Director.
In 1961, the Liceo de Albay became
Divine Word High School (later becoming the Divine Word College of
Legazpi). Its formation was made possible with the combined efforts of
Bishop Nestor Cariño, Msgr. Jose Molina, Msgr. Jose Diokno, Msgr. Ralph
Salazar and Msgr. Honesto Moraleda. Its recognition as a high school was
given by the Bureau of Private Schools. The school first Director was
Fr. Joseph Bates, SVD, while the first Principal was Fr. Honesto
Moraleda.
The faculty members included: Mr. Protacio Borlogdan,
Ms. Ruperta Ungay (later became Ms. Altabano), Ms. Lydia Platon and Mr.
Jun Peñalosa.
