[4] An additional High School was built for the education of the area’s young women in 1927.
For the first half of the 20th century, city title games, which pitted the champions of the Public and Catholic Leagues, often filled Franklin Field, the longtime home of Philadelphia's City Title high school football championship game.
The 1946 game, played before 60,000, ended in a riot when Northeast fans stormed the field in the final minute of the school's 33–26 victory over West Philadelphia Catholic High School for Boys, prompting West Catholic fans to do the same.
In 1945, 54,000 fans saw Southern West Philadelphia Catholic High School for Boys, 18–13.
[6] The school colors were blue and white and its motto was Pro Deo et Patria (For God and Country).