St Xavier High School - X Ray Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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February .0 February was ushered in by the heaviest and most treacherous snowfall of the year, which left more than a few cars stranded in the mountainous snowdrifts of the school parking lot. Record lows in temperature were set for the entire Cincinnati area, but somehow, the wind and ice always seemed more bitter on that barren tundra where we left our cars. Before the snow had completely melted, however, came the Iong-awaited and widely publicized basketball game between St. X and Eldere Even though the game resulted in a loss for X, it will long be remembered mainly because it witnessed the season's largest assemblage of enthused and cheeringi?l students. The excitement of the game had hardly worn off when a barrage of special days descended on the school. The first of these, Valentine's Day, was noted fleetingly only because it had perceptibly sunk deeper into oblivion than in previous years. Next came Ash Wednesday, on which date the NEDT was administered to freshmen and sophomores, while juniors and seniors received a free day lln all fairness, it is suppoaed that Ash Wednesday services were available in the chapel for those who wished to attendl. And last but not least, all students had a free day on the twenty-first, when Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays were jointly observed. Students returned to classes on the twenty-second, Washington's true birthday, but this is not to be confused with February twentyethird, when the X-Press staff celebrated Washington's false birthdayi At about this time, some energetic Student Council members decided to have the student body participate in the Carefree Gum Contest, and in hopes of winning The Grass Roots for a free performance, students hand-printed hundreds of thousands of paper slips with Carefree Gum. This doesn't even take into consideration the slips mistakenly printed with Carefree Scum. Just as the contest had reached its peak in the number of students participating, the North Central Evaluation Committee arrived at St..X to iwhat else?i evaluate the school. Fortunately, after three days of intensive observation, the committee members' impression was a favorable one. And thus, over a leap year weekend, February, bloated with more than its share of events, was wheeled out. 23