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

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March uWhen crocuses and h yacinths emerge from March's sno w-soaked mud, then harbingers of Spring's descent arise with every new-formed bud. This stale siice of rhetoric may be second-rate poetry, but its forecast of spring suitably applies to meteorological conditions which frequented St. Xavier during the month of March. These spotty eruptions of spring - fike weather occasioned student kite flying sessions and several opportunities for loiling about the school's lawn during the lunch period. Such mundane diversions had not long progressed, however, when the first exciting news of an Aquabomber victory filtered back from Columbus. Actually, those students who remember the unprecedented hoopla whieh accompanied the 1970 State Swim Meet will realize how terribly neglected the same event seemed in 1972. It is hoped that the perennial dominion of the swim team in the state of Ohio does not come to be regarded as passe. The following weekend, St. Xavier's o rder of thespians produced The Wedding Night, a group of one act plays dealing with the more comical aspects of marriage. Immediate reaction to this presentation ranged from highly favorable opinions to moderate disdain. Then, on the Sunday of that same weekend, while most Cincinnatians were downtown watching the St. Patrick's Day parade, the intelligentsia of St. Xavier attended the first annual gala induction into the National Honor Society. The ceremony, highlighted by a timely speech delivered by the Rev. Morris Hollenbaugh, was a vast improvement over the quickie initiation procedure used in previous years. As the school life routine continued, the evenimaginative Blue Pride Squad organized an arm wrestling contest, which garnished the usual tedium with an engaging bit of provocation. Next, in the face of Holy Week, came the third quarter exams With their customary bout of frenzied study, and finally, on Good Friday, March was appropriately buried, but with no hope of resurrection. 25