Roger Bacon High School - Troubadour Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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WW -.- h E; 743 Afaiktwigk h -- i E5? .- .-... QAWE-$-EEH- M9. 77 , 7 7 7 , HE first chapter of the history of Roger Bacon High School has been writlcn. Its record reveals the proverbial diiiiculty of every heginning. Our first your was spent nut in the splendid building on the opposite page, but in temporary quarters, including the north wing of St. Clement School, a roar building 011 the 531110 promises, and a woathm-hculcn mansion 0n the site of the new building. The incnnvonionco of tho tmnpm'ary quarters was augmented by the fact that the Freshman department vzls situated about two squares from the Senior depart- ment. Having prepared and equipped the available class-mom spacv, WC postponed all other necessary arrangements until registration day. which was set for Monday, September 17. 305 sludonts registered. Then the tthoad-scratchingii hogan. Several factors served to intensify the ditticultios. Our tompoun'y quarters. were limited in space. Thc ticxihlo, elective programs of study, prescribed for the archdioccsan high schools gave us litllc lllargin in tho arrangcmcnt 0f the huur-plan. The sopuiatiuu 01' the junior and senior departments made it necessary to retain certain teachers exclusively for each department. as little time was allowed between classes. The division into classes of the heavy Freshmen enrollment presented a perplexing situation. Furthermore. a number of students had already taken some 01' the branches of study specified by 0111' pl'og'ams of study. Novortheloes, by some logordonmin manipu- lation, we finally succeeded in bringing 0111p and arrangement out of this perplexing chaos. 0n the day following registration the student body filed into St. Clomcnt Church, where a Solemn High Mass Iittinglv inaugurated the Iii'st scholastic year of Roger Bacon High School. The Very Reverend Urban Freundt, 0.F.M., Friar Provincial 0f the Cincinnati vainco, x'zls colclrant. He was assisted by Reverend Edgar Casey, 0. F. M., as arch-pricst. Reverend Emil Bruin, O. F.M.. aw. deacon, Reverend Fcrdh inand Nil'maimx 0, F. M., as sllh-deacon, and Friar Rogcr. O.F.M., as master of ceremonicst The Friar PriestsS Choir, members 01' the high school faculty, chanted lhc devotional and inspiring ttMass of the Angels. Our first scholastic year has afforded ll's' much invaluable experience. T0 the casual observer of high sclmnl lifc, who gem tho boys arrive in the morning and leave in the evening, day in and day out, it might appear that mice the high school has been started, the rest of the Way is ttiasy sailing. The observer doean know the half of it, Yes, the day may commence with a bright and cheerful outlook; the wheels greased and running smoothly; but then somethings; unusual happens, a high school problem bobs up and often must be settled immediately. A solution there is and must hot hut often ynuill rack vour train with many a pain to find it. Anyhow, problems make high school life interesting, and thatis some consolation, as the students of mathematics I' r! y :1 F'i f f r'rhn