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

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well know. Oh yes, lest I forget, every dark cloud has a silver lining, and the more painful the experience, the greater the joy in passing through it successfullyie provided, of course, you really do weather it. That master-piece of architecture that meets your gaze on the foregoing page is the building in which we shall begin our second scholastic year. Many a-time and oft during the past year, have we sighed to be in our new building; yet anticipation heightens the joy and pleasure of realization The new Roger Bacon High School building will be an unique specimen of exquisite Lombardy architecture. The Franciscan coat of arms supported by the all-emhracing Franciscan shihboleth ttln Sunctity and Learningti surmounts the arched main entrance. The open spaces seen between the windows of the second and third floor will hear the symbols of Language, Rhetoric, Philosophy, Music, Arithmetic, Geo- metry, Astronomy, on one side, and the symbols of the three theological virtues of Faith, Hope. and Charity, and the four cardinal virtues of Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, and Temperance, 011 the other side. The Franciscan slogan ttIn Sanctity and Learning epitomizes and concen- trates these symbols of virtue and erudition. On each side of the main entrance Will he the main stairway leading up to the first floor. The chemistry and physical laboratories with adjacent lecture rooms are on the ground floor, as are several other classrooms. Toward the rear, the ground floor becomes the basement where the lockers and showers are located. Here also are the fan room, boiler room, kitchen, and storerooms. A large cafeteria takes up the rest of the ground floor and is easily accessible from the four entrances and convenient to the kitchen. 0n the first floor from the main lobby. access is had to the admin- istration rooms. Corridors branch off leading to the classrooms at the left and right. Directly in front of the main lobby will be the combination gymnasium and auditorium which will be the largest in the Catholic high school group. This room will be about ninety feet square and will have a seating capacity of a thousand for athletic events. The second Floor. i,e., the third floor front and the second fioor rears will have a lecture hall, with study halls at each end, arranged to permit being thrown into one large room. The classrooms are also arranged so as to permit their being made larger 01' smaller as occasion demands. The corridors are lined on either side with lockers for the students. Toilets and storage rooms are located 011 each floor to the rear. The entire building, with its thirty-twu rooms, will be fire-proof throughout, having undergone inspection by the State Board and National Fire Protection Association and been approved. The exterior Will have. a granite base with stone facingon the. ground floor and pressed brick with stone trimming 0n the second and third floors, and will be crowned with a stone cornice all around the building. Aside from requirements made by the State, the design has been governed by its adaption to educational needs! to safety, healthfulness, expansiveness, t0 flexibility, to convenience, to durability, to athletic iitness and economy. UNUs EX PBAECEPTORIBUS. Pays Simtemt

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