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

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Rev. Juvenal A. Berens, 0. F. M. Principal of Roger Bacon High School A good man was there of religion, And was a poor parson of a town; But rich he was of holy thought and work; He was also a lmrned man, a clerk, That Christes Gospel truly woulde preach; His parishens devoutly would he teach. Benign he was and wonder diligent, And in adversity full patient. hGeoffrey Chaucer from the Prologue 0f the Canterbury Tales. Pachour The Baconian

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lHH THE BACONIAN YEAR BOOK MAY I933 In This Issue: Cover ............................... Frank Leurck. 33 To the Depression ......................... The Staff Semper Fidelis ......... Rev. Jux'enal Berens, O. F. M. The Faculty . . . The Seniors . . . March of the Spartans ............ George Spitzmiller, 33 Through the Calendar ................ Richard Blum, T53 The Baconian Staff ................................ Golden Rule Days. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Leonard Gartner, ,33 Journeyhs End .................... George Spitzmiller, :33 Vacation . . . ...................... Leonard Gartner, 33 Taking Ways .................. William Bruggeman, 4'33 Touch Plays Hookey ................. Jacwb Bollmer, 33 Around and About in Five Minutes. . .The Junior Staff False Evidence ...................... Vincent Smith, ,34 Rock Garden Crazed ....... A ....... VVaIter Schneider, ,33 Thoroughbreds . . . ................ Jack B1uggeman, 34 Spartan Sports ................. ?8 gsgljgee SESQTIHCR :22 The Band . . . ....................... William Kiley, 34 Bits 0' Wit .................... Randolph ,ril'umheld, ,33 Recollections and Reflections ............. The Editor Queer Queries . ........................ Louis Hetz, '33 R. Bfing the Campus .................... Louis Hetz, 533 New Books ......................... Richard Blurm 35 Hohn Lehrter, '33 Humoresque ...................... e RichardliEr;1usch,'34 L Frank Meyer, 34 Autographs . . . ................................... Page 30 THE BACONIAN is a student pubhcation, afhiiatcd with the Catholic School Press Association and the National Scholastic Prcss kssthciation It is published six times during the year. Address: Tht laconizm 4320 Vim- Street, St. Bernard, Cincinnati, Ohio;

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IHH iiSEMPER FIDELIS m GRADUATES of 1933! You have respectfully requested that I offer you a parting message in the name of your teachers and in a personal way. The element of parting that is involved is certainly not pleasurable, even though the achievement that it implies is quite gratifying. But it is a real pleasure to have received your signifi- cant request, and it is a personal satisfaction to comply with it. Your class motto, Semper Fidelis? may not have been selected as the result of a great deal of serious thought. That it is thought- ful, however, is not to be denied. Of course, the ideal that the chosen words imply is extremely high and perhaps very impracti- cable, for actually being ttalways faithfuP, is a proud boast that few people will dare to make. But constantly, resolutely, unn dauntedly trying to be faithful presents a resolution that is both con'unendable and practicable. And in what should you be particu- larly faithful? Truly, your school life must have taught you many lessonsh none, I hope, that is not worthy of your best remembrance. But self-respect, I believe, a most comprehensive lesson, well merits to stand near the top of the list. The aim of a school is primarily to develop the mind. The end of your school days therefore, should find you richer in the fuller possession of worth-while knowledge. To a considerable extent, you have gone over during the course of your studies the experi- ences and achievements that the past has to offer. The instructive and informative facts that you have acquired and the acceptable principles of living, lifels proper values, as presented by worthy leaders of thought that you have pondered-all these, I trust, have impressed upon you the importance of developing and im- proving your minds. A love of study and an eagerness to add to your knowledge, they should always be faithfully developed and cultivated. Such activities will command the respect of others; they will likewise justify reasonable self-respect. Your hearts e all that they symbolize, your desires, your hopes, your ambitionsehave submitted to the discipline of school life. You have not been permitted to do as you please, nor have you been permitted to do things when and how you pleased, for such freedom does not lead to genuine pleasure. Your highest duties to your- selves, to others, to your country, to your Church, and to your God, which the school has persistently emphasized, have made their demands upon your personal liberty. But the restrictions that they have made have left you freer to be your better selves? Man has a dignity to maintain, a God-given dignity, which, if properly appreciated, makes him both respectful and respectable. To these high endeavors, I apply your motto, ttSemper Fidelisf May you succeed eaud abundantly e in such a noble achievement! To all of you-and for all times I extend the sincere wish: ttDominus vobiscum? Year Book, 1933 PageFive