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

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BOOK I e ADMINISTRATION V Drawing by Edward McCarthy '36 The Crusades marked +he grandes+ spiri+ual aH'ainmenf of medieval knigh+hood. Godfrey of Bouillon. Rober+ of Normandy. Richard +he Lion- hearfed - wha+ a galaxy 0F +hrobbing. glorious names! Wi+h +he sign of 1the Cross sfamped upon +heir breast. +he knigh+s journeyed fori'h +0 win +he Holy Places for Chrisf and His Church. And foday. nearly a +housand years la+er. Hue Franciscan Faihers go forHI on a similar Crusade. They seek +0 win v Cafholic youi'h +0 +he gonfalon of Chrisi and His Church +hrough +he medium of educafion. To modern youH1 +hey would say. as did Hie knigh+ Gare+h of old: Live pure. speak +rue. righ+ wrongI follow +he Chris+-else wherefore born? Tha+ is 1their message aa sys+em of educafion +ha+ informs +he mind. ennobles +he heart and s+reng+hens +he soul: +ha+ makes MEN. Page Seven

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Roger Bacon 1' yr H131-

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MOST REV. JOHN T. MCNICHOLAS. O.P.. DD. Archbishop of Cincinna+i Nine years ago. when Archbishop McNicholas came +0 Cincinna'd from Dulu+h. Minn., +here was only one Cafhalic boys' high school in the enfire ci+y. And +ha+ ins+i+u+ion. Xavier. was becoming +00 small +0 dispose of +he increasingly large num- ber of s+uden+s who applied 'For admission. The new prela+e was quick +0 +ake noficc of +hc sad V s+a+e of affairs. and wi+hou+ delay or hesi+a+ion. he organized +he efficienf diocesan high schod sys- fem of which Roger Bacon is a par1'. We are indeb+ed +0 him for our splendid. new. and accommoda+ing building. H was mainly +hrough his effor+s +ha+ +he s+uden+s of Roger Bacon have been afforded an oppor+uni+y +9 advance in learn- mg. P a y v If iy ht 5.3a