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

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Four years ago we en+ered Roger Bacon High School as a large group of wide-eyed and Hm- orous freshmen. Swi'H'ly +hose four years have sped by. and foday a hundred and six s+uden+s prepare +0 leave +he school as i+s ninfh graduafing class. +he Class of I937. During +hese four yearsl we have accumula+ed many fond memories' memories of some of +he happiesf days in our young lives; and we have formed many friendships. all of which we hope will confinue long aHer our graduaHon. We've grown in +hese 'Four yearsephysically and men+ally; and we've been enriched th genuine principles and IoHy ideals oi: living. Only now as we prepare +0 leave Roger Bacon do we begin +0 realize wha+ an immeasurable debi' we owe Jthose pries+s and +eacher's who have devo+ed +heir Hme and service +0 us +ha+ we migh'r ob+ain +he full benefits of a Ca+holic educaHon. Our obliga+ion of sincere. prachaI grafH'ude does no+ end bu+ commences wi+h +he graduaHon exercises. H is +he purpose of +he Troubadour. no+ perhaps nowI law? in Ia'l'er years. +0 serve as a sor+ of dream boa+ bringing back +0 us +hose happy +hough+s 04: our high school days. . . .

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sant quarreling between the two Orders. The Minister-General 0f the Franciscans, Jerome de Ascoli, condemned Baconls works and suppressed his doctrines. It was not necessary to look far for an excuse for Baconls condemnation, for his name had been darkened by rumors of heresy and sorcery caused by his mysterious experi- ments in alchemy and other sciences. Also, Bacon had incurred the ill will of his fellow brethren because he had attacked many notable ecclesiastics mercilessly in his works. Therefore. the Minister-General of the Friars Minor imposed upon him as a pen- alty, a ten year suspension from the office of teaching. Finally released from this pen- alty by the death of Friar Jerome in 1292, Bacon unclaunteclly began his iCompendium Studii Theologiaef but owing to his death on July 11, in the same year, that work was never completed. Today, Roger Bacon stands out as a most brilliant and remarkable genius, known to modern times as uDoctor Mirabilis. He was a master of all the better known studies, including physics, chemistry, mathematics, philosophy, many languages, astronomy and theology. He had the abilitytto think clearly and logically, and also the power to teach what he knew. These qualities combined with a gifted pen and a fiery strength of purpose. caused Bacon to stand out from the crowd as sensationalea born leader, capable of praise where it was merited and crushing in his opposition. when he consid- ered it justihable. His many important dis- coveries, his correction of the errors of the calendar, and particularly, his method of experimentation to verify his theories, illus- trate the towering genius of Roger Bacon. There is no part of the world that has not been affected by the results of one or more of Bacon's discoveries. Because of his wide influence upon science and educa- tion. the whole world today is familiar with the illustrious name of Roger Bacon, and marvels at the man who sacrificed a lifetime in an attempt to dispel human ignorance and to End out the truth about science. He was a truly great man, an intellectual giant far ahead of his time, and yet he was a humble, believing and devoted Franciscan friar, faithful to the Church and the Order of the Friars Minor in spite of general mis- understanding and his natural tendency to extreme impatience with those who, at times aclvisedly and at times inadvisedly, attempted either to restrain him in his purposes or to moderate his excessive zeal in their accom- plishment. Page Ten

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. . . . In our classrooms dur- ing Hme four years, we saf and Iisfened and recifed and someHmes ius+ +alked: each desk and chair. each nook and corner of +he room became more familiar from day +0 day. Meanwhile, graduaiion consiani'ly loom- ed ahead of us as a goal. always hazy and seemingly far 0H. yef each dismissal bell was bringing us a si'ep closer +0 1419 end of our high school days. . . . . Page Twelve . . . . How offen have we no+ walked +hrough fhe beau'l'iful. spacious. grey-marbled lobby +0 or from our classes? Fre- quenHy. we wenf +here +0 scan +he Bullei'in Board: oc- casionally, our hips +0 +he Main Lobby led us +0 +he school office +0 give excuses for Jrardiness 6+ classes or for absence from school. and someiimes for oh. well! All's well +ha+ ends well.