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

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PI'ZFBCG Wifhin fhe pages of H113 book are reflecfed fine s+uden+ acfiviHes of anofher school yeara +he elevenfh year of +he school's exis+ence. +he firsf in anofher decade of ifs hisfory. WHhouf doubt Hisfory repeafs Hser or H migh+ be said Hwa'r +he same old show is going on. an old show buf l'usf as Inferesf- ing and enioyab'fe as ever wifh dhCFerenJr performers doing +he old Jnricks in a IHHe diHeren+ way. In numbers. +he presenf sfudenf body sur- passed Hwai' o$ all previous years. a s+uden+ body numbering more +han seven hundred. and hardly one wifh less qualify because +here has been more quan+i+y. Likewise. +he GraduaHng ClassaONE HUNDRED and THIRTY-FlVE-is Jrhe largesf in Hue hisfory of +he school. While ibis faci- is deserving of no+a+ion, if does noJr esfablish any jusfifiable claim for superiorify. Buf equalify is a differenf maHer! The Graduafing Class of I939. geHing i+s inspira+ion from i+s Jren predecessors. feels +ha+ if has nof become guiHy of any especial negled in endeavoring +0 live up +0 +he splendid fradifions handed down +0 +hem from He firsf decade of H19 school's hisfory. They look a+ you unflinchingly +hrough +heir phofographs. some no+ so complimen+ary. o+hers Jroo complimenfary. as Hwey record +heir sincere declara+ionz We have earnesHy +ried +0 respond credi+ably +0 +he insfrudion. H16 correcfion. +he inspira+ion afforded us by Roger Bacon High School. Page Nine

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BOOK ONE ADMINISTRATION Page Eight

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Page Ten Departing Thoughts Tempus Fugi+ e-Jrruly. fime does Hy; rheforicaily. +ha+is per- sonificafion. buf acfually +he four years a+ high school have winged +heir way +hrough our young lives. From a freshman's poinJr of view. +he four years +0 graduafion may seem very long in dura+ion. bu+ every senior looking back over his high school years. iusf wonders wi+h amazemenf as he realizes +ha+ his high school days are passed. Whaf senior. +00. is no+ regreHul +ha+ he didn'1L make beHer use of his opporfunifies during +ha+ +ime? But even an honesf-fo- goodness biJr of regreiL can be converfed info pracfical and eHecfive benefif for Jrhe iufurel H's n01 +he fad of our being gradua'res +ha+ is conducive +0 sadness; buf H's Jrhe fad of our leaving Roger Bacon High School. Growing up. i+ seems. is no+ wi+hou+ H5 pain or penalfy. In Jrhe fufure. nof everyone wifh whom we come in confad is going +0 be as friendly and considerafe as +hose wi+h whom we have been associafed during our years af high school: nof everyone upon whom we may depend or +0 whom we may furn for help will.be as unselfish and benefifing as our high school Jreachers. H has been qui+e easy ior us +0 carry on while we have been Surrounded by yoquhful friends and religious feachers. They always somehow hefped +0 furn our misfakes info lessons of insfrucfion. Our fu+ure misfakeseand who does no+ make +hem7ewill become mosHy our own affair. our own burden. Alfhough af presenf we are preHy much like fin soldiers -our mefal has n01L been fesfredewe believe +ha+ we have pofenfialifies for success, and we shall seek our opporfunifies and shall endeavor earnesHy +0 furn +hem +0 good account We frusf we've done our parf in upholding +he excellenf Jrradi- +ions so weli established by former gradua+es of Roger Bacon High School during Jrhe pasf fen years. and if we've in any way added +0 +he pres+ige of our Alma Ma+er, we're glad. RAYMOND ZIMMERMAN Edifor. I939 Troubadour