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

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mi Roger Bacon Roger Bacon wag born in llches+er. Somer- selshire. England. in I2l4. Al +he age of fhirleen he enrolled aJr Oxford Universily. where he received his Masler oi Arls degree. He Jrhen wenl lo fhe Universily of Paris. buf aHer receiving his degree. which gave him fhe aufhorify +0 ledure. he began lo advo- ca're reforms in Jreaching mefhods. He be- lieved in experimenfalion and quesfioned Jrhe reasonableness of merely believing whaf you are fold. Fervenf and religious in all his works. Bacon endeavored +0 apply all knowledge +oward Jrhe advancemenf of Jrhe Church, +he salva+ion of men. and Jrhe greafer glorificafion oi God. The one man in Paris who above all agreed wifh Bacon's mefhod 01c Jreaching was Jrhe Franciscan. Friar Perus Perigrinus cle Mari- courf. who wilhoul doubf influenced Bacon's decision +0 en+er +he brofherhood of Sf. Fran- cis of Assisi aloomL Jrhe year l250. Lal-er. Bacon made an exlensive sludy o1c +he Arabian wri+ers. and, as a resulf, dis- covered +he formula for making gunpowder which laler revolu+ionized warfare. A few years lafer, +he Papal Legale in England. Cardinal Gu cle Foulques. hearing of Bacon's renown and becoming inferes+ed in. his educalional Jrheories. asked him fo commii +hem +o wri+ing. so +ha+ he mighf be able lo help him: buf ecclesiaslical censorship prevenfed +he la++er from doing so. In l266. Jrhe Cardinal, affer he became Pope Clem- enl IV. commanded Bacon Jro send him se- creHy a wriHen ou+line of his plan. Conse-. quenHy. he compiled his encyclopedia of general knowledge. called Opus Maius, and +hen composed +he Opus Minus. and sub- sequenfly. a Jrhird work. Opus Terfium. Roger Bacon is known lo modern limes as Dodor Mirabilis. He was a masier of all lhe belfer known sfudies. including physics. chemislry, malhemafics. philosophy. many languages. aslronomy. and Jrheology. He was an inlelleclual gianl, Jiar ahead of his Jrime. a humble Franciscan. lailhlul lo Jrhe Church and his Order in spile of general misunder- sl'anding and Jrhe aHempled resfrainf upon He died July ll, I292. his excessive zeal.

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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

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Page Twelve The Mosf Reverend John T. McNicl'Iolas. O.P.. S.T.M. Archbishop of Cincinnafi ln counlries of mixed creeds. a heavy burden Weighls upon Calho- lics, who under +he guidance of +heir Bishops and wilh flue indelalig- able cooperafion of +he clergy supporf Calholic schools af +helr own expense; +0 H115 +hey feel obliged in conscience, and wifh a generosily and consfancy worll'ly of all praise. Jrl'ley are firmly delerminecl lo make adequale provision for wha+ Huey Openly profess as +heir moHo: Calholic educainn in Calholic schools for all Calholic youlh. Encyclical: ll'Clm-sfian Edumfion. of Youth? Pius XI.