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

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ROGER BACON Well rnughl lhe words of lvllllon loe applned lo lhe surroundungs of our Hugh School ln mls nafural and supernafural elernenls l shall delann you no longer In 'lhe demonslralnon of wha? we should nor do buf slraughl conducl ye To a hullsude where I wull pounl ye oul lhe rwghl palh ol a vnrfuous and noble educahon laloornous Indeed al lhe hrsl ascenl buf else so srnoofh so green so fully of goodly prospecl and rneloduous sound on every snde lhal +he harp of Orpheus was nol more charming On an nmposung knoll, off Cnncnnnalfs mann Thoroughlare, The hnsloruc and lar famed Vane Slreef, slands Roger Bacon Hugh School Hs sacred +rus+ of frannnng and educahng young men us one o1cwh1ch we are luslly proud May lhe youfh framed here for God and Counlry carry 'rhough Isle mls sacred Ideals and lraduhons of manlu ness, sporlsmanshnp, and characlerl

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