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

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During the first week of September. most of thc students soon zicuislunl themselves to the changes in daily routine brought about by the advcm of the new school year. Students svurrying about. gathering supplies, meeting new friends. buying year- books, ordering jackets, all add to a swirl of cxcilcmenL But for the senior,1hingsare diiTerent. Dsspite all the surrounding excitement. the seniors feel caught in a mood of uneasiness in early September. While the underclussmen eagerly greet the new year, the seniors are awed by their ncw ringsr surprised by their ncw-found respect joltcd by their newly-discovered responsibility, and worried about the not-sn-dislam future. For the senior, the new year brings mixed emotions and the knowledge: that it will all end a bit too soon, 28

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OPEN IN G DA T BRINGS BETTER FA CILITIES; ELE VEN H UNDRED STUDENTS TA KE ANO THER STEP 27 Roger Bacon High School had a subtle new 100k on opening day, September 6, Veteran Spartans, returning to the grind, noticed several improvements which had been wrought since the previous year. A brand new, spacious, air-conditioncd office now stood where Room 25 had once been A better type of illuminating system shed more light upon the subjects than did the old one. The faculty had undergone its annual chang- ing; and now several new teachers wandered through the hal- lowed halls of Bacon, as unfamiliar with their new surround- ings as the wave of freshmen that poured in Truly, there were physical changes; but were there mental changes. changes in the attitudes of teachers and students? For some boys, would opening day he the last time that harmony reigned between them and their teachers? Would those stu- dents assuming the mantle of responsibility as seniors accept that responsibility? The stage was set; the coming days would unfold the action.

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SEPTEMBER: ACTION IS FAST-PA CED, MOODS OF STUDENTS ARE IN CONTRAST 29