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

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bacon receives the boys of the community, returns them to it as educated young men A factory whistle shrieks the eight A .M. warning. For about haifart hour now, students have been arriving at Roger Bacon H igh S ehool. A stream beoysflows into the building: onefeilow Sleepiiy trudges up the front walk; anatherfioats through the side door in a daze, ha vingjust learned of'todayhs Biology test; a thirdjokes with hisfriends white climbing the threejiights Ofstairs to his homeroom. From all over the Cincinnati area theypour in A they are citizens of the community. and now they are charges of Roger Bacon. A iuckyfew live within walking distance of the School: theirs is the privilege ofsleeping a little longer in the morning. Both city and school buses. chugging Lip Vine Street, bring scholar.5' who live in urban districts such as C Ii fton, A vandale, N orthside. As the coaches discharge their student passengers, they are passed by buses sailing down Vine Street, buses that transport Baeoniansfrom suburban areas I like Elm wood Place, Carthage, Loc-kt'and, and Wyoming. Winton Road, another major thoroughfare which leads to Bacon, I groans utrder the weight of vehicles carrying S partans from Winton Place. College Hill, Greenhiils, NCH, Mt. Healthy. The third important highway by which men ofBacon make their way between homehmd and school is the M illereek Expressway. which carries boys from Springdale, Wooodlawn, and Glendale. 2

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troubadour '68 1 A 4 I x I , 5; roger bacon high school

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CONTENTS S ehool L lje 4 A cadem 1'65 50 Organizations 62 A thletles 92 People These people are all cltt'z ens afflte community ofCt'ncitmati; and they are all citizens ofRoger Bacon. One young man might live across the street from school, while his bestfn'end must Ira vel ten miles to get there. One might have afather who is a millionaire, while another barely scrapes up enough Changefor lunch. But they all have one thing in common 7 they are here as part of a two- way trust, an agreement between Bacon and the community. The community sent its young men to Roger Bacon: in return, Bacon molds them into thoughtful individuals, ready to be society's leaders and hope of tomorraw. As a Catholic school, Roger Bacon has the added responsibility ofinfuslng religious training in to her pupils, offurthering their spiritual lives as well as their civic lives. The community gives; Roger Bacon gives back. A factory whistle shrieks thehve P. M . warning; the parking lot is practical! y vacant. The streets surrounding Bacon are deserted. Roger Bacon isljfrtished for the day 7 her charges have been absorbed back into the community. 3