St Xavier College - Xaverian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Twenty-lwo THE XAVERIAN NEWS Our untrained but lusty voices swelled the volume Of hlirrahsl at the I'get- together meeting t h i 5 year. It was our first col- lege festivity, and with pride We shouted it. Now. to our trained minds and hearts, the un- pretentious o c c a s in n to which we have looked back often; means something far abbve the trivial. The oc- casion of pur first introduc- tion to higher English edu- cation will always remain a red letter day to i the members of the English classes. Looking forWard with a little awe to the'heights of correct usage, we real- ize that if tomorrow is to be a day of hope. today must be a day of thought. Of course, thought of the present and for the future is what is expected of us. but we need and like to preface it with a little . thought of the pest. Our work has been more seri- ous than ever, and our play more light-hearted. because we have carefully learned that balance which will be essential to our equilibrium of speech after we leave our Alma Mater. ENGLISH CLASS, SCHOOL OF COMMERCE AND SOCIOLOGLY

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THE XAVERIAN NEWS V Tweniymne Who says the Freshman Accounting class is not the most wide-awake and pep-- piest one at St. Xavier? Surely not Mr. Brendel, for theykhave led him'a merry chase during the whole of theifirst 'yea'r'. Oh; boy, remember the elec- tion! Who says they have not a dramatic tempera; ment? If you do, you have not heard Cahroski argue agency and contracts in Mr. O'Merak class. Dare I mention our Eght- ing spirit, 0 Sophomores? Surely you have felt the 'full force of it at the drink- ing fountainJ Who says we are not strong for ath- letics? Not the Athletic Council, we hope. for we were at all the games. and did four-flfths of the root- ing, too. That's why Xavier won! Take care, upper-classmen. if the class of I926 proceeds,as it has Started, and I know it will. you had better look to your laurels, ' , Last September St. Xavier College of Com- merce and Sociology once more threw open wide her doors and invited allto en- tertand drink of the foun- tains of knowledge. About forty ambitions young peo- ple assembled in Room 212. the abode of the bookkeeping class. Here they began their course courageously, w i t h a knowledge of bookkeeping iii the far, distance. Each night saw practi- cally one hundred per cent attendance in the book- keeping class, but if the students were faithful it Was due to the untiring ef- forts of their loyal teacher, Mr. Burns. He it was Whomade each lesson a pleasure instead of a task, and by his interesting lec- tures helped the evenings to pass so quickly. Before we realized it the mid-year eXaminations were at hand, and these Students. certainly BOOKKEEPING CLASS, SCHOOL OF COMMERCE AND SOCIOLOGY came through wrth colors ' . . Hiing. It is certain that the majority of the class Will meet bookkeeplng class of 1922 wtll always remember the again next September in Erstyear accounting. Butgewhether hours' spent at old St. Xav1er With a feeling of- pride and or not circumstances permit their return, the students of the loyalty.

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THE XAVERIAN NEWS Twenly-three AD-SALES CLASS 1921-1922 IFE. in the Class in Advertising and Saleemanship, during the semesters of 'Zl andV'ZZ ,wastm'arked by a degree of faithfulness not .Surpassed by any of the classes in the preceding seven years of cheerful opportunity. The class mortality this year was the smeliest in its history, and the. aiverage attendance the laigest. More like one big family than anything else, the Ad-Sales Class sessioxie were filled with a spirit of genial fellowship that made for a' greater degree of ease bf manner and selify-li'yossiessiont which inithemselves are assets of good salesmanship. The class was fortunately hofheerecl. It was the Ad-Sales .crowd that pioneered in class organization, and the leaders during the past year were President, E. J. Catdner; Vice-Presideht, Miss Elsie A. Gentsch; Secretary, Richard E. Montgom- ery, and Treasurer, Miss Margaret MeCarthy. w . To stayiaway from an Ad-Sgles session was just like missing a meal in which some fqurite dish was 'sure to be served. It 'was one of the members of a past term who callethd-Sales: The Class of A Hundred Businesses, and it is also splendidly defined aslythe birthplace of self- cohfidence. As a place of prepatation for the ambitious it holds a unique position that educatio'n. . . . Every one of the thirty nights of class actlvmes ?os- sessed some degree of helpfulness; but there were evenings is all its own in the field of V that will'have as bright a place in memory as the evening star on a June night. Red letter nights were as thick as twinklers along the Milky Way. History was made By this year's AdSales Class. The eveningiin Advertiser? Hall when the staff of The Procter and Collier Company provided a program of rare interest was in itself higher edu- cation in advertising from the angle of the advertising agency. Souvenirs that were examplesof the art of Procter and Collier Press were given. and the plan is to make this visit to Procter and Collier a part of every class curriculum. , The welcbme to the class given by the Advertisers' Club at the Literaiy Club headquarters was epochal; and the Xaverians made a wonderful impression. Ren Mulford, 'Jr., B. J., instructor of the class. de- : lighted to bresent some of the most distinguished exponents of Advertising and Salesmanship. and their addresses to the class were like ripened grain from the rich granary of suc- cessful experience. Among those who contributed to this matchless program were Charles Edgar Wilson, Harry J. Esterman, Benjamin F. Sexton, Joseph D; Englebert, Harry J Plogstedt, E. H. Enck, Jesse M. Joseph, C. A. Radford. Harrison S. Multord, Frank J. Rowell. W, H. Kaufmann, Albert Noelcke, George W. Preston, Cordoil E. Small. Henry M. Zimmerman, Clarence W. Payne and others.