St Xavier High School - Tiger Yearbook (Louisville, KY)

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string line-up on the l.V. football and basketball toarns. lt's a wonderful body conditioner, climb- ing those steps. The portable was the real cen- tor of activity, any activity of man or nature. When the weather decided to take a dip to- wards zero, the Doghouse seemed to be the cfoldest part of the ampus. Then the boys in iff flew by the doghouse, But Freshmen have the rnost fun of anybody, because they're new and they know it and try to make the most of ii. Wpell, it's overp rny first year at St. X. Whale over happens to ine during the rest of my years here at X rriay be more exciting and more enjoyable, but l'll never forget my Freshman year in the Doghouse. Everyone who has had any connection with the school will know what the Doghouse is. lt holds two frosh classes, usually lA and lB. Students tell scores of storys and tales about the irnmortal institution. 'l'hey say the ink freezes on the cold days and that every tiny breeze shakes its walls. lfvory day at approximately the same time, the heaters spray hot water over the whole roorn. These tales may be hard to believe, but They aro actually true. Even though the Dog- house has its faults, every fellow who has spent a year in it can look back on a group of fun- loving boys having a wonderful time. The well used books and equipment ol the Freshman Year were lamlllar to us all, for we all saw the light ol Xavier over these Gateways to Knowledge . The Frosh members of the Camera Club are. backrow. S. Harp. I. Yann, R. Baumqartel. I. Voor, front row. E. Miller, D. Coen. I. Gerry. and R. Neel. The members ol the Xavler News Stall lrom the Freshman Class are I. Allen. T. Mahoney, T. Schoen, A. Cassidy, and D. Baird. Suspense! The boys from IH are deeply engrossed in the mystery ol the disappearance ol Smoe.

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S, tt i Class IA struggles through the daily Algebra period. At the board demonstrating their ability to solve the mysteries of the Arabians are D. Logsdon, D. Baird, R. Vardiman, and B. Hawkins. Www. ,, , f,f,,' 'W ,..,.jfT?.If , ,.,,L,, ,. r i I ,-5 . r , i 'W A QW I Doodge wrote it. the boys in IA Translate it. The first de- clension holds the attention of D. Rudolph. L. Kaelin. and R. Fultz. Brother Sylvan pronounces iudgment on the Past Passive. HEHE WE ST DIED fl D BREW Green Freshmen! Green Freshmen! We were just beginning our time at The Sen- iors were leaving school. The juniors and Sophomores were also old men. We still had the whole thrill of going to Saint X. We were still enjoying the new methods and new sur- roundings. That first day we had to go to Freshman Hall was the best . . . Remember? . . . We came in that back door.. There were strange faces all around us and we looked upon each one with wonder and possibly a little childish antagonism. We hoped to get to know them. We had already formed opin- ions about some of them. Generally we were wrong and were glad to be proven wrong. The classes i nthe Hall ran from 1G to ll-l. The class sessions were strange to us. We tried to understand why, just when the class got interesting, the Brother would leave. Then we would be confronted with a new personality, a new subject, a new Brother. The subjects were not allowed to run together as they some- times did in Parochial School. lt was also a help to know that if we came up short on the homework we would only be with that Brother for an hour or forty-five minutesg but what hould happen in that hour! Lunch was the crowning point. We were allowed only a half- hour in which to exchange wise remarks and tell the latest jokes. lf we were fortunate enough to be placed in one of the lower-lettered classes then we had to climb three flights of stairs to participate in our daily round of Thiesen and McCoy and Dooge. Most of the boys who trotted the sev- enty odd steps were found to be in the first

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HEHE WE PH YEIJ, ST DIED AND PL YEIJ The Freshman of l947 will pass on into the other three classes: they will meet new class- mates, new Brothers, and run into new people and personalities. But as it is said, first im- pressions are strongest . Those hours and minutes that we spent as Freshmen will live on and be retold many times, as Alumni of Saint Xavier meet and reflect on the times spent as students at the crowning glory of St X, Freshman Hall! New faces will take our places next year in the old classes, but for all of us the Freshman Year of l946-47 will hold many happy memories. The subiect ot this picture will be known only to those in it. The obiect that has the interest ot the Frosh in the picture is being enioyed by them. as only Frosh can enioy something. So, trozen here tor posterity are a few ot the treshmen of St. X in 1947. The Freshman year sped by very fast. At the time we had no conception that we would someday look back and think of that year going fast . The first day we entered Fresh- man Hall, or the Doghouse, we saw a future of hard work, of wasted time, and of great things when we became Seniors. Now we can These freshmen are working at homework as only Frosh who have loads of it, do. They aren't really worried about the amount they have, tor haven't you heard that only geniuses are allowed into St. X. look back and think of the things we should have done. We wish, and at the time we did our best, that we could do it over again and really burn ourselves out on our studies, or possibly go out for more sports sooner, or try to impress others that we knew more than we let on. We went through our first pain of hav-