St Xavier High School - X Ray Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

Text from Pages 1 - 136 of the 1937 volume:

ST. XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL l; u g 4' T u' u The Old Sycamore S+ree+ Building has become a CincinnaH Landmark Published by THE SENIOR CLASS 5+. Xavier High School Cincinnafi. Ohio Page Three Page Four Reverend Joseph P. DeSmedt SJ. Reverend Francis P. Bungar+. SJ. Reverend Edward J Colgam S.J. Rev'erend Alphonse L. Fisher. SJ. Reverend L. A. Maierowski, SJ. Reverend John E. Reardon. SJ. Mr. and Mrs. C; J. BischoFF Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Busse Mr. James R. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Connelly Mr. and Mrs. James W. Farrell Mr. and Mrs. John J. Flynn Mrs. T. J. Forschner Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Gilligan Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Harf Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Hoenemeyer Mr. A. G. Hoffman Mrs. J. Ralph McCafferfy Mr. and Mrsl Charles McDonald Mr. and Mrs. Vicfor T. O'Brien Mr. and Mrs. James B. O'Donnell Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Schmidf Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Shannon Dr. and Mrsl Rudolph Siegel Mr. and Mrs. George W. Sfeenken Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Wilson PATRONS AND PATRONESSES Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Dr. Dr. NW and Mrs. Edward Auberger and Mrs. Vincen+ H. Beckman Rober+ Benkeser and Mrs. Henry B. Brueggemann and Mrs. James J. Durkin Henry Eckes T. F. Edwards Charles J. Farrell, '20 and Mrs. D. P. Foley Miss Dorofhy FoJey Miss Elizabefh Foley Mr. Harry D. Fohay Mrs. Fox Mr. Mr. Mr, Mr. Mr, Mr, Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Geiger and Mrs. G. C. Greiwe H. Herringer Harry J. Hocks and Mrs. J. G. Kassleman Anfhony Kehm and Mrs. R. Lenzer Jerome Luebbers and Mrs, W. D. Meader and Mrs. G. J Norfmann and Mrs. L. A. O'Brien R. Radin and Mrs. H H Riekelman George C RHey and Mrs. John Scanlon and Mrs. E J. Smffh Alberf Trau+h and Mrs. Ausfin J. Welch, Sr. and Mrs. John Ziepfel Page Five P a g a Size Rev. Joseph C. Biisfein. SJ. DEDICATION To Faner Joseph C. Bils+eim S.J.. our Principa1 and our Friend. we. Hwe graduafing class mt i931 grafefully dedicafe fhis Annual GBQDNCJIHIBNGJIFS SETTING m CLASSES m SPORTS m ACTIVITIES m GRADUATES ID ADVERTISING Page Eight FOREWORD We conceive of educafion a'r Si. Xavier High School as an asceni from fhe darkness ihaiL is ignorance +0 ligh+ +ha+ is knowledge. The school is Hie sum of ifs paris; and as +he sfucien'r has confacf wi'rh each of +he iniegrai parfs he is advanced so far on his ascen+ +0 +he iighi. Each phaseiciass room. aciiviiies. hspiriiual, in+eilec+ual. or physicalgplay +heir parf as he climbs +he sieps in approach +0 knowledge's gleam a+ fhe culminaiion. His educaiion is fhe developmen+ oi +he whole man. Throughou+ his years ai Xavier he is faughi +0 reach for +he higher Jrhings. +0 seek ihe Iighf +ha+ is knowledge. ihe lighiL ihai is frui'h, +he lighi JrhaJr is +he love o'F +he Divine Masfer Who is Ali Knowledge. Who is All Tru'rh. The Theme of fhis book. Jrhen. is fhe siu- deniis rise from darkness +0 ligh+ +hrough a full educaiion ai Sf. Xavier High Schooi. i 712dk ,$ 5' Q'st ET ff . V ' '77U x'h4d J. For an ample cenfury Sf. Xaviefs has sfood, and +hus Kong has she given access Jro aH comers foward +rue learn'mg. Jn +he SeHing we Include +he scene of H19 ascenJr fhe Guides In the ascent Page Niue The Enhance Page Ten The Main AH'ar in Hue S+uden+s' Chapel Page Eleven Page Twelve Rev. A. J. Diersen, SJ. Presidenf The efforfs of your High School Days have been crowned wirh success. your Graduafion. Our sfnceremL congrafulafions. Your Com- mencemeni' Exercises mark Hie beginning mt a more serious sfage in life. The Presidenf and Factu sincerely hope +ha+ similar success will accompany you 'In your fufure Iife. May you always abide by fhe principles faugh'r you by +eachers whose unselfish inieresfs have been your femporal and efernal welfare. They have worked +0 pass on +0 you Chrisr's Teachings safeguarded +hrough +he ages by His Church. May God bless you one and all. A. J. DFERSEN. SJ. The Reverend Joseph C. Bils+ein. S.J. Princioay You are leaving +he halls 01C dear on Xavier and may God speed you on your way in life. Carry akncf fhe high Ideals of your Ca+hoHc Jesui+ +raining. and make +he world a beHer place by your fidelHy +0 du+y and your respecf for law. bofh civil and divine. JOSEPH C. BiLSTElNl S.J. Page Thirteen FACULTY Fa+her Daly. S.J. Fa+her Barfon. S.J. FaH'Ier McGeary. S.J. Fa+her BrownI S.J. Fa+her Die+zI S.J. FaH'Ier Maierowski. S.J. Fafher Vaughan. S.J. Fafher Gallagher. S.J. Fa+her Murphy. S.J. Page Fourteen FACU LTY Fafher Geheb. S.J. Fafher SmH'h. S.J. Mr. Gelin. S-J. Mr. LoHus, S.J. Mr. NiepoHe. S.J. Mr. Murray S.J. Mr. Sullivan. S.J. Mr. Conrafh. S.J. Mr. Kelly. S.J. Page Fifteen FACU LTY Mr. Marcaccio Mr. Mackin. S.J. I 1 X w Mr. Brennan Miss Vierling Mr. Schaefer :I Mr. McCann Page Sixteen '1' rr' '5- '. f 3.; 7- . 7- 2. xx:- - ' ll! :rfm AEX 1 u' 1 44: ::5'.: - ' -m u -- nlMKn-l ml! E ikwckw .14, MM 3 . v H . 9' . . ,, ' -- i I 1-1'$ The sfudenf .enJrers upon fhe scene. The Wighf aH-racfs: The sfudenf would rise +0 it Xavier's currlculum lending access. Page Seventeen CLASS OF ONE A George Fisher, Class Presiden+ Richard Madin Class Honors Uzirsf Semesferl Top wow Post, Neubauer, Nutini, Mr. Kelly, S.J., Brickler, Fisher, Bosken. Thi'rd row Ko1ker. Goetz, McSweeney, Brians, Schmidlin, Martin, Brinkmann. Second row Murray, Donahue, McKitrich, Weber, Cahill, Nolan, Rieckleman. Front ruuv Fox, Feck, Anthony, Burke, Hiltz, Schneider, Foley, Heimbrock. Sahlfeld. Freshmen are only Freshmen, ye+ fhis Class of '40 deserves a high piece among Hwe sfudenf body of 5+. Xavier. From Pleasan+ Ridge +0 Price Hill, from F1: Mifchell +0 COL lege Hill. fhey came f0 unife Info 6 class o1c young boys defermined +0 acquire a real Ca'rholic educafion. Their own seH-confidence spurred +hem on fhrough +his firs+ hecfic year. They came f0 know and undersfand +heir professors and +0 work wifh +hem in perfec'r harmony. Every member of our class was ready and eager +0 join +he Junior Sodalify, which is under fhe able direcHon of Fa+her Majerowski. In fhe ca5+ of +he Chri5+mas play given by Page Eighteen fhe Sodali+y. our class was represen+ed by Joseph Brickler, Rober+ Brinkman, Roberf 3054 ken. Hugh Murray. and Louis Nu'rini. More +han fwo-H'Iircls of our class compe+ed in +he preliminaries of +he eiocu+ion confeer. and in +he finals of +his evenf George Fisher was awarded second place. The Junior Foofball Team included Goefz. Heimbrock. Peck. and Murray. Joseph Brickier was our only con+rii bufion 10 +he Varsify Baske+ball Team. Louis Nani is on Jthe basebaH feam. In +his Spring of I937 our class sfands welded +ogefher in a friendship +ha+ will carry all Hwough our four years as s+uden+s 0? 3+. Xavier High. CLASS OF ONE B William Connelly Class Presidenf Nelvin Jana. Class Honors Uzirs+ Semeshm Tap row - Latscha, Klein, Deins, Mr. Kelly, S.J., Rottinghaus, Connelly. Third row-F Burke, Heekin, Vogelsang, Martin, Grollig. Beck, Bankemper. Second row Reusch, Lemper, Schroder, Gray, Kuschill, Piepmeyer, Greiwe, Halbig. Front frow Fischer, Doherty, Doerger, Meyers, Luebbers, Kroger, Lange. Jana. Lasf September marked our in+roducfion +0 Xavier High School. We enfered +he ven- erable ins+i+u+ion as freshmen; we were ac- cepfed. counfed. sorfed. and a number of us 6 congenial group recovered from +he ini+ial confusing busHe +0 find ourselves labeled I-B. We found Fafher Bilsfein 00 cupying +he Principal's office. Ever since H16 M'vssion Collec+ion began our claSS is proud +0 say +ha+ H has always been foremosf in generosH'y. This class was represenfed in +he boxing Jrournamenf wi+h Two pugilis+s. Paul Vogelsang and Herman RoHinghaus. +he IaHer also pi+ching For Hie baseball Jream. Among +he gridiron s+ars +he faces of Heekin. Burke and Kroger were prominent John L. Fischer supplied +he laughs. MomL of our class parfici- pafe in +he Junior Soda!i+y. Glee Club. or Acolyfical Socie+y. Page Nineteen CLASS OF ONE C Joseph DeCourcy. Class Presidenf John Bedel. Class Honors wFirs'r Semesfed Top row-Thuman, Schomaker, Mittlehauser, DeChristopher, Derrick, McKee, Father Geheb, SJ, Thi'rd roweBedel. Kelley, Gilday, Pund, Parr, Tenhundfeld, Widell, Burns. Second row-McErlane, Heheman, Oberting, Walsh, Torbeck, Ranz, Wernke. Front roweMeiners, Pater, Eckei't, DeCourcy, Ryan, Carroll. Frieling, Roth. Wifh +he fall came +he opening of school as wefl as +he s+ar+ of Hweir career for +he numerous freshmen. I-C responded immed- iafely +0 H16 call for candidafes for H19 junior foo+ball feame havfng +wo candida+es. Ten- hundfeld and Fund. worfhy of awards. In +he Chris+mas Play we were well represen+ed wifh Pund, Rofh. Gilday, Heheman. and Wernke. Page Twenty While +hi5 supreme even? was sfill in +he cash ing, Pund, Tenhundfeld. Rant and Oberding placed in 'rhe lineup of fhe junior baskefball squad. We were successful in selling +he +o+al of I40 books as our quofa for +he May Fe+e. Wi+h +his culmina+ing achievememL we sincerely +hink +ha+ +h'ls year was a good and prosperous one for all. CLASS OF ONE D Joseph Wehby, Class Presiden+ Joseph Wehby. Class Honors tFirsf Semeered Top rmw-Busch, Helmets, Tedesco, Lang, Battaglia, Fr. Gallagher. Third row? Evans, Schlinkert, Linzw Steinmetz, Hater,'Holtman, Bunker- Second row;Nortman, Humbert, Witt, Steenken, Carl, Kuhlman. Bottom trowWBrennan, Ryan, OwBrien, Schweer, Wehby, Schneider, Soellner, The official hisfory of Class l-D begins wifh Hie itirs1L day of school and fhe infroduc- Hon of +he class +0 fhe professors and vice versa. The class was in+roduced first f0 Fr. Brownl S.J.. who was our Jreacher of Algebra: +hen +0 Mr. O'Leary, our Jreacher of Ancienf and Medieval Hisforyw Then followed an in- frodudion +0 Fr. Gallagher. S.J.. our Lafin and Religion Jteacher and aiso +he spirHual adviser of H18 class. Fr. Gallagher was also our homeroom teacher. Finally Hwe class was En+roduced +0 Mr. Moore. professor of Eng- lish. Tedesco was baseball capfaini and Bob Humberf was elecfed Hie cap+ain of fhe class baskefbaH team. Norwood rolier rink was +he scene of a large parfy from l-D when Sf. Xavier held a skaHng parfy +here in February Many of +he class of I-D are members of the Junior SodalHy. Joseph Wehby and Jos- eph BaHagglfa fook par+ in +he produdion 07t H16 Chrisfmas Play. Charies S+einme+z of ID won Jrhe annual freshman eiocufion conJresf in March. He also organized an English Club in Hue IaHer parf of H1e year. All +hrough +he year a real and +rue class spirhL prevailed fhe class as H should. le corresponded in everyfhing and +hey feel +ha+ +heir panL has r101L been I619L undone. Page Twenty-one CLASS OF ONE E Win'ron Barnes. Class Presiden+ John Kelly, Class Honors Ulirsf Semes'red Top row Jones. Drain, Duffy, Schlosser, Scott, Fr. Brown. Third trow Kelly, Kummer, Summe, Cappell, Mountain, Braun. Second rrow Edwards, Trautman, McSorley, Barnes, Jacob, Mahoney, McCarthy. Bottom rowuVerkamp, O Neil1, Condon, Strauss, Huster, 0 Hara, Gohs, Montesi. l-E 'Is on Hwe second floor. room No. 233. H is a room composed of +wenfy-six boys, AJr fhe begfnning of ?he year Win+on Barnes was elected presidenf of +he class and Edward Jones. Capfain of H13 afhlefics. The 50er ball league of +he school ended wifh l-E 5+ +he head of We Hsf, and H15 baskefba feam wenf +0 +he semi-finals in He infrarnural league. Our +eachers are Mr. Kelly Englishy Fr. Gal- lagher La+in and ReligionL Mr. LoHus Mis- foryL and Fa'H'Ier Brown Hvkrkhjr H19 besf group 01C feechers +0 feach any single class. in our es+Imafion. Page Twenty-two Leffermen of l-E are Jay O'Hara, iunior foo+ball and manager of baskefball: Jim Mounhain, junior foo+ball and swimming; Alvin Traufmann. iunior baske+ball and +ennis: Terry McSorley. junior foofball: Low Cappell. junior baskeiball: Dan Mahoney. iunior baskefball: Gene Schiosser; Hack. and Ed Jones, Reserve baske+balL foofball and baseball. Jack Kelly. Alvin Trau+mann and Rober+ S+rauss par+ici- pafed En flue Freshmen Elocufion Con+es+. Six men of Hue claSS received Hrsf honors and +en second honors aJr mid-year. Every sfudem in Hue class had He good forfune 01c passing. CLASS OF TWO A James Doran. Class Presidenl William Dierker. Class Honors lFirsf Semesferl Top row-r-Feldman, Sweeney, Vignale. Schrimpf, Riesser, Bishop. Third rowe Kroger, Giesting, Wiethorn, Fedders, Hogan, Burdick, Davis. Second rroweDoran, Clark, Stautberg, Bohrer; Helm, OlBrien, Schmidt. Front roweZiepfeI, Abrams, Matthews, MiddendOI-f, Dierker, Giovanetti, Rice. From +he Freshmen classes of '35-'36 fhe ingredienls were faken: inJro +he melling pol were ?hrusf. mixed and mingled. and from fhe mel+ing pol came Z-A. +he llnesl group of young men one would ever expec'r +0 have as classmares and pals. Be+ween each and every boy a hearly bond of friendship and com- radeship exisls. Al +he beginning of Jrhe school yearn Jimmy Doran was chosen class presidenf and Bill Rice viceepresldenl. Bill Dierker and Joe Sweeney mighl be called co-freasurers as Bill handles +he mission collecl'ion and Joe the money +ha+ +he class conlribules foward various proiecl's. We enjoyed a good season of inrramural sporfs. Bill Gieang was +he baseball cap+ain. Our baseball Jrealm +hough no+ finishing on 1he Jrop of +he league made a good showing and afforded a wealth of enjoymenl and rec- rea+ion +0 all parficipafing. Our baskelball leam, under coecapfains Jim Hulh and Ed Hogan fared quire a bif belfer. for we won Jrhe championship of fhe Junior division of the noon league. We also had a goodly number of repre- senfalives on school reams. Five of our boys. Bill S+ou+berg. Joe Sweeneyl Jim Clark. Jack Burdick, and Fred Feldman were on +he re- serve foorball ream. Ecl BishOp and Bill Schrimpf were our Jrraclrmerl. The boys of 2AA are nor only a+hlefic minded. buf sludious as well Six Of +hem received lirsl' honors and some half dozen ofhers received second honors. Class honors were held by Bill Dierker. Three of +he seven boys in Jrhe sophomore elocullon confesf were lrom our class. Two ol +hem. Bill Dierker and Jim Doran lied for second place. They will receive medals as prizes in June. All In all H cerlainly lsmquile a class. Page Twenty-three CLASS OF TWO B Jack Hemmer, Class Presidenf Richard Huelsman. Class Honors Uzirsf ?emeered Tap roweWesseIman, Mr. Mt'l'l'ay, S.J., Pharo, C. Becker. Towers, Leibold, Hille- brand, Mr. Nieporte, S.J. For'rtlz ruweWittrock, Mensch. Gilligan, Huelsman, Fitz- patrick. Lang, Murphey. Third roweDiehl, Beckman, Kelly, Maloney, Thoma, Schoettmer, Topmoeller, Niemeyer. Second rowee Schraerge, Roach, Rice, Backmeyer, R. Bissmeyer, CahiIl, Lorenz, Connelly. Front troweWinterman. Hemmer, Myers, Glassmeyer, Dressman, Moran, Ruttle, Gartland, Lipps. Though fhe spirH of compeHJrion has been keen in fhe Sophomore classes of '36 and 37, Jrhe members of Z-A may poinf wifh pride +0 +heir fine record in school ac+ivi+ies, parh'cu- larly in regard +0 exfra curricufar ac+ivi+ies. In fhe field 01: afhlerics Jrhe classmen repre- sen'red on +he Reseve Foofball ream were Kelly. Gilligan. Pharo. Topmoeller, Schmerger Wesselman. Fifzpafrick. SchoeHmer. Thoma and Towers. On +he Junior roofball ream we were represen+ed by Dressman Klap'rainr Bachmeyer. Hemmer. Win+ermen. and My- erse In Baske+ball ZKB furnished such players as: ReserveseLang. Schmerge, SchoeHmer. Beckman, and Hemmer; JuniorseWinJrermen and Ruffle. Lang, Schoemer. Schmerge. and Myers were members of +he school Baseball +eam. whEle Towers and Niemeyer were on +he hack feam and Reach on +he C-lvohc +eam. Page Twenty-four Members of 2-3 showed excepfional Jralenf 3n dramafics. A majorify of fhe parficipanfs in fhe second year elocurion con+e5+ were from our class. They were, SchoeHmer Min- nerL Huelsman. Hemmer, and Topmoeller. Topmoeller also won a class con+es+ wi'rh an excep'rionally fine Chrisfmas s+ory. Schoeff- mer. Topmoeller and Huelsman were in Jrhe Chri5+mas play. O+her ac+ivi+ies in which members or 2-3 were prominen+ were: Swimming. Murphy and Fifzpafrick; Band. Lorenx and Hillebrand: Choir. Lipps and Huelsman torganisfn: Boxe ing. Deihl. Myers. Helm. Mensch and Bisse meyer: X Club. Schmerge. The class elecfed Jack Hemmer as presie denf and Dick Winferman as secrefary and rreasurer. CLASS OF TWO 0 Samuel Lis+erman. Class Presidenf Lawrence O'Shaughnessy. Class Honors lFirs+ Semesferj Tap me Schildmyer, Seubert, Ai'ata, Steenken, Grollig. Dahlenburg'. Fourth row -- Listerman, Jamming, Gilmartin, O1Shaughnessy, Schmiedeke, Fr. Vaughan, SJ. Third frow- Poulin, Splain, Herschede. R. Oberting, McCafferty, Barnes, Duncan. Second 7-ow;Meyer, L. Oberting, Beckman, Foley, G Ryan, Mulvaney, Shannon. Front row Finch, Becker, Hittner, Brannen, Wiechman. Cluxton, DiSalvo, Crone. Las+ Sepfember fhirfy-Hve Ia+ely reformed freshmen ga+hered in Room 339 +0 form fhe class of 2-C. Recruifing our ranks from Ken; fucky. Indiana and Ohio. we are somefimes called H15 K.I.O. Class. Scholachally speaking 2-C is weH up among +he leaders in sophomore year Af +he half-year fwenfy members received honors. We owe our rapid advancemenf in knowledge +0 +he unfiring eFFor'rs of our +eachers: Fr. DieJrz 3.1.. Fr. Smi+h. S.J.. Fr. Vaughan. SAL. Mr. Nieporfe. S.J.. and Mr; Brennan. We have been simi'larly prominentL and distinguished in school ac+ivi+ies. Three mem- bers of Hue class were on Hue varsify foo+ball squad. Five look forward +0 leHers in music af Hwe end of +he year. O'Shaughnessy was presidenf of +he Junior SodalH'y. Schmiedeke was a brighf s+ar on +he High School swim- ming feam. Arafa and Duncan were in H1e casf 01c Hwe school Chrisfmas p.ay. While +he inframural season failed 1'0 bring us a championship in indoor or baskeHoaH. Z-C always ,0qu up a good fithr in fhese league confesfs af noon; The close of +he year finds us all hopeful of being Jrogrt-erl'u-z-r again nexf fall. Class oFFicers for +he year were: Samuel Lis+erman, president William Shannon. vice- presidenf: and Roberf Janning secrefary- freasurer. Page Twenty-five CLASS OF TWO D John Pe+er. Class Presidenf John Pefer, Class Honors TFirsf Semes+erT Tap 'rovar. OIeary, Becksmith, Robbe, Stagge, Schulte, Father Murphy, S.J., Third roweBreslin, Bender, Moreland. Foster, A. Fritz, Willig, Harmeyer, Second row- Sedler, Herbert, Peter, Haussler, Hautz, Creed, Deinlein, Front rowe Nunner, Geise, Isphording, E. Fritz, McSorley. Hanser, Ritter, Homan, Lang. The year has been happy and successful for Two-D. a small bu+ energefic class. bo+h in sfudies and adivmes. The eHorfs of our professors have been well appreciafed. We +ake +his oppor+unify +0 +hank Fafher Geheb. Fafher Murphy. Fa+her Smifh, Mr. Glenn, Mr. Moore. and Mr. O'Leary, for all +ha+ +hey have done for us. Early in +he year John Pefer was elec'red Page Twenty-sir CTaSS Presiden+, and William Herbert Sec- re+ary. S+agge represen+ed The class on Jrhe Reserve Foofball Team and on The Varis+y Swimming feam. and Harmeyer and Pe+er on The Baseball Team. Pe+er was also our repre. sen+a+ive in +he Chrisfmas play. The Class of Two-D wish greafesf success To The I937 X-RAY. and +0 +he l937 Grad- uafes. CLASS OF THREE A Roberf Reilly. Class Presldenl Russell Clark. Class Honors lFirs+ Semesferl Tap a'owo Foulk, Muehlenkamp, Horrigan, Hauman, Blum, Clarl, Tracy, Mr. Loftus, S.J., Deye. Third rowh-Bergewisch. Aufdenkampe, Auberger, Rielly, Ritter, Crone, Warren, Ziepfel. Second rowoMentrup, P. Meiners, Ranz, Jones, Elsaesser, Hoh, R. OlBrien, Burke. Front rowoMcErlane, Soellner. McLaughlin, Schulten, Herkert, T. OlBrien, Gorrell, Mossman, Vaal. 37A s+ands af Jrhe head of +he Junior class, nol only alphabelically bul also by reason of ifs frue leadership. In a+hle+ics if had fhe unusual disfinclion of havEng af leas+ one man on every +eam. Durlng l'he loofball season we were repre- senfed by Blum and Tracy. ln Baske+bail Blum promises +0 be one of +he finesf cen+ers lo allencl X in recen+ years, O+hers on +he various +eams are: Track. Rielly and Ronz: Baseball. Jones. Garvey. Hauman and Men- +rup: Swimming. Auberger: Tennis, Burkel Horrlgan: Golf. Deye. Members ol +he Scrivener SlaH were: Horrlgan. Mossrnan, Tracy. Crone and Rielly. The band members from our class were: Vaal, McLaughlin. McErlane and Meiners. For l'he lhird conseculive year Blum was viclorlous in +he eloculion confesf. This year Bill broughl the house down wifh his piece. l'The lnmale of +he Dungeon. thers chosen +0 compels were Warren and Horrigan. l-lorrlgan was lrhe only Junior chosen for i'he Debahng Team. Earlier in fhe year we elecfed Rielly Presidenl' and Tracy Vice-presidenf. The leachers lo whom we owe much of our suc- cess are: Fr. Smilh. Mr. Lolfus, Mr. Murray. Mr. Gelln. and Mr. Brennan. Page Twenty-seven CLASS OF THREE B James Hart Class Presiden+ Roberf Benkeser. Class Honors hFirsf Semes+ed Top row e R. Duffy, Benkeser, Burkhardt. Uihlein, Schutte, Schoenig, Gruber, Bender. Fowrth mu; e Kassleman, Monahan, Tracy, Dorger, Seidenfaden, Shiels, Niesen, Grogan. Third roweStehlin, Nolan. Ostel'man, Paquet, Garrety, Meader, Hoffman, Jansing. Second wweMulhaney, Trippel, Wunderlich, J. Duffy, Moran, Brinkhaus, Hart, Mayhall. Front row e Fr. Smith, S.J., Mueller. Brungs, Farrell, Bel'ning, Landis McHugh, H. Meinel's, Branigan, Doyle, Clark. Our 5+. Xavier High School is composed of four infegral divisions: +he individual. +he class, +he grade, and +he school. The school seeks +he be++ermen+ of +he individuall and +he individual. 1hrough his ciass and grade. upholds +he school in all i+s ac+ivi+ies. The class is a dose-an group of men living in daily con+ac+ wifh one anofher. They are parfners In work. bro+hers in play. and, some- +Emes. comrades in mischief. The school rev cognizes +his infimacy and oHen calls upon +he men as a class +0 under+ake some +ask. The members of a class may s+rive for +he advanCemen+ og fhe Class. buf even more energe'Hcally do +hey work for fhe advance- men+ of +he school. for +he dass is secondary Page Twenty-eight +0 Jrhe schoo1. OHen! boys of 3-8 have of- fered +heir Hme and eHorfs +0 prove Xavier's supremacy. bofh afhlehc and academic. This class supporfs Jrhe school in varied adivihes, and Jrhe men in H have possessed +hemselves 01: an envious school spirit On +he gridiron, in Jrhe pool. on +he cinder pafh and golf linkl baskefball and fennis court in hot debafe, in +he school publicafions, behind foo+ligh+s and in +he ranks of honor s+uden+se Jrhe members of H115 class have been found. Whenever in- fense loyaHy and school spiri+ were exhibifed. +he members of Three-B were present In +he +rue sense of +he word. +hey are men of Xavier. CLASS OF THREE C Frank Zierl Class Presidenf Clifford Herker+. C1555 Honors Uzirer Semes+ed Top row Kamm, Mr. Mackin, S.J., Browna G. McDonald, Zimmer, Summe, Sullivan, Mr- Brennan. Third row Pottebaum, Wolf, Fahey, Read, Handel, Fuller, VockelL Second row R, Aufdenkampe, T. Ryan, Bittlinger, Lenzer, McKee, Chambers, Mohan. Front row Busse, Foy, Stiles, Voss, Hess, Lipps, Zier, Jung. When fhe school opened in +he IaHer part of Sepfember we found 3-C wifh abou'r +hirfy- six s+uden+sV Affer +he midyear +he number lowered fo fwenfy-fhree s+uden+s owing +0 changes in schedule. The presiden+ of +he class is Frank Zier. ' flue secrefary Thomas O'Brien. andr freasurer is Ernesf Zimmer. The leHer men are Charles Handel and John McKee for +rack: Roberf Aufdenkampe for baseball: and Jack Wolf for band. Charles Lenzer is Hwe assis+an+ manager of fhe frack Jream +his year and George Read is +he as- stanf baseball manager. Through the course of +he day we open up wifh French. English. Religion, Solid Geome- +ry, and Chemis+ry follow in +ha+ order. The +eachers for +hese respecfive subieds are Mr. Glenn -French; Mr. Murreuw-English. Fr. Murphy Religion; Mr. MackinHHisfory; Mr. Marcaccio-Solid Geometry and Mr. Bren- nan for Chemisfry. Page Twenty-n'i'ne Noon baske+ball league. Purcell Game BischoH a? pracfice Capfainiebd Monahan. Cafholic League Champion Swimmers. Bissmeyer fees OH. Also Elsaesser. The Lebanon Game. Jones obliges +he cameraman. The Boxing Tournament VarsHy Swimmers af fhe Fenwick Pool. Page Thirty Nlmu m ind 1mm I Wmm WK 1m, Ill! 1 mmmmgu,. mm 1W: MM Wm mu 4 ....-.... .77 yillllll' r w Hll'z'lisgzanl', l. I:I,'IIII06;0I .. - . . . 'r---,7fx:3$. .Ar: Maw:- : ,W ; X 1 07.72;- 31:? .2 2.2-2 l'4iz':2 gmammim' : 41: 2:: gAEEH. Ma v 1 l -3 ' ' q ' V VI - K X2 :. .l' 2K1: The mind advances f0 knowledge, bu+ fhls requires suFFrciency of bodily capabllffies. Afhleflcs are a definife, prominenJr parf of 5+. Xavier: and by fhem, +00. fhe sfudenf is helped onward, upward 2gleamward. Page Thz'rty-oue X-CLUB The XhClub is an organizalion +ha+ was formed ln l'he spring of +he year I933. Af +ha+ +lme, +he club was looked upon as a doubHul venlure. nol' af all cer+ain o'F +he leasl degree of success. However, as +he years rolled on, +he club has lound more and more lave: no+ only wi+h +he s+uden+sl bu+ also wifh fhe laculfy. The X-Club Is an honorary soclely, whose members are only fhose who have meriled a varsily monogram in any sport ln H115 way l'he a+hle+es are bonded Jrogelher more close- ly. The hardwdriving halfback whose clealed lee+ drummed oul' Xavler's power on +he grid- iron is a member. iusnL as lhe golfer who +hrilled +0 winning malches lor Xavier by a score below par. They are all members of +his a+hlelic brol'herhood. When +he'Boxing Tournamen+ was pro- posed fhe X-club encouraged H in every way. and Those members who did no+ par+icipa+e in lhe Tournamen+ were ellher referees or judges. As a promr of +he ablllly of lhe members. no faCUliy moderafor has been asslgned +0 +he club. The officers have done admirably well and have merlled lhe pralse of every facully member who aHended +he meelings. Rober+ Leonard has been honored as Presi- den'l', William Knoepfle is +he Vice-Presidenl: Allan King is Treasurer: Herberl Beck ls Sec- re+a ry. Top TaluwSchmerge, Hart, Osterman, Jacob, Hoenemeyer, Schmiedeke, Elsaesser, Winterman, Siegel. Second ruwqubbolding, Carroll, Jansing, Bissmeyer, Weigand. Brueggemann, Daley, Gl-ogan. Front row h Farrell, Bischoff, King, Knoepfie, Leonard, Beck, OlDonnell, Hanser. Page Thirty-two Coach Tom McCa nn OUR NEW COACH Coach Tom McCann came f0 us this year erom Miami. Florida, where he had spenJr sev- eral years as head coach af H19 Unlversify of Mlami and one year as Disfrfcf Direcfor of Recreafion of H15 Miami area. He has had a successful season here as fhe nex+ $ew pages will show. The sfudenfs of 5+. Xavier quickly learned +0 admire him and f0 appredafe H5 in+eres+ in +hem and his abllHy f0 coach +hem. To him +0 Fafber Dfefz. S.J.. Direcfor of A+l1- lefics. and +0 Mr. Murray. S.J., Assisianf Direcfor. we exfend our sincere Hwanks. We wish also +0 fhank ofher members 0? fhe Fac- tu who have assis+ed in coaching various haems. bofh varsHy and lunior. These men are: Mr. Sullivan. SJ.l Mre Gelin. SAL. Mr. NieporJree S.J., and Mr. Kelly. SJ. Page Thirtywtlm'ee VARSITY FOOTBALL Only eleven boys represenf our school on +he fooibaii field. Abouf iwenfy-fwo more on +he bench are ready +0 jump info fheir proper places and carry on. This leaves over four hundred of us. whose place is +0 cheer and encourage our +eam on fo vicfory. And wha+ a pleasan+ and agreeable job ours was during Jrhe season of I936! We could wave our banners highi carry our heads in fine air. and shouf +0 +he re5+ of +he high school schoiars +he fads of our boys on fine whiie. sfriped fieid. Our sfarf was none foo impressive. bu+ once our coach had discovered +he caliber of his maferial. where he could iii ibis player and +ha+ player in+o his scheme oi playl and +hen had formulaied his plays for +his ma- chine +0 puf in+o execu+ion, our +eams cmL down +he opposifion like a mowing machine in a whea+1tield. A successful season cannoi be measured only in ferms of games won and los+ bu'r raiher by +he spirif insfilled inio +he boys by Jrhe sporismanship displayed by +hem in fhe con- HimL on Hue field and by The resulfs in physical and characfer building +heir confacfs have produced. in cold figures a resume of Jrhe season shows +ha+ our +eam experienced five vic- iories and four defeafs. Figures do nof lie, bu+ when +he record +ells fha+ Jrhe four losses came in +he firsi five games. and fhaf +he four las+ games were winners, if can be readily seen +ha+ +he season's figures do no+ give credif f0 +he wonderful showing +he feam has made. Four final decisive viciories agains+ high- ciass rival compe+i+ors pu+ a glamorous finish f0 a rafher drab beginning. One of our losses, which decided +he winner of fhe Ca+ho- lic League. was +0 our fradi+ional rival. Elder: +hey were very. very lupky +0 execufe a For- ward pass +0 defeaf us by, a single Touch- down wi+h less fhan icivia minu+es of play re- maining. WiJrhoulL deiracfing from Hie glory oi Eider. our +eam would have +aken +hem in any one of ihe iasi' four games. VARSITY SQUAD Third rowanbbolding iManageri, Mr. Murray, SJ, Tracy, Burkhardt, Uihlein, Hanna, Jacob, Gilmartin, Janning, Coach McCann, Meiners iAssistant ManagerJ Second rownBischoffl Jvng, OiDonnell, Hanser, Reynolds, Co-captains Knoepiie and Leonard, King, Farrell, Winterman, Welch. Front row-Hart, Grogan, McKee, Monahan, Schmideke, Sweeney- Page TILiTty-four In all +he games Hwe boys gave +heir besl. and once +hey found +helmselves, +here was no 5+opping +hem. Co-caplain Leonard has +he enviable record of making fourleen louch- clowns +his season. Our hearliesl congralula- +lons +0 him. +0 Co-caplain Knoepfle. lhe +eam, and +he men behind +hem. Coach Whal' They Did This Year 0 S+. Xavier vs. 8+. Xavier lLouisvillel l9 7 5+. Xavier vs. Wifhrow I? I9 5+. Xavier vs. Holmes 6 0 5+. Xavier vs. Elder 7 0 5+. Xavier vs. Newporf 33 l2 Sl. Xavier vs. Cafhollc C. lSpringfieldJ 6 I9 Sf. Xavier vs. Purcell 6 20 8+. Xavier vs. Locklancl 7 45 5+. Xavier vs. Roger Bacon 0 McCann and his able assislant Mr. Murray. S.J. We also ex+end our bes+ wishes +0 +he gradualing members of our Jream. and hope Hwal Coach McCann will produce winning +eams in Hue lulure. ancl nexl year. wilh H1e help 0? +he varsil'y members and able re- cruifs. win fhe Calholic League Champion- ship. l Foofball Schedule I 937 Sept 25 Aufomo+ive at Wifhrow 0d. 1 Open Oct 8 LocklandgAway lTenha'rivel Och. I 7 Elder Home Oct 23 Chamfnade. DayfongAway Ocl. 29 v Roger Bacon Away Nov. 5 a Day+on. Ky. Away Nov. l4- Purcell-Double Header Nev. 20 5+. Xavler, L0u15ville Away Page Thirty-five RESERVE The Reserve Foo+ball Team of l936 kepf pace wifh Jthe coniemporary Varsi+y in reviv- ing a winning Jream af 51. X. Throughouf +he season +hey bore fhe Blue and While in a manner which deserves Jrhe plaudifs of Xavier roofers. Like +he Varsify +hey played wi+h The will fo win and once again +0 bring fhe Ca+holic League Reserve Trophy +0 Jrhe School. The Tacully and The sludenf body were con- fiden+ ihaf fheir goal of Jthe season would be reached aHer +heir many early successes. and +he boys failed only by inches. A deieal ai +he hands of Roger Bacon by a single point 8-7. forced Jrhem info a Close second place. FOOTBALL The Reserves overwhelmed Elder by a score of I3-O and baHled Purcell +0 5 He. This rec- ord was pleasing +0 Jtheir coach. Mr. McCann, who had worked hard Tor his younger charges. l+ would be unfair +0 each sophomore and freshmen who Jtrormad a cog in this Fine ieam. +0 give special praise +0 any player. The SpirhL of cooperafion and leam-work blended Them in+o a +eam of which we are iuslly proud. Our hope is +ha+ These worfhy prospeds will carry +heir abili+y and deferminafion +0 +he varsH'y and +ha+ fufure Reserve +eams will perform as well as ?he learn of 1936. RESERVE SQUAD Second 'rower. Murray, S.J., Wubbolding iManagerL Schmiedeke, Stautberg, Gill- igan, Grollig, Towers, Feldman, Burdick, Schoettmer, Meiners TAssistant Managery Coach McCann. First row-McSorley, Topmoeller, Clark, Gilmartin, Wesselman, Janning TCaptainL Sweeney, Kelley, Thoma, Shannon. Page Thi'rty-s'irc JUNIOR FOOTBALL To aHord an oppor+uni+y +0 +he younger and smaller boys who cannof as ye+ find places on fhe Varsify or Reserve squads. +he afhlefic deparimenf each year organizes a Junior Foofball Team. This year's +eam did greaf work. and has deserved much credit We presenf +he following resume. On +he fwenfy-Hffh of November fhe Junior gridders rang down Hwe cur+ain of Hwe I936 season by defeaJr'Ing +he General Pro- +es+an+ Orpf'nanage 7-0. Thaf was +heir nin+h vic+ory: only +wice had +hey fas+ed defeat each Hme being beafen by one fouch-down. In reward for +heir services fhe following re- ceived leHers: Cap+ain Dressman. McSorley. Heekin, Goat. Murray. Sadler, Hemmer. O'Hara. Bachmeyer, HiHner. Schmidlin, Ten- hundfeld. H. Ryan. Myers. Winferman. Pund. Feck, Heimbrock, Schweer, Isphording. and Manager Helm. Menfion mus+ be made of Jack Beckman and Roy Flenniken of Hie X. A. A. who were mos'r fai+hful in oHicia+ing af +he games. and of John Carroll and Morris Ricel Seniors. who helped +0 coach H13 feam. Mr. Sullivan. S.J.. was head coach, JUNIOR SQUAD Top rowaeekin, Mr. Sullivan, S,J., Helm yManagerL Third rowyTenhundfeld. Pund, Hittnel', Busch, Schmidlin, Ryan, Burke. Second 'rowy Carl, Sedler. Isphording, O'Hara, McSorley, Bachmeyer, Grollig, Goetz. Frrcmt Tow y Feck, Winterman, Kroger, Myers, Dressman, Hemmer, Schweer, Murray, Heimbrock. Page Thi'rty-seve'n Page VARSITY BASKETBALL The firsl call for praclice brough+ 0qu many s+erling prospecls. among +hem were fhree members of las'r year's Varsi+y. Leonard, Hanna and Monahan. During +he flrsf games of +he season +he Jream showed promise of developing info one of +he besf +eams +0 represenl +hi$ school in recenl' years, The Varsity was beginning 1'0 gain +ha+ edge of perfedion which marks a greal learn under fhe coaching of Mr. McCann when fhe sched ule was disrupled by +he flood. Aller pracfice was resumed if was founcl necessary +0 rebuild un+il +his edge was again aflained. And +he las+ few games if looked like lhis had been gained even +hough +he feam was delea+ed by +he sfrong Lockland live. As has been lhe cusfom in o'rher years we again en+ered Jthe dislrlcl fournamenl. The conquerors were downed by our ever presenl jinx. Jrhe Purcell Cavaliers. Alfhough +he Jream did nof pile up an imposing lisl' of vlcl'or'les, Jrhey proved l'hem- selves f0 be loyal sons of the school and upholders of +ha+ fine +radi+ion es+ablishecl in fhe pasf by ofher Xavier Jreams of fight ing. regardless of +he score. un+il +he Final gun. Therefore +hey will be long remembered by Hue sfudenfs mc +his school. The record of +he season's games: 18 5+. Xavier vs. Holy Cross I6 24 Sf. Xavier vs. McGuHey 22 I8 8+. Xavier vs. Roger Bacon 20 27 Sf. Xavier vs. Alumni 28 I8 5+. Xavier vs. Purcell l7 I5 Sf. Xavier vs. Elder 26 33 El. Xavier v5. 3+. Gregory lb 8 51'. Xavier vs. Purcell 23 I4- Sf. Xavier vs, Roger Bacon I7 22 51'. Xavier vs. Purcell 28 2I Sf. Xavier vs, Roger Bacon 23 24 Sf. Xavier vs. Elder 22 I7 51. Xavier vs. Lockland 29 29 5+. Xavier vs, Lebanon 27 The high poinl man of lhe season was Paul Monahan wi+h 77 Tap roweBrungs lAssistant Managerl, row 2 Mr. Murray, S..J Oste1man, Monahan, Ha1t, OlBrien lManageU, Wintelman Second Wubbolding, Coach McCann Front roweBm-khzudt Leonard, Hanna, Blum B1ueggemann leiIrty-eight BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT Every year a1 Jrhe close of The baske+ball season a fournamenf is heid in The Universify of Cincinnafi gymnasium +0 decide upon +he . +eam +0 represen+ Cincinnafi in Jrhe Sfafe iournamenf af Columbus. This yean +he Tirer In many, saw Si X. in +he semi-finals. Friday evening March 5+h, +he quinfef me+ Harfwell. Al+hough Sf. X. wonT +he feam was in bad form and +he game seemed f0 drag along unevenffully for +he small crowd of X. roofers. The score was 27-l8. The foliowing evening Sf. X. mef Wood- ward. corchampions of Jrhe Public School Teague. and an old rivaT. The large furnouf 'For +hi5 game Indicafed some real inferesf in Jrhe event A Iuery roo+ing sech'on did +heir share. The firsf haH: of Jrhe game was a good exhibifion of baskefball. and +he gun sounded +0 leave 51. X. in +he lead, IOeb. In fhe second half Woodward puf on +he heaf and managed +0 fie up +he score a+ l7 aH. By This Hme +he roofers were hoarse. The refree announced fhaf fhe hrsf feam +0 make Jrwo poinfs had +he game. Woodward gof +he +ip 0H buf were unable To work +he ball in when a foul was called on 5+. X. Woodward made fhe point Xavier go+ +he ball only +0 lose H affer several hasfy sho+s. Woodward Jrook The ball. bu'r Xavier came +hrough +0 fake possession. and e beauhful long she? by Hanna won +he game, l9-I8. The following Friday we mef Purcell, cham- pions of Jrhe Cafholic league. and fhen +here really was a crowd; Xavier played Tine ball Jrhe firer halT, leading I2-IO. During The lasf fwo quar+ers PurceH ran up many poinfs. buf no+ unfil Jrhe final gun did Xavier admif de- Tea'r. The score was Purcell 30. 5+. X. W. ThroughomL The game +he players showed fine spirit and were morally assisfed by a Farge and enihusiash'c cheering secfion. S'r. X's spirif was ai' ifs bes+ +ha+ nTthr. The Gymnasium Page Thirty-ni'ne RESERVE BASKETBALL The Reserves alfhough They won only Jrl'wree games ouf of Jren sfarfs. showed +ha+ olcl Xavier Spiril'n Tnever say diel. They los1L mosf 0T fheir games by very slighf margins, some games only one poin+, buf none more Than Jren poin+s. This year's +eam is composed mostly of sophomores and +hey are +0 be praised because of flueir excellenf following of our new coach's sysfem o'F playing +he hardwood game. The high poin+ men of This +eam were Janning and Lang. Bo+h showed promise of coming up and making Jrl'me varsil'y squad nexl year, Good luck l'o you boys. The res+ of We +eam also deserves much credit The schedule and scores were as follows: Sf. Xavier bOuHoly Cross 0 5+. Xavier ZSWOxTord McGuffey 6 5+. Xavier I3-Roger Bacon 2l Sf. Xavier IZePurcell lb 3+. Xavier ibweElder I7 Sf. Xavier ISMFenwick Jr. l6 Sf. Xavier HePurcell 24 St Xavier IleRoger Bacon l8 Sf. Xavier I4-Elcler I6 3+. Xavier 23eLoCkland l4 Stmzdinngrungs lAssistant Managerl, Hemmer, Jones. Schoettmer, Beckman, Oberting, OlBl-ien lManagery Seated-Lang, Brichler, Mr. Murray, SlJl, Coach McCann, Janning, OTShaughnessy. Page Forty JUNIOR BASKETBALL Led by +heir small bu+ fricky Capfain. Dick Winferman, +he Juniors passed a very hard bu+ successful season. In winning +heir lasf game +he Juniors placed +he number of winners iusf one above +he games lost fhus making a neu+ral season a happy one. Al- Jrhough Jrhe Jream fhis year was somewhaf smaller +han +he Junior +eam of Iasf year. fhe same indomitable spirif ruled. The con- fesfs w1+h buf one or +wo excepfions. were somewhaf onesided! yef Jrhe pluck and defer- minafion charac+eris+ic of +he Juniors' play +hroughou+ +he schedule s+ood +hem in good sfead. The greaf success affained by fhis year's feam was due in a large measure f0 H18 re- markable Jream work exhibffed in pracfically aH fhe games. The smoo+h, machine-Iike pre- cision by which +he Jream. especialiy foward the end of fhe seasonh worked +he ball +hrough +he opposing defense augurs well for Baske+- ball's fquure 5+ Xavier. Oufsfanding in poinf making was +he work o1c AI Goefz 5+ forward and Al Traufman af cenfer. Cap+ain Winferh man showed real class as a Hoor man. while Dick Oberfing and Jack S+eenken aJr guards in covering +heir men covered fhemselves wifh glory. Juniors, congrafulahons! 23 Juniors vs, The Five Aces 23 3I Juniors vs. 3+. Marys I7 25 Juniors vs. Norwood A. C. 23 7 Juniors vs. All Sfars 25 19 Juniors vs. Norwood A. C. Is SI Juniors vs, 51'. Marys 9 22 Juniors vs. Kenfucky Stars 27 9 Juniors vs. Eas+ern Ligh+s I? I6 Juniors vs. Newport Gems V 20 9 Juniors vs. Covinghan A. C. 38 22 Juniors vs, 8+. Pe+er and Paul Alumni I6 Stmtding--Ruttle, Tenhundfeld, Steenken, Post Neubauer, Cappell, Oberting, Goetz. SetLted-Winterman, Mahoney, Mr. Nieporte, S.J., OhHara hManageH Ranz, Feck. Page Forty-one NOON BASKETBALL LEAGUE Senior Division Champs Class of 4 A J Carroll, Hoenemeyer. Knoepfel, Hanser, Beck- Junior Division Champs Class of 2 A O Brien, Huth, XViethorn, Hogan, Sweeney, Schrimpf, Vignale, Riesser. Page Foq'ty f44ru SWIMMING VARSITY Under +he able Jrquelagr-J of Mr. Sullivan, SJA. and capfained by Bob Bischoff. 5+. Xavu ier's Swimming Team enioyed a very success- ful season. In addifion +0 winning six ou+ of fwelve duaI-mee+s H16 Jream was vicforious in 'rwo ouf 01c +he ?hree Ca+holic League Cham- pionship meefs. +hereby winning +he +i+le. Wifh four leffermen: BischOH. Beck, Daley and KnoepHe. and aided by: Schmiedeke, Bourghoner, Cowen. Heekin. S+agge. Au- berger. Gruber. Murphy Moun+ain. Grollig, Mr. Sullivan displayed a well rounded +eam. Sophomore Schmiedeke was high poimL man wifh I42 poin'rs: he was followed by Capfain BischoH wi+h 102 poinfs. Cap+ain BkchoH. Schmiedeke. and our relay Jream consisting of Beck. Daley, BischoH and Heekin qualified 1tor fhe s+a+e finals. Bill Murphy finished second in fhe 220 free-sfyle in Hue Kenfucky A.A.U Meef in Coving+on. Individual scoring: Schmiedeke ............ I42 BischoH ................ l02 Beck .................. 56 Daley ................. 52 Knoepfle ............... 34 Sfagge ................ 29 Bourghoner ............ 20 Auberger .............. I5 Heekin ................. I4 Cowen ................ I 3 Moun+ain .............. 2 Murphy ................ I Gruber ............... l CATHOLIC LEAGUE SWIMMING CHAMPS k :9; a: g g3 xJWIf d? i pwt ii ? 'F- X 't? Standing - Nola n Qlanag'em , Cowen, 3 g3 Q? X! v14. NW? 5. 1m: I F' v- KnoepHe, Grollig, Murphy, Schmiedeke, Mr. Sullivan, S.J.Seated Gi1ma1-tin, Stagge, Daley, Bischoff CL Bourgholtzer, Beck, Auberger. Page Forty-thrree JUNIOR SWIMMING A new and welcome addi'Hon +0 junior afhle'l'ics a+ 5+. Xavier was +he Junior Swim- ming Team. Iis purpose, like +ha+ d all junior +eams. was +0 give an opporfunify for a+hle+ic developmen+ and compe+i+ion +0 fhose boys who are as yef foo young or +00 inexperienced for +he varsH'y feams. There was a +urnou+ of abouf +hir+y young swimmers from whose number H1e feam was seleded. Trial and prac+ice mee+s were held 6+ +he Fenwick p001 on Tuesday and Thursday affernoons. Mr. Gelin. S.J.. was +he Ins+ruc+or. The feam had a successful season, In ihe Ca+holic League H18 resulfs were as follows: X. 30ePurcell 27: X. 29eElder 28; X. 36e- Elder 20: X. 3ln-Purcell 20. Meefs were also held wifh Hughes, Wal- nuf Hillse Wes+ern Hills. Wi+hrowe and Wood- ward. Frosh' Heekin won +hree firs'r places in each of H19 four Ca+holic League Meefs. and was high poinf man o'F fhe +eam. StandingeFinch, Heekin, Mountain. SemterleGrollig, Bosken, Bissmeyel', Fitz- Patrick. Page Forty-foua' GOLF For +he pas+ lew years. +he gohC Jreams al Sin Xavier have been 0? high caliber. This yearls learn has proved lo be no excepfion. The lirsf group of malches have shown Xav- lerls superiorily over Roger Baconl Walnul Hillsl Purcell, and Elder. Overwhelming ma, jorilies have been characlerisfic in all vic- lorles. The squad has been well Jrquored by Mr. Kelly who has placed much conliclence in hl: charges. The lirsl' man ls lhe Caplalnl Roberl Bischohle Wllliam Bissmeyer ls +he second man. The lhlrd man is Edward Roach. Nell DeCourCy and Herman Elsaesser have divided +he honors as +he lourfh man. Bissmeyer has led +he +eam ln regard +0 +he number ol poinfs. He has galherecl l4. Roach follows closely wH'h I3V2. Blschohl has colleded iOVZ. DeCourcy and Elsaesser have +ied wifh 6 poin+s each. The schedule also included Weslern Hllls. Hamillon Public, Wyomingl Holmes, and Xavier Alumni. The leng+h of +he schedule, as well as +he opposlfion, has proved +he merhL of our golfers. Ca+holic League Golf Champs Mr. Kelly, S.J., Elsaesser, Roach, Deye, Bissmeyer, Bischoff 1e aye Fnrty-fiwe TENNIS The +ennis feam +his year seems +0 be +he besf prospecf Sf. Xavier has had in +he pasf 'Few years Tor cap+uring +he Cafholic League pennant Seven leHermen refurned from Iasf yearTs squad. Mr. Gelm. S.J.. besides devof- ing much Jtime +0 +he fennis Team Is coaching The debah'ng squad. This Is +he 'FirsT' year Mr. Gelin has been af our school. buf already he has proven himseH: +0 be one of The besf fennis coaches 51. Xavier has ever had. Owing +0 +he large +urnou+ of candida+es Tor +he feam. Mr. Gelin found if very hard +0 decide upon a definH'e line-up. The feam +his year has experienced several dH'FIcuHies in +he lack 0T adequafe pracfice cour+s and in an early schedule. The scheduTe +his year is one of Jrhe Iarges+ ever played and has piHed our +eam agains+ pracfically all of The 0qu sfanding high school feams of Grea+er Cine Cinnefi. This year's team is cavcapfained by Paul Siegel and Paul Menkhaus. Seigel. MenkhausT and Trau+man have handled +he singles so far +his seasonT whereas Brueggemanni Burke Horrigan. and Hoenemeyer bear Jrhe brumL 0T +he doubles wifh +heir capabTe assis+an+s, Beck and Winferman. 8+. Xav'rer was deTea'red In +he Tirs+ ma+ch This season agains1L Hughes. However. They s+aged a sfrong comeback +he Tollowing week. defeafing Wyoming 4 +0 I, having been driven +hrough several sfhcf pracfices. Nex+ They deTeaJred Wesfern Hills 3 +0 2. The schedule +his year includes Hughes. Walnuf HillsT Wesfern Hi'Ils, Wyoming. Nor, wood Holmes, Ham7l+on Public. Purcell. Ei- der and Roger Bacon. The graduafes on The squad This year include: Beck. Brueggemann. Hoenemeyer. MenkhausT Siegel, and Win+erman. Top row e Siegel, Brueggemann, Horrigan, Hoenemeyer. Front row ; Mr, Gelin, S.J., Trautman, MenkhausV Burke, Winterman. Page Fortyesix TRACK Sf. Xavier has again pu'r 0qu a well rounded hack feam +0 uphold her glory. Alihough Jrhe Jream had a rafher poor sfarf if new looics very promising affer H5 second meef. Headed by high poinf man, Moose Burkhardf. we finished +hird and second in +he iwo meefs consecu+ively. ln ihe firsi meef, Jrhe Conquerors bowed +0 Purcell and Hughes. In +his meet howeverl hard iuck played ifs parf as Siip McKee, our sieliar runneri was unable +0 do his part Jack. in pracficei pulled a ?endon in his leg and righ+ now hopes are slim of his seeing aciion again in '37. This is a blow +0 +he squad. ,A i The second meet againsf Elder and Purl celi. saw Xavier in beHer shape. Purcell proved our be'Hen bu+ Elder fared less well. Our iads capiured second place wi+h fiHy- +hree and oneshali poin+s. The high poin+ men were Burkhardf Hourfeeni, Moreland Heni. and Knoepfle isixi. Xavier firs+ places were faken by Knoepile Ishoii. Moreland thigh hurdiesi. Moreland Uow hurdlesi. Burkhardf iiavelinj. Burkhardf ibroad iumpii and H19 mile relay, run by Groilig. O'Brien, Neyer. and Jennemann. Remaining meefs are wifh Roger Bacon and Day+on. Ky.. and on May 20-21 are file Cafhoiic League frials and finals. Top rrowiSahlfeld, Hiltz, Bl'inkhaus, Towers, Niemeyer, Landis, Kellyi Third 'row sCormelly, Handel, Bul'dick, Ranz, Burkhardt, Schmidlin Schlossel'. Second Toms Schmiedeke, Bergewisch. Smith, Grollig, Stagge, Schrimpf, Jennemann, Foreland. First wowsRielly, Neyer, Brueggemann, Lenzer, Seidenfaden, Knoepfie, OiBrien, Page Forty-seven BASEBALL The firsf day 0? pracflce brough+ 0qu some forfy aspiranfs. The shor+ness of +he season dampens infereer in high school baseball. buf sfiH +he boys showed a good amounf of enw fhusiasm. One week before +he firer game +he above number was reduced by Coach McCann +0 fwenfy. Five pifchers were re- +ainede +hree of +nem freshmen. They were Burkhard+ and Soeflner. Juniors. and Jones. RoHinghaus. and Nufini. Freshmen. Men+rup was ewecfed fo fhe cafching posifion: Mona- hanl our besf hi+fen was placed af 1cirs1L base th Aufdenkamp and Moran a+ second and Huird. Lang played shorf sfop. The ouHield consisfed in Sperber, SchoeHmer. Wunderv Jich, Voss. Tracy. and Jones. Schoeny and Read are managers. Af H16 fime of H115 wrifing +he feam has been defea+ed +nree +imes. fwice by Purcell, and once by Elder. Two games wifh Roger Bacon, one wlfh EI- der. +wo wH'h Walnuf Hills, +wo wifh Wood- ward, and one wi+h Aufomofive Trade School wiH comple+e +his season's schedule. The feam wiil lose buf one player by graduaHon 1H5 year. Sperber, our only senior. so hopes are high for a grea+ feam in I938. Top rowiAufdenkamp, Hauman, Soellner, Myers, C. Nutini. Thin! 'rrnveVoss, Peter, Burkhardt, Schoettmer, E. Jones. Second o'aw- M1 . Murray, S.J., Harmeyer, W. Jones. L. Nutini, Tracy, Rottinghaus, Lang, Mr. McCann, Fiwt mw-mMentrup, Schoeny wManag-en, Monahan, Read wAssistant Managen, Wunderlich Page FuTty-eiyht X. A. A. The St Xavier A+He+lc Assocx'aflon is one of He mos? uniiring unifs in Hue afhlefic Fife o; +he school, I+s members no+ only work We furnsfiles at +he various games buf ako +akes charge o1t +ne cheering sedion. Then fine work is one reason why our feams have done as well as Hey did. Fur+hering afhlefics In diHerenf ways is +he purpose of HMS sfudenf orgam'za'rion They pay especial affenfion f0 bsferEng love of spor+s among Hue heshmen. H' is +heir du+y +0 assi5+ in coaching iunior teams and F. +0 referee af fhex'r games. They also referee infra-mural baskefball and basebaH games during Hwe noon period. Mr. Niepor+e. J.S.. Moderafor of flne X. AAH has earned a weH merifed admirafion mt +ne members and 0F all +he s+uden+s for his unfiring eHorfs in behaH of +his Associa- Hon. Whenever programs are +0 be disfribufed. or ushers are needed Here are always smil- ing and capable X.A.A. boys +0 perform +hese entices. win. 4' am Mon w Third TownBeckman, J., Giesting, Kroger, Flynn, Brungs. Secund 'ruwnTracy, Warren, Duncan, Herkert, Siegel. Seateanittlehauser, Herschede, Mr. Nieporte, S.J., Seidenfaden, Flanniken. Page Farty-n-i'na Page Fifty THE BOXING TOURNAMENT Sf. Xavier High School was roused from ifs spring fever nap by +he +alk of staging a JrournamemL among fhe s+uden+s. who wished +0 display +heir skill in Hue art of fisficuffs. All en+ries were volunfary, and Opponenfs were picked from a hat Hiving divided +he con+es+a.n+s info respedive groups. according +0 +heir weithrs. Coach McCann comprised a setup which no one could make 0qu bu+ himself. AHogeJrher Jrhere were 90 bou+s. 4-2 pugilis+s. 3 judges and last bu+ no+ least I referee. The main. heavier bou+s were Iis+ed +0 be bughf during +he noon hour, while H16 ligh'rer boufs were foughf immediafely af+er 5choo1. The we'igh'rs ranged from I85 +0 85 pounds and Hwe enfire fournamen+ was divided info six divisions. mosHy ligh+weigh+s. This was somefhing new aJr +he school and pro- vided mosf infereering noon periods as well as affer school periods. No doub+ +he +ourn- amen+ will become an annual aHair. Xx W W , M E w WW .E X ' x wag??? ' '11:! l, 95332:: J W m W 44X, zQ E f 4:: CE MEX IW . . NEW. .4+-ar- 1 - .. 1 E. HAN: s i- NV:.- -. . ' 'x Z ,, ny13 r Many are +he aids which Xavier's divers acfivifies proffer in Hue sfudenf's ascen+ Jreward Hle goal 1he inspiring gteam. These acfivHies reach +heir h?ghesf point in +he Sodalify, for have o'F Mary bads f0 bve 0? Her Son. 1' u y H Fifi 11-011 13 SENIOR SODALITY This year The Senior Sodali+y was placed in charge of Fa+her Diefz who had as his assisfanf. Mr. Gelin. M The $irs+ meefing an elecfion of officers was held. al which Allan King was chosen Prefect Arl'hur Kern, Firsl Assisfanf; J. Richard Nolan. Secrefary. Affer fhis. +he course for +he year was ouHined. in an allempf +0 make Jrhe sodalHy meet ings more inferesfing. various commiH-ees were formed: namely. Eucharisficl Calholic Lilerafure. Calholic Trufh, Our Lady Mission, and Publici+y. The plan was +ha+ each boy should engage in +he acfivify which inferesied him. and l'hal' af appoinfecl +imes +hroughoul +he year. each commiH'ee would fake charge of +he mee+ing +0 presen+ an in+eres+ing pro- gram. This was some'rhing new +0 fhe sodal- ifyi buiL judging irom Jrhe enfhusiasm wi+h which if was received, fhe plan should be carried 0qu in years +0 come. As Fa+her Diefz explained a+ +he Jr'irer mee+ing, all fhe acfivifies were +0 be engaged in by +he boys Themselves, and in +his way individual leader- ship and individual Catholic Aclion were +0 be furlhered. Especially inferesling were +he presen+a+ions oi +he Mission CommiHee ancl +he Calholic Lil'eraJrure CommiHee. Equally Well done were +he numerous Joe College skits which served +0 presen+ Cafholic fru+hs in a humorous way. 8qu Jrhe sodalify did nol limhL H'self simply l'o spirifual spheres. A cash clona+ion was given lo +he X-Ray SfaH +0 Jrake away panL of Jrhe deb+ incurred in publishing an annual. This money was ob'lained by the giving of a skaHng parly 5+ 5 local eerablishmenl. an aclivily hearfily supported by The enlire school The sodali+y may be proud of HS accom- plishmenfs This year, for nof only did each hearl blossom wifh a deeper love of our Lady buf also +he seeds which will bear +he fruhL oi Caiholic Acfion and individual leadership in years +0 come were implan'l'ed deep wifhin each breast Page F'ifty-two JUNIOR SODALITY In Hue JesuH system of educa'l'ion. among +he inHuences in +he forma+ion of moral and rekigious charaden one of +he mos+ impor- +an+ is devofion To Our Lady. H is especially in +he SodalHy of Our Lady +ha+ +he 5+uden+s of Jesuif High Schools and Colleges are +augh+ +0 mainfain a high level of Chris+ian vir+ue in +he midsir of Jrhe world. Conscious of Mary's admirable influence in +he shaping of sfudenfs' Iivesl +he mos+ imporfanf spirifual ac+ivi+y O'F +he firs? and second year classes 51' Xavier is Hwe Junior Sodalify, Early in Hwe firs+ monfh 0 +he school year +he Sodany resumed fhe work discon+inued +he previous June. The oH'Icers chosen +0 lead We sodalis+s in Hue coming year were: Lawr- ence O'Shaughnessy, Prefect John Schmerge. Assisfanf Prefect and John McSorley, Secre- ?ary. Due f0 +he grea+ Hood. +he fime-honored cus+om of enrolling new members was posi- poned from He $55er of +he Purificafion +0 +he 3rd of May. On fhis occasion 90 new candidafes pledged +heir ioyal service and devoJrion +0 Mary. H18 MoJrher o'F God. Jusf before The impressive ceremony of enrollr men+. +he assembled sfudenfs and factu anessed +he solemn crowning of We S+a+ue of Our Lady. A+ H18 Solemn Benedidion Hue combined Senior and Junior SodaJHies. headed by Allan King, +he Premted of +he Senbr SodaJHy. reci+ed +he acf of consecra- fion. If is fhe Cherished hope of the zealous modera+on Fafher MajerowskL SAJH +ha+ every Junior Sodalisf will in +he fu+ure prove 'lo be a mode! Sf. Xavier smdemL in all spiri- hat scholasHQ social and afhlefic acfivifies and confznue +0 carry +he ideals of The Junior SodalHy fhroughouf life. o Page Fifty-three THE CHOIR Mr. Conrafh. S.J. Under The able diredion of Mr. ConraH'L S.J., +he S+udenfs' Choir has had a successful and an in+eres+ing yeah The members have learned bofh 5 Requiem Mass and +he Mass of H16 Angelsl +hough many had never had previous fraining in choral singing. This inex- perience 'TogeJrher wi+h The Ted +ha+ The boys generally do nof remain in The Choir for more Jrhar: +wo years, owing To Their change of voice. were obsfacles overcome only by per- sis+en+ effort The boys had 1The opporfunier of singing bo+h in the Church and in +he Sfudenfs' Chapef on several occasions. They also sang ihe Chrisfmas carols which added much +0 The beaufy of +he Junior SodalHy Chris+mas PTay. Top roweHiltz, J. Ryan, Ritter, Heheman. Nortmann, Diel'kel', Luebbess, Freling, Fisher. Second rrmvelfxl'olan, Schweer, Abrams, Duncan, Listerman, Burke, Gilday, Gray, Lemper, Patere Front row? Halbig, Anthony, Jana. Lang, Meyer, McErlane, Doherty, Finch, Brennan, Nunner, Lipps. Page Fift-y-faur SENIOR ACOLYTES j !wr Top 'J'w: Bissmeyer, Flenniken, Beck, Blum. Second 'rongorrell, IIoenemeyer, Bender, Brueggemann, King, G. Tracy, Aubel'ger. H. Tracy, Hoh. Front 7-014; Brungs, Horgan, Moran, O7Shaugnessy, Jones, Schweer, Sieg'el, Hart, O B1-ien, Foy. JUNIOR ACOLYTES Tap rowiHuelsman, Barnes, Schoettmer, R. Oberting, Duncan, Gilligan, Thiqu row Shannon. Donahue, Kolker, Bankamper, Cahill, Maurelz Second 7'ow Foley, Fisher, Burke, Sahlfeld, Feck. First row Winterman, Jana. Page Fifty-fi'ue THE JOLLY ROGER Having played 10 packed houses bofh nighfs oi ifs riofous perform- ances. The Jolly Roger'l will go down in +he annals of 3+. X. as a real success. Ralph Bol+on and Edward Picldock plan Jrhe kidnapping oi Ralphls uncle. Ar+emus Welherby. and hire lwo crim- inals, Ben Bickiord and Buck Hise. f0 do lhe job. Ralph inlended +0 force Arfemus +0 raise his allowance. bu+ in+ended no harm +0 come Mr. Glenn +0 him. The criminals Jrake him f0 Jrhe lonely Deser'iion Island and furn +he +ables by sending VVelherby's valet Jarley Meech. a- shore to gel +he ransom money. When +he +wo qhums arrive af +he rescue. +hey are easily overwhelmed and are iorced +0 spend +he Scene from Act One, Jolly Roger Page Fifty-six nighf Jried +0 frees. Cedric Dainfry arrives wifh his fwo helpers. Sugarfool Jones and Sammy Tucker. +0 wri+e a book. Cedric. by a good deal of cleverness oufsmarfs +he criminals. who are arres+ecl immediafely ior smuggling. and +urns his slory inlo a play which is 10 be sponsored by Wefherbys Ralph receives his allowance and everybody is happy excepf for Edvard who has nolhing f0 show for his dis- comforf excep+ mosquifo bi+es. The major- ify of comedy was supplied by darky Sugar- ioof Jones and Sammy Tucker. Ole Swanson, Abiiah Brackeff and Jabez Fogg. were chart ac+ers inseried +0 aid fhe plof and add colour lo +he play. The play was successful in every sense. The maiorify of +he credi+ goes fo Direcfor James P, Glenn whose unfiring energy and unbelieable pafience carried +he performers +hrough Jrwo successful nigh+5.aMr. Glenn also arranged fhe seHing wilh VincemL Cav- anaugh as his chief assis'lanl'. A pirafical farce in +hree ads Ca5+ of Charaders Un order of +heir appearancd Buck Hise. gangsfer ........... John Hanser Ben Bickford. a bad man. ...John MaHingly Ole Swanson. sailor ......... William Brinker Ralph Bolfon, Hue nepheW. .Richard Bevingfon Edward Piddock his friend. .Richard Cassady Sammy Tucker ............ Edmund Mayhall Sugarfoof Jones. a darky.Joseph Bourgholfzer Cedric Dain+ry. aufhor .......... Allan King Abijah BrackeH. seaAcapTafn.Melvin Reynolds Jabez Fogg. an old sailor ....... Ar+hur Kern Arfemus Wefherby. +he uncle. .Thomas DIeH Jarfey Meechl his vale+ ...... Thomas Cowen Music by He 5+. Xavier Band Under +he dlrecfion of Mt Shaefer The en'rire cas+ Page Fifty-seve'n THE JUNIOR SODALITY Annual Chrisfmas Play The Annual Chris'r- mas play was sfaged in Poland Memorial Hall on The Sunday before Chriermas by mem- bers o'F Jrhe Junior Sodalify. The casf included some forfy boys. Fafher Ma- ierowskl. Moderafor, adapfed +he pTay +0 an aH male cast rewro+e some of The ads. and direcied The cash His eHorJrs were rewarded. for Jrhe play was one of Jrhe TTnesT Fr. Maierowski, S. J. bifs 0T pageanfry one would care To see Mr. James Glenn did fine work on fhe Tour seHTngs. A high fribu+e +0 his endeavors was +he spon+ane0us appTause Thaf rose Trom +he audience when The curtain Tiffed on Jrhe Nahvify scene. The scenes and lithng ef- Tec+s did much +0 add +0 +he beaufy 0T Jrhe play. The cosfumes were IikewTse careTule chosen. The play was wriHen affer fhe Tashion of The old moralify pTays. and if found an appre- ciahve audience. A young shepherd lad's sighf was mTraculousTy gained a+ The BeJrhTe- hem Crib. The IiHle ploi was beauHTully worked out and in 1+5 unravelling, The whole s+ory 0T Chrisfmas was ar+is+ically enaded. The Three Wise Men Visif Herod Page Fifty-eight THE CAST Arranged in order of appearance Enoch. Rubenk fai-her ......... J. Brichler Ruben. a shepherd ........ W. Topmoeller Joel. Ruben's eldes+ son ........ R. Reusch David J. Doran Laban I'ounger sons of Ruben O, Ron Benjamin J W. Rice MichaeL a prophef ......... R. Neubauer Herod King of Judea ...... H. SchoeHmer Dosifheus. King's Chamberlain ...... .................. H. RoHinghaus Marius. Cap+ain of +he Guards .... L. Nufini Servan? of +he Palace ............ J. Ara+a Simon R. Bosken Achias Docfors o.I i'he Temple R. Hueisman Ezra L R. Maan Gaspar 1 from +he Easf J' F, X. Fund Melchior k Wise Men J. BaHaglia Balfhasar j L H. Ducan Juda J Wehby Jesse Shepherds of B. Gilday Gideon ? Be+hlehem 7 J. Fefer MaJachy I I L. Cappel Na+han J L J Kelly The Angel ................... T. Doerger 51'. Joseph ..................... J. Ara+a Bl. Virgin Mary ............... G. Maurer AHendanfs af fhe Throne. . .. 5 8' Wernke l R. Brlnkman W, Doherfy Pages of Herod's Palace ...... M, Jana H. Murray A Second Coud Scene Pag'e Fifty-nine SCRIVENER STAFF The 'Scrivener' s+aH was seieded early in fhe year by +he new Moderafor. Fa+her Smi+h. N0 ediJror was chosen. bu? fhe desfiny of The I936-37 quarferiy was placed in Hie hands of an ediforial board made up of eighi seniors and iuniors. The enfire sfaH worked weili bu+ special commendafion is due Arfhur Kern, Poeiry edi+or: William Bissmeyer. sporfs edifor: Philip Horrigan 0T Jthe ediforiai board: Edward Mossman and Frederick Bergewisch. edHors and originafors oi 'Scaliionsi: and Frank Garre+y oi +he adverfising depar+men+. Tor Jrheir itaHthi and eHicierif cooperafion Throughouf the year. The magazine was given a new cover and formaJr wiJrh simplicify as a guide +0 i+s choice. Several new deparfmenfs were infroduced. among +hem +he Book. Lifurgy. Ads. and Scailions. The Scrivener sponsored a Book Week during which dona+ions of books of all kinds were soughf for +he library. Some fwo hunA dred and Jrhiriy volumes were received. Awards will be given a+ +he commence- menf exercises +0 +he s+uden+s who have con- fribu+ed +he besf poem, essay, and shori sfory for The year. The sfudenfs who won +hese awards are: Arihur Kern. Poeiry Award. for his sonnef How came +his flood of memories +0 hil. which appeared in The Chrisfmas Issue. William J. F. ROM, Jr., Essay Award. for- his HCold Follows The Dying Fiamef' which appeared in +he Chris+rnas Issue. Philip Horrigan. ShomL Sfory Award, for his 'iPosfage Due. which appeared in The Fall Issue. The Scrivener received a Firs+ Class Honor Rafing iExceiienTl Jfrom fhe National Scholasiic Press Associahon. This is The firsf year +ha+ The quarferly was eniered in +he Associahon. Nex+ year we hope +0 make i+ an All Amer- ican Honor Rafing. Top 'ro-warippel. Rielly, Grog'an, Garrety. Second row-Bender, H. Tracy, Berge- wisch, Horrigan, G. Tracy, Hoffman, Berning. Front rowwRoll, Diehl, Bissmeyer, Wilson, King, Kern, Landis. Mossman. Page Sixty SCALLIONS Edi+or's No+e: The humor secfion of the Scrivener was under +he capable hand of Edward Mossmen. assisfed by Fred Bergewisch bofh iuniors. We here ' submi+ a sample of +heir work, In Jrhe score book 0T Jrhe Nafionai Scholashc Press Associaiion, fhe Scallions re- ceived a perfeci' rafing. We congra'r- uiafe Jrhese humoris+s. and commend fhe originalify and cleverness o'F +heir work. A DEDICATION RHYME Onions big and Onions smali, Scallions we do call fhem ali. Offensive by Jrheir fasfe and smell: Some iokes bad and some iokes swell. Amateurs af besf are bad: Ama+eurs a+ worsf we had. 50 our jokes if rank +hey be. Blame +he onions. don'+ blame me.I DAFFYNITIONS finale; is a Mexican delicacy wrapped in a corn husk. corpse: is a dead ladyi corps: is a dead genHeman. gobbler: is a male +urkey. goblef; is a Tamale Jturkey. submarine marks: aiways under C. mounfain range; a cooking sfove used af higs alfifudes. boHIe; whaJr was ioughf af Bunker Hill. Caiendar: is +he place where The quins debuf- ed, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? The boys came info Firsi Aid Class; Miss Smifh began +he session. She glanced around The classroom once, And Then proposed This quesfion: We have a man whois SmiHen down. He's gasping on his bed. He's desperafely in need of help. He's bleeding in The head. Ai +his poinJr many hands wenf up: She called on Franklin Beck Who said he'd puf a fourniquef Around +he poor man's neck! INVENTIONS The only fhing inven'l'ed Thus Far +0 s+op failing hair-+he Hoor. CHEMISTRY MASTERPIECES Oxygen: is +he plural for Ox. H20: is fhe formula for hoiL wafer. C02; is +he formula for cold wafer. CHZO: is +he formula $or sea wa+er. ON SYNCHRONIZATION A freigh+ +rain is of+en+imes called a raHler. This cognomen is aHached +0 +he mode of +ranspor+a+ion cafering +0 inanimafe obiecfs because if raH'ies. There is anofher object for +he primary purpose 01c purveying a forrid Jremperamre. fha+ raffles. bu+ This is called a radiafor. In each 0? +he classrooms of dear 05d X +here reposes one of These ver+ical seJrs 01C +00 aud- ible fubes. so Jrhis raHIing is universal, Consider fhen +he disfraciion occuring when a feacher, in +he +hroes of a poem, peaceful wiJrh +he quie+ of a sfiil moon on a shimmering lake. is suddenly greeied by fhe harsh wheeze of a radia+or swinging in+o ace Jrion. This followed by +he sound of same playing Knock. Knock, wouid gradually impair +he eHecf of any verse. 0 fcourse, Jthere ere +he more rowdy fop- ics dealing wifh a noisy afmosphere and fhese would be improved no doubf by +he impromp- Jru sound-eHecfs rendered by fhe mechanical pecuiiariiies of said innocuous chunks of metal. Even These. however, have +heir peaceful mo- men+s and H wouid be The delighf of Jrhe perverse +hings iRadiafors. 01E coursel +0 solo 5+ +hese poinfs. If is for this reason JrhaiL we beg herein +ha+ +he feacher and Jrhe radiafor work TogeJrher i0 effecf +ha+ harmony Thai is necessary +0 imbue fhe sfudenf wiJrh fhe de- sired effect Do we demand synchronized radiafors. +hen? NO! We demand synchronized +eachers! Page Simty-one X-RAY STAFF ll: we Coulcl parl' lhe veil of lhe fulure and see whaf pafhs will be chosen by every one ol us. perhaps we would rellech a momenf before se++ing ou+ upon our various iourneys. To be sure. some ol us will become doclors. Ar'l'hur Kern. and olhersy lawyers. Edifor and sfill priesls. and many. olhers. wrilers, BmL at lhis lime no one can say in all l'rul'hl ius? whal profession he will wecl lor life. We seniors are iusf emerging from 1he mould which lorlilies us for our work and ?hough we sel oul upon a pa+h out our Choice, a by-pa+h may lead us lo a grealer highroad. Thal +he members o'F +he senior class will be separelecl in lhe following of each one's 'duly. is almosl cerlain. The boy who excelled in ma+hema+ics may become a renowned archilecf. The field of poli+ics will claim ifs quo+a. choosing +hose bes+ suifed for +he work. General business will be enlarged by some few and +he call 0? movie-acl'ing will be answered by olhers. Since a class reunion is mos+ improbable and since meelings in Hue fufure will be rare indeed. we seniors have published an annual. wherein. by an occasional reading. we may live again +he ioyous clay af Sf. X. and laugh again wi+h school-day churns. From a full heart we seniors +hank Fr. Bils+ein who was insl'rurnenl'al in ob+aining permission +0 pub- lish an annual. Only +hose who have worked wi+h Fr. Smi+h, +he moderafor, realize +he debl of every senior lo him who labored so un+iringly. Jack Flynnl lellow-classmal'e. and underclassmen. Horrigan and Garrely see cured many ads. necessary for +he publicalion. Them we ihank and +hose who helped im any way, greal or small. IT is wilh inmosf feeling of grafifude fha+ lhe members o'F +he shall +hank +he Senior sluclenl' body for Jrhe confidence and lrusl placed in Jrhem and +he coopera+ion given in publishing l'his annual. If is Jrheir hope J:hal flue fask has been acqui++ed safisladorily. Top o'aw-eKnoepfle, Menkhaus, Wilson, Baumgartner, Beck. Second! rrow-Flynn, Bissmeyer, Geiger, Schoeny, OlBrien, Cassady. Front row-Welch, King, Roll. Kern, Diehl, Smith. Page Sixty-twa CHESTERTON CLUB Through fhe eHorfs of Mr. Conrafhr a new field of endeavor was opened f0 fhe Seniors: +he Chesterton Club was organized in +he aqumn OI: I936 +0 promo+e a sfudy of Jrhe ar+s In general. wIJrh parficular sfress iaId on lIferafure. Discussions of music painfing. sculpfure. and +he like, were nof ou+ of place. bu+ +he works of ancient medievalr and mod- ern wrifers were considered especially. A dIscussIon of Plafo's works. for insfanCeI would very easily lead +0 5 deliberarion on +he PIafonIc Jrheory of religion. A+ Hmes Iriendiy bu+ none-+he-less hea+ed argumenfs arose. and deep. mefhodIcaI JrhinkIng was In evide ence. The meerIngs were aH informaI. and were aIways enioyable. Because +his informalITy was desired. and because If couId nor well be achieved In a larger group, Jrhe enhance requiremenfs were made perJricuIarly sfringenf. This aufomafically limifed +he number of meme bers. Those who were for+una+e enough f0 be in Jrhe club derived InvaIuable benest from If. OI +he membersI William Roll was chosen President Thaf Jrhe Ches+er+on Club may be perpe+ua+edI and may con+inue ifs good work nexf year, Phillip Horrigan, a Jun- Ior. was chosen +0 be preseni' a+ fhe meefIngs of JrhIs year. Mr. Conra'rh. +he founder and faculty moderafor of fhe dub. preferred +0 remain In fhe background as much as possible bu? he guIded fhe dIscussIon. rnade numerous suggesHons, ironed oml dhCIIcuHies +ha+ arose In +he consIderaIIon of parficularly knoH'v problems, and was no+ inIrequenHy called upon to be fhe judge In a dIspufe. To him do we owe a grea+ deb? of gra'rI'rude. Stund'ingeDiehl, Kern, Elsaesser, SeatedeRoll, Weigand, Mattingly, Wilsonr Page Sixty-th'ree THE BAND The Sf. Xavier High School Band is an organizafion of which we may be The many hours of haifh- iusfly proud. ful praching which ifs members pu+ in fhe pafienf +u+elage of Mr. Conra+h, S.J.. and Mr. Shaefer rewarded th an enviable record of successes. WifhomL a doubf +he boys in +he band deserve +0 receive par+ 0+- +he crediJr for +.ooerall vic- Jrories. under were Mr. Augus+ H. Schafer Direcfor Whenever a cheering sec+ion was nofable for ifs absence or 1+5 small size. There was +he ever-fai+hful band +0 urge +he Conquerors on fhe gridiron on +0 greafer heighfs. and +0 prove 'ro ?he +eam +ha+ +here was someone SHII cheering if. The band is always +he firsf organizafion +0 whom we look +0 draw a crowd +0 pep ralhes. To i+ do we look for befweenwfhe-acfs enferfainmenf aJr all plays. All of +hese endeavors Were crowned wifh an excepfionally well-rendered concert given a+ a ioinf meefing 01c +he Mofhers' and +he Fa+hers' Qlubs on May second. The oHicers cnc +he band execufed Jtheir dufies very weH. Edwin Kroger was president William Brinker, Librarian. Edward Jenneman. Assis+an+ Librarian. and Melvin Mueller. Drum Major. ther members are: Edwin Becker. Fred BiHlinger. Paul Brueggemann, William Dahlenburg, John Fischer. Charles Foulk. Clif- ford Herkerf. William Hillebrand. Harry Kon- erman. Bernard Kroger. EmmeH Landis. John Richard Mar+in, Edmund Mayhall. Marvin McLaughlin. John McSweeney, Harry Menfrup, William Mulvaney, Edward Schnei- der. Paul Seuberf, Harry Vaai. George Widen, Roberf Aufdemkampe. Paul Meiners. Joseph Kasselman. Charles Braun. James Hufh, Rober+ Lorenz. Drain. Leo Lorenz. William Mulhaney. John Ranz. Henry Sullivan. and George WiH. Sixty-four Page DEBATING TEAM A5 a naTural ouTgrowTh 0T The weekly debaTlng classes The ST Xavier High School DebaTing Team was Tormed. Mr. Gelln was The insTrucTor and his work was noT in valnl as The records show. The ATTirmaTive Team was composed 0T Messrs. Schoeny. Horrigan. and Klng, The NegaTive Team were Messrs. Roll and Kern. The naTionel subEeCT Tor de- baTe was: Resolved: ThaT all elecTrlc uTiliTIes should be owned and operaTed by The govern- menT. The TirsT debaTe 0T The season was held aT Wyoming High School and on This OC- ceslon boTh ATTirmaTive and NegaTive Teams were deTeaTed. The Tollowing day our Nega- Tlve Team conTesTed The ATTirmaTive Team 0T WalnuT Hills High School. A Tew clays IaTer our ATTlrmaTive Team and The NegaTive Team OT WalnLT Hills High School meT in debaTe To compleTe The series. In boTh debaTes. no dedsion was rendered. The TirsT vicTory CT The season was gained by our NegaTive Team when They deTeaTed The Ahr'umaTive Team of Lockland High School. The laTTer school was hosT on This occasion. The enTTre Team enjoyed The hospiTaliTy oTTered by Lloyd High School a Tew weeks laTer. These debaTes w e r e dgclsionless and served T0 sharp, en The abiliTy of our boys Tor The mosT imporTanT debaTe 0T e The season. One de- l baTe remained be- : Tore The ioinT def baTe wiTh The Xave V ier UniversiTy Fresh- men Team. In This debaTe The ATTirma- Tlve Team showed Th e i r over The NegaTIve Team of Wyoming HTgh School. AlThough our NegaTive Team did Their besT in The debaTe wiTh The Xavier UniverslTy Freshmen ATTlrmaTive Team, The judge Glee cided in Tavor 0T The UnfversiTy. The judge Mr. Gelin. S.J. FaculTy Adviser superioriTy hlmselT declared ThaT The decision was noT an easy one To render, Our ATTirmaTive Team, however. were vicTorious and This iusTiTiecl all The labsrs CT The year. Four dabaTes were decisionless: and Three were losT ,vhile Three were won. In This Tirm base may debaTing aT ST. X. Take rooT ancl Tlourish in The coming years. Kern, Horrigan, Mr. Gelin, S.J., King, Schoeny, Roll. Page Sixty-five SENIOR DEBATE CONTEST The ars ioquendi is aiways iound among fhe curricular acfivifies here. af Si. Xavier High School. Ora+ory and Debahng culminl afe +his whoie view of ariiculafion and gear fure. The Senior Debafe is an annuai aHairi and +his year we have chosen For our fopic ihe quesfion. Resolved: ThaiL Presidenf Roosel vel+'s Supreme Cour? Plan Should Be Adopi Jred. The Anthrmafive side of +he quesfion was defended by Messrs. Knoepilei Schoeny. and Kern. while Jrhe Negafive was upheld by Messrs. Roil, DeCourcy. and Diehi. The Chairman on Jrhis occasion was William Welch. Since preliminary compeiifive Jresi's defermine +hose who are most capable, H is indeed an honor +0 parficipam in +he Senior Debaie. The Preiecf oi +he Debafing Socieeri Mr, Gelini SJ. generousiy ienf his guiding hand 10 6H persons concerned. The Debafe held on the evening of Thursday. May 13. in +he Poiand Memorial Hall. was public and a large and enfhusiasiic audience helped +0 inspire +he Speakers. The much cove+ed Memorial Finn Award was presenfed +0 Thomas Diehl. selecfed by +he iudges as fhe bes+ speaker. The judges for this year's Senior Debaie were Honorable Joseph P. Goodenough. Honor- able Aiphomse L. Luebbersl and Honorable Thomas H. Morrow. Standing e Schoeny, Kern, DeCourcy, Roll. Seuted- King, Welch iChah-mam, Diehl, Page Sixty-six ELOCUTION WINNERS The elocuHon coniesfs for +he second and Jthird years were held March 9. and for Jrhe ?irer year March I6. Bofh confesfs +ook place in fhe gymnasium. The juniors Jraking par+ were Edward Mayhall! William Blum. Joseph Warren, Harker Tracy. Phillip Horrigan had been chosen f0 parficipafe, buf could no+ because of illness. William Blum merHed firer place in +his group. while Edward Mayhall and Harker Tracy divided second honors. The sophomores in H13 con+es+ were John Hemmer. James Doran. Wiliiam Schrimpf. Harry Schoeffmer, Richard Huelsman. William Dierker. end Wiliiam TopmoeHer. In Jrhis diw vision Harry SchoeHmer fook firs+ place whiie James Doran end Wiliiam Dierker +ied 33;. for second. The selecfions of bofh groups were done in cos'rume. In +he second confeer fhe freshmen f0 parficipafe were: William Connelly, Harry Weber. Allan Nolan. Alberf McErlane, Jos- eph Wehby. Bernard Gilday, Rober+ Ten- hundfeld. Charies Sfeinmefz. George Fisher and Paul Carroll. Sfeinmeh was awarded fir5+ prize and Fisher. second. The iudges for the sophomore and iunior confesf were: Rev. Paul A. E1nen. OP. Edwin J. Byrne. Ph.B.. and John A. Gaynorl LL.B.: for +he freshmen: Rev. William I. SchmiH. Dr. Edward J. McGrafh. and Rober+ M, Clinger. LLB. Second roweDiel-kel'. Fisher, Tracy. F'i'rst roweDoran, Blum, Schoettmer, Steinmetz. Page Sixty-se'ven THE PARENT - TEACHER ASSOCIATION I936-37 THE FATHERS' CLUB According +0 a very laudable custom a+ 5+. Xavier. The paer school year has been helped along ifs course by The Fa+hersl Club. cerlainly a praiseworlhy organizafion. H a'FFords our lalhers an opporfunify of meefing and Talking th +he faculfy. +he Jteachers; ol: +heir sons. A belfer unclers+anding may be broughf abouiL by This mee+ing. and all Three efeacherl fa+her and sonemay be benefit Jred. The officers of +he Club for The pas+ year were Mr. Edward J. Tracy, President Mr. Bernard J. Gilday, Vice-Presidenl': Mr. J. Ray Frederick Treasurer: Mr. E. J. Burke. Secre- lay. The Board of Direc'lors also included Mr. Harry J. Freking. Mr. James J. Fifzpafrick, Mr. Joseph A. Glassmeyer. Mr. Wm. Hel- mlck, and Mr. Leo F. Wubbolding. Chairmen of CommiHees were Messrs. Kelly. Kroger. Doyle. Hoenemeyer. Bissmeyer. Thoma, Beck- er, Brueggemann, and Deye. Our Dads have held regular mon+hly meet- ings during +he school year and al +hese planned for our beHermenf and +he beffer- Page Simty-eight menf of 5+. X. They have mef +he dads 01c +heir sons' friends. They have enjoyed being always for us and for our school. Our fa+hers sponsored +he Toolball ban- quet held in January. Wi+h fhe Mofhers Club Jthey pul' over +he Third Annual May Fele. They also had a par+ in +he Moonlighf Boal Ride which we enloyed on May IS. The May Pele. The proceeds of which are To be used Jreward +he improvemenfs in +he school building. was Jrhe greafesf accomplish: men+ of Jrhe year Tor +he club. Mr. John J. Kelly was chosen general chairmanl Under him were commilfees on boofhs, raHle-books. enferfainmen'r. e+c. More work was done on +he Fefe +han some may realize, The Fefe was sponsored by bofh +he Fafhers and Mofhers' Clubs. Fafhers Diersen and Diefz represenled The facul+y. The Fa+hers' Club has been a mos+ ime porlanl organizah'on 3+ Sf. X. H has really accomplished fhings. Long may fhe Club live! God bless our dads! MOTHERS' CLUB H sfands +0 reason +ha+ when one mofherl holding Close f0 her hear? Jrhe Inferes+s of her boy. looks ouf her his welfare, 5 group of rno+hersy in unHed efforfs. may accomplish much for +heir boys. No boy can forge'r +he innumerable +imes in +he pas+ when +he dances in +he gymnasium were made more homehke and delithul by +he capable and eager hands o1c our mofhers. The Thanksgiving Eve dance and H15 dance given April Second serve +0 refresh our memorKes and we seniors lopk back wifh longing To +he harewell dancebof June fourJrh. Buf fhe Mofhersh Ciub of I936-37 has been engaged in ofher acfivifies more im- porfam' +han +he managememL of dancesV When Jrhe raging wafer of Jrhe Ohio leH ifs banks +0 hurl H's wra+h againsf +he how-Iyw'ng houses. abandoned af Hue first hinf of disas+er, many of our mo+hers were busy in +he school kHchen. preparing wholesome food for fhose unfor+una+es who had +0 seek femporary shel- fer in various insfifufions nearby. Perhaps 'In an occasional glance from +heir work. our mofhers smiled in sahsfadlon 5+ +he +hough+ fhaf +hey had made The cafeteria more cheery by +he addi+ion of +he drapes. When school was resumed and +he s+uden+s were once more applying fhemselves. +ha+ which loomed large in every one's mind was fhe May Fefe. And In +his, as In former years. fhe success of +he May Fefe was due, in grea+ part +0 fhe unselfish cooperahon of our mo+hers. Mrs. Hoenemeyer held +he enviable oHiCe of Presidenf; and she was assls+ed by +he Mesdames Mulvaney, Hart Becker. BIssmeyer, Dressman, and Bischoff. The Board of Direc- +ors included Mesdames Wilsony FarreH. Kingy Heekin. and Grogan. Mesdames Slum, Mosse man. Osferman, and KnoepHe were Com- miHee Chairmen; and +he Hos'resses were +he Mesdames Landis. Elsaesser, Tracy, and Read. StandingeMrs- R. J. Wilson, Mrs. B, J. King, Mrs. A. H. Bissmeyer, Mrs. J. W. Farrell, Mrs. W. V. Heekin. SeatedeMrs. E. G. Becker, Mrs. W. P, Mulvaney, Mrs. F. J. Hoenemeyer hPresidentL Mrs. C. J. Bischoff. Page Siwty-ni-ne OUR MOTHERS So 'r t1 u t y Page A few of +he +h3r+y-six pairs o'F brofhers af Xavier and one frio. The brofhers picfured above are +he Foleyi Bender. Diehl. Bissmeyer. Nolam Carroll. Lorenz. O'Shaughnessy. Ziep1tel, Rice. MiHlehauser. Oberiing. Winferman, and Jones Bro+hers. Page Sereniy-O'ne Pals. Joe Sweeney lsphord'lng and Geisa Inc, Tracy caJrches. Close your eyes.' Surprised. Doran af half mast Play1tul Sophs. Noon passes. Moran himself. Befween innings. Brueggemann a specfafor. The prefzel vender gefs a Hckef. v The S+udenfs' Mass. Library a? Noon. The Cafe'reria. Page Seventy-three The Year in Review SEPTEMBER Labor Day TS celebraTed ThroughouT The counTry, and Then comes The reTurn To classes. Classes were hardly begun when Mr. Mer- caccio was unTorTunaTely Taken ill. and The gracious and kindly FaTher Mceeary Took his place. SepTember TiTTeenTh broughT The se1L 0T English TesTs Tor The seniors. Our boys losT To ST. X of LouisvTHe in The opening game CT The season on The nineTeenTh eT Louisville, On The TwenTy-Third The enTire sTudenT body parTicipaTed in The annual Mass in honor 0T The Holy Ghost Readfng 0T rules Tollowed. and Then The resT of The day was Tree. Xavier was deTeaTed by WiThrow on The TwenTy- sixTh. And so SepTember came To a close OCTOBER Our boys won Their TirsT vicTory on The second. deTeaTTng Hoimes High aT CovingTon. On The second and TourTh The ST. Xavier Par- ish DramaTic Club presenTed Big HearTed HerberT, direcTed by BroTher Walsh. Pro- ceeds were kindly donaTed To our l'unior aTh- TeTic Tund. Good old Columbus ThoughTTully discovered our counTry in OcTober which is a very nice Time Tor a liHle holiday. Near This daTe The PresidenT visiTed CincinnaTi, and we Were dismissed for one period To geT a glimpse 0T him as he drove by in a pouring rain. On The TwenTy-TirsT FaTher Diersen sang ' a Requiem Mass Tor The repose 0T The soul 0T Bill Roll's moTher. On The TwenTyeThird we paid homage To ChrisT Our King by aTTencling The VoTive Mass sung in honor OT Our King. and by The solemn chanTing of The Acclama- Tions aT The noon devoTTons. The sTudenTs paid Their respecTs To Cardinal Pacelli on The occasion 0T his Talk To sTudenTs 0T Cin- cinnaTi aT The Seminary. NOVEMBER November was raTher evenTTul. There was a MoThers' Club meeTing aT The school on The second. On The eighTh was The annual Page Seventy-fonr double header TooTball game aT Corcoran Field aT which ST. Xavier played Purcell. On ArmfsTice Day a Solemn Requiem Mass was sung Tor The deceased Alumni and BeneTac- Tors. The MoThers' Club held a parTy aT The schooT. ThaT same aTTernoon and broughT us Tuck Tor we beaT Locklandi 21 To 7. On Jrhe TwenTy-TirsT our Team played Roger Bacon. The annual Senior Dance Took place Wednes- day 0T Thanksgiving Week. DECEMBER On December Third The enTire school celebrafed The TeasT 0T ST. Francis Xavier wiTh a solemn High Mass Tollowed by a Tree day. AnoTher Tree day on December eighTh clue To The TeasT 0T The lmmaculaTe Concep- Tion. a holy clay. On December TourTeenTh The ST. X swimming Team meT PurceTl aT The L. B. Harrison. The moThers held a meeTing CT The PTA. and The enTire school enjoyed a picTure show published by The ChevroleT Co. On The TiTTeenTh 0T This monTh The swimming Team meT Elder. while on The eighTeenTh The baskeTball Team played Ox- Tord-McGuTTey and won a TerriTic game. Tn The aTTernoon The band played ChrisTmas Carols aT FounTain Square. The annual ChrTSTmBST Playdiwes held on The TwenTieTh 0T DecemberWEarT'd: on The TwenTy-second The ChrisTmas'vacaTion began aT Two-ThirTy. On The TwenTy-ninTh The baskeTbaTl Team meT The alumni. JANUARY On January Third school resumed and all seTTled down To The Tinal grind of The school yearn January TiTTh ST. X played Purcell aT baskeTbalT. and Elder on The eighTh. There was a league swimming meeT on The elevenTh. On January TwelTTh end TourTeenTh The senior dramaTic club presenTed iTs perTormance 0T The Jolly Roger. On The sevenTeenTh. a baskeTbaIl TournamenT aT The ST. Xavier Uni- versiTy Field House. On January nineTeenTh a foo+ball banquef was held followed by a meefing of +he PIA. On Jrhe fwenhefh 1he Sf. X vsl Woodward swimming mee+ was held af fhe Fenwick. On the JrwenJrieJrh. Jrhe ad- iournmenf of school marked fhe beginning of H16: Hood vacafion. If Jrhe Hood didn'+ do any o+her good H did relieve us from +he mid-year exams which were supposed +0 be held from +he fwenfy-fiHh +0 +he +wen+y-nin+h. FEBRUARY From fhe hrsf f0 +he eighfh day of February +he school was closed owing +0 fhe flood. Exams began as soon as Jrhe classes were renewed and lashed +0 +he fweth. The +en+h was Ash Wednesday and +he swimming +eam me+ Purcefl. On +he hHeenfh was held fhe league swimming mee+ and +he elocufion confes+ preliminaries. On +he seven+eenfh of February +he Fafhers dub held a mee'Hng af fhe school, and on fhe ninefeenfh Jrhe swimv ming +eam me+ Elder. February also saw +he skahng parfy held for fhe benefH' of +he X Ray sponsored by +he Senior Sodalify. MARCH March was an even+ful mon'rh. The firsf day saw Jrhe league swimming mee+ af +he Frrars. On +he second +he debahng feam sfepped info sfride againsf Wyoming and on +he +hird agains+ Walnu+ Hills. On +he fourfhr fiffh. and sixfh Jrhe secHonal baskefball +ourn- amemL was he5d. On Hie eigh+h +he en+ire school enl'oyed a pidure on Jrhe making of +he Chevrole+ and incidenfally was +he begin- ning of Vocafional Week. On Jrhe nin+h were +he final Sophomore and Junior characfer impersonafions or elecufion con+es+. On Jrhe eleven+h. fweth, and +hirfeeen+h was fhe disfricf swimming meef. On +he fiHeenJrh of March was held +he deba+e wifh Holmes High School +here. The sixfeenfh saw Jrhe finals 1:0r +he freshmen elocwl'ion con+es+, and on fhe eighfeenfh was +he Lockland deba+e and a meefing of +he Mofhers and Fafhers' Clubs On +he eigh+eenfh. ninefeenfh and fwenhefh was heid Jrhe disfricf swimming meef. The school enioyed a pidure on +he manufadure of milk on +he nine'l'eenfh of +his mon+h. and hem +he +wen+y-seconcl +0 +he fwen+y-four+h was held fhe refrea+ week Followed by Solemn Massr +he Papal Blessing. and +he beginning of the Easfer vaca+ion. APRIL The mon'rh of Aprii acfivH'ies sfarfed ouf wi+h a gohc meef wifh Eider on +he ffffh. From +he sevenfh +0 +he fenfh 01c April Fr. Bilsfein and Fr. Diefz affended a Norfh Cen- +ral Meeh'ng a+ +he Hofel Sfevens af Chicago. On The +weth +he golf +eam mef Roger Bacon and on +he +hir+een+h a band concer+ was held in +he school audiforium. On +he hHeenfh a baseball game a+ Roger Bacon and on +he nine+een+h a golf and baseball meef th Purcell. On Safurday. April +wen- +y-four+h +he Ohio High School Principals Spring Meefing a'r Columbus. On +he Jrweni'y- sixi'h a gohr game wiH-u Elder. and on +he Jrwenfy-sevenfh w'IJrh Roger Bacon. On Fri- day, April +hirfiefh. Major Zerbee spoke +0 The Seniors of +he C. M. T. C. summer camps: Coach Clem Crowe spoke of Xavier Univer- sHy a+hle+es and aJrhleiics. MAY On +he +hird St X mef Roger Bacon in a golf game and on +he ?ourJrh fhe baseball Jream meJr Elder. May sixfh. a holy day. Ascension Thursday and no school. The annual May Fefe was held from +he sevenfh f0 fhe ninfh and on +he fenfh a gohc mee+ wi+h Purcell. On May +hir+een+h +he Senior Deba+e on fhe Supreme Courf. On +he fiffeenfh Jrhe Parochial School Scholarship Exams were held. The sevenfeenfh. Penfecosf Sunday. and H18 eigh+eenfh +he Annual Boa+ Ride on fhe Island Queen. On fhe ninefeenfh and erenhefh The Annual Ca+holic League Track Mee+. JUNE The fwo foremoer dafes 'In June were June +he T'irsf. 'Final exams. and fhe +an+h. Com- mencemen+ for fhe seniorss ' Page Seventy-fiwe XAVIER HIGH VICTORY MARCH Chorus LeJr +he banners wave on high. Le+ our hearts reboumd in V?cfory's hour We have $ough+ +he baHle bravely, Lef +he echoes ring in her acdaim. Raise your voIce in songs of praise. Filling all +he vaulf of heaven above. Rally round Hwe Biue and WhHe We'll drink a foasf +0 +hee DEAR XAVIER HIGH The roar. +he din of baHle's dreadful hour; The sform. fhe s+ress. w'IH oniy urge us on. VICTORW4+ will berlCTORY we know. Page Seventy-sim The Goal! The sfeps have been faken. +he erudemi has made +he ascent Wi+h er+swhile darkness af his back. he stands wi+h face alighf af +he enhance f0 a greater and a fuller life. He has reached fhe Top: he is Xavierhs Graduafe. Page- Seventy-se-ve'n Backscheider Baumgarfner Beck Beving+on Backscheider. Herbert Leo Herb Sodalify I-IV: Second Honors il-H! Herb lives among +he rolling hills of Sayler Park. Always seen conspiring wifh Chenaf againsf Smifh. Seldom heard from excepf when he +hinks +here is +00 much homework being assigned. Baumgarfner. Roberf T. Baumy Sodali+y I-IV; Acolyfe 1: Junior Foo+ball I Baumy hails from +he wilds of Nor+h5ide. Claims he had no fear of +he Hood. Plo+s wifh Menkhaus agains+ Jreachers and 1he rules of +he school. Takes greawL pleasure in making puns in Hue schoolroom. Beck. Herberf John Herbie Sodalify HV; Varsi'ry FoofbaH HI: Reserve Foofball J: Tennis l: Swimming HV: Annual Sheff: IV: Elocuhon Con1es+ l: Senior Dance CommiHee W: X Club Herbie is one of 1he bes'r afhle+es +urned ou? by +he school. His work in +he advert Jrising line augurs a successful career in any fieFd he may choose. His genuine school Spirhl ancl frue in+eres+ in school ac+ivi+ies cann0+ be overlooked. Bevingfon, Richard S. Bev Sodalify HV: Chrisfmas Play I: Junior Foo+ball: Senior Play IV: Ciass Treasurer ll: Second Honors 1 Bev hopes +0 be a business man bu? wFH probably end up playing Shakespeare. His presence is always $el+ by his warm confagious smile. Has a greaf fOHOWEng of friends and admirers because oef his driving personalify. Page Seventy-eighf Beyer Bischoii Bissmeyer Bourgholfzer Beyerr Edward Joseph Ed Sodalify II-lV; Acolyfe lslV: Second Honors IAll Sirong siiemL man whose chief deiighf seems +0 be smashing ioadinq piafforms. Business man o'F fhe class. already boaers Hue ownership of a parking lof. Beware. Mr. Morgan! Bischoff. Roberf H. Bob Sodalify l-IV: Foofball IIl-IV; Golf I-IV; Golf Capfain IV: Band I: Track III: Swimming Team ll-IV: Swimming Captain IV: Second Honors II: Class Secre+ary ll Comes from fhe heighfs of Price Hiil. He capfained his swimming Jream +0 a successful season and held a posifion on Jrhe golf Jream for Four years. OHen seen roving abouf fhe Wesfwood disfricf. Bissmeyer. William Charles Bill Sodaiify l-lV. Junior Foofball l; Junior Baskefball l: Golf lll-IV: Tennis ll; Acolyfe I-IV; Scrivener lIl-V: First Honors llslll: Elocufion Confesf I: Ch risfmas Play 1: Senior Dance CommiHee: X Ciub: XwRay Sfaffi Bill is a naiive of PleasamL Ridge and one of Hie chief exponenfs of file arf oi wresHing in +he corridor. Takes grea+ pride in his abilify +0 keep his hair in peried order even affer a Jrussle wH'h a Lafin franslaHon. Bourgholfzer. Joseph 8. Joe Sodalify III-IV', Swimming IllwIV: Track Jll: Scrivener Staff lll-lV: Senior Play IV: Elocufion Confesf Hi If a sunny disposi+ion is fhe soul of success we know Thai Joe wili someday be greaf. His smile in Hie hall or classroom brighfens up +he darkesf day. Our only regref is fha+ Joe has only been wi+h us for +wo years. Page Sei'enty-ni'ne Brinker Brueggemann Buescher BuHon Brinker. William J. Bill SodaIier HV: Sodalify 11: Senior Play IV; Band I-IV; Acoly+e IlI-IV; Firsf Honors II; Second Honors HI Bill's domain lies in good old Kainfuck. Toofs his horn for fhe good of his Alma Mafer. A greaf leader in all school acfivifies and seems +0 have ob+ained +he mi of receiving honors. Brueggemann. Paul J. Brugg SodaMy I-IV: Varsify Baskefball IV; Reserve Baskefball ll: Junior Baskefball l: Tennis IIHV; Track Ivll; Band HV; Acoly+e f-il; Firs'r Honors lull: Second Honors III: X Club Did some wcine work on H16 baskefbaH haam. and held a place wi'rh +h8 Tennis squad. His na+ive heafh is fhe ou'r of +own place of 5+. Bernard. Likes Jro hackle Horgan in He corridors as well as in Hue class room. Buescher. Rober+ C. De Lovely Sodalify I-IV: Chris+mas Play I; Junior Baske+baEl Manager l: Track H: Second Honors l A blond Haired boy $rom MT. Washingfon. Earned H18 nickname of De Lovely Horn hi5 Hne looks and complexion. Has a hard Hme riding a Greek pony and avoiding Cowen's wisecracks. Always seen in a good mood buf +akes examinafions seriously. BuHon. Jesse R. Jess SodaJify I-iV: Ciass Vice-Presidenf HI: Class President IV: Second Honors 1 Jess smile and humorous WH are Elke a brithr light He is a walking example of whaf +he debona'xr Senior should wear. Jess always enl'oys a good Time. and for personalify He is +here one hundred percent Page Eighty Carroll. J. Carroll, T. Cassady Cavanaugh Carroll, John Pa+rick Johnny Sodali+y l-IV: Junior Fooiball Ill: Junior Baske+ball lell; Track Manager II,- Second Honors I-Ill: Elocu'rion Confes+ lilll: Chris+mas Play I: Senior Dance CommiHee IV: X Club Johnny Jrraces his ancesfry back +0 the wilds across +he river. One of +he chief wisecrackers of H18 class. Never fails To be seen wi+h Rice or Wubbolding. Dee Jighfs in cracking jokes wifh Mr. Brennan. Carro . Thomas Charles l'Tomll Sodali+y l-'IV: Reserve Foofball II: Reserve Baskefball ll: Track II; Junior Baskefball I: A+hle+ic Asso- ca+ion II: Acolyfe II: Second Honors ll; Elocu+ion Confesf I: Senior Dance CommiHee IV When Tom speaks you may be sure fhere is something wor+h hearing. Cheerfulness and good-will are his chief assefs. No+h1ng ever seems Jr00 diHiculf for Tom and he cerfainly possesses +ha+ good old Xavier spirit Cassady. Richard Red Senior Play IV: X Ray S+aff Red has a full apprecia+ion of beHer +hfngs and his iudgemenf is beyond reproach. He makes up in qualify wha+ he lacks in quan+i+y. He spenf only one year 5+ Xavier. buf has won a hosf of friends. Cavanaugh. Vincen+ Edward I'Vince Sodalify I-IV: Chrisfmas Play H-Hl; Sfage Manager IV Vince is a scholar Hrst las+ and all +he fime. He claims +hree homerooms; 4C. up in Jrhe lab or on back stage. Vince is one of +hose mas+erminds in mafhemchs and science and has proved himself so in managing the elec+rical deparfmen+s abouf +he school. r Page Eighty-one Chend Cla rk Cowen Daley Chenal. Bernard J. Bernie Sodalify I-IV; Class Honors I: Firsf Honors ll-Il Bernie is one of fhose lads From 43 possessed ofa winning persona1i+y. Hopes some day f0 be a big lawyer. However if is our opinfon +ha+ He will be +he Arismfle of H13 Twen+ie+h Cen+ury. Clark. John F. Ty Sodalify l-IV: Choir II Jack is a quie+ lad who delighfs in spinning yarns abouf his various escapades. The Mofion Picfure Indus+ry has H's Tyrone Power bqu we have our own Jack Clark. H would be weH i'F all Hwe lower classmen w0ulcl seek his recipe for school- spirit Cowen. Thomas Roberf Ches Sodalify l-JV: Junior Baskefball l7 Reserve Baske+ball H; X Ray Staff IV: Class Vim-Presidenf I: Swimming IV; Firs+ Honors E: Second Honors Ilnlll: Senior Play IV: Senior Dance Chairman IV Tom +akes grea+ pride in his abili+y +0 grow a beard on shorf no+ice and in bIOWing smoke rings. He is repufed +0 be a walking example of fine school spirit Despife fhe facf fhaf he comes from Clif+on he has many friends in fhe school. Daley. Dennis Denny Sodali'ry l; Baseball HI; Golf HI-lV; Swimming HV: Track iI-IV: Afhlefic Associafion W: X Club Being a sfar on fhe noon baskefball cour+ and on He frack squad did nof keep Denny from winning merH on fhe swimming feam. He can always be depended upon +0 give an amusing franslaffon +0 any Latin or Greek +heme no maH'er how diFFicuH'. One of +he men who has a'ways supplied humor +0 6 c1ass. Page Eightydtwo DeCourcy Diehl Elsaesser Farrell DeCourcy, Neil William Neil Sodalify HV; Golf HV; Afhlelic Assoclafion ll-IV: Scrivener Slag ll: Firsl Honors HH: Senior Play ll: Elocullon Confesf 1: Senior Dance Commiffee lV;Ches+er+on Club: Senior Debale Confesl A delega+e from Hyde Park and a mem ber ol the Golf Jream. Has masfered all his sfudles. bu'l canno+ confrol a laughing spell. ls seen at all social 'Funcl'ions and has a hard time creating enemies. Diehl. Thomas J. Person Sodalify l-IV; Elocuflon l-lli: Chris+mas Play ll; Senior Play IIWIV: Class Secre+ary ll: Acoly+e ll'. Scrivener S+al-l IIAIV; X Ray Slaht IV: Firsl Honors l-lll: Senior Debale Confeer Winner: Chesferlon Club The Parson hikes an awful panning abouf Wyoming. Has ye+ +0 see Jrhe subl'ech he cannol overcome. Speels 0H leng+hy speeches +0 Jrhe amazemenl of himself and ofhersl and gave a good example of +hls in represen+ing his class in +he Senior Debafe Cenfest Elsaesser, Herman F. Hermy SodalHy l-lV: Junior Baskel'ball I; Band I Scrlvener Slag ll-lll: 60ht Team lle; Firsf Honors I-lll: Class Secrefary: Chesferlon Club Small bu+ mighfy Hermy has +he arf of golfing well 'In hand. Has a bad habif 015 taking vacallons in Florida during lhe mid-year examsl Pals around wi+h +he Parson quHe a bit and supplies Jrhe whL in any circle. Farrell. James W. IIBud Sodallfy l-IV: Elocu+ion l: Foo+ball IV: Senior Dance CommiHee IV: Reserve Foolball ll; Junior Foolball 1: Class Secrelary I: Acolyle l: Scrivener Sfaff ll-lll: Firsl Honors l-lll Belng one ol Jrhea bulwarks on +hi5 years loofball learn, Bud has earned fhe repu- lallon of being one of +he fineer afhleles m +he class of 37.1' Can usually be lound during Jrhe noon period wreslling wifh Bissmeyer or in a Baffle Royal wi+h no less +han +welve opponen+s. Many envious looks have been cas+ a+ his curly pompadour hair, which +op5 his ever smiling face. Page Eighty-tiz.ree Flenniken Flynn Foppe Franklaad Fionniken. Roy Bernard Roy Sodalify lelV; Junior Foofbail l: A+hle+ic Associa+ion lI-IV: Acoiyfe IV An old sage once said 'iSiIence i5 ihe mark of inJrelIigence. According +0 Hlis +here are some who show +heir briliiancy and Roy is one. Roy is quief un+il you know him. There is a greaf amounf oi dignify beneafh his mask of reiicence. Foppe. Richard C Dick Sodalify i-IV: Chrisi'mas Play I: Junior Baske+bali I: Band II: Ciass Treasurer II: Acolyie MI The smallesf member of +he Senior Class. bu+ makes up his size in abili+y and agilify f0 accomplish +hings. A very decep+ive baskefball player wifh an eye for Hie basket Associafes wi+h Jenneman. one of Hie fallesi boys in Hue class. Flynn, John J. Jack Sodaliiy l-IV; Elocufion I: Class OHicer ll-IV: Acolyte II: Afhle+ic Associa+ion II-IV: Track lslV: XrRay Business Manager: Cheer Leader ll-lll From all appearances. Jack will be fhe big business man of ihe coming generaiion. When if comes +0 selling ads for +he X-Ray he displays some real falent Keeniy in+eresfed in Afhleiics, he has done much +0 develop schooi spirit and has been iops as Cheer ieaders go. Frankland. Gregory GregH Sodalify l-IV: Junior Foo+ball l: Eiocufion ConiesiL I-II: Band HI Can always be depended on fo give life +0 +he parfy. He aHrads by his winning smile and colorful personalify. His pride and joy is a Ford coupe wi+h loud air horns. Page Eighty-four Geiger Hanser Heekin, Fl Heekin, W. Geiger. Joseph H. Joe SodalHy ler: Junior Baskelball I: Reserve Baske+ball ll: Senior Dance Commilfee IV: Acolyfe HI: Second Honors l-lll Joe's fhe handy-andy man of 48 class, Always a greal help in class and oufside. Respecled by all his classmates and we are sure he will have a successful fufure. Hanser, John F. Big Jack Sodalify I-IV: Foofball HI-IV', Reserve Foofball ll; Track IV: Band I: Senior Play IV: Firs+ Honors l; Second Honors H: X Club Traces his ancesfry back +0 Hwe blue grass slale of Kenlucky. Held 6 regular ber+l1 on +he foo+ball squad for +wo years, One cl Hue noon league's Hashiesf baskefball players. and eHicienf in scholarship. Always seen cracking jokes wH'h Hoefker and Jung. A fine a+hle+e, a clever ador, and a real man. Heekin. Francis Xavier Deedle Sodali+y l-lV: Reserve Foofball II: Swimming llllll Deedles as we know him. has fhal faculfy of making one leel lhaf lhe world is all right. after all. Being well cushioned. Deedles is in favor of bigger and beHer 51+ dOWn slrikes. His warm+h of genial courfesy. and calm ol self reliance. would qualify him as a promising undersfudy 10 Major Bowes. Heekin. Waller Joseph WaH Sodall+y lle: Foo+ball Ill: Reserve Foofball II The heavy man of +he 43 class. who is repufed To be an excellenl Lafin scholar. Forms lhe +hlrd parf of +he +rio wI'H'u Heilker anal Knoeplle. Seems rafher inclined +0 giving enormous speeches. Page Eighty-f'i'ue Heilker H'erschede Hoefker Hoenemeyer Heilker. William Richard Willy Sodalify I-IV: Acoiyfe ll; Second Honors il Keeps +he fronf sec+ion of 4A in a good humorl Hoicis a hafe for La+in al+hough he sincerely approves of Hie ieachers. Has a secref way of convincing peopie of his ideas and fufure inven+ions. Herschede. Alfred J. Al Sodali+y l-IV: Swimming I; Aihlefic Associafion lV:Ciass Presideni III AI has proved himseht +0 be a poe+ of greaf reknowni A represenfafive from fhe Ridge. and fishing is his iavorife sport He delighis in felling of his fishing advenfures. Hoefker. John F. John Sociaiify HV: Junior Fooibaii l-li: Second Honors I John is For+ Miichell's flash in a class room, especially in Lafin. Has looks and personali+y which are in wild demand in all parfs oi nor+hern Kenfuckyi Has a greaf influence over his pals Hanser and Jung. Hoenemeyer. Francis Joseph Honey Sodalify l-IV: Junior Fooibali l-H: Baskeibali Manager III: Junior Baskefbail I-II: Tennis HHV: Class Treasurer IV: Acoly+e I-IV: Scrivener S+aH IH: Firsf Honors HH', X Club lnferesfed in Afhleiics and aJr fhe same Jrime pulls down some good grades in +he class room A day is no+ complefe unless he Jrakes his 5ies+a along abou+ one-+hir+y. Seldom seen wifhomL his comrades Wubboiding and J. Carrol. Page Eighty-sir. Horgan Hornikel Jacob Jenneman Horgan. Paul Pafrick lrish Sodali+y HV: Acolyfe III-IV: Second Honors l-ll A quiet lad from Price Hill who has fop nofch school spirit Keeps Backscl'leicler company in +he back of fhe room. and possesses an agilify of falking in class wifhouf geH'lng called down. Makes lrequen+ repor+s on +he noforlous deeds o'F +ha+ masfer sleulh Dan Dunn. Hornikel. Gordon J . Gordy Sodalify I-IV: Swimming I-lll: Tennis l: Band II; Senior Dance Commilfee IV: Class Presidenf I-Il A lad usually seen will! NeHlefon and Herschede. Has won lame lor himself 5+ Hue roller rink. Comes from Walnuf Hills and is well over six feel. As is indicafedl his favorile sporf is skafing. Jacob. Roberf Joseph Jakell SodalHy lle: Foo+ball Il-IV: Class Treasurer I; Second Honors I-ll; X Club Jake is a very congenial lad and has never been known +0 display anger foward his 'Fellow sfuclen'i's. One of +be mosl ha ndsome loofball players ever lumecl omL by X, Appreclafes Clvlcs for lulure usein life. Jenneman. Edward A. Ed Sodalily l-lV: Band I-lV: Second Honors I: Track IV Ed has been Wl'l'l'l H19 band for lour years. He hopes some day +0 have an orchestra all his own. When belfer orcheshas are formed may Ecl Jenneman's lead all fhe resl. Page Eightyms'even Jung Kern King Knoep'Fle Jung, Frederick F. Freddy SodaJHy Hf-IV: Foo'rbaH IH-IV: X Club Freddy arrived 5+ Xavier in his +hl'rd year. Since Hlen he has won many friends +hroughou+ +he school. During +he pas? season he did greaf work on fhe gridiron. Kern. Aerr J. AH Sodalify l-IV: SodalHy Officer IV; Elocu+ion IdHI: Senior Play IV: Class Presidenf ll: Scrivener SfaFF IV; XaRay. EdHor: Class Honors l-IV: Firsf Honors I-HI Ches+er+on Club: Debafe Team IV: Senior Deba+e Con+es+ Arf is one o1c +he mosf accomplished seniors in +he school. Languages hold no fear for him. He is a member of He debafing feam, besides beEng Edifor-inA Cl'1ie1c of Jrhe X-Ray and Poehy edifor of H16 Scrivener. King, Ajlan Edward Al SodaHer lwIV: Sodali+y Prefed IV: FoofbaH H-IV: Reserve Foofball l: Reserve Baskefball ll: Senior Play IV: Elocufion ConJresf I-IIF; TennFs ll; Class PresiclemL l-IV: Class Vice-Presiden+ lI-Hl: Acoly+e HV; Scrivener Sfaff III-IV; XnRay S+aFF IV; Firsf Honors l; Second Honors III: X Club: Debafe Team IV AI has dis+inguished himself on +he foo'rball field despHe Hwe fough breaks he has received. Nso +urned ouf +0 be a debafer of grea+ merit ln+ends +0 pmL CovingFon on Jrhe map wifh hi5 Trufure Iaw knowledgen Knoepfle. William P. Bill Sodalify lle; Foo+baH II-IV: Reserve Foo+ball I: Swimming l-IV; Track l-ll-IV; Class Presidenf I: Class Vice-PresidenJr lI-IV; Second Honors I: X Club: XnRay Sfaff IV: Senior Debafe Confes+ Co-cap+ain of +he 'Foofball +eam and very shy on falking 0F Hwaf subject He is an MOI of +he freshmen and has a personalHy ihaf admifs him +0 any group in +he school. A member of fhe XnRay Shag. and in+ere5+ed in mos+ forms of afhlefics. Page Eighty-eight Kroger Leonard Lockwood Lorenz Kroger, Edward J. Ed Band l-IV: Firs? Honors II-III: Second Honors I Ed has gained his fame af X in fhe band. Because of his quie1L manner we are no? aware of him unfil he recites. Takes his sfudies very seriously and for fhaf reason we find him a leader of his class, Leonard. Robed J. Benny SodaMy l-IV: Foo+ball HV; Baske+ball l-lV: Baseball ll: Track H-IV; Class Presidenf l: Class Vice-Presi- denf H: Scrivener S'raH III: X Club Presiden+ IV; X-Ray Staff IV Benny proved himsehc +0 be one of Jrhe grea+es+ foofball players fhaf ever donned fhe biue and whi+e. A real ferror on the foofball fieid and also on +he baskefball court Loves +0 wear Avondale's plaid shir+s. Lockwood, John Pia'H Lock Sodalify l-IV: Junior Foofball l; Junior Baskefball ll; Elocufion Con+es+ I In defiance f0 Horace Greeley's saying 60 West young man. go west. Lock came +0 us from Missouri. Dus+ sforms seem +0 give him +he blues. reminding him of +he home shafeh He is a capable worker and one who does honor +0 +he class of I937. Lorenz, Lee S. ' Lee Sodalify HV: Junior Foofball I: Band l-lV: Second Honors I Anofher suppor+er of 4A in +he noon baskeifball league. Seems +0 have a 50er spof for 8+, Mary's High. Always seen in a jovial mood and lending humor +0 some group in +he school. Page Eightywwi'ne Ma++ingly McDonald Menkhaus Misfler MaHineg. John Jacob Ma'H Sodalify IV; Senior Play IV: Scrivener Siaht IV: Chesferfon Club IV; Firsf Honors Ill MaH is a much +ravelled man for he annually rides II.I20 miles befween X and Aurora. He has an appreciahon for dra maiics and has confribuied much +0 fhe joys shared by +he seniors. Jusf imagine whaf his diploma represenfs in mileagei McDonald. Charles Joseph Mac Sodali+y I-IV; Junior Foofball l; Junior Baske+ball l-ll: Class Secre+ary HI; Second Honors I-ll: Senibr Dance CommiHee iV Mac has played on all +he class +eams much +0 +he regref of +he ofher classes. Alfhough abounding in school spiri+ he has never found Jrime fo enfer +he afhlefic +eems. Spends mos+ of his class-+ime preven+ing Welsh from en+ering Slumberiand. Menkhaus. Paul Joseph Paul Sodalify I-IV: Junior Foofball l: Tennis II-IV; Band I; X-Ray Staff IV; Firs+ Honors I-Ill; Second Honors H A produciL oi Cincinnafi's Norfhside. Has con+ribu+ed his Jrennis abiIH-y +0 +he schooi ieami Has a keen sense of humor and is cons+an+ly Nourishing pracfical jokesV MisHer. Edward James Bu+ch Sodaiify llle; Firsf Honors IHH Bufch hails from Price Hiil. Has been successiui in compiling an enviable scholasiic record. Even +hough very serious minded. he has found fime for social affairs which he enjoys, VVHh his record he is sure +0 be a success in life. Page Ninety Mifflehauser NefHefon Neyer Nurre MiHlehauser. George R. George Sodalify l-IV; Junior Foo'rball l: Junio-r Baske+ball I: Elocu'rion Confesf l: Afhlefic Associafion IV: Senior Dance CommiHee IV: Second Honors l George is neifher obfrusive nor beHicose. and his +aci+urni+y is an 5556? which many of +he more pugnacious lack in +heir al+ruis+ic perspicacH-y on phenomenon handing Toward s+ric+ pedagogy. Or +0 narra+e in English. George is nof parfcularly cuf- sfanding in any fype bu+ is able +0 manage anyfhing +ha+ comes his way. NeHlefon. Richard E. Dick Sodahfy l-IV: Junior Baske+ball l: Knighfs of +he Blessed Sacramenf l A quief lad who had a habiJr of becoming red in fhe face whenever called upon. He is anofher represenfahve of Wyoming. Neyer. Robert J. Bob Sodali+y LIV: Track Ilhlll: Class Honors III; Firs? Honors H Bob has mas+ered mafhemahcs. physics and chemis+ry and wha+ he does no+ know abouf +hem iusf doesn'+ exisf. He is very seldom seen wi+hou+ fhaJr repu+ed smile. He is a masfer in Jrhe pugilis+ic art H' is an honor and privilege +0 know him. for he represenfs +he finesf fype of 5+. Xavier sfudenf. Nurre, Leo Joseph Beezle Sodalffy lll-IV: Tennis III: Second Honors Ill Beez came +0 us in Jrhe +hird year affer having sfudied elsewhere. Seems invariably f0 brighfen +hings up th his winsome smile. Coincides wifh Buescher riding a Greek pony and making wisecracks in fhe schoolroom. Page Ninety-one Nuiini OiBrien O'Donnell O'Shaughnessy Nu'Hni. Carl J. Nuie Sodali+y I-IV: Junior Foo+bail i-II; Junior Baskefbali l-II; Firs+ Honors l-Il'. Second Honors HI Nu+e is a quief unassuming fellow. So quief in fad he is deserving of his nick- name tAbbreviahad form of Mu'iei. The favorii'e noon league player of H18 schooi. We had scarcely heard of H. Mi+chell uniil Nufe showed his handsome face, O'Brien. Vicfor Joseph Obie Sodali+y l-IV: Foofbail Manager III; Junior Foo+ball l-ll; Junior Baskefball I; Baske+ball Manager W; Track l-IV: Acoly+e l-IV; Second Honors l Obie is +he iaifhful manager of +he baske+ball +eam and can always be found in Hie equipmenf room sewing iorn uniforms. Very popular abouf Hue school and a disfinguished member of fhe Track Jream. Ambi+ion is +0 replace Fred Asiaire. O'Donnell, Richard James Dick Sodalify III-IV: Foofbail III-IV: Reserve Foofball HI; Track I: Class Presidenf lI-IV: X Club: Class Honors I: Firs+ Honors ll-IH: Senior Dance CommiHee IV Dick is one of H18 moer successful members of Hwe senior class. Besides being presiden+ of Hie honorable 48 class. he is a foo+ball player of merit and manages +0 keep on H16 honor roili Has a laugh ihai is envied by all. O'Shaughnessy. William Pefer 05h Sodalify HV: Junior Fooiball l; Junior Baskeibail I: Acolyie l-IV: Chrisimas Play I Osh hails from +he hamle+ of Lawrenceburg and has a grea'l' Hme de'fending +he home Jrown. Temporarily lives a+ ihe Fenwick Club and cons+an+iy is seen in Hue company of Hoenemeyer. Carroll. and Rice. Laughs hearfily 5+ +he slighfesf provocafion. Page Ninety-twa Reu+er Rice Roach Roll Reu'rer. Charles E. Chuck Sodalify I-IV: Reserve Foofball 1: Second Honors l Big handsome man from +he disfan+ hills of M1. Airy. Never fails fo fall asleep less +han once a class. Occupies +he las+ sea+ in Physics class which gives us an inkling as +0 how he acquires +he high marks. Offen seen +earing up +he corridors wifh Hanser or Jung. Rice. Morris W. Pip SodalHy I-lV: Junior Foo+ball l-Il: Senior Dance CommiHee IV: Junior Baske+ball I; Class Treasurer I-II', Firsf Honors l He may be small bu? he cer+ainly can make an awful chaHer. Con+inously keeps +he class in an uproar and never seen wifhouf Carroll or Wubbolding. Prevalenf in spor+s and school acfivH'ies. Roach. Vincenf J. Vince SodalHy LIV: Track I: Second Honors I-III Vince is a firm believer +ha+ +he morning is the only Jrfme f0 do homework. Fond 1'oslower of The early +0 bed early +0 rise group. Find's d'I'FFictu in keeping thin +he speed iimifs and proves +ha+ he is ambH'ious by +raveHing 'ro school each day horn No Man's Land. Roll. William J. F. Wili Sodalify l-IV: Sodaiify Prefecf El: Chrisfmas Play lslll: Elocufion Confesf IVIII: Class Vice-Presidem I; Senior Council IV: Scrivener Staff Il-IV :X Ray Associafe Edifor IV: Class Honors l-Hl; Ches+er+on Club IV: Senior Debafe Confesf; Debafe Team Bill has aHaEned exofic heigh+s during his career a+ Xavier High. Has han'r his falenfs +0 +he Deba'Hng Team and heads +he mysterious Chesferfon Club. Likes f0 enJrer in+o dw'spufes wi+h his chie1c p01, Wilson. Won fame for Jrhe school by his appoin+men+ on +he Red Cross Board of Direcfors. Page Ninety-thv'ee Schmidlin Schoeny Schweer Shannon Schmidlin. Richaroi 6. Dick Sodalify I-lV :Second Honors 1 A likable fellow from Jrhe vicinify 0 Pleasanf Ridge. Takes his sfudies +0 hearf and 3+ +he same +ime has many friends. OHen known 10 give some wonderful barn-yard imi'l'a'Hons and probably will weave his fu+ure in +ha+ field. Schoeny. James Wilson Jim Sodalify l-IV'. Baseball Manager IIHV: Elocu+ion Confesf Hll: CIass Secretary HH: Sfudenf Council 1V Senior Deba'l'e: Deba+e Team IV Sincere and loyal. Quife a help in +he +ranspor+a+ion of fhe feams. The Railroads +ook his ar+icle and flashed 1+ across +he coun+ry. An able deba+er. Schweer. Thomas Bernard Tommy Sodalify l-IV: Junior Foo'l'ball I: Class Treasurer H: Acolyfe l-lll: Elocufion Con+es+ l: Second Honors HI Very clearheaded in all his work and always seen wi+h Herschede during +he noon period. Seems +0 have acquired Hue ar+ of making fokes thouf laughing himself. Has a drawling voice which wins him many Hends. Shannon, Edward J. Big Ed SodalHy I-iV: FoofbaU H-IV: Junior FoofbaH I; Class OHicer IH-IV; Track I-III; Elocufion Con+es+ I-ll: Acoly+e l: X Club; A+hJe+ic Associafion lll-IV: Firs? Honors lulll; Second Honors II Ed alfhough a small man has played a prominemL parf in Xavier a+hle+ics. Chief delighf in making wisecracks in Civic's Class buf evidenHy wiH use Civic's 10 a greaf advanfage in Ta+er life. Can be bund af almosf anyfime amusing a group in Hwe corridoors. Page Ninety-fourr Siegel Smi+h Sperber Tilly Siegel. Paul Paul Sodalify l-IV; Tennis I-IV: Tennis Capfain IIIAIV: Elocufion Confesf I-Il: Winner of Elocufion Confesf l: X.A.A.: Chrisfmas Piay I: Acolyfe lIl-IV: Choir l: X Club IV Paul has disfinguished himself as cap+ain of +he Tennis Jream for +wo years. A fine supporfer of all sporis and he has a genuine zeal for baskefbail. Can usualiy be found faking a nap during The firs'r period. Smifh. John Edward Jack Sodali+y ll-IV; Baseball ll-IV: Acoiy+e H: Second Honors lI-IH i Jack seems inciined +0 be raH'ier serious and yef he is always in a good mood when spiliing yarns +0 Elsaessar and He Parson. Jack is responsible for many of the snapshofs used in +he X-Ray. Sperber. Paul H. Lanky Sodalify l-IV: Second Honors 1', Baseball IV Sperb is +he fall man of +he gradua+ing class and is one of our bes+ ballplayersi He is an ideal fielder. for no maHer how high a bail is he is sure Jro genL iJr before if is half way +0 +he ground. Sperb is fruly one of Longfellow's rivals. Tilly. Alfred Edward Til Sodali+y llI-IV; Foo+ball IlI-IV: Reserve Foofball ll: Second Honors Ill The class ioker hails from Cheviot Whenever a joke is needed H18 Jreacher aufe- mafically calls on Til. He likes +0 posf phoney adverfisemenfs on H15 bullefin board bqu in spi+e of his ailmenf he receives some migh+y fine grades, Has proved himself an a+hle+e while 6'? Xavier. Page Ninety-f'ive Weigand Welch Wikger Wilson Weigand. Roberf M. I'Red Sodany I-IV: Class Presiden+ II-III: Track Ill; Acoly+e II; Scrivener SfaFF H; Cfass Honors I-lll: X Club Smiling and Winsome and a frue 1triend. Scholach and a+hlefic endeavors have equal merif wi+h him. His personalHy assures him success. Welch. Wi'liam An+hony Willie Sodalify I-IV: Foofbali IV: Junior Foofball ll: Second Honors ll-IH; XRay Sfaff IV; Chain man of Senior Debafe Bill is a rafher demure young fellow and rarely expresses his own personal opinion. Takes greaJr pleasure in explaining Lafin f0 H19 feacher. A fond admirer of Biss- meyer's hair Jronic. Wilger. Eugene B. Jeep Sodalify I-IV; Foofball HI: Junior Foo+ball I: Track H; Junior Baske+ball l: Firsf Honors l: Second Honors II The Jeep enjoys long journeys, hailing from We farms 01c Mt Healfhy's beaufiful wilderness. A profound horseman since Lafin ponies came info vogue. though sedafa he has become one of fhe mos+ popular members of We Senior class. Wilson. Joseph N. Joe Sodalify I-IV; Chesferfon Club IV: Scrivener Sfaff ll-IV: X-Ray SfaH IV; Firer Honors II-IV A diligenJr lad ?rom fhe plains of HarfwelL Seems +0 be a super special friend of ROM. Talks quHe eHicienHy on fhe fopic of symphonies. He has chosen fhe medical profession for his hjfure endeavors. Page Ninety-six Winferman Wubbolding Yager Winferman. Roger Earl Pinkie Sodahfy J-IV: Foofbal! IV: Junior Foofbail ll; Baskefball IV: Junior Baskeerall J-H: Class Secrefary l-ll: Class Honors HI; Firs+ Honors l-II; Tennis Ill-IV: Chrisfmas Play I: X Club IV Pinkie is 6 Norwood lad and has dis+inguished himseH on Jrhe ?ooeraH and baskef- ball +eams. The spor+s did nof seem fo ?nJrerfere wifh his sfudies. utor- he has gone +hrough four years wifh firsf honors. He cer+ainly has Jrhe admiraHon of Jrhe underclassmen well in hand. He is sfeady and sure. Wubbolding. John Ferdinand Whifie Sodalify l-IV: Foo+ball Manager III-IV: Junior FoofbaH HI: Baskefbau IV; Junior Baskefball I-II; Tennis Ill: Acolyfe I-II; Class Treasurer II: Firsf Honors l-lll; Second Honors H; X Club Whifie proved +0 be a successful baskeeraH player and a capable foofball manager. Seems +0 be equally successful in conquering any subject +ha+ comes his way. Never known +0 be wi'rhouf a smile and. oi courseb pals abou+ wH'h Carroll and Rice. Yager. Carl Carl Sodalify l-IV: Junior Baske+ball I: Elocuhon Con+es+l A dapper. flashy individual who seems +0 possess a naJrural abilify for knowing songs long before Jrhey become popular. Can be seen driving abouf in his aufo- mobile alrnomL anytime. There seems +0 be nofhing Carl cannof accomplish if he pufs himsehr +0 +he fask. Page Ninety-se'uen Backscheider, Herber+ G. Baumgar+ner, Rober+ T. Beck. Herber+ John Bevingfon. Richard L. BeyerV Edward Joseph BischoH, Roberf Harry Bissmeyer. William Charles Bourghoner. Joseph Benedicf Brinker. William J. Brueggeman. Paul Joseph Buescher. C. Roberf Bu'Hon. Jesse Roberf Carroll. John David Carroll. Thomas Charies Cassady. Richard F. Cavanaugh. Vincenf Edward Chenal. Bernard Joseph Ciark. John Francis Cowen. Thomas Roberf Daley. Dennis. Jr. DeCourcy, Neil Diehl, Thomas Joseph Elgaesser. Herman Francis Farrell, James William Flenniken. Roy Bernard Flynn. John Joseph Foppe. Richard Clemenf Frankland. Gregory William Geiger, Joseph Henry Hanser. John Fred Heekin. Frank Xavier Heekin. Wal+er Vincenf Heilker. William R. Herschede. Alfred J. Hoefker. John H. Hoenemeyer. Frank. J. Horgan. Paul P. Hornikel, Gordon J. Jacob. Roberf J. Page Ninety-eight SENIOR DIRECTORY 6233 Hillside Avenue 3900 Colerain Avenue 347 Probasco Avenue 724 Manningfon Avenue 771 N. Cresen+ Avenue l035 Overlook Avenue 6247 Corfelyou Avenue 33 W, FIRE SfreeJr 8I9 Main Sfreef 98 Alber+ S+ree+ 6446 Beechmonf Avenue I30 Division Sfreef 22l6 Madison Avenue 300 Helen S'rreef 3439 Lindwood Avenue 353! Monfie+h Avenue 2962 Lischer Avenue I242 Edwards Road 3408 Manor Hi Drive 2540 Cypress Way 2990 Observa+ory Road 54 W. Mills Avenue 4-250 Ridgeview Avenue II42 Herschel Avenue 247 W. Eigh+h S+ree+ ll9 W. Sixfy-sierh Sfreef 4748 Glenway Avenue 356! Raymar Drive 6250 Orchard Lane 323 Ward Avenue 3256 Hardisw Avenue 3437 SfeHinius Avenue 3444- S+e++inius Avenue 6384- Grand Visfa I33 Park Road 3l2 S+raigh+ Sfreef 429 Considine Avenue 2902 Gilberf Avenue 2630 Mon+ana Avenue Cincinnafi, Ohio Cincinna+i. Ohio Cincinnafi. Ohio Cincinna+3, Ohio Cincinnafh Ohio Cincinna+i, Ohio Cincinna+il Ohio Newport Ky. Coving+0n. Ky. Cincinnafi. Ohio Cincinnafi. Ohio Bellevue. Ky. Covingfon. Ky, Cincinnafil Ohio Cincinnati. Ohio Cincinna+i, Ohio Cincinnafi. Ohio Cfncinnafi. Ohio Cincinna+i. Ohio Cincinnafi, Ohio Cincinnafi. Ohio Wyoming. 0 Ohio Cincinna+i. Ohio Cincinna+i. Ohio Fovingfon. Ky. Cincinna+L Ohio Cincinnafi. Ohio CincinnaH. Ohio Cincinna+i. Ohio Bellevue. Ky. Cincinna+i4 Ohio Cincinnafi. Ohio CincinnaH. Ohio CincinnaH. Ohio Ff. Mifchell. Ky. CincinnaH, Ohio CIncinnaH, Ohio Cincinnafi, Ohio Cincinnafi. Ohio Jenneman, Edward Jung. Fred F. Kern. Ar+hur J5 King. Allan E. KnoepHe, William P, Kroger. Edwin J. Leonard, Rober? J. Lockwood, John P. Lorenz, John Joseph Maffingly. John J. McDonald .George William Menkhaus. Paul J. Mis+len Edward J. MiHlehauser. George NeHIefon. Richard E. Neyer. Richard J. Nurre. Leo J. Nufini. Carl J. O'Brien. Vicfor J. O'Donneltl Richard J. O'Shaughnessy. William Reu+er. Charles E. Rice. Morries WiHiam Roach Vincenf J. Roll. William J5 Schmidlin. Richard Schoeny, James W. Schweer. Thomas B. Shannon. Edward J. Siegel. Paul F. Smifh. Jack Edward Sperber. Paul H5 Tilly, Alfred E. Weigand, Rober+ M. Welch. William A. Wilger. Gene W4 Wilsom Joseph N. Win+erman. Roger E. Wubbolding. John F. Yager. Carl W. SENIOR DIRECTORY I623 Tuxwor+h Avenue 47 Arcadia Avenue 2l8 LafayeHe Avenue 3I5 Garrad Sfree'r 3565 Pape Avenue I6 DExie Highway l213 Sfrafford Place 42 Dixie Highway 3555 Shaw Avenue 324- Sunnysicle Avenue II78 Herschel Avenue 42l8 Williamson Place 843 Kirbenl Avenue 6238 Ash+abula S+ree+ ll8 Springfieid Pike 36I3 Sf. 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Box 35, Ridgeway RoadHadwell, Ohio 2366 Indian Mound 508 Linden Avenue Ibe Avon Drive Norwood. Ohio Newport Ky. Cincinnati. Ohio Page Ninety-n'ine APPRECIATION To Mr. Frank Overbeck of fhe H Nieman Prinfing Company, f0 Mr. Paul Meiners of fhe QualHy Engraving and Elecfro+ype Company. +0 +he Young and Carl Pho+ographers. For +heir in+eresf and cooperafion. +he X-Ray S+a+F expresses ifs sincere appreciafion and +0 +he X-Ray Sponsors. Pafrons and Adverfisers E+s hearHeH +hanks. Page One Hundred OUR ADVERTISERS 4 Our adver+isers have made +his book a possibilHy. Our appreciafion Is besf expressed in our pafronage. Page One Hundred-one REAL ESTATE LOANS THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Norwood WASHINGTON AND MAIN AVENUES Norwood. Ohio ASSETS OVER $7,000,000.00 OFFICERS C, H. M. ATKINS, Chairman THOS. McEVlLLEY. Presidenf W. E THAYER, Cashier A. H. TUECHTEK VicePresideM R. REES. Assis+an+ Cashier Complimen+s of MOELDER COAL COMPANY Chickering and B. 8x 0. R. R. LEO MOELDER. Presiden+ The Hub of Ac+ivi+y Wherever you go whafever you do. you see the felephone in +he cenfer of ih'lngs. day and night Wifhouf if business and social acfivify would slow down +0 6: walk. Imagine a communi'ry wifhouf 'rhe 'Fire and police profecfion fhe ielephone provides. Whaf suHering and inconven- 1ence would follow a sudden end +0 H115 quick con+ac+ wi'rh doc+ors, druggisfsu merchanfs and service insf'xfufions! Your +elephone. coneramL in servimg. carries on. THE CINCINNATI AND SUBURBAN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY Your Pa+ronage Apprecia+ed Complimen+s of Old Reliable Columbia Federal Savings and The Louns G. Freeman CO' Loan Associafion SHOE MACHrNERY Of COVingm FACTORY SUPPLIES Pike and Lee S+reefs Coving+on, Ken+ucky 909-9I! Sycamore S+ree+ HEmlock 8l4b Page One Hunda'ed-th'r'ee CompIimen+s of +he St. Xavier High School Parent-Teacher Association Complimenfs of Compiimen+s of FRANK A. BEITING CINCINNATI O - . ATHLETIC GOODS CO. phCIan Union Cenh-al Building 64! Main Sireei Fourfh and Vine Cincinnafi. Ohio Cincinnafi. Ohio COMPLIMENTS OF MIDWEST RADIO CORP. MAKERS OF QUALITY RADIOS SINCE I920 905d9ll Broadway Cincinnafi. Ohio WHITE VILLA GRIFFIN 8: DOYLE PLUMBERS FAMOUS FOODS WOodburn 2640 3407 Monigomery Ave. 5+ A Whi-I-e Villa Grocers Page Owe Hundred-five I W? IX ': 33,7 WW W W W all. W l. W 1 WW ' 1' IV 271- . M Q x X W - N ; K - ; A :. . , - PR 3; 1W1 W-YJ . , k7, WxW j ' WW 1me 4 N In a H'w The crickef chirps . . . The keHle sings . . . Wifh merrie no+e Twen+y four Hour Service Air Cooled The cracking fire . . . Bid Welcome. guest +0 Tavern vi'+'l. 613 VINE STREET +he hearJrh sfone rings . . . +he ereak a' sizzle . . . Page One 'Hundved-six Complimenh 01: COMPLIMENTS CLASS ONE B OF and Reverend L. A. Maierowski. S.J. EDWARD BROCKHAUS Reverend E. J. Daly, SJ. Mr. James J. Kelly! SJ. ML John R. O'Leary O'CONNELL 8 SWEENEY ' General Contractors Streets -- Sewers -- Grading Subdivisions KELLOGG AVENUE AND TENNYSON STREET CincinnaH. Ohio FANGER 8: RAM PE Inc. WHEEL CAFE QUAILTY FOOD AT REASONABLE PRICES Shoes for He enfire Famiiy TWO STORES Walnuf near Sixfh Broadway af Pearl I I9 E. Fiffh Sfree+ Cincinna+L Ohio Page One Hundv'ed-seven ArJr in Porfraifu re Pho+ographs +ha+ Please Af Prices +ha+ AHrad YOUNG 8 CARL Exclusive Makers of TIFFANYTONE PORTRAITS 7+h and Vine S+ree+s Cincinn-a+i. Ohio Page One Hundred-eight Be A BeHer Cafholic American Man By Joining +he C.O.F. ComplimenJrs o1c COURT I094 Ca+holic Order of Fores+ers Elmwood Place, Ohio Complimenfs 01t THE CLASS OF I-A First Class f0 60 Over Hwe Top for fhe May Fefe k Bohemian 51'er Beer THE BURGER BREWING CO.. Cincinna+i H's Always Fair Weafher When Good Fellows Gef Togefher . . . . and Hue good fellows in +he 1937 class of 5+. Xavier H1 should ge+ fogefher and sfay +oge+her s+raigh+ +hrough Hm man- hood +ha+ lies ahead of you. As pafhs separa+e and years unfold you'll Jrreasure +he memories of 5+. X Hi. keep +hem enshrined in your hearfs and reach for Success. Biirqer Beer UVAS YOU EFER IN ZINZINNATI PRINTING WITH RIGID ADHERENCE TO QUALITY The BACHMEYER - LUTMER Press phone ...... CHerry 4064 436 Commercial Square Cincinnafi. O. Lincoln Lincoln vZephyr FORD FULLER'S Reading Road a+ Florence Aven ue PArkway 6006 Page One H'u-ndred-nine PERKINS AND GEOHEGAN. Inc. I N S U R A N C E SCHMIDT BUtLDING Cincinnafi. Ohio ComplimenJrs of PROVIDENT SAVINGS BANK 8! TRUST CO. Cincinnafi, Ohio R. L. BUSE COMPANY lncorpora+ed CONTROLLERS OF DISTILLERS PRODUCTS Priva're Branch Exchange CHerry 2733 Telefypeerer Service CIN. 498 . . - Direc'l' Wire Wes+ern Union l'WUX Clncmnah Carew Tower Nafional Disfribu+ors Old Lewis Hun+er Kenfucky Bourbon Page One Hundred-ten SALES AND SERVICE Brady Aufo Sales Warsaw-Glenway af Quebec Price Hill, Cincinnafi. O. WAbaSh 4525 GENUINE FORD PARTS NEW AND USED CARS TROPHIES SCHOOL. 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MEYER Presiden+ Vice PresidenJr Cashier MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION PUREX ' THE PIPE THAT STAYS SWEET FOR LIFE PUREX is already broken In when you gef H. Vifa Curing gives each PUREX a speciai cusfom-made, sweef Hcake. This makes i+ smoke mild and mellow from +he sfarf. The Vifa Cured Bowl is an exclusive PUREX feafure. DRADDY'S DRUG STORE Sixfh gnd Sycamore Sireefs CHerry 904! Cincinna'H ST. ANTHONY MESSENGER The Popular Cafholic Mon+hly Published by +he FRANCISCAN FATHERS Supporfs Poor Boys S+udying For The Priesfhood . $3.00 per Year Cincinna'H Subscrip'l'ion . . I6I5 Republic Sireef Page One Hunrlred-thi-rteen 1540 wifh No Bungling Experimenfafion No Weak Yielding +0 Ephemeral Fads and Fancies No Overemphasis of Acciden+als No Sligh+ing of Eternal. Unchangeable Tru+hs BUT Based on +he Wisdom o; +he Years VICTORY PARKWAY FOUR CENTURIES OF PROGRESS 1940 JESUIT HIGHER EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD A Cen+ury in Cincinnafi A Compleie. Subshanfial, WeIl-Balanced. Culfural Training XAVIER UNIVERSITY FAREWELL from WaHer Heekin Jol'm HoeICker Rober+ Jacob Edward Jenneman Ar+hur Kern Allan King Edward Kroger Rober+ Leonard Charles McDonald Richard Bevingfon William Bissmeyer Bernard Chenal John Clark Dennis Dafey James Farrell Richard Foppe Gregory Frankland Joseph Geiger GRADUATES OF 4 Paul Menkhaus Carl Nu+ini ViCJFOF O'Brien Richard O'DonneH Vincenf Roach Edward Shannon William Welch Eugene Wilger John Wubbolding B Page One Hundred-fou'rteen Loans made on household furnifure Rafes less +han legal rai'e THE CITIZENS' MORTGAGE LOAN CO. l7 and I8 Blymyer Building 5I4 Main S+ree+ Cincinnati. Ohio JOHN MIDDENDORF 8: SONS FUNERAL HOME 9l 7 Main S+ree+ Coving+on. Ky. DAVITT 8 HANSER Exclusive represenfafives for: BUESCHER Band Instruments GIBSON String Instruments Also Dealers for: Olds Trumpe+s and Trombones Vega, Mar+in 8: Greisch Gui+ars Leedy and Ludwig Drums Deagan lns+rumen+s Hohner. M. DeLucia Accordians ORCHESTRATIONS The Davitt 8 Hanser Music Co. 304 MAIN STREET MAin 4075 WEINER'S LUGGAGE SHOP F. J. KELLER. Owner School Cases TraveI Equipmen+ Ladies' Purses Umbrellas I733 Vine S+ree+ CHerry 4930 WHOLESALE 8x RETAIL KARMELKORN SHOP Karmelkorn ; Cheese Corn Bu++erkorn Popcorn Balls -- Candies 36 E. Sixfh Sfreef CHerry O98I Specie! Rafes +0 Social Affairs Wear Tailor-Made Clofhes THE EARLS BLAIN COMPANY Page One Hund'red-fiftcen The X-Ray Prin'red by $$Qf2 Ioalnaloaz cfofi'rb Shed Ceincggo'afi- Cajiio- Frank X. Overbeckl X. High '32. X. U. '36 Page One Hundred-siccteen Food for TlnouginL Ice cream is an excellenf food for We siudeni. since i+ helps +0 pqu-iand keepi-him in good physical condifion. And Hiis is par+icuiarly frue of FRENCH- BAUER Ice Cream because of H16 unusuai purify of ifs ingredien+s and H18 excepfional care Hwaf is exercised in i+s making . . . For The lasi word in delicious fasfe and fine qualifyialways ask for FRENCH-BAUER Ice Cream. H's +ops! FRENCH-BAUER J Incorporai'ed QUALITY BOTTLING Firsf Federal Savings WORKS and Loan Associa+ion V. Sievers, PresidemL Of COVing+on Loans Made on Homes - +0 Buy. Build, Remodel or Repair Drink NU -WAY Ail Accounfs Are Insured up +0 BEVERAGES $500000 SOI MAIN STREET PArkway 52lb Office Open Daily 18 W. McMicken Avenue HEmIOCk i345 Page One Hundi'erl-seuenteen ..... success to you! But remember that +he people who have achieved are H16 people who have used liberal amounfs O'F milk and HS produds Matthews - Frecht'ing Dairy Co. WOodburn 7575 Good Luck 2 Class 0': '37 COMPLIMENTS OF 3 A Roberf E. Reilly George W. Tracy Presiden+ Vice Presiden+ Carl Auberger Paul Meiners Fred Bergewisch Harold Men'f'rup William Blum Edward Mossman Edward Burke Joseph Muehlenkamp RusseH Ciark Richard O'Brien Paul Crone Alberf Ranz Walfer Deye Rober+ Reilly Alphonse Elsaesser Ralph RiHer Charles Foulk Rober+ Schul+en William Garvey Paul Soeliner Rolland Gorrell Earl S'Hles Joseph Hauman Vernon S+ehlin Robed Hess George Tracy Rober+ Hoh Harry Vaa! Philip Horrigan Raymond Voss- Wal+er Jones Joseph Warren Marvin McLaughlin John Ziephel Page One Huwdrcd-ciyhteen Complimenfs o$ EDWARD J. TRACY Complimenfs of A FRIEND LAW OFFICES JOHN A. SCANLON Union Trusf Building Cincinnafi BLAU FOOD SHOP If H's Good We Have H Opera+ed by ED. J- BLAU. Class o1C '3l IOH'I and Washingfon HEmlock 2366 Newport Ky. ST. XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL A Jesuif School Member of +he Nafional Cafholic Educa+ion Asso- ciaHon. and +he JesuH EducaHonal Associafion. AffiliaJred wiJrh Hwe Norfh Cenfral Associafion of Colleges and Secondary Schools and The Ohio S+a+e Educafional Associafion. Prepares Boys for all leading Coileges and Un-L versif'les. For informaHon apply +0 Hwe Principa1. We Grow Through Service SILVERTON SUPPLY CO. BUILDING SUPPPLIES A FEED 7030 Mon+gomery Road Telephones JEFFerson I703 - I704 Fromm and Efficienf Repair Service ED. C. KELLEY PLUMBING CONTRACTOR SI? Main S+ree+ Covingfonl Kenfucky HEmfock 475! MALTAN ER'S SERVICE STATION MElrose 9355 CALDWELL AND TAYLOR AND SOHIO PRODUCTS Lesi'er and Mon+gomery Pieasan+ Ridge Phone WOodburn 2l72 Es+ablished l882 NIEHAUS THE TAILOR CLEANING PRESSING -- DYEING ALTERENG - RELINING All Work GuaranfeedaWe Call and Deliver N. W. Corner l3+h and Spring S+ree+s Phone PArkway I693 Cincinnafil Ohio Page One HundrerI-nineteen Two A Two B James Doran. Presidenf John Hemmer. Presidenf Congratulations, Graduates, and God grant you much SUCCESS Th2 Sophomore Classes ' Two C Two D Samuel Lisferman, Presideni John Pe+er, PresidemL Page One Hundred-twewt'y JEFferson 274l ARROW PETROLEUM CO. Seymour and Langdon Road Norwood Cincinna+i Complimen+s 0; DR. J. HOMER HUSCHART Phones Klrby 0975 - 438I HEHEMANN'S PHARMACY Prescripfion Pharmacis+s Cor. Spring Grove Ave. and Cooper Sf. CincinnaH, Ohio C W Qualify Cleaners and Dyers Parficular Work for ParchIar PeoPIe We Call and Deliver WOodburn 352I 3405 Mon+gomery Road Wet Basements Made Dry WEATHERPROOFED AND PRESERVED Concrefe. Brick. S+one or Terra-CoHa WESTERN WATERPROOFING CO. Dixie Terminal Bldg. CincinnaH. Ohio VESTER DRUGS Broadway 5+ FiHh Cincinnaf? WOodbum 5687 THE HALL APPLIANCE CO. AUTHORIZED NORGE DEALER 2960 Gilbert Avenue CincinnaJrL Ohio Phones CHerry 88 I 5 . 98 I 5 EMMETT DUFFY DRUGGIST Soufheasf Corner FiHh and Broadway snow Mg ATEAR ICANT REPAIR ' V Glam! .7 as 6332 414 5.5Lh Page One Hundred-twenty-o'ne Complimenfs of EDWIN 6. BECKER A'H'orneynaJr-Law LINDEMAN'S DRUG STORE 4903 Glenway Avenue E'Everyfhing for Every Sporf THE BOLLES - BRENDAMOUR CO. I30 Eas+ Sixfh Sheeir CHerry 6240-4I - 42 Complimenfs of LITTLEFORD - NELSON A Professional School of Commerce Cincinnafi Greetings and Best Wishes and a cordial invi+a+ion +0 aHend in person He big radio program feafured every Sunday morning 5+ l0 o'clock The Hillbilly Hullabaloo sponsored by BERNIE DEINS Cincinna+i's ve+eran used-car dealer 2320 GILBERT AVENUE Program Broadcasf direc+ from fine showroom THE CARROLL - RUZICKA CO. Direcf Fac+ory Dealers DODGE PLYMOUTH 384-6 Mon+gomery Road JEHerson 3440-344i Norwood. Ohio FRANK T. CORKEN Funeral Home 282I Reading Road H Pene+ra+es G. E. GEISE HEmEock 5432-W J. HARRY McDONALD Opfician Suife 80940 Union Cenfral Building CimzinneHri Ohio Phone MAIn Zl7l Page One HundrecZ-t'u'enty-two MESSMANN - WENSTRUP Tailors and Cloi'hiers bll -6l3 MAIN STREET Specify Eagle Whife Lead for All Fine Painfing Employ a good Painfer0 Good Painfers Use Eagle THE EAGLE-PICHER LEAD CO. CincinnaH BECKER BROS. CO.. Inc. CHOICE MEATS Wholesale - - - Re+ail 203 W. SIXTH STREET CHerry 501 I - 5012 WILLIAM FINK Wa+chmaker and Jeweler I424 MAIN STREET Be+. Orchard and Liberfy Cincinna'ri. Ohio PArkway 0308 PArkway 2324 WHOLESALE PArkway 2325 RETAI L JOHN F. SCHOENY Successor +0 JOHN MINGES 8; CO. Frui+s and Vege+ables I I0 W. Sixi'h Sheet near Race Cincinnati. Ohio Page One Hz!nd-red0twenty-three 'H H Swims I Have H 27 EAST SIXTH STREET SHEVLIN'S OYSTER CHOP HOUSE LOUIS F. E. HUMMEL E: Incorporated ' J E w E L E R S S. E. Cor. 4+h and Vine Sis. Cincinnafi. Ohio I Easf Fourfh 5+. Phone MAin 3l87 Phone Klrby O3l3 ResV Kirby Db43-M R. J. CLUXTON PLUMBING E HEATING 3940 Spring Grove Ave. Cincinnafl, Ohio Bes+ Wishes 0E LUHN 8E STEVIE CO. 30 PIKE STREET Covingfon, Ken'mcky Compliments 0F . . . Herber+ Backscheider Herberf Beck Edward Beyer Rober+ Bischof-F William Brinker Paul Brueggeman Roberi Buesher John Carroll Thomas Cowen Neil DeCoursey Thomas Diem Herman Esaesser John Hanser William Heilker Frank Hoenemeyer Pam Horgan Gordon Hornikel FOUR A GRADUATING CLASS Fred Jung William KnoepHe Leo Lorenz Edward Misfler Wm. O'Shaughnessy Charles Reufer Morris Rice William RoH R7chard SchmEd'FEn Thomas Schweer Pam Siegel John Smi+h Alfred Tilly Rober+ Weigand Joseph VVEIson Roger Win+erman Carl Yager' DIEHL'S FLORAL SHOP I809 VINE STREET Phone PArkway 4054 The Sherwin-Williams Co. Painfs and Varnishes Six+h and Main S+ree+s VAAL'S FOOD SHOP 7H1 PARK AVENUE Newport Ken+ucky Sfaple and Fancy Groceries Mea'l's A Reliable S+ore for DAD and LAD HARRY'S Men's Wear Sfefson Ha+saln+erwoven SoxEArrow Shirfs 60H Vine S+ree+ Elmwood Place. Ohio Page One HundTed-twentyqr'onq' Complimenfs o? Complimenfs o1c +he A FRIEND Class OF Com plimenfs 01f THREE C WILLIAM J. F. ROLL. SR. May God Bless the students of St. Xavier High School! FATHER DE SMEDT and H16 PASTORS OF ST. XAVIER CHURCH Complimen+s of WlTTENBERG'S PHARMACY Newport Ken+ucky LAWRENCE J. MACKE Delica+essen WhHe Viila Sfore SevenJrh and Monroe S+ree+ Newport KEDfucky H. J. CAIN FISH 8! POULTRY CO. Imporfers o'F SEA FOODS GAME POULTRY 534 Main S+ree+ Cincinna+i, Ohio C. L. GROTE SONS F. W Grofe Walfer Grofe WOodburn 04804? WOodbum 4790W TileI Slam, Tin and Composifion Roofing Repair Work A Specialfy 3OOI Cinnamon Sfreef Complimen+s of The St. Xavier Parish Dramatic Club NEW ENGLAND HAT MANUFACTURING CO. Phone PArkway 1949 HS Eas? Sixfh Sfree+ Cincinna+i. Ohio CHARLES W. WALTER Life Insurance Service 708 Dixie Termina Bldg. Cincinnah', Ohio Associafe General Agen+ Equifable Life Insurance Company of Iowa Class of l927 LOWE 8: CAMPBELL ATHLETIC GOODS CO. 703 - 705 MAIN STREET Cincinna'H. Ohio THE SANDERS JEWELRY CO. 535 Walnuf S+ree+ Cincinnafi. Ohio Page One Hundred-twenty-sia: BOHMER-REINHART 8: CO. INVESTMENTS Tracfion Bquing Phone MAin 54-24- Cincfnnafl, Ohio BOUGHT SOLD 7 QUOTED LOU BAUER. Inc. Aufhorized Ford Dealers Sixfh and Broadway Cincinnafi, Ohio THOMAS CONRY CO. Refail Liquor Dealers 4l7 Pike S+ree+ Coving+on. Ky. Where Pike Meefs Main Compliments 0+- W. L. FOERTMEYER Bellevua Ken+ucky THE CAFETERIA OFFERS - - - - BREAKFAST DINNER LUNCH SOFT DRINKS ST. XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL Mrs. HanleyI Manager JOHN FELDMAN COAL i COKE Donham Avenue IDEAL STOKER COAL EAsf 6 l 00 Phone Kirby I970 NAPOLITANO BROTHERS. Inc. Monumen+s 7 Mausoleums Markers S+a+uary 3835 Spring Grove Avenue CIncinna'H Ohio DORSEL DELICATESSEN 5927 Monfgomery Road Cincinna+, Ohio CHerry 904l DRADDY'S DRUG STORE Sixfh and Sycamore S+ree+s Faye O'ne Hund'r'ed-twenty-seve'n. 1 VAUTOGRAPHS 5 U1 lbslgiJwamun-Eramwn II