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

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W' e Came, WILLIAM R. BECKER JOHN J. BETSCHER Wondering ROBERT G. BELLER ELMER J. BERGER , -gf .vt Nme.f',,f4ff, ' A A, , ME Q L X 1, 1 X 5:3 A A if -W mfg, 43 JEROME P. BETTNER R. CYRIL BIEGER LAWRENCE A. ARTHUR E. BERTKE A -5 BISSMEYER IVI JL. Freshmen Pete VCJr1Curer1 ond Poul Reinermorm, sophomore Floyd Krebs cmd frosb Bobby Imbu5 get on X-RAY preview of Xavier,

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THROUGH THESE DOORS . IN 1947 CARROLL H. AHLERS DAVID A. ALLEN RICHARD J. ALLEN THOMAS W. APKING PAUL E. ARMBRUSTER MORAND J. BACH THOMAS J. BALL GEORGE A. BAUER 5. .,. Four years ago, in Russia, Stalin assured us peace in Europe by compromise. In China, the Nationalists captured Yenan, the red capital. In Europe, peace treaties were con- cluded with five Axis satellites. In America, Marshall inaugurated the American contribution toward peace-The Marshall Plan. Meanwhile, at a secret meeting in Poland, nine European countries revived the Com- munist lnternational. The newly formed Cominform pledged to fight American Imperialism. In downtown Cincinnati, a hundred and fifty of us filled out registration applications, slowly battling with last name first bIanks. Our arms loaded with new books, we thought only of the new life we were entering. World affairs didn't concern us os they: now do. We were anxiously awaiting our first day of high school - the day we came, for the first time, through the doors of St. Xavier's. Il8

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Hoping, Praying. FRED C. BOERGER EDWARD A. BOLGER LAWRENCE P. BRAND RONALD J. BRAUNWART DAVID R. BRIGHAM ROBERT W. BROCKMAN ARTHUR J. BROERING ALOYSIUS L. BRUENEMAN v .mf ...... .... 'mf wr J.. '.... Illl SENIORS and freshmen crowd the Communion roil os the students of St. Xovier's begin the school yeor with the traditional Moss of the Holy Ghost. f2O