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

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's..4 Rev. X'Villian1 F. Fay, SJ. l'rincz'pal An Assistant l'rincipal's office generally looks like a combination of an O.l.S. and a newspaper office. From behind this welter of forms, letters, notations, lost and found arti- cles, Fr. Berdan efficiently handles the daily school or- der. Wfhile the students re- lax after exams, Fr. Berdan is busy preparing for another quarter. ln the late after- noon and evening he finishes the work of the day and takes charge of the Special Study room. Besides these responsi- bilities, l'r. lierdan is Athletic Director. .. .. and designers sei? . The work of the school principal is practically endless. Throughout the school year even into the sunnner months, Fr. Fay is arranging, organi- zing, and preparing the thousand and one de- tails that inake St. Xavier an effective and ef- ficient high school. Behind this work and care for detail is a great devotion to St. Xavier and all its students. Here we find the cause of a great deal of the high sch0ol's success. Rev. Xvilliatn H. Berdan, Assistant Principal JU? I i

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Here dlif gzuzid QS 0 . 5.3. hgxydis Rev. vvaiwm 5' SC V1-:YY In October, 1950, Very Reverend Xvilliam Schmidt, SJ., graduate of the class of l929, returned to St. Xavier as president. Fr. Schmidt, since that time, has always been in the stands to cheer the football and basket- ball teams. He has presided at the formal school functions and mingled with us at our school socials and dances. As moderator of the Fathers' Club, Fr. Schmidt arranges and presides at the monthly meetings. Through the cooperation of the alumni and other benelactors, several scholarships have been donated to the school in the past two years. Last September saw the classrooms sparkling - newly painted and decorated. Improvements in both cafeterias, in the chemistry and physics laboratories made the l95l-52 Xavier school. a better

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em wh plum. f. ,. M., , Ks, asf'-R J Jw 'sv Fr, XVilhur J. Flynn, SJ., student counsellor, has been currently teaching second and fourth year Religion. 5. ,X Fr. Edward L. Wieher, SJ. is in his thirteenth year of high school teaching. Besides being stu- dent counsellor, freshman sodality moderator, mod- erator of the Mothers' Club, Fr. NVieber manages Fr, Charles Ronan, SJ., director of the Catholic Students Mission Crusade, and a former student of the Univer- sity of Havana and the University of Mexico, taught Religion to the lirst three years. -Q., to find time for Cana and Pre-Cana conferences throughout the city. Fr. Joseph Gillespie, SJ. came to Xavier after very many fruitful years at St. Ignatius high school, Cleveland. Genial Fr. Gillespie is a skilled magician. He opened his bag of tricks to the delight of all present at the annual Christmas party. An instructor of freshman Religion and junior English, Fr. Anthony J. Krippner, SJ., is also moderator of the Alumni. Operating from new quarters, Fr. Krippner unites Xavier alumni through the Alumni Bulletin. Long hours of organization and plan- ning have made the alumni a united group and have kept them in contact with the school. Fr. Henry P. Milet, S.j., a vet- eran of twenty-five years in Patna Mission, this year return- ed to St. Xavier where he taught fifty years ago. XVith the vigor of a much younger man, Fr. Milet manages to ex- tend his interests and activities over many fields.