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

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K, L. f. make zws pl 4.7 lhe Carnpion llchalers, composed of freshmen and Twenty-six years ago a new teacher joined the Xavier sophornmes, have xonrpiled an enviable record nnder faculty. Mr. james l'. Glenn has eontinned teaching the dilution ot Mx. Hill Inst and third vm ri l'i iam I ,nnen, who teaches linglish and Speech up lo the present llIllL'. lglish. Besides Killl'l'lillg speech in seroml veal, Nil. I-.nnen is moderator ol' the junior- Senior Sodnhli ind :oath ol the tennis team, -4 Mr. Charles QI. Clagney, has piloted the heshrnan basketball team Ihl'Ollgll two surresslnl seasons. During the school day Mr. Cagney teaches junior linglish and freshman History. lr kelly a lhe work ol' an linglish teacher and a Religion teacher was easily accomplished hy lfr. james bl. Kelly, NVilh t the hehn, lreshinen, sophomores. and seniors found il a pleasant task to tackle the demanding rules ol' grarmnar. In the serond semester lfr. Kelly changed his hlark cassock for the ilnilorm of an .Ximy Air Corps Chaplain. Best of luck to Army Major Kelly! ,- llamlet, Macbeth, and Othello each takes a grace- hil how on the stage of Mr. 'lihornas ll. Savage, Srlfs fourth year linglish and linglish Drama classes. Supplernenting the classroom drama, Mr. Savage directs the school play. In his spare minutes he keeps newspaper readers acquainted with Xavier LICIIYIIICS. 60

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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.

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Famzilzi' ith f. .. .. :IAQ sus ku l vt- The school chapel has been administered this year by Mr. Nicholas A. llesse, In the after school hours Mr. lit-ssc works with the cheer- Duriug the past Christmas holidays Mr. john P. Beall, SJ. conducted the grammar school basketball tour- nament which he inaugurated three years ago. As Assistant Athletic Director, Mr. Beall coaches fresh- man football, swimming and junior baseball. Mr. Beall teaches fresh- man English and Latin. rs., leaders. Ile otcupies most of his time with fresluuan liuglish and Latin. Fr. Joseph H, Lechtenberg, SJ teaches freshman Latin and sopho- more Religion. In addition to be- ing head of the visual aid depart- ment, lfr. Lechtenberg is moderator of the Apostleship of Prayer. V Mr. Ralph H. Talkin, S.j. is the new moderator of the Sophomore Sodality. Besides teaching hrst, sec- ond, and third year Latin, Mr. Talkin is moderator of the Bell- armine debaters. During the football season everyone noted with pleasure the spark and zip Mr. George T. Tolbert, SJ., injected into the school band. After the football season Mr. Tolbert di- rected the orchestra. Ilis classes this past year were first and third year Latin.