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

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THIE IIQSQ PWRAY EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY THE 669 STUDENTS OF ST. XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL 635 SYCAMORE STREET CINCINNATI 2, OHIO f ST. XAVIER IS ONE OF THIRTY-EIGHT JESUIT HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES. MANY GENERA- TIONS OF CINCINNATIANS AND KENTUCKIANS HAVE FILED UNDER THE LARGE STATUE OF ST. FRANCIS XAVIER-A LANDMARK IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. AT PRESENT NINETEEN JESUIT PRIESTS, ELEVEN JESUIT SCHOLASTICS, AND SEVEN LAY PROFESSORS ARE CARRYING ON THE HIGH TRADITION BEGUN ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE YEARS AGO.

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. . . is an unpleasant word for every Ameri- can. VVe may hastily read the weekly casualty list, then, just as hastily, we may forget the thousands of G.I's fighting an almost forgotten war. Spring's soft breezes means summer for us- vacation, work, immediate preparation for the future. High school is behind us. In four years we have grown from mild freshmen to complacent sophomores, uncertain juniors and finally to manly seniors. YVe now leave our sheltered life. VVe are starting a man's work. 'I'hat's what nudges our thoughts to Korea - a desolate, forsaken, mountainous land of heartbreak, of courage, of fortitude. There young men like us are carrying on a man's work in the most peculiar fight of our history. In addressing Congress in April, 1951, General Douglas MacArthur said, 'KI have just left your fighting sons in Korea. They have done their best there, and 1 can report to you without res- ervation that they are splendid in every way. It is to these splendid men that we dedicate our 1952 X-RAY.