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

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Mr. Thomas N. Ballaban Mr. Ballaban, familiarly known as Coach to most of the student body, directs the activities of the varsity football, varsity track, and freshman basketball teams. Three freshman history classes and two junior gym classes fill out his daily schedule. Mr. Robert F. Gross, S.J. Mild-mannered Mr. Gross in- structs four senior classes in the science of physics, both in the classroom and in the laboratory. As moderator of Xavierts Radio Club, he has carried his technical experience into the extra-cur- ricular held. Mr. Richard B. Berning The success of the Bomber bas- ketball team is chieHy due to Mr. Berningis efforts. When he is not teaching freshman and junior history classes, he is coaching either the basketball or baseball teams, or assisting Mr. Ballaban with the football team. Mr. M. David Hils An alumnus of St. Xavier High School, Mr. Hils has returned to his Alma Mater this year as a member of the history depart- ment. Mr. Hils has also returned to Xavieris Memorial Hall as assistant basketball coach and instructor in physical education. Rev. George R. Fpllen, S.J. A recognized authority on chem- istry, Father Follen, with degrees from four universities, gives his junior classes a well-integrated course in the principles of this science. His own textbook on the subject, Chemical PrinCiples, is now in use at St. Xavier. Rev. Paul P. Kovalcik, S.J. Father Kovalcik has once more resumed the teaching of history and religion after an absence of several years from the classroom. A former hospital chaplain, Father Kovalcik spends many of his extra-curricular hours in the confessional and in parish supply work. Mr. Frank L. Grdina, S.J. Anyone who is acquainted with Mr. Grdina will agree that he is a very versatile individual. Be- sides being a popular history teacher, moderator of the Ar- chaeology Club, and director of the school play, Mr. Grdina is an accomplished magician. Mr. Francis D. Wenstrup There are certainly few spare moments in the life of Mr. Wens- trup. After teaching typing, ad- vanced algebra, and physics at Xavier in the morning, he travels directly to the University of Cin- cinnati where he is doing ad- vanced work in nuclear physics.

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Since laboratory work is a great aid to physics students, Mr. Gross spends much time helping his classes put theory into practice. SCIENCE A junior class of chemistry students prepares the apparatus necessary for a distillation experiment. Mr. Grdina enlivens his freshman history class with a touch of magic. The F oundation of Modern Progress In this Atomic Age man has carried his scientific investigations to the very heart of matter. Behind the scenes of our modern progress are men with highly specialized training who have studied-the immutable laws of nature and have harnessed the forces of nature to make life easier and more en- joyable for their fellow men. Yet even the highly specialized training responsible for our dramatic scientific advancement rests upon a tirm founda- tion of the fundamentals of physics and chemistry. Here at Xavier, students learn these fundamentals in the lecture room and test their validity in the laboratory.

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Using the blackboard to its best advantage, Mr. O,Leary directs Mike Streibig in proving a theorem of plane geometry. 5 MATHEMATICS A Guide to Logical Thinking Life in civilized society has become immensely complex in our highly mechanized erah Yet the key to the wonderful progress of the century is the science of mathematics. Without mathematics such progress would be inconceivable. The im- portance of this science in a high school curricw lum can hardly be overrated. Mathematics teaches the high school student'to reason to a conclusion by a logical, unified process. Its secondary purpose is to point out methods of solving problems. Mathematics at Xavier, besides rounding out a student's curriculum, teaches him to analyze a situation as a unit, and to pursue it logically to a correct solution. Awake and alert, the class listens as Mr. Cook shoots a v. question to one of the students. Father Robinson pauses for a moment in the corridor to chat with Tom Young. 26