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

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By far the largest department at Xavier, the language department, strives to make students able com- municators and, through the study of ancient and modern tongues, to make them understand fundamental princi- ples of logical and straight thinking. Language, because of its importance, is a subject carried for all four years. E n g 1 i s h is required freshman through senior years, during which time the students learn to write in an adult manner and are exposed to the best literature of E n g 1 a n d and America. Latin is taken for t w 0 years. Freshmen learn the fundamentals, and sophomores follow C a e s a r through Gaul. In the junior year, the student may continue with Latin or he may drop it for French or Spanish. Advanced students take Greek in their junior and senior years. That Xavier students place high in interscholastic language competitions is ample proof of the ability of both MR, RICHARD w. ANDERSON, SJ. students and teachers. Latin 2D, 2E, 3A1 3E; Prep: Apostleship of Prayer. mmecmzbr MR. JAMES D. CALLAHAN, SJ. Latin 2F, 2G; English 4E, 4D; Swimming; Cross Country. MR. WILLIAM B. BEHRENS English 1C, 1H, IJ, 2A, 2J. MR. DONALD F. BREZINE, SJ. Greek 3A, BAD, 4A, 4AD; Speech 4; Pubicity Director; Radio Club; Cheer Leaders. Mr. Lackamp helps proof read. MR. DONALD M. DILG English 1A, 1B, 1M; Spanish 3B, 3D. 22

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For years physics and chemistry were the mainstays of science at Xavier. Then last year a new science, biology, was introduced. Developments and improvements have been fast-coming in all fields. For qualified sophomores and seniors a program in biology was begun last year. Fr. Middendorf takes his students through the strange, cellular life of plants, animals, and man. The well-equipped lab boasts fossils from the dinosaurs to man. Chemistry is the traditional subject for juniors. Taught by Mr. Schlueter and Mr. Brennan, junior classes probe into the world of acids and salts and learn the abbreviated vocabulary of their science. In the laboratory students set about proving the formulae shown in their books. Seniors take up the study of physics,tunder the tutelage of Mr. Toepker and Fr. Rob- inson. Vectors, scalars, heat capacities, and alpha particles e all become very important to the hopeful graduates. 21

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MR. JOSEPH R. DISSELHORST, S.J. MR. J AMES P. GLENN Latin 2A, 2H, 4A, 4E; Speech 1; Camera Club; Red Cross. English 2CC, 3AD, 4AD; Speech 1, 3, 4. MR. M. DAVID HILS Physical Education 1, 2; Health 2; English 2F, 2H, 3B, 3D; Freshman Football; Reserve Basketball; Track. Mr. Anderson and Pat Donovan converse at the Thanks- giving Dance. MR. WILLIAM J . HAGERTY, S.J. Latin 1B, 1M; English 3E; Speech 1, 3; Sodality 2; Student Ticket Sales. MR. OTTO A. KVAPIL Speech 1, 2, 3, 4; English Drama 4B; Play Director. 23