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

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September September: advent of the school year. The first week of school began rather drearily, what with the usual low-spirited students and the unusually heavy onslaught of rain, as if the sun mourned the loss of her idolators. But, after the prolonged Labor Day weekend, summer and her enticements were cast aside as new diver- sions at St. Xavier became apparent, for the school had done quite a bit of remodel- ing and rearranging during the vacation months. This was evident in the theology wing, the computer center, and various localized departments, while innovations in curriculum and more individualized schedules added to the pervading sense of newness and freedom heretofore unex- perienced. Next came the first football victory of the season, the first issues of the Prep and X-Press, all of which were indicative of able-bodied iand mindedi students in relatively high-ranking positions. With this comfortable knowledge, a routine of study and work was established, yet monotony hardly had time to settle when the bombardment by the Cincinnati Sym- phony Orchestra was upon us. Actually, the concert in the gym was a privilege few students had realized beforehand, and might have been the smash-bang end- ing to a climactic week, had not the Mass of the Holy Spirit been celebrated the following day. Vociferous applause at the close of the Mass was clearly indica- tive of the students' feeling toward the annual event. The following week was witness to the Freshman Orientation Night, which was perhaps the year's last rudimentary activity, for by this time, the initial atmosphere of newness had been dissipated, innovations had been tamiliarized, and the first long term assignments were becoming due. With so much bustling activity, it is not strange that few students took time to look up from their desks and notice that Septem- ber had imperceptibly stepped out.