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Left Face – 1970 – The Xavier Class Lamented By Antonin Scalia – Part VI

by admin | Apr 16, 2016 | History

“Education in Jesuit schools seeks to transform how youth look at themselves and other human beings, at social systems and societal structures, at the global community of humankind and the whole of natural creation. If truly successful, Jesuit education results...

Being Gay In The Sixties In Antonin Scalia’s High School

by admin | Apr 13, 2016 | History

Many Americans do not want persons who openly engage in homosexual conduct as partners in their business, as scoutmasters for their children, as teachers in their childrens schools, or as boarders in their homes. They view this as protecting themselves and their...

We Didn’t Start The Fire – 1970-The Xavier Class Lamented By Antonin Scalia – Part IV

by admin | Apr 5, 2016 | History

My memoir of the final days of Xavier High School as, in the words of Antonin Scalia, “a thoroughly military academy” has expanded a bit thanks to one of my classmates making a contribution. In terms of the narrative it fits in here. We are in late 1967,...

No Diamonds On Our Shoulders – 1970-The Xavier Class Lamented By Antonin Scalia – Part V

by admin | Mar 30, 2016 | History

Whatever Regimental glory I won when I graduated in 1953 is unrecorded. The one item I can point to is that I rose to the rank of Lt. Colonel, commanding officer of the Marching Band. I count that an honor because traditionally the post had been held by a Major....

The Final Revenge Of Corporal Burns – 1970-The Xavier Class Lamented By Antonin Scalia – Part III

by admin | Mar 30, 2016 | History

You’ll never outrank me, Tom. Cadet Staff Sergeant Peter Reilly to Cadet Corporal Thomas Burns sometime in 1969. Famous last words. Most young men – mercifully, they fail to realize it – reach, in the sixth form of a big school, the acme of such...

Becoming Part Of The Regiment – 1970 – The Xavier Class Lamented By Antonin Scalia – Part I

by admin | Mar 22, 2016 | History

But as you know, the tradtion of Xavier as a thoroughly military academy did not survive the antimilitary sentiment of the Vietnam War. I lamented when the school announced that the the Regiment would no longer be compulsory, and I continue to think that was a...