It’s not just history to Karl Hauck… its memories that last a lifetime and beyond. Hauck is a retired faculty member and the first official St. Xavier High School “archivist.” His preservation of St. Xavier High School goes well beyond the papers and the trophies. His work is an archive of the history, memories and traditions surrounding the institution as well. Hauck began his teaching career at Roger Bacon, but during that first year a professor at Xavier University told him about a possible position at St. Xavier High School. He applied and says accepting the position was a major turning point of his life. He started in 1962 and taught at St. Xavier High School until his retirement in 1999. He came to St. Xavier with two other teachers whose careers spanned four decades; Jack Emmett (’53) and John Hussong. “They are two great teachers and the three of us became fast friends,” said Hauck.
ARCHIVE PROJECTS
Memories to last a
Hauck is currently working with Fr. Denny Ahern SJ on creating a compilation of students who fought in the Civil War. Many students at that time fought for either the North or South. Prior to the Civil Ware students traveled from Southern states up the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers to Cincinnati to attend St. Xavier College as boarding students.
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Lifetime
In the spring of 1968 The Yardbirds played for the junior/senior prom. Hauck is working with students from that time to gather information about the event and trying to create an article surrounding the event.
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Hauck is working with Julie Conlon to create a book shelf in the St. Xavier High School library featuring books published by St. Xavier alumni or faculty. Some are currently featured, but many are still “out there.”
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If you have information on any of these topics and would like to reach Karl, please email Becky Schulte, Director of Communications and Marketing at St. Xavier at bschulte@stxavier.org or call her at 513.618.3266.
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S T. X AV I E R H I G H S C H O O L M A G A Z I N E
SPRING 2013