Catonsville High School - Catonian Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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winter THE c:i.ly1-xx or the 1934-55 winter season at Catonsxille Senior High Sehool lnrings into for-us the images of not only the 4-old. fresh erispness of the engulfing snow that deseended upon us. hut also the unforgettahle memories ol the warmth that our sehool days held for us. While ,laeli Frost was outdoing himself on the intrieate patterns he had wrouglht. students were hard at work preparing for the eyer present nuisanee of mid-year exams. and also for the extra-eurrieular fun that winter brings in its wake. The hlustering month of Deeemher eame as the inauguration of the winter season and with it hrought the first play' of the season. The Hap- piest Days of Your Lifeu: the ehallenging spirit of Stunt Night: the surging. undeniahle pride in our winning lraskethall teams: the Christmas pageant and assemhly. aided hy our musie organ- izations: The Candy Cane Ball . our annual Christmas formal: and the Sweetheart Sere- nada-H. ln retrospeelion we are eertain that these winter highlights of the year 1953 will often lie rememlnered and surely neyer forgotten hy eyery senior. junior. and sophomore at Latonsyille Senior Seltool. , . . . . lerhaps foremost In our memories is the first play. The llappiest llaxs ul Your l.ife. that inaugurated our new auditorium on Friday. Ile- eemlver 3. 'lihe exeeution ol the three at-t faree after diligent weeks ol rehearsing lines and pl'ae- tieing stage moyements eertainly gaye us a night of enjoyment never to lie forgotten. But the life of eyery student is not only a whirl of danees and plays: it has a somewhat darker aspeet -- sehool work. and so it is at Catonsyille. Room 201 eould. at first glanee. easily' he confused with a modernistie art elass- a fast-inating realm of eongruent triangles. right angles. and perpendicular hiseetors. Guess you have already diseoyered that we are referring to Bliss Coffman-s geometry 1-lass. junior Bette Bauman seems quite anxious to give the next step in the theorem whieh Senior Carolyn Whit- field is plat-ing on the hlaekhoard. .-Xside from her many geometrieal responsihilities. Nliss Coll- man is neyer too husy lo listen and adxise the semors on many pressing prolvlems m her ea- paeity as Senior Class Xdxisor. lo quote one senior. its hard. hut fun. What else eould we he talking ahout lmut ltl2. Physies. and Hr. Helo? Senior projeets deeorate the room. ranging from doorliells to ery stal sets whieh really world. Nye donit lhinlx Nlargie Lang will ey er forget her ehagrin when slll' diseoyererl that the t'Xll1'llFlXt' thermonueter she thought she

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Y.-XRSITY CROSS 1I0lN'l'Rt. left lu right. Rout I: l . Han-on. J. Nleura. l.. filaaz. lf. Crockett. ll. Spencer. ll. Russell. C. Linden. T. Nlorissey. J. Horn. Ron' 2: J. Scliucliarilt. .J1!IIlllzL'l'l'. N. Houck. ll. llinkcl. T. Scriye-ner. ll. llclinic. .-X. llreyer. R, Warner. lf. Sfllllll. C. Kalmlis. JIIIIIIIHPV. Nlr. Beach. ffoufh. Joan Stulihlefield. came up from JN. this year to protect our goal. Dorothy Hupll. the goal keeper. made her teammates proud of her lay' winning an honorable mention at the play day sponsored hy the Baltimore Field Hockey' Association. Miss Peele. the coach. should have a winning team next year with all the varsity' returning except Pat Schotta. Catherine Howe. Joyce Vtloodham. and Fran Nleldrom. Catonsvilleis J.V. teams looked good this year too-top material for future varsity squads. The Boys' JN. Soccer 'lieam had Mr. Hancock for their coach. With Nlrs. lfyander and Miss Peele coaching. Rosalie Garrett making four goals to top the team. and Helen Leonard. the goal keeper. letting only one goal go lwy. our JN. Hockey Team went all out and won the County Championship. Haying players like these join the varsity ranks. next year's team is going to town. Speaking of going places. l'll het Richard Reuhlis new Ford couldnit heat our Fred Hanson and Ke-nwood's Ed Vachina who set a new state cross country record this year at lil:-1326. Coach Beach is counting on more turn-outs next year. for we have a good chance of winning the championship. As all good things must come to an end, the wonderful. victorious fall sports season closed early in Xoyemlier. .l. Y. CROSS COIVNTRJ. left lo righl, Row I: 5. Hite. ll. Pulliam. C. Hogarth. R. Franklin. Row 2: J. Scliucliarflt. Jflfznager. C. Arnold. H. Xlclleyitt. lf. Cray:-n. C, Kalurlis, flflzrnzzger.

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The cast of 'Tlic Happiest Days of Your Life takes a curtain call. had broken was an old one substituted by Elmo Evans. The experiments, while enjoyable, pre- sent somewhat of a problem because Mr. Refo allows only 2 per cent of error. We understand that a good deal of figure juggling occurs to achieve Mr. Refo's desired per cent of error. Basketball is defined by Mr. Webster as an indoor game played with an inflated ball and basketball goalsf' Defined by Catonites it is a game which brought many a night of wild cheer- ing to our gym, and we might add we loved every minute of it. Everyone seemed to catch the spirit of the game and for several months basketball was the main topic of discussion at C.S.H.S. Our pride in our new school and gym was sup- plemented by our winning teams. both boys and girls, varsity and .l.V. Our great cheerleaders. under the supervision of Miss Alexander. prodded us on with cheers such as. 'tStrawberry Shortcake . Jive Yell , Victory Yell , and Lizzy Yell . Many of us left the gym with sore throats and hoarse voices, but happy nevertheless. ln addition to .loan Conaway, Bonnie Jones. Diane Darvis, Mary Lou Bryant, Roxanne Moody. ,lanice Melhuish, Janet McNeal, and ,ludy Rzeszutek. C.S.H.S. acquired a squad of boy cheerleaders composed of ,loe Trabert, Lynn Hill, Eddie bippard, and ,lack Childs who really livened things up. The cheer- leaders, Pep Band. and Pep Rally Committee led us to many successful pep rallys before and dur- ing school to give our teams a boost. The coaches of our teams also deserve our thanks for putting C.S.H.S. on top in the Baltimore County LEFT! Janice Moore and Miss Coffman dt-inonstratc a tb:-orcm to thc oth pe-riml gcomclry class. RIGHT: S:-nior physics students take diligent notes in an attempt to learn about 2 percent of error .