Ravenna High School - Tappan Tatler Yearbook (Ravenna, OH)

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Aspiring Freshmen This year's freshies have been an active group consisting of 69 girls and 61 boys. Their speech class was an active participant in many proiects, including various types of speech making, not excluding extemp speaking drills. They enioyed studying parliamentary law, debating, enact- ing one-act plays, and writing orations. A debate team was organized with eight members, holding practice debates with Canton McKinley and Kent Roosevelt. The iournalism club has tried to develop ability to produce better and more original compositions, Many of its members hope to be accepted for the senior staff next year. Their only social event of the year was a Christmas party. The sewing class undertook a variety of projects, among these being darning and reconstructing old clothes, knitting, and learning many useful subiects. Manual training groups made tables, lamps and learned to mend broken articles. Because of lack of materials, boys worked on mechanical drawings during the last semester. The girls' gym classes learned folk dances, the rudiments of girls' basketball, volley ball, and basket- ball. The boys played basketball and encountered Kent Roosevelt and Newton Falls. They played baseball in the spring and practiced army training exercises and commando tactics during the season. The art students have many interesting things to show for the year's work. Pencil sketches, posters, block prints, models sketched from life, clay models, and oil paintings are among these, as well as sketches for en- gravings forthe annual. The survey of the year's work of the class shows the freshmen have not lagged in their participation in and support of school activities. SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE Our visions of the seventh grade were accented by both ioyous anticipation and that frightened expect- ancy one experiences in first grade. This latter view- point, although normal, was aggravated by an ex- seventh grader who insisted that we might as well be entering the morgue as the seventh grade. With this cheerless thought weighing heavily up- on us, we trotted off to spend our first day at R. H. S. Bright spots of the day were familiar, comforting faces of friends. Interspersed among the happy experi- ences of the day trailed humiliating ones. We found ourselves stumbling up the wrong stairs of this strange new building and bumping into what must have been all of the 800 students. This, no doubt, labeled us us newcomers. As the day drew to a close, we reached the con- clusion that another milestone had been attained. Al- though the routine seemed difficult and trying at first, we knew that soon it would become a familiar pattern of our youth. This seventh year proved to be unevent- ful but constructive. When the time came for the portals of eighth grade to open to us, we entered this time without the fear or the awe that formerly restrained us. Once started, we found ourselves becoming in- terested in the variety of activities R. H. S. offers. We had the choice of band, glee club, or speech. During the eighth year the combined red and white groups presented an assembly program entitled We the People, under the direction of Miss Westlake. This program gave both students and faculty a colorful pic- ture of city government. Here was a proiect which climaxed the study of civics and made front page news. In the science classes, the eighth graders studied weather, animals, insects and birds, and made bird books. ln English they have done diagramming, phras- ing, and read some literature. The arithmetic students were formerly introduced to Mr. X and received their first taste of algebra. Besides this they also worked with stocks, bonds, insurance, areas, and volumes. The music classes studied the fundamentals of music and learned about the opera. Soapcarving, craftwork, and war posters were the proiects undertaken by pupils in the art class. Library work included use of the diction- ary, encyclopedia, and Dewey Decimal System. All three classes topped their magazine quotas and pledged considerable amounts for war stamps. Altogether it has been an interesting year for the class of 47 . The officers of the iunior band are: president, Elizabeth Lyon, vice president, Dick Furney, secretary, Doris Bradley, and treasurer, Martha Bell. All are from 7 red. Members of 7 blue home room 21 l elected respec- tively as their president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer, Nancy Mosley, William Vall, Jean Woodrum and Dora Lee Shilliday. The presidency of seven white room 215 is held by Beverly Evans, treasurer, Louise Fasco and secretary, Mark Lutz. Seventh grade teachers were guests of the girls ol that class at a Valentine party, February 7, under the supervision of Miss Montecalvo and a student teacher. Refreshments were prepared and served by the girls. Mrs. Chapman and Miss Rood attended the party. The seventh grade basketball captains were: 7 blue, Mike Spinelli, 7 red, Bill Stefansic, and 7 white, Tom Matteson. Home room 2l6 members enioyed a party Friday night, April 9, as their reward for outselling other rooms in the magazine drive. General chairman was Susan Porter. Serving on the decorating committee were: Ruth Anne Bothel, Joan Chionchio, Jake Osdyke, and Harold Kandis. Receiving the guests were Richard Furney, Dominic Giovinozzo and Elizabeth Lyon . Many interesting games were played, prepared by .lack Neikirk, Claramae Cook, and Joanne Craig. Tle prizes for the contests went to Paul Wilhelm, Kenneih McNulty, Martha Bell, .lake Osdyke, Eunice Boyles, Paul Dale and Harold Kandis. Laura Shartle, Doris Brad'ey and Theresa Barberine made up the committee for the delicious refreshments, while the clean-up committee was composed of Bill Stefansic, Mike Bucci, Bill Dami- cone, Eunice Boyles, Sainty Conti and Sally Chisholm. Mrs. Neikirk assisted Mrs. Chapman in chaperoning the party. While talking with one of the students after a hay- ride lwhich were so popular in the falll he said, You know what? l don't like hayrides, they make me feel too much like a hay seed. Page Q0

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Class Leaders Officers of the home rooms throughout the school are shown here. The top left hand picture shows Jack Bower, Pauline Foster, Evelyn Long, and Gretchen Dus- sel, senior officers. ' Junior officers are shown as they meet to discuss their problems. They are: Jim Luli, Marilyn Canfield, Margaret Churchill, and Philip Jones. Next, on the school steps, are the freshman lead- ers. First row: Judy Frank, Patricia Jones, Ruetta Dalrymple and Marilyn Anderson. Second row: Frank Miller, Victor Goble, Chris De John, and Ernest Kauff- man. Third row: Clifford Scott, Edward Trocchio, Jerry Mahan, and James Jensen. Below this are the seniors who taught school for a day. They all look like teachers, don't they? The eighth grade city officials are shown next. Did you hear about the eighth grader who found a note on his locker demanding immediate cleanup. lt was signed The Mayor . Grouped around on the steps are Louise Fasco, Beverly Evans, Elizabeth Lyon, Doris Bradley, Martha Bell, Mark Lutz, Nancy Mosley, Bill Voll, Jean Woodrun, and Dora Shilliday, seventh grade officers. Eighth grade officers are: Madeline Sarrocco, Patsy Roper, and Marie Damicone. ln the back row are Jack Hugill, Bill Stoerkel, and James Di Paola. Sophomore leaders are: Barbara Ewell, Barbara Sorensen, Jean Ann Kohl, and Nancy Long. Second row: Margaret Sapp, Ruth Hudson, Helen Foster, Nancy Biondo, and Jane Coit. Third row: Joe Conner, Jack McClain, and Edward Vigilucci. Ye olde editors is the theme of the last picture, as it catches the Tappan Tatler workers in a moment of relaxation. WE, THE PEOPLE We, the People was the subiect of an assembly held April 11, by the eighth grade city officials. The first part of the program was opened by Ruth Jones, who introduced Mayors George Kenney, repre- senting the 8 white officials, and Lee Cain, head of the 8 reds. These two groups had organized a complete city government. Mayor Kenney presented a short sketch of the im- portance of citizenship, and outlined the duties of city officials. He introduced ,the office holders who told more about their iobs. Talks were given by Eileen Tu- baugh, Jule Brown, and Lilla Connor, councilmen. A scene on Main St., lthe main corridorl any day during the change of classes, was followed by the court scene with Mayor l.ee Cain presiding. Violators of school regulations and courtesy were tried, and appro- priate penalties were pronounced. The violators were Bill Stoerkel, Mariorie Burkley, Mina Hensley, and Tom Andrie, portraying respectively John Short, Cornelius Snodgrass, Henrietta F. Fuzzlebumble, and Aloysius Humble. James DiPaola was the arresting officer. The third scene was the same Main Street the fol- lowing day, showing the violators working out their sentences while Chief of Police Douglas Brown patroled. Loren Workman, Bob Swager, and Nunzio Poli- cheno were the stage hands. - Former Mayor Sloan spoke about the city govern- ment and gave suggestions for better citizenship. Page 19 Junior Year . The. iuniors, entering their next to the last lap on the road of education, began the year with the im- portant work of electing their class officers: Marilyn Canfield was chosen president, Philip Jones, vice presi- dent, Margaret Churchill, secretary, and Jim Luli, treas- surer. After election the class selected and ordered class rings. The old romantic comedy Smilin' Through was presented as the class play on March 26. Starring in the production were Jim Sharp, Tom Huffman, Marilyn Canfield, Coletta Caris, George Martin, Bob Miller, Jim Luli, Rita Miller, Joan Nicola, June Cunningham, Dick Gifford, Jack Green, Bill Griffin, Mary Lou Johnson, Connie Bradford and Mary Louise Peck. The annual prom with its sweet music, gay colors and dreamy atmosphere proved to be the most momen- tous occasion of the eventful year for the iuniors. June Cunningham and Ed Widener were elected co-chairmen for this dance held on May 15. The committees assisting the chairmen were headed by Coletta Caris, decora- tions, Bob Miller, music, Barbara Locke, refreshments, Elsie Bingham, programs and Jim Sharp, entertainment. In the field of sports, the iuniors were successful in winning the inter-class basketball tournament by de- feating the seniors by the score of 44-34. After that game the ioyous iuniors felt that they had definitely arrived at perfection. Thus ended one of the most enioyable years that this class has ever known. Sophomores ln Action First task of the sophomores, returning to school from their summer vacation, was to elect officers. The presidents of the home rooms were as follows, Joe Con- nor, 311, Jean Ann Kohl, 313, Jack McClain, 314, and Barbara Sorensen, 315. At the close of the 1942-43 football season, the class of '45 had Paul Shafer, Tony Grecco, Chuck Kieselbach, Patsy Cacioppo, Ray Grupe, Henry Piehl, and Sam Spano, on the varsity squad. Kieselbach, Shafer, Stefansfc, Spano, and Thompson continued on the reserve basketball team. Representing the class in scholarship tests were Bob Henderson, Margaret Sapp, Barbara Ewell, Iva Wolfe, Nancy Quillen, Lois l-lunsicker, Philip Furney, Mary Mosley, Nancy Rosenberger, Janice Delin and Ruth Hudson. Honors go to the debate team members, consisting of Paul Shafer, Robert Henderson, Jim Leininger and John Parsons. SCHOOL CUSTODIANS - Have you ever wondered how the building rc- tains such a spick and span look in spite of all you do to prevent it? Well, the blame can be laid to W. L. Hugill and his staff of helpers. As custodian of R. H. S., he strives to maintain a neat and orderly building. The complete list of HugilI's helpers is: assistants, Sam DiPaola, Jr., Frank Arvizzigno, and Edward Wells, regular students helpers, Jack Hugill and Loren Work- man, part time helpers, Sam Spano, Nick Mendiola, Jack Casley, Paul Hensley, R. I. Pearce, and Bruce Brown.

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