St Ignatius High School - Ignatian Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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Fr. Andrew T. Yatsco, S.J. Latin I, Religion II, Golf, Sophomore Sodality, Counselor Mr. Jules H. Baumer, S.J. Latin II, English II, Religion Assistant Athletic Director Mr. Donald A. Bober, S.J. Latin A II, Missions, Sophomore Sodality II, Mr. Joseph A. Bracken, S.J. Latin III, Greek II, Classical Club, Debating Mr. Joseph P. Disselhorst, S.J. Latin A III, Debating, World Affairs dub 15 Mr. Thomas P. Kcnncaly, S.J. Latin II, Greek , Senior Sodality

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» Fr. Thomas C. Vaughan. S.J. Latin V, Senior Student Counselor Fr. Daniel C. Schario, S.J. Latin , English IV, Religion II, Band, Sophomore Student Counselor Fr. Henry A. Gardocki, S.J. Fr. Arthur V. Kanuch, S.J. Latin I IV, Religion II IV, Student Latin I, Religion A II, Freshman Sodality Counselor, Bowling CLASSICS “Veni, Vidi, Vici.’’ This is the dream of all our noble freshman Latin professors; and by the time a classics student graduates, this dream is realized. Our classics department is one of the best. Our good results in such tests as the Interscholastic Latin Contest prove its esteem. From the basic grammar in first year through Caesar’s Gallic Wars, Cicero’s orations, and Vergil’s poetry, the patient professor of the Roman tongue directs our translations—perhaps, at first, deciphering would be a better word. Even to the student who went on to a modern language in junior year, Latin and the serene teachers who taught it were an invaluable aid as a background in a different language. But the full value and beauty of this ancient tongue is only realized by the students who have spent their four high school years under the helpful guidance of a Latin teacher. The small but strong group who held a deep interest in the classics found themselves learning a new alphabet from a Greek teacher. In these classes if one said “It’s all Greek to me,” he was showing progress. In these classics classes a student earned an education, and the teacher earned the deep admiration and respect of the student. Fr. Arthur J. Walter, S.J. Latin I, English , Religion I 14

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ENGLISH Fr. John J. Miday, S.J. English III, Religion III, Debating ► “Book reports! Spelling tests! Poems to memorize! What kind of a place is this?” This is what a dismayed freshman asks himself after his first look at an English class. But after he got into the swing of his English curriculum, he found much enjoyment in this class. His sentences, paragraphs, themes, and term papers were brought up to literary style through the efforts of his English teachers. His “1 ain’t got no” and “kinda big” were changed to “1 haven’t any” and “rather large.” But perhaps a more enjoyable and no less important part of his curriculum was his transformation from a comic book reader to a literary critic. From his first sample in Treasure Island to the last words of The Winds low Boy, literature became more a part of his everyday life. Poetry, an almost unheard of thing, except in nursery rhymes, now became a meaningful and beautiful form of expression. Another part of his English curriculum is Speech. Here, under the prompting of a Speech teacher, he had an opportunity to deliver an oration—at least that is what his two-minute talk on flowers seemed to be. But he seemed to stand the strain, and now he has something no one can take away: an education in writing and talking and pleasant memories of his English teachers. Mr. John C. Hoffman, S.J. English III, Religion II, EYE, Cheerleaders, Tennis Mr. Frank A. Grady, S.J. English II, Religion I, Camera Club, IGNAT1AN Mr. Thomas J. Walsh, S.J. English III IV, Freshman Football Coach Mr. W. Jared Wicks. S.J. English IV, Ignatius Athletic Association, Scholarship Drive