Benedictine High School - Benedictine Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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THK FRENCH CLUB: Mrs. Schulz, Tom Davenport, Chuck Armao, Greg Schmitz, Mark Buchanan, Bruce Buchanan, Joe Patrick, Dorn Dorazio. THE GERMAN CLUB: (First row) (1 to r) VV. Turek, K. Traush, B. Boland, S. Spisak, J. Keelovich, M. Mrazek, Fr. Anselm, (Second row) A. Russo, D. Newton, T. DiVincenzo, C. D'Amato, J. Browne, F.. Haluska, J. Ra-ichel, (Third) J. Thresher, F. DiSanto, M. DeYoung, S. Rogres, G. Kobunski, M. Malenzk, (Fourth) G. Heiss, T. Lang J. Novak, P. Fador, M. Powers, V. Myers, (Fifth) G. Evenic, E. Brzozowski, D. Pappa, S. Baltas, D. Dent, (Sixth) M. Kreczko, T. Hilbet, D. Perkoawki, B. Iacofano, E. Berkes, P. St. John, C. Zim-nicki, J. Bosco. I SINGING IN THE RAIN. Fr. Anselm and Petrick visit Niagara Falls on a German Club field trip. Delirious — adj. 1. That feeling one gets when working on the Bennet layout too long. activities 23

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by Bob Dow This year's Spanish Club was moderated by Miss Rable. After last year's kid napping of two high ranking Spanish Club officers. Bop Dow and Mike Casey, the Club's Board of Directors, President Pat Gennarelli, Vice-President Bob Dow, Treasurer Carl Camillo, Recording Secretary Chris Giordano, and Corresponding Secretary Dan Newton, decided to talce precautionary measures which included the appointing of Richard Allen as Sergeant-at-Arms and the assigning of three am-basssadors: to the French Club, Nick Harris to the German Club, and Damian Konkoly to the Latin Club, to insure peace, order, and friendship among the foreign language clubs. FI Clube de Espanol also enjoyed their annual jaunt to where else but the famous Chi-Chi's. The German Club is well known for participating in various activites. This year was no exception. In October the Club had its 7th annual Oktoberfest which was successful as usual. President Steve Spisak, Vice-President Bryan Boland, Secretary John Keglovich, and Treasurer Jerry Kupetz, along with the other members enjoyed sampling food at the Hofbrau Haus in November. In February, they cooked food at the Fish Fry. The Club spent their Spring Break in Florida. The trip's main attractions were Fpcot Center and Busch Gardens. They also took a trip to Toronto and Niagara Falls later in May. This year the French Club decided it was time to rebuild. The club, under the leadership of President Greg Schmitz and Vice-President Bruce Buchanan, had its usual meetings. But, unlike most clubs, tne meetings included viewing French films and discussing the French in-fluence on politics, economics, and of course, fashion in the United States.

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I I by Ken Trausch Benedictine developed its best drama season in years in 1985-86. Everything seemed to go right for long-time director Father Timothy Buyansky and his crew. The officers of the Drama Club included President Ken Trausch, Vice-President Ben Salvadori, Treasurer David Morris, and Secretary Glen Heiss. This cabinet nad its hands full because the club experienced a large increase in membership. In their fall production, Charley's Aunt, all of the roles were double-cast and over ten people were still turned away. For the first time in a long while, Benedictine showed a large interest in theatre. In Charley's Aunt, the Drama Club tried a type of play that they had never attempted before. It was set in nineteenth-century England and wras an early coincidental comedy. The acting was difficult to polish because the students nad to learn to be proper Break A Leg and dignified with an English accent. Two of the actors even had to act as British female impersonators. The play was very successful, ana the Drama Club performed the first act of it at the Baldwin-Wallace One Act Play Festival. Outstanding individual actors included bronze medalist james Woodford, silver medalist Ken Trausch, and the winner of the trophy for Best Actor, Glen Heiss. The spring musical in 1986 was Man of LaMancha. Fr. Timothy had heard people say tnat this play w-as too difficult for hign school actors. Since he had an experienced cast, he tried it anyway. Extremely large crowds came to see it, and many said that it was the best Benedictine play they had ever seen. This play was a fitting end for the many seniors who had performed in past plays. ON STAGE, members of the Drama Club perform a scene from their fall play, Charley's Aunt. BEHIND THE SCENE. Back-Stage Senior Ken Trausch gets his makeup ready before he goes on.