Cathedral Griffin High School - Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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0 2 HEAD COACH T I ASSISTANT COACHES O 5 X' 9 O Q5 VO? QQ' 0 Q, 4 ,o'+6 015 0 Q get 46' 3 Robert Teater Bob Martin so 0 ei' 983' v v C, 006 fb 0 V S' 4' X 9,90 +V o e 4' v + -xl o scuoot Q5 ty io 0' 'ser QV' Oo ep oo eo ff' YEAR o 0 Rich Murawski Jim Belz 1967-68 George Fleischli Rev. Charles Bolzer T . Dan Cusick Robert Teater Bob Martin Rich Murawski 0 1968-1969 George Fleischli Jim Belz lJan Cusick Robert Teater Bob Martin Rich Murawski George Fleischli l969-70 Jim Belz Bill Nonneman T Dan Cusick 'l' o Rev. Walter Nowak Robert Teater Bob Martin Jim Belz Bill Nonneman 1 1979-71 Rich Murawski George Fleischli Tom Lavin John Klemm Robert Teater Jim Belz Bob Martin George Fleischli Bill Nonneman ' 1911-1912 Larry Selinger John Klemm ' T Rich Murawski Ron Brian T Bill Fleischli Fr. Wm. Mayer james Metz Bill Fleischli joe Galassi Norman Marshall The year of the long awaited evaluation had arrived and among the new faculty members who would take part were: Father William Mayer, Mr. Norman Marshall, Mr. James Metz, Mr. Joe Galassi and Mr. Bill Fleischli. The faculty met weekly to com- plete their part of the self- evaluation process and the stu- dents also participated as members of various committees. The team of outside evaluators visited in January. The report of their findings arrived in March. The report was very positive and attached special significance to the tremendous community sup- port that the school enjoyed.

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wif' Graduation breakfast was not at Twany lv. Land of the Rising Sun was the theme for the prom that year. The prom had moved out of the school gym but remained elabo- rate and judging by the pictures in the yearbooks, were very much enjoyed. Thanks to the pastors of the Springfield parishes, the financial pressures on Father Heitjan and the Board were at least temporar- ily relieved, though the lack of adequate funds was never entirely missing from the scene. One hundred seventy received their di- plomas at year's end. While the faculty worried about what was to come, the school year continued normally. The football team again took City and Confer- ence championships but again the basketball team had a very disap- pointing season. Golf, swimming, track and baseball, however, had very good seasons. These were years when home- coming was the highlight of the first semester. No one had yet thought to outlaw bonfires and gathering the material for this yearly event called for greater and greater ingenuity. Elaborate preparations made the prom enjoyable. A pile ofingenuity up in-flames. l A ritual mating call came in the form ofsqueeling tires.

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V Q Q 'eff' r' Y W. it i n - 55 5 h s Bob Zanot hits paydirt against Lanphier. . r . fy. :tx St. Agnes City pastors organized Griffin Sunday. r LJIU' -5- North Central Committee Association of Schools evaluates every seven years. for the purpose of improving quality ofeducation received by students. Major criticisms centered around financial difficulties, too many students in some classes and above average teaching loads for several instructors. Another piece of good news for the beleaguered principal was that the pastors of Springfield had voted to organize an annual Grif- fin Sunday Collection to provide needed operating funds for the school. Despite the misgivings of some faculty members who questioned the wisdom of making major changes in an evaluation year, modular scheduling was intro- duced in the 1971-72 school year. In fact the new system proved to be very successful and quite im- pressed the evaluating committee. This program had been due to the efforts and hard work of Father Neych, the Dean of Studies. Mr. Belz had succeeded Father Field as Dean of Discipline and began a revision of the dress code which proved to be popular. The football team yet once again took both the City and Conference Championships. The National Honor Society began a new program of tutoring students who were having trou- bles with their studies. Under Brother Kass's leadership, the Advanced Placement Program began to flourish at Griffin and continues to grow larger each year The class of 1972 numbered 175. National Honor Society members were assigned tutoring duties to assist students deficient in their studies.