Cathedral Griffin High School - Yearbook (Springfield, IL)

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Mr. james Belz As a young man, Mr. Belz lookedforward to a promising career in baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals. The Korean con- flict and a knee injury ended that dream though to this day Mr. Belz works as a scoutfor the St. Louis team. He came to Cathedral in l956 to help solve the problem of the basketball program which hadgfallen on hard times with a nearly winless sea- son. He accomplished this pur- pose with a vengence leading his teams to many City and Capitol Conference titles. He taught so- cial studies and helped coach other sports includingfootball and baseball. For many years he served very effectively as Athletic Directorfor the two schools and for many years also as Dean of Discipline. After more than 30 years at Cathedral and Grifhn one can say that his name is synonymous with that of Griffin. eye 00407 425 HEAD coAcH .f,9oi2QzV7'vqf0vi18j9'v 890,50 Qfpeeooi 53' ,331 T 1 ASSISTANT coAcHEs wg'-bx'vyvq'QoO40v.f:1',3,voQvbQ'0085QQSQOQOOQ O90 459600 goo 55133 L Jim Belz George Fleischli 0 Larry Selinger T v Bill Nonneman T Bill Fleischli T T T Rich Murawski ' Q Bill Lechner ' T 1975-75 Annex Barraza ' Bob Martin T Joe Galassi f ' Dean VanDiver T ' Ron Brian T T ' Simon Cory T Bro. Michael Rice ' Jim Belz George Fleischli 0 Larry Selinger T 0 Bill Fleischli T T Bill Nonneman T Rich Murawski ' Joe Galassi ' ' g Annex Barraza ' I 1976-77 Boh Martin T Dean VanDiver T ' llon Brian T 0 Tom Lavin T Bro. Michael Rice ' Irv Smith 0 Mike Schwartz T Jim Belz George Fleischli 0 Bob Martin T Bill Fleischli T 0 Bill Nonneman T ' lrv Smith P ' g Mike Schwartz T g 1977-73 Tom Lavin T Hud Venerable T T T Dean VanDiver T 0 Hon Brian T f Bro. Michael Rice ' Joe Galassi 0 ' '

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Jer Cleve Ron Gre oire Barry Bea les W S S The 1977-78 school year was to prove a very difficult one for the faculty of Griffin High School. New members of the faculty in- cluded Mr. Jerry Cleve, Ron Gre- goire, Hudson Venerable, Barry Beagles, Erskine Route and Joe McFarland who is now head of the counseling department at Griffin. The financial pressures that had been building for many years took their toll on the principal, Father Dupuis, soon after the new school year got underway. His health broke under the strain and Brother Mike Rice who had served as Dean of Studies and Assistant principal and Father Charles Bolser, the Financial Showboat players packed em in. 'V' Hudson Venerable Erskine Route joe McFarland Administrator and Assistant Principal handled the administra- tion of the school through most of the year. Of great help was Mr. Jim Belz, the Dean of Discipline. The worsening financial picture prompted the Viatorian commu- nity and the Diocese to take steps to correct the financial crises and before the year ended fears that the school might have to close were laid to rest. The big musicals reappeared on the scene with Showboat,' play- ing to capacity audiences in the Academy's theatre. U A talented and dedicated Sister Therese Martin, 0. P., directed most ofthe SHA! GHS musical dramas.

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Tons ofpasta since 59. Q Z9 7 Irv Smith Ls Cvk swimmers -,Hrst ever to beat Springfeld High. i HX '-.,.' 1 Q 1 A -396-T! 2 q'OVU'm f 1 ' gn... -.f-nfl Cd , gg, N s ., ,Jr fig. 1 w , City and Conference champsfor 3rd straight year. Intra-muralists. The Homecoming saw the team the first win over Springfield defeat Southeast 41-8, thejuniors High by any team. Intramural capture first prize for their float fweren't the seniors always sup- posed to win?J and a fantastic dance ln Terms of Two held at the Illinois Building. The Mostac- cioli Dinner continued to grow each year, especially with Padre Canella in the kitchen encourag- ing the parent and student workers. Mr. lrv Smith and Mike Schwartz coached the swim team to a successful season including sports, especially basketball, have been popular in various periods throughout the history of Cathe- dralfGriffin. For the first time, the spirit that marked this type of extracurricular event was recog- nized by the yearbook staff. The basketball Cyclones placed sec- ond in the City Tournament and reached the Regional Tournament only to lose to Quincy. The golf team had a I2-l season and made their first appearance ever in the Irv Smith coached swimmers since 1977 State Tournament. The cross country team had a 5-l season rec- ord and sent one member on to the State level. The varsity foot- ball team had a 7-2 record in reg- ular season play and went on to win two games on the State Playoff level for an overall record of 9-3. For the third year in a row the varsity Cyclones were City and Conference Champions. Two hundred eleven seniors graduated in l978, the largest number in the history of the school and still a record.