Cleveland Heights High School - Caldron Yearbook (Cleveland Heights, OH)

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DEDICATICN K' NTELLIGENCE, Power and Personalityng in these three borrowed words lies the success of geometry teacher Ralph Fraunfelter. Throughout a long and colorful career he has liberally bestowed his boundless wisdom in his own inimitable manner upon an ever growing throng of admirers. Due to his infinite store of practical advice he is known as the sage of l25 . A calm exterior hides the dynamic force of his per- sonality which generates a fiery spirit for his school and an unswerving patriotism for his country. The humor which is characteristic of Prauney's anecdotes will remain with us long after our high school days are over. No glowing adjectives, no flowery phrases could adequately express the appreciation of the class of l942 and, indeed, the whole school, for the years which Mr. Praunfelter has so unselnshly devoted to the enlightenment of his students, his school, and his country. The l942 Caldron is, therefore, dedicated to Ralph M. Fraunfelter.

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THE SPIRIT WE UPHOLD What is this spirit you uphold? Is it the spirit of democracy and unity? ls it loyalty, friendship, and enthu- siasm? ls it honor or pride, ambition or pep? Is it the spirit of work, of recreation, of prudence? Yes, it is all these and more, stranger, It is something more than an abstract idea. It is a fellow doing a red-head's Spanish for her. It is a guy bringing his physics expe- riment back, a letter man cram- ming for a test, a scholar measur- ing chemicals, a Latin student looking out of the classroom win- dow, an English student trying to fathom Chaucer. It is a curly-headed kid rising to a point of order. It is a rewrite man making the dead- line. It is a bass player keeping the beat. It is a jammed auditorium echoing with 'The Stars and Stripes'. It is a blonde giving her all in a play, a brass quartet practicing, a fellow punching tickets at the football game, the yearbook stair arguing, the corridor guards joking. It is a quintet of long-winded netters breaking through. It is a valiant eleven holding on their own five. It is a crowded grandstand reverbe- rating with cheers. lt is the guy on the bench aching for action, the pole vaulter straining to make the bar, a swimmer finish- ing the last lap, a tennis player serving a fast one, a runner break- ing the tape, a pitcher pulling through in a pinch. lt is a couple jitterbugging. lt is a fraternity group meeting. lt is the front hall between classes. It is a co-ed preparing for a date, a party in full swing, the crowded cafeteria at lunchtime, a bunch of stags at an ice cream parlor, a senior hunting a tux. lt is the school itself- the corridors, the lockers, the grandstand, the classroom, and the football field. It is something tangible, stranger, That's what this spirit is!

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. . . WHERE EXISTS EQUAL OPPCRTUNITY FOR ALL . . . ff Q f f! LL .Z 3