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

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'ill' 3- . 'Q - I . ,,, . 1 fix, , ' . ' . , ,L . .7 ,. .' ,. g 1. . 9 I 0 .A . H Beulah Shepherd Elsie Peterson Thelma Johnson Iven Case Marian Trevorrow Helen Dougherty Gertrude Kaufman Marian Seigman Alice Paulin Mary Friedrich Uffice We fam, HE typewriters were clicking, and the smell . of fresh mimeograph ink penetrated our sensi- tive nostrils as we journeyed through the main oflice. Students dashed to and fro, dropping notes in homeroom boxes, slipping in with last-minute P.A. announcements, and bothering our busy sec- retaries who were preparing college transfers, re- cording grades, and studying permanent record cards. Two faces were missing, though. One was pretty little Miss Johnson, who left us in January to answer the call for workers on the War Produc- tion Board. We still miss this snappy gal, who was always our best friend , ln Eebruary Miss Peter- Q . . . Library work only . . . son, too, shifted her allegiance to another war job Quiet prevailed as we stealthily made our way into the spacious library. Looking over the shoul- ders of a group of students, we saw them pouring over large atlases and making strange colored lines and spaces on a piece of paper we later recognized as their overdue History maps. In the east room worried English VI students frantically leafed through vocational books, while the west room disclosed multitudes of fiction stories' and biographies, Deciding we were not so intellectually inclined, we hurriedly passed right on by a great selection of reference books! Mzzster of diction pounds the chimes

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Mr. Wiley Miss Wallace Mr. Meier Mr. Morley Nlr. Flint Miss Whitsey adcfmzmazhazfzw T was the ofiice all right: We could see that at a glance. On the Wall hung the big old clock and a picture of our hero, General MacArthur. Through the open door We savv a dignified gentle- man, busily dictating to his eiicient secretary. To our amazement, we discovered that this was Mr. Morley, the inspiring and competent principal of this great institution. At that moment We savv, breezing down the hall, Mr. Wiley, superintendent of Cleveland Heights Schools, Who, although he is seldom seen at Heights, keeps in constant touch With our activities. In the first cubby-hole Qcommonly called an officej, adjoining the conference room, sat Mr. Meier, advising a Worried student about his voca- tion, While next door sat helpful Miss Whitsey plotting the future of the college-bound. Earnestly questioning one of the numerous legitimate ex- cuses was Mr. Flint, dean of boys, Who really has hosts of friends among the students. Strolling around the next corner, We chatted with the busy Dean of Girls. As the bell chimed, Miss Wallace took off her shell-rimmed glasses, and trilling a gay, Now run along, deariesf' she shooed us right out of her sunny oflice.

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F. XV. Burnham Ruth Monnett P. Theodore Lorz Gwendolyn Edwards Catherine Manning Louise Magor Frank DuPras Mabel S. Blanchard Ellsworth Prince I pledge allegiance to fhe Flag .... U Senora Blanchard explains to senoritas Eaddy and Fulton .BGIZQMGQG I nl' ' ARLEZ francais, s'il vous plaitf' We jumped back in astonishment, but gathered together our courage and timidly entered the French Class. Upon inquiry we learned that the Hrst three semes- ters of French teach the fundamentals in the old world language. We found this class, French IV, highly entertaining for they were reading the heart- breaking story which, in the English language, is called 'ANobody's Boyn. We thoroughly enjoyed the so-called artistic illustrations on Mr. Lorz' board and the novel way Miss Monnett acted out part of her lesson. Even though to our inexperi- enced ear it was all French to us, we decided that, without a doubt, they were all prospective French- men! Then we took three deep breaths, and the Ger- man classroom visited-as Fritz would say. But this was German without the influence of Herr Schickelgruber, and the pupils were Americans, who one day may help put things to rights in that strained, hysterical, unhappy land. We were told that even though our own country is at war with Germany, Heights still offers this language because it is still a vital part of our war effort, for the simple reason that in order to win the ultimate victory we must understand the customs of the German people and be able to speak their tongue. The Heights Senors and Senoritas taught us much about the need of better relations between the United States and the Spanish-speaking coun- tries to the South. They realize that a knowledge of Inter-American relations, gained through the four-semester course in Spanish, will aid much in our all-out war effort and post-war solidarity. Caesar Rides Again or A'The Strange Case of Julius was the program in the Latin Class we chose. We learned that Latin teaches a better knowledge of grammar and is an aid in deriving the meaning of words. Even though we realize that these four foreign languages are an important part of our civilization, we still feel, deep in our hearts, that the greatest language of all is that we use when we sing: O Say Can You See by the Dawn's Early Light, and when we say: I pledge allegiance to the Hag of the United States of America.