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

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Gail Vannorsdall Dorothy Crane Catherine Weller Walter Bird Edith Turner Roy L. Uber Evelyn Kritter eammmaiwl fb Z' HE was making strange little curled lines on the blackboard, and after much deliberation we concluded that they must be Indian hieroglyphics. However, upon being duly informed, we learned that this was merely one phase of a course called shorthand. The rhythmic clicking of the typewrit- ers was the only noise that broke the dense silence of the next room we visited, which was full of girls, filled with hope and anxiety that someday they might perchance become secretaries. Occa- sionally some irate, frustrated typist would madly jerk the paper from her machine, crumple it noisily into a ball and toss it across the room into the large wastepaper basket kept for this express purpose. Commercial Math, also offered at Heights, teaches future business professionals how to solve problems which present themselves. Re-entering the typing room we were astonished by a mysterious situation. The entire room was now filled with males also industriously typing away. These boys informed us that they were enrolled in a pre- induction typing course, another war effort at Heights. t pfufiical Zcfacalian lee HOUTS of Forward, Marchl and Column, Left! greeted our ears as we saw the gym classes, busily marching in military precision. The war has greatly affected this department. This year boys are required to take five periods of physi- cal education a week, and from what we hear it's really become an education in itselfl No more flabby, unused muscles for Heights males-now they exercise and march, preparing themselves for their place in the armed forces. Girls are being trained to co-ordinate movements, take orders quickly, and become physically fit. But what about sports? you may say. Have no fears, for all after-school sports are still offered. Girls still participate in field hockey, basketball, baseball, swimming and tennis, and boys are just as active on varsity football, basketball, baseball, swimming, track, golf and tennis teams, as well as in intramural sports. The regular course in hygiene, required of all juniors, has been augmented by much first-aid in- struction. Florence Bromelmeier Myron W. Randall P. A. Cooley Lawrence Behney Kathryn Hill M. A. Raub Ethel Magee James Price

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gnqlidfz fbepafbfmenl E stood quivering and quavering, his fright- ened eyes darting nervously about him. His hands were clammy and cold, and his knees were knocking with a hollow sound. We thought surely he was being tried for his very life, but discovered he was simply a young, petrified C-I, giving his first speech in sophomore round-up. Each week some fortunate C-I or C-H struggles through this haunted period in the Little Theater, and, inci- dentally, learns the art of making speeches and a certain amount of poise and self-control. Much noise attracted us to room 208, where we saw Mr. Spencer fthe censorj proofreading the latest spicy flashes for the Black and Gold, pub- lished by the news-writing classes. The busy staff bustled about in a frantic effort to make its dead- line. A quick look into the dramatic class held our interest, for one of many humorous one-act skits was being presented. We breezed right on by the public speaking class, where a discussion was being held on world problems by those whom we fondly hope will be our future statesmen. Hurrying on, we saw students carefully con- structing model stages, and laying out complicated floor plans in the stagecraft group. Stopping in the quiet study hall, we caught a young sophomore grumbling about his many as- signments in American literature, but we consoled him by promising that when he was a junior he would have lots of fun reading The De Coverley Papers , Burke's Speech on Conciliation , and stumbling over various other great ,literary works! The first corridor guard we met spoke to us in the archaic old-English of Chaucer, and at the drinking fountain we sighed sympathetically at the harassed student growling about 'iBeowulf . An open locker disclosed a much-worn, tattered gram- mar book, and a sadly unintriguing pamphlet called Practice Leaves . By the outward looks of things we concluded that, without a doubt, gram- mar was another bug-a-boo of Heights' students. A quick glimpse into Room 315 revealed Miss Malin supervising the Crest, while on the other side of the building in 2l2, Miss Mason was holding a conference with the Caldron staff. These two pub- lications provide an outlet for the literary and crea- tive talents of Heights students. Harry Gordon Mabel Mason Edith Layer Lelah Stephens VJ. R. NVinters Prank Thackabcrry Ccorgia Parry Helena Tubaugh ' Edith Braselton Edward Mitchell Lulu A. Album Agnes Regan Reta Verhulst Lillian Bardarof Priscilla Tyler Dina Rees Evans A. P. Spencer Edith B. Malin

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luajfzemafiw- f25af1.a'1jmenZ' LANE Geometry really isn't as plain as you might imagine! This was our conclusion as we made a hasty exit from this classroom, intent on fulfllling our mission of visiting the various classes. We next peeped, but only briefly, at the deter- mined students in trigonometry, and advanced alged bra, laboring over another baffling problem. More interesting to see was the solid geometry class, which at that moment was engaged in pointing out and naming the many angles of a geometric form. We were amazed to see many of these geometric models about the room, and later learned they were the real bug-a-boos of many an ambitious stude. This year, more than ever before, boys of high school age are learning the value to be received by taking as much math as possible. Realizing the absolute necessity of preparedness for service in the armed forces, Heights has added to its curriculum two courses for boys-a refresher course in Math, and a pre-flight class. F. A. Norris Merle McFadden John Langmead Carl Dewald F. R. Downey Donald Lawson Karl Christman Otto Budde Dr. H. M. Strauss J. W. Cox Norval B. McAffee H. E. Mcl.aughl1n Harold Harter Ralph Fraunfelter Science fb COMPLICATED and intriguing apparatus is rigged up, with grotesquely shaped bottles and beakers, filled with various chemicals, bubbling away. The class sat in silent expectation as they waited for the ultimate outcome of this experi- ment-Boom! When last seen, the short fellow in the front row was shooting out the door, followed by two bunsen burners and a florence flask!! After our very hasty departure from the Chemistry class Cvia the hole in the back wallj, we entered the comparatively quiet Biology room, where delicate girls were appalled at the thought of dissecting a frog! In the Physics lab, puzzled students chewed at their fingernails, trying to solve a difficult brain teaser concerning electricity. As we glanced at their test papers we saw that they had already struggled through countless questions on gases, liquids, sol- ids, sound, and light. Leaving an aspirin on each desk to reward them for their great efforts, we tip- toed out.