Cuyahoga Falls High School - Cuyahogan Yearbook (Cuyahoga Falls, OH)

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Yuck! I Hate it! To die, pay taxes and do homework, the three things all of us have faced at one time or another. In high school, homework was the common denominator for all students in all courses. In a survey done about study habits, students' reactions were somewhat divided. Some felt that homework should not be necessary. As one student commented, “• ■ ■ teachers should be able to teach what you need to know in class time.” This same opinion was shared by Michele Sprouse who said. Homework isn’t necessary because we spend seven hours a day, five (lays a week. Then we have to spend the majority ol our nights doing homework.” One student had mixed emotions about homework. Oh! Yuck! I hate to take homework home. I hale to do it. But I take it home and somehow it almost always gets done. said Crissy Powell. On the other hand, s •me students fell that homework was necessary to their education. One student commented that, [“there isn’t enough time in srhool to cover everything. It also prepares us for rylhing. Another student had similar IITOP: Doug Kuhlke is using his library time to Idy and to read a current chapter. Students go to the library instead of sitting in study hall Although some abuse ihe priveledge, many use it wisely. BOTTOM: Freshmen have come to realize that the library is no w here to joke around, hejre some underclassmen take the time to do some extra studying. 20 Same Old Grind feelings and stated, “Yes. it helps to motivate us and helps us to learn our assignment, and gives us practice.” The overall feelings of many students were represented by the comment of one student who said, Homework is the only way in which what we learn can be positively reinforced.” Teachers, like most students, also felt that homework was a necessity. In most math classes homework was assigned almost every day. Mr. Jon Slrubbe, a math teacher noted that, Homework should reinforce the class work.” Regularly assigned homework was also a necessity in foreign languages. “You can’t learn a foreign language in fifty minutes a day, you have to practice more,” said French teacher Cheryl Brower. Other teachers tried to make homework more meaningful. This was show n by teacher Sue Eastin who said, “I try to make my homework more interesting by doing the weird and the unusual.” Whatever a student’s personal opinions, homework was an unavoidable fact of life.

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Looking back al student life, one notes the similarities that do exist, but the differences are unmistakably prevalent. As the uppermost level of education, high school ranked above and beyond all other activity and dozens of clubs existed then. After school, most students went home, not to a hangout; those who did went to the Tiger Den where they could study and meet their friends at what became during the war years, almost a “home away from home” for kids whose parents war in- volvements left them with little or no real homelife of their own. Years have passed and times have changed but student life remains to pro- vide some of the best memories of the high school years. TOP LEFT: William Moore's Bird Walchers Club of 1950 prepares for an expedition. MIDDLE: These class of ’53 juniors socialized at Front Street when it was more of a “hot spot than it is today. BOTTOM LEFT: In 1936 and ‘37, roller skating parties were the thing” to do. TOP RIGHT: Literary societies were a common thing in the early 20’s. Here the Chestnut Burr Literary Society posed for a dignified group shot. BOTTOM RIGHT: A rag drive, a “Spring Swing” dance . . . what for? These events were held solely for the benefit of the Tiger Den. Student Life 19

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 ABOVE: Homework again? Here arc Mr. Vanderlin’s A organized assignments for the week. This way students can look ahead at the upcoming assignments. TOP RIGHT: An unknown student takes time after school to complete some unfinished homework. BOTTOM RIGHT: Almost every student goes through their schedule at the end of the day to see wlial homework needs to be done. Julie Evans has already finished this pro- cess and is happy there is not much to be done. BELOW: Textbooks, notebooks, and folders are common place, as the students exit the building after the final bell. Same Old Grind 21