Magnificat High School - Magnifier Yearbook (Rocky River, OH)

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There is one warning that is necessary to issue before entering the newspaper room: those who en¬ ter will most likely be subject to the job of being a bouncing board for other’s ideas. Senior Donna Martino tried out a few of her ideas on the other editors of The Blue Print. Photo by A. Sheridan. Sometimes the only way to get the work done is to isolate oneself in a corner and scribble away on a re-write. Concentration and dedication marked sen¬ ior Nancy Baldassari’s face; motivation: panic! Photo by A. Sheridan. 26 BLUE PRINT

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A good show Price is S Practice “No one would believe the circumstances we practice under,” said Mrs. Anne McCaffery as she moved the green chair upstage. Practice for St. Edward’s April 6-8 production of LiJ’ Abner was basically sane. But in the two weeks preceding Opening Night, the hours grew longer. Mags girls who headed towards St. Ed’s after their last classes ended up staying there until as late as 11:00. To say that schoolwork “slipped” was a mild under¬ statement. Sleep was kept to a minimum. But at 8:00 on April 6, all signs of fatigue disap¬ peared as the adrenaline flowed. Fatigue was a little more apparent, however, in the faces of the girls involved in Irene. The St. Ignatius musical was performed the first and second weekends in April. Girls came into their 1-2 classes sleepily greeting friends they had just left nine hours before. “What time did you get home last night?” and “Did you get all of that stuff out of your hair?” were standard in¬ quiries. Back at Magnificat, Sophomore Laura Keating’s sound effects of a thunderstorm com¬ peted against Neil Diamond’s Hello Again. On one side of the closed velvet blue curtain, the lights were raised, and an outstanding track team practiced. On the other side, the white lights were dimmed, and an outstanding cast re¬ hearsed. As Mrs. Doyle led her team in warm-ups in the gym, the eight actresses of the one act play whispered their lines. But once the runners moved outside, the curtain was opened, the house lights were lowered, and Mrs. McCaffery took her place on the Port-a-Pit—a comfortable substitute for a director’s chair. A Marriage Has Been Disarranged was molded into an en¬ tertaining comedy. As track team members fil¬ tered in and out of the gym auditorium, some were distracted by the action on stage. Many stood beside the stage and acted as a recep¬ tive, encouraging audience for their classmates on stage. The scene at the Baldwin-Wallace One Act Play Festival was a little different. There the girls, in competition against eleven other schools, had everyone’s undivided attention. Im¬ mediately following the performance, the play was critiqued by the judge. Dr. William Zucchero praised senior Debbie Pauer’s acting, telling her, “You looked very at home with a bottle.” He also complimented senior Tammi Timko on her consistent characterization. And to senior Ann Smith he awarded a silver medal. When the play went on again for the student body four days later, the members of the track team led the audience in reacting to the action on stage. All that practice paid off. 0 —Anne Sheridan As they await pick ups for their own performance, Karen Crisafi ’86, Tamara Timko ’84 and Marilyn Cahill ’86 listen to Mrs. Doyle’s pointers for the track team. The one act play and the track team shared the gym on rainy afternoons. Photo by P. Klimko. PLAYS 25

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A bit of insanity goes along with being An Editor I have written about some pretty bizarre topics in my day, but nothing comes close to this one: the Magnificat newspaper staff. Just introducing the editors and trying to rationalize their strange behavior (especially during the time of a deadline) could take pages. We didn’t always run around with huge layout boards with hundreds of pins getting caught on our sweaters yelling, “Cheryl, if you don’t finish that paste-up by next mod . . .”. We didn’t al¬ ways spend our lunch mods sliding from one lunch table to the next with vicious expressions on our faces as we try to find the unfortunate writer who had not turned in her story the day before. We didn’t always stumble into our classes 20 minutes late trying to explain that we were late because the word “student” didn’t fit on our page plan, and we had to try BLUE PRINT 27 to switch it with page three’s “peers”. Our newspaper room would make a fascinat¬ ing study for any human behavior specialist. Those who dare enter are never the same. It’s a wonder we accomplish anything because no one dares to say anything intelligent after the first week. But then I guess I wouldn’t know; to maintain our little bit of remaining sanity, we have ceased listening to each other. We may not be professional about our job, but our end product doesn’t give us away, so we’re happy. Of course, I say all this in fun; it’s my distorted way of telling how much I have enjoyed working on the newspaper and how much the staff means to me. Now if I can just discreetly remove the popcorn kernels from page one’s paste-up, we’ll be in good shape. [Ml —Carole Saade When one has 20 minutes to complete typing the copy for the entire newspaper, the pressure can really build. One mistake is enough to make anyone lose her cool; and this co-editor is no exception. Layout editor Maria Barnes ’84 was so used to the reactions and exclamations constantly heard over the whirring typewriter that nothing could break her concentration, except possibly the crackling of a bag of chips. Photo by A. Sheridan. It might sound easy; write an article, type it, print it. Ah, to be so innocent! For in truth one article goes through approximately three re-writes and sometimes several authors. Here, junior Karen Heppler reviewed her article with advisor, Mrs. Lustic. Photo by A. Sheridan.