Ottawa Hills High School - Mesasa Yearbook (Ottawa Hills, OH)

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Foreword r. . . 7We have tried, in this ninth Mesasa,x to capture something of the discordantirnedley of noise, laughterg and sorrow, of successes and disappointments, of intense activity and weldijnie calm which is life at Ottawa Hills. XfVhere we have succeeded, give ye thanks. Where we have failed, bearfwith us. lt isour hope that some day this Zlffesasa will serve as a reminder of the things you did andtthose you didn't in your years at Ottawa Hills. A f. ' -a, . 'E The Nlesqsa Staff Jack Skow, Editor - , V 'K ' . M. Joan Pankratz, Ann Coshia, Associate Editors ' Nancy Ralph, Business Manager Editorial Staff . . I Esther Lucke, Senior Editor Ned Bjornson, Marcia Rogers, Frances Little, Features I Ed Genierchak, Clark Olsen, Sports x Business Staff . . Don Bjelke, Circulation Sally McGiveran s. Joan DuBois Helen Arnold Mary Glenn Reains Betsy Pearce Martin Vincent Connie Urschel Betty Elrod .1- Advisers . . . Jean Schroeder, Editorial Daniel YVoodward, Layout Donald Fontaine, Business if 4

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OT BLE EVENTS OF '48-'49 September . . . Back to the mines, kiddies . . . Such a misery. Only one hun- dred seventy-nine school days 'til June tenth. Football team collapses en masse from heat prostration . . . seniors initiated into mysteries of weekly theme and book report . . . first issue of new improved Arrowhead comes out as scheduled for first time in three years. October . . . Athletic field development under way . . . we beat Monclova in football game . . . seven gambling syndicates go bankrupt as result. School strains brain on Iowa Tests . . . Ottawa Hills declares war on state of Iowa. nj. R.'s shop class constructs miniature Eiffel Tower on football field, for benefit of O. H. movie addicts . . . first grade-cards come out . . . Oh, well, we didn't want to go out nights anyway . . . November . . . Football team contracts frostbite . . . Mr. Barber threatens seniors with collective homicideg seniors produce What a Life under duress . . . Four Discords sing After Dark on WSPD . . . Basketball season opens with customary flourish . . . school shuts down as students stuff selves with Thanksgiving turkey . . . what a pleasant way to die. December . . . No snow yet . . . suits us . . . Lee Slayton sells picture and immediately begins planning impressionistic mural for 'gym ceiling . . . Salvador Dali goes into voluntary exile. Basketball team loses to B ----- g G - - - ng entire school assumes mourning . . . seniors told Mesasa won't be printed on pages of beaten gold . . . burn editor in effigy . . . choral groups give Christmas Concert . . . Fred Waring, alarmed by unexpected competition, adds seven New Jersians to his glee club. Student body given ten-day reprieve from school for Christmas holidays . . . spends entire time studying for exams. january . . . Well, here it is 1949 . . . I firmly resolve . . . Senior speech class gets on the air for the second time this year . . . Basketball team studies too hard for exams . . . loses to DeVilbiss . . . still no snow, so O. H. bob-sled team prac- tices in Bjelke's basement . . .exam grades announced . . . five seniors volunteer for Antarctic Expedition . . . 6