Richmond Heights High School - Yearbook (Richmond Heights, OH)

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who is that? WILDCAT CLUB Secret Society storms RHHS In the hustle and bustle of extra- curricular activities, a new, yet little known club has developed. It is the ever- so-secret Wildcat club. It all started in a boring gym class. Among a group of friends, a nickname stuck, an outsider laid down the ground rules and presto, a new club. This club is so secret even the inquisi- tive yearbook knows little about it. It is known that membership is limited. A strange ritual of cutting paperbags is part of the initiation, along with a small fee (used for more paperbags, of course!) The members are under a strict oath of silence. After acceptance into the club and the making of the paper bag head- gear, speaking of their endeavers to out- siders is forbidden. The staff found out No, not me. A Wildcat member hides his face in seventh period English class. Members are not allowed to be photographed without their head gear. Me neither. Yet another of the secret members hides from the camera eye. Rules were strict on revealing identities. Bashful. The Wildcat founder shrinks behind a folder. Although not an active member, his insight and sense of smell aided the club. the information used for this article only through painstaking research, careful de- duction, and a little imagination. Being the first publication to uncover any information about the Wildcat Club, we also reveal another exclusive. We have obtained a photograph of a leading school, and you go and try to blow our cover. People are going to run to us to try and join. This is supposed to be exclu- sive, buddy . . . The club plans on increased membership along with tightened security next year. Said one member We did su- Little is known about the Wildcat Club, but how much can we know? member — we think the vice-president — without his headgear on. This by itself is a major breakthrough. We do have a comment from a mem- ber who asked to be kept anonymous. He told us, I just hope you don ' t blow our cover. We ' re the only secret club in the per for our first year. No one even knew we were a club until you came along. The club wouldn ' t tell the yearbook what else they were going to do, so if some- thing happens and you don ' t know who did it, blame it on the Wildcat Club. — M.H. 126 Wildcat

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Keeping in step. Band members march at halftime at the St. John game. The band marched at all of the football games. The Peppy Pep Band. The Pep Band plays for an assembly in the afternoon. The band played at all sports assemblies. Want to get involved in the only legal gambling ring in R.H.H.S.? Just ask Greg Rudl, originator of the Prediction Club. Eight board spaces were given out in the early fall to aspiring soothsayers. They were allowed to pick pro football, college football and basketball games from the line in The Cleveland Plain Dealer. Records and per- centages were computed and weekly leaders were posted. Season records for the gamblers were nothing short of horrible. The lowlight of the year was a Random Selections chance pick that won nine straight games and won the season title. No money was involved, of course, but pride was at stake. No one wanted to get beat by Mr. Cosomi. said Rudl. M.H. The Prediction Club Band 125

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Exclusivel First time seen photo of a Wildcat clubber ' s face. His name was not released, but tie is an avid member. In the Bag. Proudly sporting his Wildcat club head gear, the club president gets his coat. He was cho- sen president because no one recognized him at the election. Rafe Omerza is one of the Richmond Hts. High School students inv olved in the Singing Angels . Being in Singing Angels is very hard work as they practice on Saturdays and Sundays from 12:30 to 4:00. The group has a really busy schedule performing 90 times a year, and 32 of those times between De- cember 1 and 23. The An- gels travel a great deal performing at places like Mexico, England, Japan, China and they even per- formed in the White House. The favorite trip was the trip to Japan and China. Rafe said, It was an extraordinary experience to witness a culture so differ- ent from American cul- ture. — J.Z. The Singing Angels Wildcat 127