St Ignatius High School - Ignatian Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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ABOVE Mr. Tom tanning, a longtime volunteer in the RIF program, introduces freshmen to their secondary source of information and to their books. BELOW The glee of Miss Anno O'Donnell mystically bubbles over as she conducts her busmess math class in the comfort of the cafeteria. Mr. Tom Flandera looks forward to the pause that refreshes as he applies the Zorro theorem to the crack in the blackboard. 24 CLASSROOM LIFE

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Mr Kotman. receding unacceptable homeworks in h $ grade book, clips yet another budding Romanticist. Modernists Import Cultures Mr. Martin- What's the third person plural imperfect subjunctive of venir? Tom McGail- Uh. MM- VITE! TM- I don't know Mr. Martin. MM- I didn't hear that. TM- Je ne sais pas. Could you tell us a story? MM- Sure. You grunts think that you've got it rough here. You should be studying to take your Baccalaureate exam . . . TM- (It worked.) MM- Only a few get to go to the Sorbonne, those who score highest on their Bacs . . . TM- (I think he'll last to the end of the period.) MM- ... a boarding school with a book exchange in the . . . TM- (Maybe Sue would like to see Laserium.) MM- . . . When I was there, I met a . . . TM- (I think there's a mixer scheduled for the 15th.) Mike- Thanks, Tom. TM- Anytime. MM- And which of you sweats was attempting to answer my question before I was interrupted? TM- Uh. MM- Well? TM- That hurts. MM- VITE! TM- (I only have two eyes.) . . . vinssent. MM- Good guess, grunt. CLASSROOM urn ?3 i' The Overwhelmed by the entourage of questions • infer, posed by inquisitive Students. Mr. Martin ettmg pauses to concentrate on one at a time.

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Variable Concepts Converge On Math Scholars A vibrant corps of anxious young scholars of Archimedes files into the computer room for another exhausting round robin Zenn tournament. Double bank shots carom off the blocks and find their way to the cup with incredible accuracy. These students have found inner peace in numbers. But hark, a quarrel. Spontaneous skirmishes of this sort often occur, and are usually settled quickly by consulting the Quard, but even Captain Calculus would have trouble resolving this dispute. Another host of erudites suddenly intrudes the home of the Wang to bring peace to the Science Building. At the front of the line is none other than Math Department Chairman, Mr. Don Knight. Behind him are body guards and problem shooters Mr. Antonelli and Mr. Lan- ning, along with the entire Math Department. Calming the students and resolving the issue with a dazzling array of facts is Mr. Benander, whose memory of statistics is surpassed only by his knowledge of what to do with them. Indeed, the quarterfinal scores of the 1977 Carnival Zenn Tournament show that joe Kaperick did hold on to eliminate Mr. Flandera, 15-12. Being somewhat new to this unique environment, Fr. D'Amico relies heavily on explanations given to him by Fr. Kleinhenz and Miss O'Donnell. It soon became evident to him that the evasive concepts of Sohcahtoa and happy numbers became clear trigonometric factors through the constant functioning of the Math Department. Dejection and that rotten feeling you get when someone yells at you are reflected in Mr Tony An-tonelh's face FeHow teachers have ust scolded him for biting, not licking hrs Charms lollipop in a race with Math Department members Mr George Andter's vivacious charm and charisma always seem 10 earn turn smiles wherever he goes who gather to see Father sesjd ysj edion on the CLASSROOM UFE 25