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

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West 30th St. Mailed Above: Massive machines moved mountainous masses of mud and concrete slabs, thereby beginning the initial phase of the mall development. Above Right: Diligence and ear plugs were two of the three main prerequisites for the workmen who wrought the change in the wall. Hard labor was the third. Below: The mall scene in the stage resembles the roughly hewn form of an incomplete statue. One can easily see the imago beginning to take shape. With the completion of the mall. students found themselves in a totally different and more favorable atmosphere in which to spend their free time. The mall, which was the genius of Fr. O'Reilly S.J., was situated along the remains of West 30th. Street between Lorain Avenue and Carroll. It cost between $85-100.000. This money was raised mainly through the efforts of the Alumni. As a result, the tentative name decided for it was the Alumni Mall . The mall itself was composed of sod covered hills with trees interspersed throughout the grassy knolls. Benches were placed in the area where students | were able to relax during free time. The work on the mall area was a great improvement and change over the past situation. The mall became an attractive link between buildings. It was further enhanced by many bricks pathways. Some of the bricks were originally dated for the World’s Fair in 1886. the same year classes began. Above Righl: Early August saw the mall start to form from amorphous piles of mud and brick. Opposite Above: Classes changing and irate motorists were familiar sights at the school during the early 70's. For some reason, the two seemed to coincide. Opposite Below: The newest pride and joy of the school community: the completed mall, finished just days before the beginning of classes. Tranquility and comfort to all who stroll her. suit

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 . Metamorphosis: Change In Form KJ 7 0 change, we adapt or we perish. £|0 » » Such is the law of nature by which all creation abides. There is not a change in essence but rather in form. The Greeks had a word for a such an ongoing process — metamorphosis. This transformation of a living community occured on various levels. The philosophy which made us a school set -ti apart remained, but the manner in which we physically represented to the community and ourselves has changed, and will continue to do so. We developed a new physical surrounding in the form of a track and practice field on which athletics told who we were. The mall broght us a more tranquil and beautiful campus. These developments were only on the exterior. We changed our form on personal levels. Entering as fourteen year old boys, we emerged eighteen year old men. the same but different, resembling our former selves but somehow beneficially dissimiliar. From day to day. the alterations were not obvious, but in retrospect. they were as dramatic as those of a tadpole growing into a frog, a caterpillar which matured into a butterfly. or that of boys becoming men. Yet. this modification also came to pass intellectually. We came intellectually shallow and left as students. Instead of memorizing the thoughts of others, we learned how to reason for ourselves. Cleary then, two things have changed, namely: the physical location where we learned, laughed, and trained and the people with whom we learned, laughed, and trained. Our year of 1979-1980 was a metamorphosis from old to new. young to old. and ignorance to knowledge. J

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