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

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Above: Aspirin basketball players were only a few of the people who took advantage of the new track. They found the soft surface of the track much more condusive to running than the stairs in the main building. Left: Early in the Fall of 1977. the clearing of land began with the demolition of decrepit building such as the dilapidated tenement house. Opposite Below: With a parking lot as a goal instead of an intramural track and field, the bulldozer operator fills in what is now the bus corral. One year after the big one. developments in the school were seen by every passer-by from the window of his brand new 1946 coupe. r»u 7

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Right: Baited breaths were finally exhaled on November 9. 1978. when the President Fr. O'Reilly. S.J. announced the start of the field development. TV 5's Alan Davis questions Fr. O'Reilly. S.J. ubout the project. Track, Field Change Practices After three years of planning, designing. and acquiring land, the long-awaited track and practice field became a reality this summer. The vacant lot. which had been informally dubbed the dust bowl (a name it later re-earned), was suddenly a neatly trimmed football field, surrounded by an eye-pleasing Chevron track. The whole complex was officially dedicated on September 5. and named the Wasmer Track and Field in recognition of the generous donations made by the Wasmer family. The benefits of the field were innumerable. The football and soccer teams no longer had to trek to Brookside. which enabled them to practice longer. The band used the field every day during eighth period obviating the need for the parking lot to be cleared. Gym classes took advantage of the field to hold outdoor sessions when the weather permitted. The track proved itself to be invaluable. Besides providing the track and cross-country teams with the best of training and competition facilities, it served as the site for the 1979 jog-a-thon. in which students garnered money for extra-curriculars by the amount of pledges they acquired and the number of laps they completed. Overall, the track and field proved to be more valuable than their monetary worth, and made us wonder how (or why) we ever got along without them. Center: August 1979 saw the newly completed field springing with life as the grass grew like weeds. Little did anyone know that green was a short lived color. 6 Field

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Right: Thirty-seven years at the school, and 50 as a Jesuit make Father William Sullivan. S.J. a fixture. His contributions and accomplishments, and his undying sen-ice make all lgnatians very proud to say. Congratulations — and thanks! Below: Father Kirby. S.J.. who was President from 1962-69. and who is personally responsible for the Science Building, is pictured here. As Physics teacher extraordinaire. Fr. Kirby tries to change potential brain energy into kinetic energy. With a little force F. he usually gives students' minds some momentum in order to do work. Right: The whistle while you work” approach to papenvork is demonstrated by Father Kenneth N'oetzel. S.J.. who. as Treasurer, has been the money man” for the last 19 years. 8 Inuii