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

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Hard Work, Fun Typify Summer Left: Protoplasm (freshmen), surrounded by the coll way (senior BiR Brothers), and carrying the nucleus race other cells in the Amoeba race at Freshman Orientation Day. Above: Tedious hours of marching and rehearsing lent a new and interesting sound from the Band. Jim Nousek tries desperately to stay awake during this session. Left: Summer months saw dedicated pre-freshmen working to enhance skills in order to prepare for the rigors of the coming school year. Summer 13

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Right: Mike Kurutz surveys the situation, which includes the cast of thousands — the Band. Dreams of Caesar flash through Mike’s mind. To the average student June. July, and August meant baseball, beaches, sun tans, tennis, rock concerts, family vacations and other fun-filled activities. The main goal for the summer was to squeeze as much fun as you possibly could during three short months. For many students, though, hard work was mixed with fun. A nine member outdoor environmental biology group led by Mr. Sharp continued their school year until the first week of July. They studied the biology and chemistry of areas such as Cape Cod. Massachusetts, Bar Harbor. Maine, and Fund Hook’s Lake in Nova Scotia. During the last week of June, eight members from the IGNATIAN and six members from the EYE spent five days at a workshop in Athens. Ohio for the purpose of producing better publications. The debate team sent four of its members to summer institutes as far away as Washington University in St. Louis. Missouri. Another member spent two weeks at Boston Massachusetts, while the other two went to Ohio University for the expressed purpose of learning about the year’s topic and doing extensive research. The athletic teams followed the Greek philospher Periander's advice that “careful practice is everything. The cross country team started conditioning themselves in mid-July with frequent jaunts to Edgewater Park. The football team, preparing for the upcoming independent season, started their summer practice and team drills by the end of July. The soccer team started their rugged practices by the first week of August. Right: Summer sessions are the most dreaded for the football team. Team offense prepares to assimilate yet another set of plays. 2 'Summer

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September: A New Beginning The fiery Bruce Drennan exhorts the students at the St. Joe's rally to support their team at the upcoming game. There is a song which urges to try to remember that time in September . This year’s opening month provided no dearth of exciting happenings to recall fondly. We dragged ourselves from an exciting summer to the prospect of another excellent year on August 28. the earliest start in memory. The first major event was the Mass of the Holy Spirit which was held at St. john’s Cathedral. After the Mass a mock funeral procession, lead by a real hearse, wound its sinous form through the streets of downtown back to school in time for a rally in preparation for the football opening against St. Joe’s. The other highlight of the month came diametrically opposed to the first, hence at the end. Utilizing the newly installed all weather track, the Development office replaced the Walk-a-thon with a Jog-a-thon. Instead of marching fifteen miles, each class level had an hour set aside for them during which they strove to complete as many laps as possible. Unfortunately, rain found it necessary to rear its wet head making the day extremely sloppy. After each class had finished its designated time, refreshments were served in the Carroll Gym. September, combining excellent starts for the athletic teams, scholastics, spirit, and good fun, set the tone for the entire year. The ribbon for Phase I of the Development Drive is cut hv Mr. Wasmer who's family contributed a generous donation toward the completion of the field and track. H September Ha