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

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Students Ward Off Boredome and Treacherous Cleveland Winter. Since the main concept of these two pages is such a difficult one to comprehend. I will start off with a very simple statement that says it all in a nutshell. Pay very close attention because you might miss it. Are you ready' Okay, here it is . . . Winter is boring. Now wait a minute. Don't get me wrong Christmas and New Year's Day are great, but what happens afterwards' We ll tell you what happens. The concept of ultimate boredom is brought to life. For awhile, people try to look excited by skiing and going tobogganing. Then they get hit with the grand wham- my, lanuary thaw. Of course it isn't a complete thaw it is only enough to make the streets dingy, dry, and dirty, and to cover the grass with grey slush Then teachers don't want to teach. Students don't want to study. Even Julio, that loveable dog, stops mooching and heads South to Parma Into this thoroughly entertaining milieu enter those massively unyielding blizzards which encase us in a blanket of white monotony. They are so bad that their winds blow the rooftops off houses. I don't even like to think of what they do to the average freshman or physics notebook. Aside from those of us who are masochistic or reclusive, no one really enjoys dying from exposure because they are snowed into their beds, or even worse, snowed out of their beds In fact, after pondering the undeserving nobodies frolicking on southern l eaches, one may actually approach doing harm unto himself just to escape boredom But fear not. hardy Ignatians. Spring's torrential floods will soon wash away all the snow, and then we can play in the puddles. Seniors Jack Kelly and Pele Bastulli use the snow to solve another student council problem. Despite blizzard conditions outside, a wave ol tourists bent on having a good time in Hawaii invaded the student center on January fifteenth. 22 Wmter Doldrums

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FALL: Cast Delivers Solid Gold This, ladies and gentlemen, is a fairy story-the story of Cinderella and the four ugly corporation directors. Once upon a time, Cinderella came to Wall Street Not in a golden coach drawn by six white horses —good heavens no, but on the I.R.T. subway.” After her arrival on Wall Street, Cinderella met the four ugly corporation directors. She promptly acquired for herself a position in the kingdom of the General Products Corporation But alas, even though the fair maiden was enchanted with her new job, she soon discovered great evil within the kingdom. She wanted to right the corruption and make life in the kingdom safe for the common man, but this soon proved to be far too great a task for such a delicate nymph But then Cinderella met her prince Charming, who was greying at the temples, wearing a rumpled suit, and had fifteen million dollars - which did not make him any less charming The handsome prince immediately took a liking to the damsel in distress and took it upon himself to help her. Despite their efforts to set the company on the straight and narrow path, the Princess and her beau were both banished from the kingdom Things looked pretty gloomy tor our heroes. until Cinderella went back to the kingdom to clean out her room She found that the messengers had brought her a grand sack of mail from her countrymen When she read the mail, she found that she had inherited a vast fortune. In fact, she was suddenly the richest of all the nobles in the kingdom Once in the throne, her first proclamation was the banishment of the four ugly corporation directors. In the end. everyone liver! happily ever after Except, of course, the four ugly corporation directors, who were never seen again. w FALL CALENDAR 1981 August 31 First day of class for students 30 No classes 31 Halloween Homecoming, Football vs. SFP1 EMBER Youngstown Cardinal Mooney 4 Mass of The Holy Spirit and Holy Name NOVEMBER rally 7 labor Day—no classes 44, Junior retreats and Senior college visita- 12 Football vs. Penn Hills lion days 26 Football vs. Canton Mckinley 13 Fall plav—Solid Gold Cadillac 14 Fall plav OCTOBER lb No classes 21 Fall plav 12 Columbus Day—no classes 17 Football vs. St. Edwards 22 26 Fall play Thanksgiving recess begins l.iurj Partridge and Ed Mckeever slowly realize lhat I aura no longer has to move out, as she is the company's largest stockholder. The cast, left to right: Kevin Sullivan, Mary Agnes Kennedy, Pete Samame, Anne Carlin, Moira Caliguire, |im Sword, |ohn lane, Brian Donnely, lean Winkler, John Wilkons, John Rossman, Pal Walsh, Jerry Monroe, Mary Dumont, Mary Brahenec, John Fitzgerald, and Chuck Leonard. Fall Play 21

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White Blues Mutiny in the yearbook office has lead to the lynching of editor-in-chief John Saade. After being couped up in the office for awhile, insanity is the only way to keep from going crazy. Gloom, dispair, and agony. Senior Ken Cully knows these wintcry emotions well as he gathers his thoughts after slipping down the snow covered stairs and dropping his books. Ihis snowbound car says it all; wind and white stuff made it impossible to see in or out. Cleveland in all its glory as seen from the sixth floor of the main building. Record low temperatures and tons of snow brought back the snow day after three years of absence. Winter Doldrums 23