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

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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

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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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Odds-N-Ends Over the course oi a year at Ignatius the number ot things that make up student life is so high that even Mr B. couldn't count them Unfortunately, even the average Calc student could count the pages of this yearbook. For this reason, it is impossible for us to cover everything But fear not! Since our infinitely thoughtful editor knows that all facets of Ignatius are important, he has granted us two pages to reminisce over those little things that add spice to our years in high school At Open House, future freshmen jnd their parents walk around and try to find out as much as they ran about Ignatius. Cars Washington, one of the school's great entertainers, lets his magical fingers go in the student center. In the background. Craig Paelh expresses his opinion of the music with a twenty dollar bill. At the Tae Kwon Do exhibition these Martial artists kick up their heels .... but they're not doing the Charleston. 24 Odds and Ends There are many things that go on. revolving around the school, that are not organized by the school. Some of the students that created the spirit of Ignatius without official help were Lawrence Latimer and Matt Becker with their own Becker-Latimer Open Golf Tourney. Adding a touch of class to the lunch periods were students like Andy Gulla. Dale Hartman, and Gary Washington who displayed their musical talent by tickling the ivories in the Student Center There are also many other events that just wouldn't fit in the yearbook for one reason or another Among these are open house and certain assemblies. Although it wasn't well publicized, the martial arts club sjx nsored an impressive Tae kwon Do assembly after school hours. Though these events haven't been covered as thoroughly as they deserve, this is no indication of their importance On the contrary, these events will be well remembered as they are the ones that make up our daily life.