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

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the story of the destruction of earth and the happy go lucky days that follow it. Earth was destroyed? But why? Well, that's really very simple. It was in the way of an inter stellar freeway, so the Vogons disintegrated it Arthur Dent and Tiffany are the only survivors. They are rescued by Ford Prefect, the inter-galactic hitchhiker who really knows where his towel is. They run into such people as Zaphod Beeblebrox (ex-president of the Galaxy), Vogons (responsible for the third worst poetry in the history of the Universe), and Marvin the paranoid android, as well as an existential elevator and a socially concious police officer. As this collection of cosmic cutups traipses around the universe, they find that the answer to the question of life everlasting and everything is forty-two. But six times nine doesn't equal forty-two And what is the question? To find this out. and much more than you really want to know, read its sequel. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Do you know where your towel is? Bottle Caps What do Pepsi Spirit , Coke, the Real Thing ', and Me and My RC have in common ? This seems to be a very simple question They are all slogans from rival cola companies. In nineteen eighty-one and eighty-two. however, the similarities went quite a bit further They all ran contests that not only used the same theme, but also the same medium. The basic idea behind all of them was to buy specially marked bottles of your favorite cola and save the caps On the underside of the caps, concealed by a plastic film to build suspense, were various letters or words. If you were a faithful consumer and bought enough pop, you could eventually spell out the slogan of whichever brand of cola you were drinking The rewards for doing this were plentiful. For merely spelling out Pepsi Spirit one could collect a prize of five hundred dollars There were many subordinate prizes too. ranging from bicycles to twenty-five cents. This seems like very easy money. A company would be stupid to give away money like that, wouldn't it? Not really. In reality, companies lost very little money at all. There were only seventeen R' s printed in the United States. That's not even one five hundred dollar prize for every two states. Still, one could win a pretty penney by saving up his twenty-five cent caps, couldn't he? Yeah, but since most people saved them and didn't know that the contest ended December thirty-first, they got stuck with fortunes in useless tin Even though no one got suddenly rich, everyone had a good time trying. Nothing caused more excitement on an otherwise boring day than scratching the covering out of a bottle cap to find that you've won twenty-five cents. Too bad the boring day was January first Offices full of businessmen have closed because of it. Intellectuals across the world have been baffled by it. Mathematicians marvel at it's inner mechanism. A calculous course at Harvard is built around it, and over 100 of its solutions have been published Yet, in England, an eleven year old child has solved it in twenty-six seconds Such is the paradox of the cube - It is so easy when you know how But how Buy your solution manual and find out Then, if you are ever in 1982 again, you can pick up the world's most popular toy and amaze your friends with just a few twists of your wrists. Voila!!! Fad

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The learning atmosphere is a major reason why students have been coming to St. Ignatius for the past ninety-six years. Students and teachers still put in an effort that has been the epitomy of the Ignatius spirit since the beginning of 1886. As in the past, most students show a determination to learn. Those who are lack luster and have no inspiration are prodded on by the stiff competitive atmosphere of Ignatius. Many upperclassmen still devote their lunch period to the freshmen, who attempt to master the basic concepts of Algebra and Latin. Even seniors who need additional tutoring are aided in their efforts by their peers. Freshmen are faced with a need to readjust their lives to an Ignatius lifestyle. It is not uncommon to see an underclassman carrying a large stack of books home every day. Freshmen often spend over three hours each night in their studies. Sophomores, meanwhile, have successfully adjusted to the competition between students. Some experience their first free period, learning to use their time wisely. Sophomore year features Biology and Sophomore Service in addi- tion to the usual studies of English, math, and theology. Juniors are faced with the opportunity to choose many of their classes. It is not unusual to see a junior walking across Lorain to Trinity for his Piano I class. Some juniors maintain a full schedule, while others take it easy, enjoying an excess of free periods. Seniors have the opportunity to determine the difficulty of their last year. Some satisfy their masochistic desires by taking such courses as Calculus, Honors Physics, A. P. English, and other advanced classes. Or, for those who are not attracted to such rigorous schedules, there are many other electives to choose from. Whatever the case may be, seniors feel compelled to work to their potential in order to impress their primary college choice. Whether the student is a freshman attempting to learn the basic setup of the typewriter keyboard or a senior discussing great philosophical ideas. Ignatius academics remain the same as it ever was. Academics 29