Western Reserve Academy - Hardscrabble Yearbook (Hudson, OH)

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October 12, 1944 RESERVE RECORD Page 17 il J J I' LU I 'I' ' F I ' I' r' rl r' I' I xl .fi EJ II ri V r. The Great Fire, When we study in history about the building of such great structures as the pyramids and the summer cottage of Cleo- patra, we fail to study the building of the Athenaeum and North Hall, which took place a little earlier. I won't say North Hall is old, but every time the fellow up- stairs walks across the floor, he leaves his trail of footprints stamped in my ceiling in broken plaster. From the outside North appears to have the graceful, curving ar- chitectural lines of an overfed hippopo- tamus. The real reason that the prefects go to Cutler Hall to telephone, freshmen, is that they get tired having to crank the phone inthe Athenaeum all the time they talk. Running over the floors in either building gives that Hand-me-the-Bromo- Seltzer feeling in your stomach and comes from the floor's resemblance to a roller coaster. Nevertheless, despite their age, neither the Athenaeum nor North has yet had a decent, respectable fire. It's true that about 42314 A. D. some of the students had a little sizzle in a wastebasket, but, as I said, there has never been a good, ripe holocaust. Therefore, let us project our minds into the dim future, say, next Tues- day, and picture the great fire in North Hall falthough the two buildings run a close race to see which will get the torch first.J It is a fire that makes Mrs. O'Leary's cow look like a baby with safety matches. The inhabitants first get wind of' it when the wind comes in through the windows, but they don't think it's anything but the furnace. Picture the dark, cloaked, sin- ister figure creeping out from behind the bushes 'with the lighted torch in his hand. It'll burn, BURN!!-ha, ha, ha, ha! - and more of the same, all good and ripe. Then, and the reader needs little imagi- nation, the fun begins. Everyone, re- strained in the past, rushes for the chain to the firebell, which responds to the touch of North Hall musicians, giving out with a mixture of the St. Louis Blues and The Volga Boatman. Soon we see the fellows crowding in the front doorway with looks of fear on their faces, a scene somewhat like that at the box office of Oklahoma g each boy clutches his valuables for dear life-Eric his soap, Ballinger his radio, Reg'- gie his Life of Horowitz, Hollinger his loaded dice, and Hendrickson this copy of the Record. Someone has even contributed his last, cherished, pre-war stick of gum and pressed it firmly and artfully over the button that rings the beloved rising bell, which, new in its turn, adds to the royalty of the occasion with something akin to Chopin's Monotony in B flat minor. Night falls on the charred, still glowing remains of North Hall, while H. G. cut off your syllables Handyside leads us in a joyous, triumphant Reserve locomotive as we gather around the biggest bonfire in Reserve's glorious history. Otis Wheeler Mr. Wheeler, who has taken over the industrial arts shop, is another example of Reserve's good judgment. The new in- structor, a man of average height and wavy hair, was born in Johnstown, Wis- consin, described by him as being a lone- ly WVisconsin cross-road. Within two years his father, a farmer, sold his farm and moved to Whitewater, some miles away, where his son attended grade and high school. In his late high school years he first thought of becoming a doctor, but his interest in hand tools and manual arts turned his ambition to teaching in the in- dustrial field. After high school Mr. Wheeler went to Stout Institute to study teaching and later received a diploma for structural engineer- ing from the International Correspondence School. The next ten years were spent in teaching at Chippewa Falls in Wisconsin. He also taught in Cincinnati, at the Stevens Point State Teachers' College in Wiscon- sin, and at the Warrensburg State Teach- ers' College in Missouri. After an experi- ence in business for two years he then went back to Stout Institute where he taught for a year before coming to Re- serve. At all these schools he taught in- dustrial arts besides instructing in work with sheet metals. Mr. Wheeler's two boys, Ken and Don, are both in the Navy, Ken in the Seabees and Don a radio technician. He and Mrs. Wheeler live on Hudson Street. Because of a metal shortage, Mr. Wheeler has had to cut down on metal work in the shop, but in the two weeks since the shop- work has begun, the woodwork that has been turned in has been highly satisfac- tory, he admits, and there is no shortage Ilh. Otis Wheeler r r' r' I I rl P ii r. Vi 5 J EJ Friday, October 13-Dr. Hayden speaks in Chapel. Saturday, October 14-Football game with Rocky River here at 2:30. Dance from 6:30 until 10. Movie in the Gym, Reap the Wild Wind fPaulette Goddard? at 7:30. Sunday, October 15-Dr. Henry Busch speaks in Vespers. Tuesday, October 17-Dr. Hayden speaks in Chapel. Wednesday, October 18-Civil Assembly. Thursday, October 19-Dr. Hayden speaks of wood this year. in Chapel. . 1 , 5 iw' l f P? 3 x X l II f f 43 ll , ' f Sf' ' l t 1 3 HQ-H ---- 1 SUT-H A 5 5 , .21 l X -W'-1-W siiui-pig , , 1 I y 2 t x X X ' X ,W 72. fi ' I ge Q. ,ui 2 nj L f N.,

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Page 16 RESERVE R E C O R D October 12, 1944 Saturday Night Permits - N the latter part of October of last year, a few weeks short of a year ago, an involved situation confronted both the Council and the Executive Committee con- cerning Saturday Permits. Due to the national time change, those busses and trains which had previously carried boys from Cleveland and Akron were running one hour earlier compared with the new time. Thus, the entire Saturday permit system became impractical. For those boys on varsity teams, and for those who were gen- erally present at varsity contests, a one-hour cut in these permits was unbearable. This curtailment was considered a just grievance, for a four-hour leave was hardly promising. One of two alternatives had to be adopted: either the Saturday permit system must be abandoned or an additional time allowance had. to be granted. By careful planning on behalf of both masters and students, it proved possible to extend the time restric- tions to a later hour. The plan in entirety was turned over to the student prefects, a great deal, of trust and responsibility therefore being placed on this group. Fortunately, the outcome of this plan was so en- couraging that a similar plan has been adopted for this school year. lf it proves as successful as during the previous year, it will have been sufficiently established to merit adoption indefinitely. Due to the fact that the majority of upperclassmen are not aware, as they were last year, of the responsibility which is in the hands of the prefects and themselves, it may be necessary to present something in the way of a reminder, to them. One slip on the part of any boy in a single case may necessitate the abandoning of this privilege. There is no reason to believe that such meas- ures will have to be resorted to, for there has been as yet absolutely no evidence of any lack of cooperation on the part of any student. If every boy will realize that the confidence of the entire school has been placed in him, the chances of failure are indeed small. We have all been initiated to the details of the procedure, so that no missteps should be due to ignorance. It is a student sponsored and stu- dent operated plan with which we are dealing. Cheating it would not be a difficult matter, but it is the trust of the students and of those who have made the privilege possible which would have been violated. I U I I O Dr. Geo. Michaelides Tells THE RESERVE RECORD Four Additional Alumni U Joel B. Hayden, D.D., Headmaster 0 . Ol Middle East In Vespers WESfERNH5fjj ',gf,,A0A E Y Sons Are in Services Last Sunday afternoon Dr. George Through an oversight in last week's ar- - - - W-l5f 0Lry t' 1 th f it ' h ' f Mlchaelides spoke at Vespers. Dr. Mich- SX Q. lee 011 e HOU Y SONS 111 t S Se1'V1Ce 0'-11' aelides is teaching religious education, sons were omitted. The four boys were the church history, and international relations 'If-Sjggqdwqi SONS Of MT- and MTS- McGill, MF- and MTS- at Schauffler College and also at Cleve- ' Shepard and MT- ami Mrs- Wheeler. ' - Editor ................................. John Prescott R be t C ll hind College of Western Reserve Unlver Associate Editor.,.. ..... Eric Heekett OB Q . romwe M dl M. . . sity. After graduating from the Interna- Ednomlsmmm mn-HJHH Howard . 0 1S now at a en, issouri, train- tional College of Smyrna, Turkey, Dr. Feature Ediwrm ,,,,,,, Harry Milligan ing to become a C-47 transport pilot. Mr. Michaelides was inducted into the Turkish Without Reserve .......... ..... . Iim Hendrickson and Mrs. McGill expect Bob home some- Army. At the end of the last war, he ihlflflgfflplghoiggiifolgilgy- ' ----'- JOLZKAESSSZ time next week for a short furlough be- ssisan ga came to this country and remained until 1926. While here he studied at the Union Theological Seminary and received his M. A. from Columbia University. Dr. Michaelides used as the subject for his chapel address Love Conquers, Love Never Fails. He stressed the fact that the only inscriptions that are permanent are those which are made on men's hearts. He spoke of a friend of his at the college in Smyrna. This boy had done very well in his studies, but couldn't seem to grasp the religious side of school life. All he wanted from the school was a diploma which would enable him to earn a living later on. However, one of the faculty succeeded in turning him to religion. When he graduated, this young man, much against his will, was taken into the Turkish Army. He was put on night patrol duty along the British lines. He had but one step to take to reach that which was pure and decent and right. However, his religious training in the college would not permit him to desert the Turkish Army. A few days before the Armistice was signed, he was killed by a British shell. In his loyalty to duty he had made an inscrip- tion that would never be forgotten on the hearts of the people who had known him. This alone was permanent above all world- ly things. Sports Editor ........................... Stuart Silver Assistant Sports Editor .............. David Hollinger Cartoonists ..,.. Phil Norris, Jack Carter, Steve Newell Don Kramer, Roger Brady, Dan Colllster, Dick Kaylor, James Newell, Jack Carter, Bill Kelly, Herb Gleason, George Behner, John McCombe. Business Manager .......... ........... J ames Moomaw Faculty Adviser ................. Franklyn S. Reardon Dr. Busch ta Visit Campus Over Week-end This Sunday at Vespers Dr. Henry Busch will be the guest speaker. Dr. Busch grad- uated from the College of the City of New York and Columbia University. After graduation he was connected with the Field Work Oflice of the Union Theological Sem- inary for seven years. He also was in charge of boys' camps in Maine. His new occupation is to be the executive secretary of the Council for National Immigration. The headquarters of this council will be in New York, and its chairman will be Errol Harrison. Dr. Busch will be on the campus during the week-end and will talk to the Mugwumps and history classes be- sides being the Vesper speaker. During the Sunday service the Academy Glee Club will sing the selection, Now Let Every Tongue Adore Thee by Johann Sebastian Bach. fore he receives overseas orders. Brooks Shepard, Jr. It is a little indefinite as to where Brooks is at the present time. The last report dis- closed that he was on his way to the South Pacific to photograph and fingerprint Japa- nese prisoners. Ken and Don Wheeler Ken is a member of the Navy Construc- tion Battalion, and Don is a radio techni- Clan. Chest Quota to Meet last Year's Goal tcontinuod From Page I. Column 27 The fund will include several new benefits. As heretofore, however, the majority will remain at home to do work for the com- munity. Last year S1410 from the whole sum remained in Hudson to give aid and comfort here. As the war continues there will naturally be more need for the money both here, and abroad. Last year and the year before the average contribution from each student was three dollars. This year the need is still greater. The contributions from each student should increase in direct proportion to the in- creased goal. The school and the RECORD both urge you to dig down a. little deeper and see if you can beat last year's total with this year's contributions. Remember, it's all for good causes.

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Page 18 RESERVE RECORD October 12, 1944 Gridders loose I4-6, to End-Running Parma Team Gardner and Howard Play Best Games With Roush a Close Second Last Saturday's Reserve-Parma game at Parma left, little doubt in anybody's mind as to the Green and White eleven's biggest faults. Parma, sporting a series of end runs of good power and several tricky passes, was able to hold up the Reserve offense and yet provide one of their owl: good enough to pile UP 14 P0i1 1tS against the home gridders' 6. That was the gen- eral effect of the game. Very soon after the opening kick-Off the Parma eleven opened their somewhat limited but powerful bag of tricks- The principle means of forward motion was a wide, sweeping end run. The first end sweep took them from their 40 to our 15- yard line. Then another sweep, this time around the right end of the line, 'C00k the ball over for the first sextet of points. The weight of Howard, Dennett, Hottenstein. and Brewer didn't seem to be holding thoS0 ends down much, but the opponents couldfllt make a foot through the Green and White line. Contrarily, Reserve couldn't round the opponents ends but could break through their line. A line buck put the extra point over easily. Reserve wasn't to leave without account- ing for themselves with the result- that, as the end of the half rapidly approached, the Green and White jerseys were to be seen piling all over the enemy goal line. There Jimmy Roush, showing a little of the only punch to be seen all afternoon, tore things up with an off-tackle play that C0mP0S9d Reserve's score for the day. The extra point was stopped dead. In the third quarter the opponents opened a volley of passes which was stemmed for a while. However, consistency finally proved its merit as Beal came in a little too far, and his man, getting behind him, took a beautiful pass for six more counters. Again the extra point succeeded to set the score as it remained thereafter. Critical as this may be, there is some credit due the team. The guards, Jim Gardner and Jim Howard, played beauti- ful games all afternoon with no let up. They were pounded somewhat relentlessly, but they ate dirt continuously with the result that the total yardage gained through them wouldn'tZ amount to the average Trig student's test grade. Jimmy Roush displayed his usual top-notch playing with good blocking and running. This Saturday will present to the grid- ders one of their toughest games of the season. Rocky River, a fast-rushing, hard- hitting bunch, despite their loss to Berea last Friday night, will be moving about the field with haste that Reserve hasn't been able to witness so far this year. How- Soccer Men Take 2-0 Druhhing at Oberlin Playing their first game of the season at Oberlin against the Marine Detachment, the Green and White soccer team took a 2-0 beating at the hands of the devildogs. The opponents seemed tor be partly Marine, partly not, but whatever they were, they caused Coaches Mickel and Roundy consider- able anxiety with several close plays. Within two minutes after the starting whistle a former Reservite, now Oberlinite, Bob Brown, took a high kick from the op- posite right wing, came into the center, trapped the ball, and booted the first tally of the day. For the rest of the half the score remained at 1-0' in the favor of the opponents, but more than once both teams were fighting onthe other's goal. Oberlin displayed a superiority in power, as they held the ball for the majority of the time. The third quarter placed a few more gray hairs in the heads of Reserve coaches when the Oberlinites brought the ball right up to the Reserve goal. An offside, how- ever, took the apple out where it looked much safer. Again in that same quarter the Marines broke loose. However, they hadn't anticipated goalie Ed Collins' real abilities, and spectators saw some real goal-tending, as Ed held off the invading Oberlin men until the 'Green and White were able to gain control and remove the ball to- that part of the field where it looks the best-the opponent's section. Despite the fight they put up, the Green and White were to be scored on again, for, with the fourth quarter drawing to a close, the Oberlin center kicked a long, low, un- blockable kick. This accounted for the sec- ond and final goal of the day. The score remained at the end 2-0 in the favor of the Oberlin booters. Q, ,,YgY,ff,Qf1 ' -35.,.4,x X 7 . f - C . C A giili- -,K i.fT5'- P 'X ' KEEP EM rucmc! Q, Q. ever, the Green and White backfield has similar speed in Roush, Joslyn, and Ander- son, and the line, which seems to resemble a heavyweight lineup, will be able to hold up Rocky River, if they show some drive and spirit. Consequently with all Reserve out there cheering, the home gridders can take their opponents with the proper use of brains and brawn. Let's see all Reserve out there! A Team leads league With Five Points to B's Three Under Coaches Scibby, Pflaum and Jones the league football teams are on their way. As the schedule now stands, teams A and B play every Monday, A and C every Wed- nesday, and B and C on Fridays. On Tues- days the teams practice, learning new plays and defenses. Each team which wins a game in the league series receives two points for its victory. A tie counts one point, whereas the losing team receives no points. At this writing there have been four games played. The first, second and last positions run alphabetically. A leads with a score of five points, B second with three points, and C third with no points. Under the able leadership of Doc Kra- mer A has so far seemed to have the edge on the other teams. The backfield is par- ticularly strong with Frank Austen playing left half, Kramer at right half, and Leeb and Kelly trading off' at quarterback. A is having a tough time keeping ahead of B. B's strength lies in Bender, Allchin and hard-hitting Blakney. For some real tricky football just watch these teams. '2a6id Ream I .6 Anybody wishing to know how long since school started just look above his neigh- bor's ears. Unless they raise the allow- ances we're all going deaf. Could anybody inform a wondering lad what the real pur- pose of the dining room bulletin board is? Maybe one large junior could. , Note for alumni: Did Scotch call chew- ing gum Umasticating the obnoxious chicle when you were here? Love life at Reserve seems to be at an all time high this year. Brother Vaught, the man with the large telephone bill, may be seen calling Texas at least three nights a week, while Hollinger, not to be outdone, just sends a telegram to Akron every night. Or are you calling now, Dave? There's Blakney who thinks evening study halls are for writing Miss Abbot's school. Fair warning to Sheldon that his life hangs in the balance till the Cleveland train Saturday night. Lots of apologies this week .... First to Star Austen, who denies starring in that game. He claims it was the one following that .... Secondly to Breisinger, Apkin- son, Vauth, Nickalson and Mett, whose names are still unknown to those Parma girls who read the somewhat wrongly print- ed Parma game card. Best man of the week seems to be that- always-in-the-headlines-Joslyn, now pos- sessor of seven dates for this Saturday's dance. Tell us, Joe, whatis it take?