Western Reserve Academy - Hardscrabble Yearbook (Hudson, OH)

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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?

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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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asseave Racoon ab CADE VOLUME xv,-ND, 6 HUDSON, omo. ocroaen ls, i944 Eight Boys Chosen to Supervise Study Halls No news to many of the students is the fact that some of the study halls are now being run by seniors rather than by mas- ters. However, there are some boys who would like to know a little more about the new practice. The idea of student supervised study halls has frequently been considered in the past, but this year is the first in which any definite action has been taken. The senior class first appointed a committee to study the possibilities of having certain members of the class relieve masters, of the smaller study halls. The committee met with Dean Mickel, and he in turn obtained the Execu- tive Committee's approval, for the idea. A list of interested seniors was then presented to Dean Mickel, Mr. McGill and Dr. Hayden. From the list eight boys were chosen: John Siddall, Chuck Tanner, Jack Carter, Jack Roberts, Jad Doull, Jim Hendrickson, Jim Moomaw and Jay Huff. ,These boys take over the study halls in pairs. Both the masters and the boys involved benefit from the arrangement. The masters are freed of some of their tiresome study hall duties, and the boys receive extra privileges for assuming the masters' re- sponsibilities. First Mugwump Meeting Held ln Cleveland at laurel The Mugwumps were very fortunate in having Mr. Cesar Saerchinger to talk with them at their first meeting with the Laurel School Mugwumpettes last Friday evening. The tile of Mr. Saerchinger's discussion was History Is News. Mr. Roundy and Mr. Pflaum together with the nine student members of the Mug- wumps arrived at Laurel about six o'clock where they were met by the Mugwump- ettcs. After eating dinner together, they all gathered in the common room of the Laurel Dormitory. There, in front of a crackling fire, Mr. Saerchinger told the group some of his many exciting experi-- ences in the field of international broad- casting. Mr. Saerchinger was one of the first men to do work in this field and told about some of the men whom he got to broadcast to America-George Bernard Shaw, Hitler, the Pope, Ghandi and many others. This form of discussion was very suc- cessful in the minds of all they Mugwumps and was an excellent way to start off the year. Mr. Saerchinger' leads informal discussion at Mugwump dinner. ik Pk FIC Mr. Cesar Saerchinger Visits Reserve Campus Noted Radio Commentator and News Analyst Spends Week at Reserve Last week Mr. Cesar Saerchinger visited Reserve and talked to different groups throughout the school. Mr. Saerchinger is now broadcasting from New York over NBC every Sunday night at 10:15. Mr. Saerchinger has been in the news business since 1919 when he was sent to London as a reporter for the Philadelphia Ledger and the New York Evening Post. He traveled for eleven years throughout Europe after the last war watching the nations recover. Because of his knowledge of German he was one of the two American reporters who were in Munich during the Revolution of 1923. His last newspaper assignment was the London Naval Disar- mament Conference of 1930. Between 1930 and 1937 Mr. Saerchinger was. Columbia's European news director in London. At the end of that time he came to this country, and since 'then he has been broadcasting over NBC. Mr. Saerchinger says that he is not a war correspondent, but rather a peace corre- spondent. He hopes to leave for Europe sometime next spring or summer to report on the progress of the peace as he did after the last war. He is most interested in see- ing how the people of Germany react to 10ontInued on Page 20, Column 39 Vesper Service led hy Dr. Henry Busch Dr. Henry Busch, a graduate of the Col- lege of the City of New York and Columbia University, spoke to the school and its guests at the Vesper Service on Sunday, October 15. Dr. Busch has just received a year's leave of absence from Western Reserve University. He left after the Ves- per Service for his new position as Execu- tive Secretary for the Council of National Immigration. The speaker's topic was How Do You Get That Way? He began by pointing out the fact that no two 'men are alike, al- though constant association of' ideas may seem to make them similar. No people can be wholly bad, for even the people of the Axis have among them many decent folks. Their real crime is that they have been led astray. Dr. Busch stressed the need for a useful andrworthy occuption, since busy men are happy people. In friendship and associa- tion with others men find the greatest val- ues of life. For lack of these men reach a mental and moral impasse and their activi- ties and programs therefore take an un- moral outlet. Dr. Busch illustrated his points with in- teresting material and spoke with deep conviction on his subject. His audience listened with attention throughout. The speaker concluded with the, thought that, though the World is polluted with poverty, disease, ignorance and intollerance, the ac- tive participation of the forces of good in the hearts nad minds of men can build a happy and peaceful world in which men and women may once again build a con- tented society. When opportunity affords, we shall wel- come Dr. Busch back to Reserve again. School Awaits Arrival of Mr. Edgar .l. Fischer This week-end at Vespers, Reserve will be honored by the appearance of Mr. Edgar J. Fischer, who is Director of the Interna- tional Institute of Education. The speaker teaches in Columbia Univer- sity and has been connected since 1925 with the Department of State. There he has held several high posts in International Adiairs. Mr. Fischer is a graduate of the Uni- versity of Rochester, and he received his graduate degree at Columbia. His favorite topic is Training for Diplomacy, an in- creasingly important question. He has lectured frequently at Columbia, Stanford and other big colleges and has spent a considerable part of his life travel- ing for the government.