Western Reserve Academy - Hardscrabble Yearbook (Hudson, OH)

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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.

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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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Page 20 RESERVE RECORD October 19, 1944 Improve Your Week-ends! AST year there was a a considerable amount of com- plaining and some planning concerning the week- end entertainment at school. However extensive, a lack of interest brought about a sudden end to the discussion. and for the most part no action has been taken since that time. lt is no wonder that the bulk of us are invariably anxious to leave the campus on week-ends. As it stands, the attractions which the school offers during the: week- ends are practically non-existent! The downtown movie, which has recently been further restricted, and the school movie in the gym provide the whole of our entertainment. This is indeed a narrow Iifild of activities from which to choose, but nevertheless the fault lies only partially upon those restrictions which may seem somewhat unnecessary to a few of us. If there is a definite desire for some new or varied type of entertainment, need there be any great amount of exertion to bring about an improvement? The prob- lem is certainly not so involved as to call for a long and complicated period of deliberation and planning. What is actually needed is the support of the entire school, both students and masters. W Several suggestions which have been offered by the student body have been Worked out in some detail. At present they are merely in skeleton form, but with a small amount of work can be brought to fruition in a rather short time. Perhaps the only suggestion put forth last year which was given any further consideration was a student stunt night. Although there has been no definite plan- ning, a number of ideas have been formed by individual students, and there is sufficient interest among them to warrant more definite steps. This, however, is but one of several such Suggestions. Those dealing with weiner roasts, picnic lunches, swimming and pool games all hold extensive possibilities. If enough interest is shown by- a sufficiently large group, the way will be open to an improved program of week-end entertainment. The following article, written by a freshinan. in Journalism Activity, was considered suitable to find a place in the RECORD. We heartily recommend his advice to the incoming classes. A Freshman's Voice The lot of a freshman the first few weeks of the term may be a difiicult one. An iC'y runs up and down his spineg he tingle creeps bewildered to his first classg he can make but feeble effort to restrain his shak- ing limbs. His mind is in little better shape than his outward appearance. It is a tangled and twisted maze. He has been warned about prefects, senior campus, senior benches, senior rock, sophomore walk, jun- iors, masters and tardiness to a dozen and one appointments. He is worried about all the incidental rules which the handbook does not describe too explicitly. Despite the assurance from his big brother that things will iron out smoothly, he is desperately troubled about his merit score. Alarming and most distressing tales have gone the rounds about being painted by the seniors, running the gauntlet through the juniors or scrubbing sophomore walk while a whip dangles above his head. Where lies the remedy to all these hard- ships? How does a freshman free himself from all these worries? Three sugges- tions are in order. First, get yourself a good alarm clock or make a pact with some of the other boys on your floor. This way you may be sure that none of you will be late for scheduled appointments. Second, inq'uire about mat- ters whenever in doubt. There were others who didn't know the score one, two or three years ago. They caught on, so can you! Third, do your best to live up' to the rules and the established code. Don't criticise them. If you still think them wrong, you will have a chance to change them in three years when you shall have become a senior. We might sum up the matter in a few THE RESERVE RECORD Joel B. Hayden, D.D., Headmaster WESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY Hudson. Ohio LLSCn0l4-T QV 9 . Wfgsswnpi Editor ................................. John Prescott Associate Editor ........................ Eric Heckett Editorials ........ ....... J im Howard Feature Editor... .... Harry Milligan Without Reserve ........ .... .... G e orge Vaught Photography Editor. .......... ..... J ohn Atkinson Assistant Photography Editor .... .... J ack Roberts Sports Editor ........................... Stuart Silver Assistant Sports Editor .............. David Hollinger Cartoonists ..... Phil Norris, Jack Carter, Steve Newell Don Kramer, Roger Brady, Dan Collister, Dick Kaylor, James Newell, Jack Carter, Bill Kelly, Herb Gleason, George Behner, John McCombe. Business Manager .......... ........... J ames Moomaw Faculty Adviser ................. Franklyn S. Reardon PBEVIELUES Friday, October 20s-Dr. Hayden speaks in Chapel. Saturday, October 21-Football game with Chagrin Falls there at 2:30. Soccer game with University School there at 2:00. Movie in the Gym, Phantom of the Opera, at 7:30. Sunday, October 22-Dr. Edgar J. Fisch- er speaks at Vespers, 5:00. Tuesday, October 24-Dr. Hayden speaks in Chapel. Wednesday, October 2.5-Mr. Roundy speaks at Civil Assembly on Current Af- fairs. Thursday, October 26-Dr. Hayden speaks in Chapel. words of general advice. Forge for your- self a key to the lock of campus' commu- nity life, enter into all the activities you can successfully participate in, and blend your contribution with those of others in one grand effort for Reserve. A word to the wise ought to be sufficient. Mr. Saerchinger Visits Reserve tContinued From First Panel the influence of democracy after more than ten years under Nazi domination. Mr. Saerchinger spoke to all the history classes and accompanied the Mugwumps on their trip to Laurel last Friday night. In Civil Assembly Mr. Saerchinger discussed at length the recently completed Dumbar- ton Oaks Peace Conference. He also men- tioned Mr. Churchill's trip to Moscow as a result of the Conference for the purpose of deciding the question, What to do with Poland? The speaker told the school that the most important thing decided at Dum- barton Oaks was the way in which Ger- many is to be divided up into so called spheres of influence, He said it was decided that the Russians would take control of the eastern part of Germany and the Balkans. The reason for this was the fact that this part of Europe had always had Red tendencies and had al- ways looked to Russia as, leader. The west- ern part of Germany would be divided be- tween the Americans and, the British, the British handling the North and the Ameri- cans taking charge in the South. Mr. Saerchinger believed this plan to be a good one as well as the only one that would Work in the long run. In Civil Assembly he also discussed the new United Nations' League and its re- lation to the old League. He believed that the League would have an airforce and perhaps other branches of fighting forces in order that it would be able to enforce its doctrines throughout the world. He be- lieved that a league of this sort would be the only thing which could insure peace for any length of time at all. He stated that it had a much better chance of being successful this time that it did before, be- cause it has the support of the United States and Russia and, therefore, would not be powerless as the old League was. He considered Wilson's plan to be a good one, but like so many good plans, it came before the world was ready for it.