Western Reserve Academy - Hardscrabble Yearbook (Hudson, OH)

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Page 22 RESERVE RECORD ' . October 18, 1945 THE RESERVE RECORD Published every Thursday during the school year by the students of Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio .loel B. Hayden, D. D., Headmaster MSC CEE!!! ESI-192' 'Lawns' I-Editors .......... .... S mul Milligin, Dain Colllstcr Associate Editors.. ..... Herb Gleason, Dick Howell Sports Editor .......................... Dave Hollinger Assistant Sports Editor ................... Dick Rogers Photography ............ George Behner, John McCombe Without Reserve ................ ,....... J ack Melchcr Just for the Record ................... Brad Williams Staff-Ronald Bacon, Ted Jones, Angus Fletcher, Leon- ard Gordon, Bill Wallace, Bob-Evans Faculty Adviser ..... . .... . ...... Franklyn S. Reardon To Reserve Boys in Service October 15, 1945. Dear Reservite: If you are a Reservite service man who has just left the service or are about to leave it and are uncertain about what you want to do or how to go about it, this let- ter may be of particular interest to you. All of the Reserve masters and I want to remind you that our interest in you and in your educational growth is undiminished by the cessation of hostilities. And while we do not pretend to know all the answers, it would give us real pleasure to discuss your plans with you and to assist you as far as we can in deciding what you should do and how to proceed. If you were accepted by your chosen college before entering the service, you will probably Wish to proceed With YOU? original plan to attend it whether or not you actually took up residence there. In general, we would recommend this course. But it may be that you entered the service before securing admission to any college- If so, and if you are in doubt as to what to do, we suggest that you write and tell us your problem in some detail. Our Guid- ance Committee is anxious to turn its ex- perience and its knowledge of present prob- lems to your benefit. The college or university which you may consider entering undoubtedly has a Vet- erans' Counsellor whom you should con- sult even before writing to us. He is cer- tain to have more recent information about the veteran's opportunities in that college than we have. His advice would be helpful to us in considering your problems with you. It would be fine if you were able to come to Hudson personally instead of Writing to us. We can't promise to solve your prob- lem, but we'll do our best. And it would be a real pleasure to see you and talk with you again. Cordially yours Joel B. Hayden, Headmaster. LUl'I'ilDU'I r r' rl r' r r' -A ui -5 Ji f' EJ 1 l f' -- Sub, suh, p l e a s e, ii V. suh, you is ten minutes ' ' out of Hudson. X' Zzzz! - 1 I All right, all right, Y 1 porter, can't you see l CE I I'm practically ,?'Q'i? .N dressed? ar' if x 5 fFive minutes laterj I Suh, suh, please can't W? you unnerstand youse .- got to get off dis train. it MIIIEJYJ ' UZZZZIN , 9 , . . ' In the meantime let us switch our thoughts to the Reserve chapel where the faculty are patiently, but vainly awaiting our New York visitor. The meeting is suddenly interrupted by the appearance of our Champion. He rushes madly to the pulpit and says, Our guest either didn't get on or didn't get off. Suh, suh, you is at de end of de line and now you has to get ,up! Great Caesar's ghost, porter, have you found my speech yet? Your speech, suh? Oh, dat thing! Me and de baggage man picked it up last night while ah was polishin youh shoes. Well hurry and get it, porter, I've got to read it to the boys at Western Reserve Academy this morning. We return to Reserve and find Jungle Jim chasing his classes through the halls in search of our hero, who by this time is just arriving on the scene, protesting the fact that he has not yet been permitted to eat. He is soon whisked away into a history class where J. C. and P. G. fall all over themselves Qand on the visitorl trying to make him comfortable. After this try- ing experience he is told to whip up a talk on The Effect of Japanese Beetle on Span- ish Diplomacy to be delivered the next period to the biology class. Our guest shud- ders, but being a man of great fortitude, he goes to work. He struggles through this and four more equally difficult tasks and does a remarkable job in. each. By this time our guest is utterly exhaust- ed. He thinks that now after such a strenuous morning he can relax and enjoy a delicious home-cooked meal in the solitude of his room. But no! All his hopes are dashed when he is told that he has been scheduled to dine and dis- cuss current affairs with the budding jour- nalists. . At lunch he is served a bountiful meal of corn bread and beans. He downs this with gusto and now, his former vigor re- turned, he demands his next assignment. He is told that he must speak to the cam- pus crew on the possibilities of diplomacy as a career. So our guest is initiated into the crew and spends the rest of that after- noon raking leaves and sawing wood. After addressing thirty-seven different Qcontlnuad on Page 23, Column 33 I-laid in I Friday, October 19-Chapel, 8:05. Mr. Pflaum speaks. Saturday, October 20--Football game with Cranbrook, here, 2:30. Soccer with University School, here, 2:30. Movie in the gym at 7:30, Together Again. Sunday, October 21-Vesper service in the chapel, 7:00. Mr. Burns speaks. Tuesday, October 23--Civil Assembly, 8:05. Prof. Taft of Brown University speaks. ' - Wednesday, October 24-Chapel, 8:05. Mr. Roundy speaks. Thursday, October 215-Chapel, 8:05. Mr. Roundy speaks. just ton the CR:-:Condi While at the dance, I ignored my girl long enough to jot down a few of the dancing types we have here at Reserve. Believe me, to the casual bystander they are very novel. Every dance has a couple dozen of the intellectual type who, from arm's length, look sternly into the eyes of the girls with whom they are dancing and inquire, What subjects are you taking this year? or Do you think the London conference will ac- complish its purpose? They think this will break the ice, but usually the girls answer Yes or No and slink off for the rest of the evening, leaving said species intellectalisv out in the cold with the inter- national outlook still unsettled. Next, there's the card. Everything he says or does sends the girls into hysterics, and he basks in his glory as the howling multitudes sing his praises. Those who really want to dance have to put up with his warped sense of humor instead. He getsga tremendous charge out of cutting in on the same girl all evening. At every dance there is at least one of the great lover type. He fancies himself irresistible, his mother told him he was! He definitely doesn't obey the six-inch rule. Gazing with soulful eyes at an- other's date he softly purrs, Say, honey, Pm yours for the asking at the next Laurel dance. Crudjul gets the prize for this one. Then, about the middle of the dance a few of the species nocturnalis or dreamers appear.. When they got a date, they never realized they would be so tired when dance night rolled around. As a re- sult they spend the evening on their dates' shoulders sound asleep. Benjie Lavin, '45, was an outstanding example of this type. He passed his technique on to our man Buchman. Probably the most egregious fcontributed by Huburt Gleason from Berstonj per- sonality at the dance was Jack Anderson, who exhibited the type of dancing taught only at our dancing school. He modestly admitted that he was the best in the class, and I am forced to admit that he's got something. , B. H. W.

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Esenve aeco o VOLUME xxll1No4 6 -i f-- HUDSON, OHIO, OCTOBER IB, l945 Citizens of the World ls Highlight Speech of Saerchinger Visit Last Friday Mr. Caesar Saerchinger, well- known news analyst for the Columbia Broadcasting System, arrived for a week- end visit on our campus. Unable to attend the chapel service that morning Mr. Saerch- inger made his first talk on Friday evening to the Mugwumps of the academy and the Mugwumpettes from Laurel. His subject was his flying trip to Europe this spring. Sunday morning he was scheduled to speak to the senior class but was unable due to the Headmaster's illness. At Sun- day dinner he ate with several seniors. That evening he addressed the student body and guests on the subject, Citizens of the World. He began by recalling a few of the outstanding events in the closing and most terrifying phase of the war. These included the Battle of the Bulge, Remagen Bridge, the campaign of the Moselle and the Saar, the meeting of the Allied forces with the Russians at Torgau, the final sur- render of Germany, the Potsdam Confer- ence and the surrender of Japan immedi- ately after the debut of the atom bomb. At first we were all shocked at the crimes committed by our enemies against human- ity, but today we are delighted by the pun- ishments which are being brought against the guilty and the innocent- kicking a fellow when he is down. If anyone had observed the pathos in Europe caused by this war, he would realize the fault of this sort of spirit. This winter many will die either of starvation or of the diseases which have sprung up because of war. The United Nations have agreed on a charter at Dumbarton Oaks and have had a conference at San Francisco where this charter was revised and adopted by fifty nations. This new organization resembles the old League of Nations with its councils and court, but the leaders of the new or- ganization are more agreed as to their pur- poses. If Russia and the western democra- cies can agree, as they must, the new league will work. For such an agreement each country must rise above nationalism, political and economic, and begin to think in international terms. For many who have learned to think in national terms due to interest in personal gain this new idea will be hard to grasp. The basic necessity for such thinking and agreement is education not only of and about our country but also our neighbors, ene- mies as well as friends. A second necessity is the overcoming of nationalism and with it sovereignty. God was the first sovereign in the world. Gradually men of wealth and influence began proclaiming above the law, even crediting themselves with a divine right supposedly given them by God. How- M r. Caesar S aerchinger Mr. Saerchinger Speaks at First Mugwump Meeting On Friday night the first Mugwump meet- ing of the year took place with the Laurel Mugwumpettes at Pierce House. The group got together about six-thirty with Mrs. Hayden acting as hostess. Miss Lake and Miss Florence represented Laurel, and Mr. Pflaum, this year's leader of the Mug- wumps, directed the meeting. After a delicious dinner, the group, including be- sides the girls and boys Mr. and Mrs. Mickel, Mr. and Mrs. Roundy and Mr. War- ing, was addressed by Mr. Saerchinger. The commentator spoke of his trip to Eu- rope in April, immediately before the end of the war and of what he saw there, chiefly the destruction of the cities. He traveled with a number of other radio news analysts and during the trip met General Eisen- hower and later General Patton. They toured the fronts as well as the territory including Northern France, Belgium, Lux- emburg and Western Germany. The meeting came to a close about 9:3-0. It was a very enjoyable one, and it is hoped that the joint groups will be able to meet often during the course of the year. I945 War Chest Drive Announced in Chapel Reserve's nineteen forty-five War Chest drive was initiated this morning at chapel by Tom Allchin, student director of the campaign. The whole school will be can- vassed within the next few days by stu- dents chosen by the War Chest committee, composed of Allchin, Lindsey, Linforth and Messrs. Culver, Simon and Tilt. Mr. Cul- ver, over-all director of the drive, will can- vass the members of the faculty. This year's War Chest drive is a matter which deserves the earnest attention of every boy and master in the school, for the War Chest has a great task to fulfill in this postwar world. The Community Fund drive of former years and the War Chest drive will be combined this year for the last time. Therefore we see that this year, as in the past few years, we have atwo-fold job ahead of us. In the War Chest alone are incorporated nineteen agencies which bring relief to the war-ravaged countries of Europe and the Far East, and which take supplies and recreational facilities to our armies of occupation abroad. In the Community Fund, on the other hand, are included one hundred twenty-one agencies which provide much needed help for many worthy causes within the nation. Among these are agencies to help war-stricken families, agencies for providing wholesome recreation for the youth of the nation to reduce juvenile delinquency, institutions as- sisting in child care, homes for the aged, hospitals and numerous other philanthro- pies. The amount of money contributed by the students and masters of the school plus five hundred dollars allotted by the board of trustees from the school's capital will be divided into three parts. One portion each will go to the Cleveland and Akron War Chests fthe Hudson War Chest being a part of Akron'sJ, and the third to organiza- tions and agencies in Hudson such as the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Parent-Teachers' Association and the various churches. Last year the school contributed over nineteen hundred dollars. A Dr. Hayden ls lll ever, people slowly and painfully learned the weak points of a sovereign and recog- nized the value of a democracy. The re- maining sovereign states must be gotten rid of before we are free from the danger of war. Our only possibility is to unite into one sovereignty, the United Nations. However imperfect the new organization is, the United States must show others the way to an international and mature peace. After the vesper service Mr. Saerchinger fcontlnuod on Page 23, Column 31 While returning from the Pennsylvania station in Hudson, where he said farewell to friends on-Saturday evening, Dr. Hayden complained of illness. Stepping from his car, he collapsed and was assisted into Pierce House. Dr. Weidenthal was immediately sum- moned and diagnosed the Headmaster's ill- ness as a cerebral hemorrhage. While Dr. Hayden's condition is serious, there has been some improvement and the outlook is considered hopeful.

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After the customary formalities of the October 18, 1945 ' RESERVE RECORD Page213 Marion Beth Kelly When the rumor started going around the school that the new librarian was sitting in her domain, nearly everybody went over to investigate. For the first few days the library did a thriving business, and those who were bold enough to ask the pretty librarianls name found that she is Miss Marion B. Kelly. Miss Kelly has come to the Reserve campus to take the place of Mrs. Eilbeck. who retired last year. Miss Kelly's home is in Struthers, Ohio, where she taught English and hygiene for eight years. She attended Kent State Uni- versity, where she received her bachelor's degree. At the University of Pittsburgh she took postgraduate work, and later attended the Syracuse Library School. where she re- ceived another degree. Her experience in- cludes a position in the reference depart- ment at the University of Pittsburgh and another as readers' advisor at the Youngs- town public library. The position of librarian which Mrs. Eil- beck left to Miss Kelly is an extremely difficult one, especially with the recent do- nation of many books. For a school of this size, she says. the Academy library is ex- tremely complete. Many old books encum- ber the library, however. Miss Kelly is getting to know more and more of the boys at a fast rate. The per- centage of boys who never go into the li- brary except to read an assigned lesson is rapidly diminishing. Miss Kelly manages the library with the same kindness and helpfulness as Mrs. Eilbeck did. Already she has gotten control of those with exuber- ant spirits, and the silent library is ruled by her firm but gentle discipline. The best way to know her is to meet her in her medium-the library. First Council Dante l For the first time in many years a Re- se1've Council dance was held at regular prewar time-7:30 to 11. Instead of gulp- ing down dinner in the late afternoon in oi'der to meet a train on time, dinner was held at the usual hour. Boys met their dates at Cutler at about seven and it was actually dark outside when the music be- gan. instead of having the last rays of the sun illuminating the dance floor. receiving line, the music of the nation's leading bands, in recorded form, started and continued throughout the dance. Al- though slow music predominatcd several fast numbers offered variety. During these records, George Vaught and Tom Divoll gave talented exhibitions twith their dates, of course? of rug cutting, modern style. Nearly ninety couples, plus an abundant Suerchinger Speech . . . tContinued From Page 2l, Column 21 took four boys into Cleveland to hear his broadcast. Monday he addressed the fac- ulty in the Common Room and Tuesday gave his farewell address in the morning chapel service. Without Reserve . . . tContinued From Page 22, Column 23 groups that many times in tive days our guest decides to leave. He bids the school farewell with trembling hands and water- ing eyes. The whole school turns out to wish him God-speed, and they stand for a ment in silent hope for his immediate safety a she boards the yellow mariah, and with that fiend from Philadelphia as chauf- feur he weaves his way down the highway number of stags, enjoyed the dancing until toward Cleveland. J. M. the advent of intermission at 9:30. Cokes 'F and doughnuts offered satisfying refresh- Y 'X -1f'f :? .-f--g ' ment. Some couples enjoyed the crisp night fgftrggfi M if W S by walking about the campus while others F preferred to sit in the common room. After ' the ringing of the chapel clock the couples 111 it X i ly 'lf I returned to the dance floor where dancing li J X I was renewed until 11. ' I The whole affair went off smoothly and X .g.,..T . ' ,.--J 1 J the dance was considered a success hy all ..,,-'tg' l ,N in attendance. .U li , W E- di li i ,l g Marion Beth Kclly K i .gn-..-..-..-...-..-...-..............-............ .. I il Geo. H. Gott Hardware Co. X I I li A H A R D W A R E ' --The Blnqest uma sem In me Buckeye sm. S i 5 1 i -, -UT ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES PAINTS - OILS '- VARNISHES F R I N T E R S KITCHEN WARE - GENERAL HARDWARE 'f---sf -lxwsixr :Z xiii: 1 2+ 22I2-I8 Superior Ave. 0 MAtn 209I 0 Cleveland, 0. hlqludsony Suk., Hudson? Uzzzzzn