Whetstone High School - Legend Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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Christmas dance enjoyed crowded atten- dance. The Hi-Y basketball team under the able coaching of Mr. Jim Cris- well completed a perfect 8-0 season. The team averaged 70 points per gameg their opponents, 35. The team beat Brookhaven, Worthington, Northland, and Westerville two times each. Of the 30 boys who went out for the team the 14 chosen were Mike Ciminello, Dave Hicks, George Rutan, Dave Heisel, Pat Meyer, Jon Davies, Doug Fertig, John Tracy, Jeff Wolfe, Jeff Smith, Gary Morin, Jim Buchan, Roger Beatty, and Jeff Davies. Teri Edgar and Rick Trout delight in Santa Beck's gifts at the Christmas dance. Above, Jeff Davies and Bob Johnson rest during harrowing Hi-Y practice. Left, Hi-Y basketball champions practiced every Thursday night.

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Y- Teens move through faced-paced year, H i-Y team champions basketball league Y-Teen president Susan Dunn directs cabinet proceedings. Despite their notorious immensity, Y-Teens is still a strongly active club. Large membership brings in a greater cross section of talents, creating a club of varied interests. A diligent cabinet met once a week, designing a fulfilling program of service projects and stimulating meetings. Programs stressed cultural and service overtones, helping to plan futures on a basis of a careful measuring of desires and duties to others. Nine committees provided a varied opportunity of expression for different interests. Among other activities, Y-Teen girls found time to make stuffed animals for the Ship Hope, carve pumpkins for a nursing home, and take Christmas trees to needy families. Links committee mem- bers Worked as volunteers at the blind school and as Candy Stripers. A joint effort by Y-Teens and Hi-Y re- sulted in a successful Christmas Dance, the Snowball. A panel of student teachers high- lighted a fall meeting. Social committee co-chairman Becky Kutz ponders. Hi-Y member Craig McNett proffers his aid in Snowball prep- aration.

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1 if -1 ' ' v . ,- A lik .4 .l A I Sporting capes, new this year, Block W relaxes between card showings at Dads' Night during South game. Athletics are a major part of high school life. At the heart of Whetstone's athletic program are classes in physical education which help both boys and girls to develop bodily strength and skills and to expand their knowledge of related areas. Because the time alotted these classes is inadequate to insure every student proper physical fitness, they serve mainly to impress upon him the importance of such fitness so that he will carry on outside of class the work of developing strength, coordination, and overall athletic ability. Athletic Director Dodds heads up the program, consisting of Block W, cheerleaders, Varsity W, Girls' Interschool Basketball, GAA, and varsity Boys head for speedball game. Mr. Lafe Dodds, as Athletic Director, oversees ath- letic activities ranging from athlete eligibility to ticket count. 80 sports. In phys. ed. girls learn folk dances in addition to regular sports. Athletic Director's staff -Seated: C. Hart, S. Pontius, P. Barker. Standing: P. Spence, S. Cashman, K. Kovacs, D. Parker. Jane Walter Paul Eckelberry