Moeller High School 1978-79 The Crusader

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THE CRUSADER

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January 31; -1979 -

·val. XVIII; No. 2

Moe To Get Special Van i

by Mark Cook It is very likely that Moeller will obtain a new

special-aid van which would provide facilities for the psychology and speech therapy programs currently available to Moeller students. Business Manager, Mr. Ronald Rieman, is optimistic about the possibility of obtaining the new van. He stated that it would be available to students five days a week. The van would probably be parked on .a concrete block adjacent to the All Saints property on Glenover.

MOELLER'S 1979 EVANS SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS ARE: (Front Row; left to right) JIM RUNDO, DAVE .EAGAN, (Back Row; left to right) JOE FAGO, TIM "'LONNE, AND ROB VORBROKER.

FIVE WIN EVANS by Jeff Schutter Five Moeller seniors were recently notified they have been awarded Evans scholarships this year. Scholarship recipients are: Dave Eagan, Joe Fago, Tim Klonne, Jim Rundo and Rob Vorbroker. · · "Moeller has more students selected (for the scholarship) than any other school in the area," commented Student Government Treasurer Dave Eagan, one of the scholarship winners. Rundo and Vorbroker, both caddies at Crest Hills Country Club, have elected to attend O.S.U. While Joe Fago;'aiso from Crest Hills, Dave Eagan, from Losantaville, and Tim Klonne, who works at the Kenwood Country Club, will attend Miami (Oxford) University. The scholarships are awarded each year to deserving young men who have caddied faithfully for at least two years. The scholarship includes full tuition and fees to either Ohio State or Miami (Oxford) universities. The scholars also receive room and board at the Evans House on either campus. The scholarship is given after an extensive process to determine who should be awarded the scholarship. Prospective candidates, besides

This project has been considered in the past, but the fact that the van cannot be parked on private school property has been an obstacle. This problem has been solved since the land at All Saints has been leased to the Syc-

amore School District. A SII~t on this land will be reserved for M~ller's van next to the All Saints' van which sits. there now. A problem of electric"al supply ha~ likewise been taken care of. The type of van and the details of the facilities are still undeclared at this time. Financing the purchase of the van will be made possible by monies from the Ohio Auxiliary Service. These funds will cover the cost of the van,. leasing of the land, personnel, and the necessary supplies, . Mr. Reiman hopes to have the facility operabie Jefore the close of this school year.

Moe Welcomes CLass of '83 by Mike Weitfle On Friday, January 12, three hundred and fortysix eighth grade boys from local grade schools came to Moeller for a day of testing and orientation.

Shortly after 8:00 AM, the eighth grade students gathered in the gym to be welcomed by Moeller's principal, Rev. Lawrence Krusling. After the welcome, the testing began.

having caddied faithfully for at least two years, must be in the top 25% of their class, show a ,eed for some financial aid, and submit several .etters of recommendation.

Around noon the visitors received a free lunch. They were then taken on a brief tour of the school by . Moeller students who volunteered their free day to ltelp with the orientation and testing.

:The f"mal aspect of selection is an interview of :the candidates by the scholarship committee. \Mr. Crone, a former Evans scholar from Moeller, lis a member of this committee. All facts and information gained from this process are used to select the new Evans scholars. Once a student receives the scholarship, he must maintain at least a 2.2 scholastic average, perform jobs at the Evans House, participate in the extracurricular activites at the house and on campus, and maintain good relations with the other scholars. This scholarship is an excellent means for deserving high school students to attend college. THE CRUSADER congratulates these men for their outstanding scholastic achievement and wishes them well in uocoming years ~~;t college.

The physics and chemistry labs, the computer room, the chapel, the band room and the typing room were some of the landmarks of the tour. During the course of the afternoon, each academic department outlined its aims and purposes in presentations to the prospective students. At approximately 2:00 PM, an audiovisual presentation about Moeller High School was shown to the eighth graders. After this they were dismissed. When asked about the Orientation and Testing Day, Father Krusling expressed his feelings that the annual program has a very positive purpose. It shows the potential men of Moeller that high school is not all fun and games. "It helps them realize what high school is really like."

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DIVISIONAL NEWS by Dennis Murphy Ligbt bulbs, prom and the senior gift have occupied the senior class in the past two months. The light bulb sale began in mid-November as soon as the product arrived. The sale was concluded by Thanksgiving break. A total of $1000 was raised in the week-and-a-half alotted. $800 was from the actual sale; $200 carne from a bonus the company gave the division for such a quick sale. Light bulbs that remain have been sold to the freshman class at half price in order to give them a little money for. their treasury. With late sales, the profits totaled about $1200. The tradition of a senior gift began about four years ago. The most" dramatic gift in the past was the front sign donated by the class of '78. Our class is in search of a gift at present. We want something practical, yet permanent. Presently we are considering a display rack for graduation pictures. The 1979 Senior Prom will be held on Saturday, April 28, in the elegant surroundings of the Hearth Supper Club in Mt. Carmel. We were lucky to get the Hearth. The room where the prom will be held has a red carpet, oak walls and chandeliers. We also were given a very good price on a hot buffet dinner featuring roast beef au jus, ham and chicken a Ia king. The prom will begin with dinner at 8:00 PM. At 9:00 PM dancing will.begin. Music will be provided by RIGUSLOO. Door prizes will be given away at 11:00 PM. A theme has not yet been set; an election will be held around February 1, to determine this aspect of the prom. Tickets will sell for about fifteen or eigbteen dollars if you sold your quota of ligbt bulbs. Otherwise, the prom bid will be twenty-eigbt dollars.

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A prom weekend featuring activities for couples and those seniors not attending prom is now in its planning stage. Activities will begin on Thursday evening and continue until Monday afternoon. The second half of the year will be made up of activities planned and carried out by the homerooms for the whole division. The first of these will begin next Monday with 4B's jello-slurping contest. The object is to slurp an eight ounce portion of flavored jello as quickly as possible. A trophy will be given to the fastest slurper in the class. Dan Donnellan is chairman of this contest. Reps John Costello and Pat Craven are helping.

SI<ORCZ- GRUBER MEMORANDUM At our last General Assembly meeting some important decisions were made regarding club budgets and dances. Our last dance, January 13, featured "Ice." The .proceeds of this dance will be dispersed by the Executive Board to al.l the clubs who previously submitted bi.tdget request forms. If rio profit was made on this dance, an alternative lorm of financing club activities will be discussed.

************ We have also voted on limiting the price of the bands for our dances. The limit is now $400. Our attention has been cal.led to the fact that the higber priced bands play more of their own music, while the lower priced bands play traditional rock 'n' roll ·musie which everybody seems to like better.

************ Reconstruction Day will be held some time in early February. Senior Dave Wal.l is in charge of the program· this year. A definite date and place have not yet been set, but there is a possibility the Reconstruction Day will be held at St. Edmund's Retreat Center. The Vote of Confidence was taken during the week of January 16-19. All members of the General Assembly were· subject to the vote (except freshman). The vote of confidence for the members of the Executive Board ·and the Moderator will be held on Reconstruction Day.

************ On December 6, we hosted a meeting of repre· sentatives of G.C.L. schools here at Moeller. All schools were present except St. Xavier and La Salle.

Moelle,r Eagle Scouts by Marty Lacey Three Moeller students recently attained scouting's highest honor--the rank of Eagle Scout. All three scouts are from Troop 172 of St. John's, Deer Park. Seniors Dave Bruening (DE) and Jay Jackson (4C) were awarded this honor, along with junior Jim Lacey (3D). The requirements for becoming an Eagle Scout are very strict. The percentage of achieving the rank of Eagle is very low: only one out of every one hundred scouts actual.ly will become an Eagle. To become an Eagle, one must complete numerous Merit Badges, show leadership and scout spirit, and do a special individual service project. For their projects, Dave, Jay and Jim each painted different activity rooms in the undercroft of St. John's Church.

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We congratulate and thank senior Tim Gal.lo for the excellent job he did organizing this year's Christmas Project. We also thank al.l those Moeller students who contributed in some way to the various aspects of the project. Response to the clothing drive was overwhelming. Eigbty-eigbt pints of blood were donated to the Hoxworth mood Center, the second higbest total in Moeller's history.

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The Mount Not.re llame/Moeller tYm nigbt was held on December .19. It was a hig success. Since it was so popular, 'mother such event will surely he planned.

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The meeting was informal, and we discussed the structure of each school's student government, in addition to what duties they perform for their respective schools.

by Dan Tappe! The Junior Division has been busy working on their Prom plans. The dance will be held at the Hearth Supper Club on Saturday, April 21. The division was able to sign RIGUSLOO as the band for the evening. A theme has not yet been decided.

************ We also express our gratitude to senior Gene Steiner and the Spiritual Welfare Committee for a super job in planning the liturgy for the school's Christmas Mass. We also thank the band's brass choir for the musical accompaniment at the Mass.

The band's annual Christmas concert was very entertaining and enjoyable. Mr. Jack Conway, director of Moeller's band, and his concert band members deserve a big round of applause. The student government congratulates the Moeller Alumni Association for their live nativity scene on ·the school's front lawn. It was very well presented, and it was a true expression of the Moeller Family Christmas Spirit.

Editor-in-chief ........ John Costello Assistant editors .....Dennis Murphy Jeff Schutter Mike Weitfle Reporters .. Jack Caudill, Steve Cheeseman, Mark Cook, Tim Dirr, Rob Hildebrandt, Don Knigbt, Paul Kollman, Jim Lacey, Marty Lacey, Mark Manley, Dino Pelle, Steve Schmidt, Keith Schutter. Photographer........... Pat Murray Typist ................. Mark Toft Business Manager..... Phil Schneider Moderator ..... Bro. E.C.Lange, S.M.

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NATIONAL )WERIT JCHOLJfRS Reverend Lawrence Krusling, Principal of Moeller High School, was recently notified that three Moeller seniors have been made eligible to receive special scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). The seniors who qualify are Anthony J. Durcholtz (Proctor and Gamble Fund); John G. Labanz (State Farm Companies Foundation); and Michael P. Weitfle (Proctor and Gamble Fund). These students are eligible for scholarships ranging from $250 to $1500 per year (for four years), because of their high scores on the PSAT. Should the applicant meet all eligibility requirements, their application will be processed by the NMSC. Students should be notified by mid-May if they are to receive these corp9rate-sponsored scholarships.

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MOE FORENSICS ON THE MOVE by Dan Donnello With their record acceptance as a National Forensic League (NFL), the Moeller Forensic team is fast becoming well-respected in the art of competitive speech. Club moderator, Bro. Dan Stupka, S.M., has been made this year's chairman of the Catholic Forensic League of the archdiocese. This league includes twelve schools from the Greater Cincinnati area. The Crusaders participated in two large Ohio tournaments in January. On January 6, they travelled to Middletown High School where senior Dan Donnellon teamed with junior Mark Manley to take second place in Duet Acting. They scored 1-3-1-1 for their interpretation of INHERIT THE WIND. On January 12, seven Crusaders travelled to Kettering, Ohio with Bro. Stupka and Mr. James Crone to participate in the prestigious Fairmont-East Speech Spectacular. This was a two-day invitational tournament.

The National Forensic League holds an eightday tournament in June to decide the National champions. This year Princeton High School is honored by being asked to host the Speech Extravaganza. To qualify for this tournament, contestants must obtain 250 NFL points (earned by displaying exceptional talent throughout the season), and win their NFL district which iricludes the very best. schools throughout the state, or represent Ohio at the tournament as state champion. On March 31, the Moeller Forensic team will compete at Princeton High School. They will be vying with other students throughout the tri-state area hoping to be able to represent the Cincinnati Archdiocese at the Catholic Forensic League Grand National Tournament in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from May 24 to 26. Any student, freshman through senior, who enjoys competition and oratory or drama should see Bro. Stupka or Dan Donnellon about joining the Forensics team.

After five rounds of preliminary competition, four men advanced to the semifinal round. Mark Tpft (extemporaneous speaking), Chris Biersack (oratorical interpretation), and Donnellori and Manley (duet acting) advanced to the final round. They captured a sixth place overall award in state-wide competition. The three other speakers ~ho participated-Steve Martin, Jim Lacey and John Latchney-all missed the semifinal round by just one point. In December Martin received a first place trophy at the Heath Invitational Tournament.

NMSC QUALIFIERS MIKE WEITFLE (left) AND JEFF LABANZ (right). (TONY DURCHOL TZ WAS ABSENT FOR THE PHOTOGRAPH.)

Bro. Stupka plans two more tournaments in February. Fairborn, Park Hills and Chillicothe are the three selected. These are in prepartion ·for the Ohio High School Speech League district tournament to be held February 17 at Princeton High School. Qualification at this tournament will advance the winners to the State Finals at Fairmont East on March 16 and 17.

DUET ACTING WINNERS DAN DONNELLON (left) AND MARK MANLEY (right) POSE FOR CRUSADER PICTURE AFTER THEIR SIXTH-PLACE STATEWIDE FINISH AT FARIMONT-EASTTOURNAMENT.

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oy Mike Weitfle The Humanities class will present Neil Sin..<m's 1975 Broadway hit comedy, GOD'S "'AVORITE on March 7 and 8. Rehearsals for ~h..o production began in mid-December.

for the two o;etting,; the play calls for. ...,....;;ce Dennis Murphy also designed the set for the Pleasant Ridge production, he is familiar with this aspect of the show too.

At this point the blocking (stage movements) has been completed and the tedious task of learning lines and cues has begun. Director Dennis Murphy is pleased with the progress of .the show. He feels that rehearsals be{;all early enough to insure time which might be lost due to snow breaks. No snow came, so the extra rehearsal time is a welcome buffer.

The script is frantic at times and always amusing. It is filled with an assortment of strange characters.

Problems with set, costumes and lighting will now begin to be solved. Set pieces from a set designed for the Pleasant Ridge Players' production are being re-cycled and re-designed

The difficulty of the show is mostly technical. The script calls for much thunder and lightning. 'A large set which has several surprises in store is likewise demanded. Other complicated lighting cues also add to technical problems. Murphy believes that this will be one of the more enjoyable Humanities productions because of Simon's wit manifested in the show's

lines. The cas~ fe:.t~u-es Hark Skorcz and Dave Eagan as th~ rich tycoon, Joe Benjamin, at different Stagi!S of h;;illth. Mark Cook is David, the drunken prodigal son whose conversion is a central factor. Andy King and Mark Geraci play the twins, Ben and Sarah, who have the I.Q. of 160--between them. Jim Rundo plays Rose, the nagging wife. Larry Hanrahan plays the stuffed-shirt butler, Morris, and Tom Harmon is Sidney Lipton, a somewhat · bizzare messenger. Jeff Schutter is the assistant director. Greg (Continued on page six)

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SWIII/I TEAII/I BEST EVER by Keith Schutter This year's swimming team is the best Moeller has had. Already their record is an impressive 7'0-1 in dual meets--the best ever for a Moeller team. Not only have they done well in dual meets, -but also they have taken a second place in an eleven team meet at the Western Hills Invitational. The trophy from this event is the first one brought back by a Moeller swim team. Also, in that meet, twenty-three individual swimmers brought back medals.

Thi~ team, captained by senior Jim Nees, is Ianked tenth in the city. The team has· a very good- chance of capturing a second place in the G.C.L. before the season's end. The G.C.L. Finals take place February 10, the Sectionals are to be held February 17, and the District Finals are scheduled· for February 24. The State Finals will be held on March ·3. - Mr. Dick Beerman, coach of the Crusader swimmers, is corifident that Moeller will qualify in the 200 medley relay and the 400 freestyle relay. He also believes that Doug Rhoda has a very good chance to qualify in the Districts in the 500 yard freestyle. Paul Franer is a very good possibility in the 100 yard backstroke, Mike Matanguihan and Rick Creama are strong in the 100 yard breaststroke, and Dave Kastrup is a top contender in the 50 yard freestyle along With Ed Anderson in the 100 yard freestyle. So far this year five records have been broken. Franer, Matanguihan, Anderson, and Kastrup broke the 200 medly relay. Doug Rhoda set the new record in the 200 yard freestyle, and Paul Franer now holds the record for the 100 yard backstroke. Anderson, Kastrup, Rhoda and Greg Dyson set the school's 400 yard freestyle relay record. Paul Franer set another record in the 500 yard freestyle event. . Leading scorers at this point are Paul Franer, Mike Matanguihan, Dave Kastrup, Ed Anderson, and Doug Rhoda. Don Eddingfield, Dave Fagin and captain Jon McFarland have kept up thr scores of Moeller's diving team.

SOPHOMORE DOUG RHODA TAKES A BREAK AFTER. SETTING A NEW SCHOOL MARK IN THE 500-YARD FREESTYLE.

FROSH & RESERVE WRESTLERS IMPRESSIVE by Mark Manley The season for the reserve and freshman wrestling teams is well under way. Both teams boast of Winning records at tlhe Inildl-season mark. The reserve team, coached by M1r. Ted Hall, has posted a 4-2-1 record. Tlleir wins were recorded against Loveland, Western Hills, Greenhills and Princeton. Promising wrestlers on the reserve squad include sophomores Jim RoUes (7.() record with seven pins), Mark McMann and 'Tony Melink. Freshman Rob Hockiema 11tarted with the varsity, but since the beginning of the season, he has moved to the reserve sqllad where his record is 1-0. Coach -Mike Elliott's freshman wrestling team supports a 5-2-2 tally. The team scored very impressive victories against St. . Xavier and Princeton. Princeton was undefeated before their bout With the Moeller grapplers. Standouts on the freshman team include Mike Melink, Tom Brietenbach, Matt Macke and Mark Gowetski.

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VARSITY GRAPPLERS RANKED TOP TEN by John Costello It has been quite a season for the varsity wrest-

lers. For the first time in several years, they have broken into the city's Top Ten poll in both daily papers. Although their 3-5 dual meet record is relatively Unimpressive on paper' the true strength of the club can be seen in its tournament performances. In both the Glen Este Tournament (held over the Christmas holidays) and the Indian Hill Tournament. (held in mid-January), the Crusaders finished first, well ahead of their nearest competition. Moe's dual meet wins have come over Loveland, Greenhills and Hamilton Garfield-all highly respected and Top Ten teams in AA. Moeller lost in triangulars to Bacon and St. Xavier and then Centerville and Lebanon. These were followed by a loss to Elder in January.

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VARSITY 8· BAlL BEST IN YEARS

by John Costello

The Crusader cagers have a banner year to date. They hold a 7-4 record at this printing as they keep a four-game winning streak alive and well. With a 3-3 league record, Moe sits in fourth place in the G.C.L., with a third or second place finish a real possibility. Moeller's four-game winning streal: is the longest since the Crusaders' 1972-73 baak~tball season. That year was also the last season that 1\1 oeller played over .500 ball beyond t!le wason's halfway point. In the G.C.L., the roundbl'Jlers defeated St. Xavier twice; 59-54 at home, and 45-42 on the road. This was the first ti..-ne Moe has beaten St. Xavier since the 1972-73 seas<>'!.. Purcell also fell victim to Moe vn their home court on Hackberry, by the score of 75-61. On . the other side of the coin, Moeller lost to Elder, LaSalle and i{oger Bacon by scores of 66-56, 68-59 and 71-66 respectively.

It must be remembered that the Crusaders'

first four losses came very early in the year when many grapplers were not up to par. Also, two · key seniors, Doug Behm and Eric McNaul, were forced to sit out meets while they recuperated from knee injuries.

In non-league ccmpeiition, the Fighting Crusaders defeated }~oone County (82-55) and Chaminade-Julienne {1:!-d) in the 1978 part of their season. These ••ins were followed by an 80-59 wi.-1 over Sycamore and a 58-51 decision over Miami 'irace in the new year.

In addition, Lebanon and Centerville finished in the top ten teams in the state tournament last year. They are expected to do equally well this year.

In the loss column of non-league games, Moe has been set b;~ck only by Walnut Hills (58-48) in the season opener.

With the Elder match, Moeller lost a heartbreaker by two points when an Elder matman tied Moeller in the 175-pound class at the final buzzer on a reversal. Had the Moeller wrestler won, the Crusaders would have won the meet by one point.

Since that first loss, tne Crusaders have meshed as a team and have been playing ball like a true contender for the league title. The only problem the Crusaders have faced consistently is their large number of turnovers _and unnecessary fouls.

Moeller has eight wrestlers (out of a possible thirteen) among the city's top wrestlers by weight class. ·Kirk Tepe (105), a sophomore, is holding down an 8-5-1 record with a firstplace finish in the Glen Este tournament.

Tony Hunter is the premier player on the club. He leads the team in most statistical categories. Dave Thurkill is close behind, and has been doing an excellent job at center.

Senior Ted Walker (112) has the second-best record in the city with a 6-1-0. In addition, he won his weight class at Indian Hill three weeks ago. Senior co-captain Eric Tepe (119) has a record of 11-3-0 and a first (Glen Este) and a second (Indian Hill) place finish in Moe's two tournaments. With a 12-4-0 record, junior Rick Magliano (126) holds down two third-place finishes in tournament competition. At the middleweights, senior Doug Behm (145), even with a late start, currently is holding a 7-1-0 record. He also picked up a first at Indian Hill and a third at Glen Este in the tournament.

At the guald positon Gerry Budde, Joe Gruber, Frank Hunter, Bill Janike, Rick Sunderman and Steve Willis liav~ done a great job in bringing the ball downcourt and getting it: to the big men. Tony 'Hunter is leading the teiun in points with 217 points. This puts him~_m}hird .~hice on the Moeller all-time scoring list with ·'723 points. Only Mike Sylvester and Tom Sante! are ahead of him with 898 and 805 points respectively. Hunter also leads in the rebound column with 132. He is also third in the all-time rebounding list with 524 rebounds. The Sylvester brothers, Mike and Steve,_are the oflly.·two players ahead of Hunter with u70. -and !)42 respectively. In upcoming contests, Moe has a:very important league game against LaSalle at home on Friday, February 2. Later games 'incl1,1de McNicholas (February 6-away ), Elder ·(February 9--away ), and then Lakota (February 13--away). The Crusaders finish their regular season play at home on February 16 against the -~ui'cell Caveliers. I

With a break or two in the_ sectional tournament, Moe stands an e-xcellent cliance to make it to the finals and possibly even go to Dayton for the district tourney.

Joe Apke, Scott Brueggeman, Larry Gates, Tom Jutze and Rick Naylor have been rotating at the forward position and doing a commendable job.

Junior Pat Hunt (167), has an 8-5-0 season record and two first-place finishes. The other senior co-captain Eric McNaul (175) boasts an 8-2-1 record, and a first at Indian Hill and and third at the Glen Este tournaments. Finally, junior John Zeigler (185) is pinning down a 12-3-0 record and holds a first _at the Indian Hill meet and a third at Glen Este. This Saturday night the Moeller grapplers face Northwest (away) in preparation for the G.C.L. tournament at St. Xavier on February 10 ..

TONY HUNTER, THE LEADING SCORER IN THE G.C.L. AND ONE OF THE TOP PLAYERS IN THE CITY, STEALS THE BALL AGAINST THE CAVALIERS AND TAKES IT IN FOR THE SCORE BY MEANS OF A SLAM-DUNK.

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FROSH & RESERVE CAGERS STRUGGLING by Paul Knollman The reserve basketball team, coached by Mr. Ernie Britton, is presently 3-8. They have scored victories over St. Xavier, Purcell and Chaminade-Julienne. Defeats came at the hands of LaSalle, Elder (in overtime), Bacon, Boo< , County, Sycamore and Walnut Hills.

Senior Joe Fago has a very good chance of winning one or more awards. with his five entries in three categories according to Bro. Wanda. Pat Murray, another seniior, has also entered works in three different categories, while senior Tim Condon has entered a portfolio of eight works. On the whole, about eight to ten percent of all entries submitted to the show are accepted for the exhibition itself. Moeller has placed up to thirty percent of its entries in the 1977 exhibition. The lowest percentage ever accepted was five percent in 1964.

St. John the Evangelist parish in Deer Park is in the midst of planning its sixth annual summer musicale. This show will be held this summer, July 20 and 22.

The re8eives have games against Roger Bacon, Princeton,· LaSalle, McNicholas, Elder, Lakota and Purcell remaining on this year's schedule.

The program, initiated by Father John Coghlan, pastor of St. John's, is under the' direction of Richard ("Rick") G. Schlie, a 1973 graduate of Moeller.

The team's eight defeats came from St. Xavier (twice), LaSalle (twice), Elder, Roger Bacon and Princeton. Three of these losses, however, were by a t~tal of five points.

Brother Charles Wanda, S.M., announced that students in Moeller's art department have en· tered a total of forty-eight entries in this year's Scholastic Art Awards competition. Thirtynine are art pieces and nine are. _photography entries.

by John Costello

The theme of the program is HAPPY DAYS! The production will feature musical selections from The Beach Boys, ''The Sound of Music," a medley of love songs, themes from hit Broadway musicals and many other current and alltime favorite songs.

Mr. Shaun Wilkins' freshffian cagers are presently 3-8. They have tallied victories over Sycamore once and Purcell twice.

by Jack Caudill

.Summer Musicale

Players to look for next year as they try for varsity positions include Mike Larkin, Tim Tonges, Mark Brooks, Steve Wheeler, Neal Natrup, Doug Williams, Jeff Cooper, Matt Woellert, Mike Marklay, Matt Suter, Dave Junker, and freshmen Tom Williams and Rob Brown.

Team managers are Tom Lindner and. Chris Tuke.

TONY HUNTER (top) AND JOE LUKENS (bottom). WERE RECENTLY NAMED TO THE COLLEGE COACHES' ALL-AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM. BOTH WERE NAMED TO THE OFFENSIVE TEAM AS TIGHT END AND OFFENSIVE TACKLE RESPECTIVELY. IN ADDITION, LUKENS WAS. NAMED CO-CAPTAIN OF THE OFFENSIVE TEAM. HE APPEARED ON NATIONAL TELEVISION DURING THE HALFTIME SHOW ·oF THE ASTROBLUEBONNET BOWL IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, PLAYED ON DECEMBER 31.

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The frosh have Purcell, Elder, Roger Bacon and Covington Catholic remaining on the regular schedule. · After the season, comes the G.C.L. Freshman Tournament. The fledgling Crusaders hope to show renewed life in this closing contest. Talent to look for in the future include Tim Jolly, Bob Hill, Barry Larkin, Pat Apke, John Askin and Ken Harpler.

The exhibition of the chosen works will be held in the sixth floor exhibition gallery of Shillito's downtown store from February 5 through February 17. All students and faculty are encouraged to attend and see the fine works from the Moeller students and from students throughout the tri-state area. Look for what Brother Wanda describes as his favorite work in the show: "Murray's portrait of me."

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FAVORITE (contnlued from page three) Rossman is technical di.i-ector for the show. Paul Luerhmann and Phil Markgraf are in charge of lighting.

GOD'S FAVORITE traces the misadventures of a wealthy family who is asked by God to renounce him. If the situation sounds familiar, it is. The Book of Job was the basis for this comedy which pokes fun at religion, while delivering a high-powered message at the same time. The combination is unforgettably funny.

Participants in the program include grade school, high school, college and adult singers from the parish and surrounding communities. Some past performers in the program have gone into the fields of entertainment and broadcasting, or they have been contest winners. Some recent members of past casts who have won contests or were featured in other programs are Tom Steele, a graduate of Moeller, class of '77, and Nancy Zimmer, a Mount Notre Dame student who is a member of the All Ohio State FairY outh Choir. Mr. Schlie extends· an open invitation to all Moeller students who are interested in par· ticipating in this musical extravagenza. The first meeting of the participants will take place at 7:30PM, February 4, in the church undercroft. Anyone desiring more information about the program is asked to contact senior Marty Lacey.

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Playhouse Displays Poor "Room Service by Dennis Murphy -On February 9, Cincinnati's Playhouse in the Park opened John Murray and Alien Borety's _1935 classic ROOM SERVICE to an expectant ·audience. The Marx Brothers' movie of the same title has · been .seen by many adults when they. were · -: teenagers years ago. However, what was on ·. Broadway a fast-paced farce is now bubbling drivel in Eden Park. Moments of laughter pop up sporadically, hut this production stews too : much to be the sizzlin' meal of ha-ha's it was under George Abbott's direction. '.ROOM SERVICE tells the misadventures of a producer named 'Miller who puts his entire cast and crew in a hotel for two months to rehearse his new show until backers are found to pay for scenery and. costumes to open the show. The e .."cnses of the stay are all charied to room service. The hotel contains an aspiring actor· waiter from Russia, the slob director, the dingbat writer, the girlfriend, his hyperactive hotel manager brother-in-law, a hotel magnet trying to get the bill paid for a promotion, the girl-nextdoor secretary, and finally a strange man named · England. A backe~ for the show finally appears, but as in all farces, complications arise dealing mainly with staying in the hotel. ·The first production flaw is the uruieeded hardware set that designer Karl Eigsti has added to the usual simple setting. All that is needed is a cheap hotel room with a lot of doors. We get this perfectly. The hotel section is ugly, depressing and a masterpiece of has-been-glory painted in "lovely" pinks and lime green. As I said before, it's perfect. But in an attempt to add a Thirties' atmosphere, I guess, Eigsti has added a towering white procenium arch of flashing chaser lights. He then proceeded to add, suspended around the arch and the hotel set, huge, mulit-colored humps, which I thought were supposed to be ugly clouds.

DISCO Classes

(Special to THE CRUSADER)

Moeller students can be tops on the disco scene. Learn how to dance with a partner to disco music during a special course for teenagers (grades 9 through 12) at the Blue Ash Y.M.C.A. starting Tuesday, February 6, 4:15 PM to 5:15PM. Pat and Jerry Hagerty will teach the most up-to· date styles of Hustle, stressing how to lead and follow a partner. Classes meet on three consecutive Tuesday afternoons at the "Y". Cost is $10 per person ($8 for Blue Ash "Y" members). To enroll, please send your check to the Blue Ash Y.M.C.A., 5000 Y.M.C.A. Drive, Cincinnati, OHIO 45242. For additional information, call the Hagertys at 681-9235, or call the "Y" at 791-5000.

The costuming is not striking, but it did show the Thirties' look effectively. The women, however, are the only characters who show any color or imagination. Carly Summer handled the designs. As for the show itself, it simmers too long. ROOM SERVICE should click with laughter right away, and it should double the amount as it goes along. This doesn't happen. The second act has some very funny moments and builds nicely to a great climax, but as it ends, the floor drops out, and you have to sit through a third act. You never quite forgive the imposition.

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Performances vary. The ml\iority of the cast present believable characters who aren't explod· ed enough to create the hilarious farce. Dan Diggles as the writer comes closest. The rest of the cast aren't "characters" enough to be hil· arious. The play still has laughs, but it's not the spontaneous zanniness which makes this a classic. CMMHME

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at the Cincinnati National College Fair. The Fair will be held Sunday, February 25, from 1:00 PM to 8:00 PM, at the Cincinnati Convention Center. Over 2,000 people are expected to attend this free event. The Fair offers many services to acquaint prospective students of any age with how to find the college or university which best fits their needs. Representatives from about 125 colleges, universities and career schools from around the couritry will be on hand to discuss their institutions' programs and facilities. This is ·an excellent opportunity to gather basic information on colleges, even if you are not planning immediate enrollment. · The Fair offers more than access to college rep· resentatives. Group information sessions on financial aid will be held periodically throughout the Fair. A question-and-answer period will follow each presentation. Many National College Fair visitors make the Individual Counseling and· Career Information Center one of their first stops. Here they can sit down with a counselor oradmissions officer on a one-to-one basis and ask questions on college entrance requirements, costs, majors, programs, financial aid, and careers. Repre· sentatives of the American College Testing Program (ACT) and the College Board will discuss admissions testing and test dates. The Cincinnati National College Fair is one of about fifteen Fairs sponsored yearly by the National Association of College Admissions Counselors, a non-profit educational associa· tion serving secondary school counselors and college admissions and financial aid officers.

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May 25,

Vol XVIII; No. 4

GRADUATION AT LANDMARK BRO. DAVIS, S.M. to Address Grads by Jeff Schutter Moeller High School's sixteenth commencement exercises will be held tonight at Landmark Auditorium. For the last four years Moeller's seniors have been working for the diplomas that will be handed 'fri them toriight. ~· Tonight's program was coordinated by the Dean of Academics, Brother John Habjan, S.M. Through his efforts, those of Father Krusling, Mr. Rieman and Mr. Faust, the auditorium was obtained for tonight's ceremonies, rather than the Taft Theatre downtown where previous graduations have been held. .

Brothers Wanda and Tedesco and Mr. Ledford are responsible for the seating arrangements at the auditorium. Because Landmark is so spacious, there is no limiting of tickets to the affair.

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NE\1\/ LEADERS PREPARE by Joe Gruber

Brother Joseph M. Davis, S.M., Provincial Supervisor of Education for the Socjety of Mary for the Cin.cinnati Province will address the graduates tonight.

The elections for Student Government for the 1979-1980 school ·year are now history. The nien given the responsibility of carrying on the outstanding tradition of leadership at Moeller High School are. now preparing their administrations for the coming school year.

Father Krusling, Principal of Moeller, said,·· "We try to select someone to speak who is an authority on education. Brother Davis is an excellent choice. He is an outstanding educator, he is a Marianist, and he has a message for everyone."

Seniors-to-be Bob Schaeffer and John Eddingfield are the new president and vice president of Council respectively. Rounding out the Executive Officers are Jim Lacey, secretary; and Sam Lockwood, treasurer, both of the Class of 1980.

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Bob Schaeffer wants his administration to be a revenue-producing one. He plans to continue dances, but "(he) wants to add a new wrinkle every other week to keep interest." He intends to watch closely the actions of the individual divisions, and to add more ;:>rojects to those already sponsored by Student Government. He also proposes a more regimented homeroom meeting period, hoping to instill new life into a majority of the previously apathetic student body. His faithful sidekick, John Eddingfield, will "work with Bob to keep Student GovemmenL a functioning organization." He will advise chairmen of committees to have a good representation from all divisions in order to better understand the needs of all the students.

ScHolARs ANNOuNcEd The class of '79 boasts the greatest number of academic scholarship winners ever with twentynine graduating seniors receiving some type of academic scholarships to various colleges. Pictured above are (kneeling; left to right): Jim Rundo (Evans scholarship, Ohio State; Marianist Scholarship, University of Dayton); Jeff Labanz (National l\lerit Sponsored by State Farm scholarship, University of Cincinnati); Charles DeHamel (Kroger academic scholarship, Miami University); Tom Harmon (Marianist scholarship, University of Dayton); Steve Pohlman (Marianist scholarship, University of Dayton; Silverton Women's Club, University of Dayton): Doug Cox (Marianist scholarship,

University of Dayton; Presidential scholarship, Xavier University); Robert Vorbroker (Evans scholarship, Ohio State); Joseph Fago (Evans scholarship, Miami University): David Arlinghaus (Naval ROTC scholarship, Miami University). (Standing; left to right): Mr. Don Shields, guidance counselor; Fr. Lawrence Krusling, Principal, 1\-loeller High School; Joseph Gruber (Ashland Academic scholarship, Notre Dame University); Pat ;\1urray (art scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art); Dave Eagan (Evans scholarship, l'vliami University); John Costello (Voorheis scholarship, Catholic Order of Foresters, Griffith Foundation scholarship, Ohio academic scholarship, University of Cincinnati; i\larianist scholarship, University of Dayton; Presidenti-

al scholarship, Xavier University); Mark Suter (appointment to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy); Tony Durchholz (Procter and Gamble scholarship, University of Cincinnati); Andy King (Presidential scholarship, Northern Kentucky University); Mike Weitfle (Naval ROTC scholarship, Procter and Gamble scholarship, Notre Dame University; Army ROTC, Air Force ROTC; appointment to the U.S. Na,·al Academy; appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy; appointment to the Coast Guard Academy; ~larianist scholarship, University of Dayton; Academic scholarship, Washington University; National Society of Ohio Chapter scholarships in engineering): Bill Kramer (Alum( continued on page eight.)

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DIVISIONAL NEWS T APPEL TAKES LEAVE The highlight of the year for the Junior Division occurred a few weeks ago. On April 21, the Junior Prom took place at the Hearth Supper Club. RIGUSLOO provided the music at this most enjoyable event of the year. Our division closed the year's activities with a Gym Night on May 17. As the class president for this past year, I would like to thank our divisional moderator, Mr. Paul Smith, for his help and contributions. Even though he was a very busy person, he had time to help make the division run very smoothly. I also thank the homeroom representatives for all their work and colaboration. Finally, I hope that Keith Schutter and his new administration will do an even better job during the Class of 1980's final year at Moeller. SCHUTTER SIGNS HABJAN Keith Schutter, senior president, announces the signing of Bro. John Habjan, S.M., as moderator of the senior division for the coming school year. Keith expects to have the prom site and the date of the prom set before the summer is out. He will establish committees inside the senior division to insure complete service and successful projects. Schutter realizes that the senior class is the leader of the school, and he hopes to lead the school in the right direction. DIRR'S TWO BIG PROJECTS

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SKORCZ - GRUBER MEMORANDUM Activities Awards Night, held May 8, honored all those students who participated in various non-athletic activities during the past year. This year's program was emceed by senior Tom Harmon. It was highlighted by the surprise announcement that Bro. Joseph Tedesco, S.M., was the recipient of a trip to Vatican City. This trip was a gift from the senior class and other donors. We would also like to acknowledge those students who helped organize and set up the program. A special thanks goes to Larry Bates, Jeff Wiebell, Rob Preston and Rick Sunderman who sacrificed valuable study time. to carry risers off the stage. They· did a great job considering what little they had to-- work with.

********** Dances have made a dramatic comeback in these last few months. This seems to be due to the scheduling of the Disco Dances. We hope they continue to generate revenue for the Student Government in the future; so that the Council may expand their services · to meet more students' needs.

********** Elections have been held and we offer our congratulations to the newly-elected officials. We hope that Bob Schaffer and John Eddingfield keep the fine traditions of Student Government going and ·provide adequate leadership for the school. We are all assured they will do just that.

Tim Dirr, the re-elected junior divisional president sees Homecoming and the Junior Prom as being the main projects for his class. "We plan on a very successful year with lots of activities, and a grand prom to top off the year," Tim stated. . COOK PLANS FUND Steve Cook, who takes ·over the reign as sophomore president next year, hopes to "keep the old money ball rolling." His main objective is to establish a fund which will offset expenses in the junior and senior years so that time and effort may be spent on senior activities without the burden of raising money that year.

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The area, about the size of two classrooms, will be used for student productions. Mr. John Massarella, coordinator of the Humanities Program at Moeller, is responsible for the furnishing of this area of the addition.

by Jeff Schutter

The student production of "God's Favorite" this past year helped to determine the area be designed as a small theatre, seating about one hundred patrons.

The SPnior Class has donated th<• remammg money in its treasury, about $500, to th£> nPw acting area to he located in the annPx to be added to Moel!Pr's gymna,ium.

In addition to the gift of money from the Senior Class, the Humanities class is also contributing about $190 from its treasury for the furnishing of this area.

The school year, and for the seniors--an enjoyable stay of four years,--is coming to an end. The students we have met and the teachers we have had will never be forgotten. We remember: Leroy and the "Fons," T. Johns with "docks" and "Skippy" and "stuff like that,'' Bro. Joe and the Adlerian Superman. Fred's "got no time," Ro's "Super,'' and BJB's "got a true story." We remember "Fuzzy" and the State rallies, Koegel and Condeni. And who can forget Bro. Habjan and Fr. Putka, cognitive dissonance and homogeneity, Machiavelli and the "mower cut." And Mr. Schlotman, Sarge from Harrison, with seventeen minutes left to go in class to work on· something more pressing. Higgins and Prelandia. And Mr. Massarella, a legend in his own time. We find ourselves saddened by the loss of friendly relationships with members of school, but we remain optimistic of the life to come. We are confident that the educational experiences we have received from Moeller will give our life to be lived a complete and satisfying light. But· we cannot -let this· moment· go cwithout . throwing a few jests at the faculty and at some of our fellow students: TIMEX AWARD: Sarge Schlotman, who knew the exact time of every morning announcement. "DISCO RO" AWARD: T. Kevin Shea. COMMISSIONER OF THE YEAR AWARD: "Sodium Joe" of Table Top Baseball fame. MOST LIKELY TO BREAK BONES AWARD: Tim Dugan and Joe Burnett. OFFICE CLEANER OF THE YEAR AWARD: Greg Rossmann. THE PHYSICS TEST OF THE YEAR AWARD: Jim Rundo: THE GOTTCHA AWARD: T. K. Shea. MOST LIKELY TO BREAK THE SCANDAL OF 1985 AWARD: John "Scoop" Costello. MOST LIKELY TO BE THE SCANDAL OF 1985 AWARD: ,Jeff "Doobie" Schutter. MOST LIKELY TO BLOW UP A CLASSROOM AWARD: Mr. HullUliel. MOST LIKELY TO CLIMB THE EXECUTIVE LADDER AWARD: Mr. Rovito MOST HURT BY THE TOBACCO STRIKE OF 1985 AWARD: Bro. Habjan. MOST LIKELY TO BE ROASTED IN 1985 AWARD: Mr. Ledford. THE LOGICAL UNDISTRffiUTED MIDDLE AWARD: Bro. Tedesco and Bro. Lange (a tie). THE BEST MILEAGE OUT OF A PAIR OF PANTS AWARD: Mr. Rieman. MOST LIKELY TO BE ELECTED REFRESHMENTS CHAIRMAN AT THE COLLEGE PROM AWARD: Mark Skorcz. MOST LIKELY TO SHOOT "90" IN THE FINAL ROUND AWARD: Tim Gallo. MOST LIKELY TO MEMORIZE THE STATE CONSTITUTION OF ALASKA AWARD: Fr. Putka. THE TEETH MOST LIKELY TO TURN YELLOW AWARD: Mr. Frietch, the dog. MOST LIKELY TO BURN SENIOR PICTURE: Larry Gates.

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New Staff GONGRATS by Marty Lacey Brother Elmer Lange, S.M., moderator of THE CRUSADER, announces that next school year the journalism class will be reinstated in the English department's curriculum. The class will be open to senior students ·for one semester. Students are to show a degree of writing proficiency before being admitted to the class. In addition to the journalism class, students will also work on the newspaper staff and the television news cast as an extra curricular activity. Already thirty-two students have indicated their interest in working· on the newspaper staff and the telecasts. Thirty of these will be seniors next year. Brother Lange said the new editor-in-chief will have to make an effort to recruit writers from the underclasses so that activites in those areas will be given equal coverage. Keith Schutter has been tapped as the editorin-chief of THE CRUSADER for the. coming school year. The television staff and crew has not yet been selected according to Bro. Lange. The televised newscast every other week was forced to discontinue its telecasting most of the second semester this vear when ·a vital tube was blown during the production of the Humanities play. The tube will be replaced during the summer when the parts arrive from Japan.

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Senior Dan Meinking. Dan became the Ohio State High School Chess Champion and represented Ohio at national competition in Washington, D.C. In D.C., Dan placed twentieth in the nation. Sophomore John Latchney. John won the top prize in Grade Ten category in the Cincinnati High ·school Chess Championship. Junior Jim Buehler. Jim hils been serving as a youth representative to the Blue Ash Council on various issues that need input and comment from the young people of the community. Juniors Keith Schutter and John Eddingfield. Both of these students have been selected to represent Moeller at Xavier University's Operation Youth.on X.U.'s campus from June 9 to June 16. Senior Joe Gruber. Joe was MOeller's representative · to the Northside/College Hill Kiwanis Club Student . Recognition Day. Dan Bohlen, Jay Jackson, Dan Mueller and Tom Regensburger. These Moeller students were seiected to represent the school at the Deer Park Council, Student Government Night. Dan Donnellon, Greg Jaun, Mark Rudolph· and Mike Weitfle. These seniors were Moeller's ·reps to the Montgomery City Council.

STUDENTS RECOGNIZED by Mike Wei tile Moeller's third annual Activities Awards Night was held in the school's auditorium Tuesday evening, May 8. Awards were presl'nted to students for their participation in school activities this school year. The Oath of Office was administered to the new Student GoV<'mment memhPrs, :md the Student Government's gavel wa' JHL,sl'd to Bob Schaffer, the new pn"id<·nt. Special awards wefl' Jlfl'st'nted to students for participation in Catholic Big Brothers, radioelectronit:s club, chess club, sales dub, magic club, It's Academic, photography cluh, the TEMPLAR, the CRUSADER, imd the spe<'ch club. After the speech club awards were pn,scnted Dan Donnellon and !\lark l\hmley ~lid their

award-winning intcrpre.tation of. the Scopes' monkey trial. Other clubs to present awards to their iuemb~rs were the SqUJ RE, the members of the llumanities play, tabletop sports, the rally committee and the servicP club. · . At the conclusion of the cerem~nies, thP S<'nior class presented Brother Joseph Tedesco, S.M., their class moderator for the pa't four years with a surprise gift--a three-week trip to VatiCl!ll City.. .

Brother Lange commented that he was very pleased with the work of the staff this past year. He especially complimented John Costello. "John was the best editor-inchief I have had the plea~ure of working with since I have moderated the newspaper. He accepted his responsibilities and worked hard publishing an interesting newspaper."

Dave Muhlenpoh and Steve Martin. Both students have been selected to represent Moeller at Buckeye Boy's State in June.

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Brother also complimented the newscasting team of Caudill and Lacey. He expects to see them some night as anchormen on one of the local channels~ Watch out, AI!

Steve Beitman, Jim Buehler, Jim H~ath and · Mike Suter. These students are Moeller's reps to the Blue 'Ash City Council Student GovemmenfOay.

On Monday, May ·14, the annual Academic Awards Night. was held in the school auditorium.

Dan Donnell on and .Mark Manley. This dynamic duo represented Moeller at the Cincinnati Bar Association Student Lawyer for a Day.

qfLcoming ~cholarc§ by Dan .'3ruening The results of the entrance examinations taken by eighth grade students planning to attend Moeller High School next year have been released. Four deserving students will receive academic scholarship based on their test scores and letters of recommendation. The first place finisher is David Fallat of Good Shepherd parish, Symmes Township. John Nolan of St. Gertrude's parish, Madiera, is second. Both of these students are winners of $500 scholarships per year for their four years at Moeller. Michael Durham of St. Michael's parish, Sharonville, and Fred Goosman of the Indian Hill

school district, will receive $250 scholarships per year for their four years at Moeller.

Special awards were given to several seniors including the Salutatorian Award and the Valedictorian Award, These:two awards were given to David Eagan and David Arlinghaus. Many seniof" achieved four year Honors (90% average for fifteen quarters) and Academic Department Awards for four years of excellence in each subject.

Father Lawrence Krusling, Principal of Moeller High School, commented, "All of the winners finished in the ninety-ninth percentile of the entrance examination scores. We had to take the raw scores of the tests to determine thP eventual number one, two, three and four winners."

Seniors Lee Czerwonka, Martin Lac!'y, Steven. McGrew and John Williamson receivPd awards for four years of Perfect Attendanci'.

Two other eighth graders, Larry Fritz of St. Susanna parish, and Keith Engel of St. Saviour parish, Rossmoyne, won the Bruce Hutton Memorial Scholarship. This award is worth $ J 25 per year for each of the four years. The scholarship wa~ established by the family as a memorial to Bruce Hutton, Class of '7 5, who diPd recently.

Four Scholastic Art. Awards Wl'fl' prl'sent.ed t.o seniors Joe Fago (finalist. in graphic dPsign) and Petp llust<'f (k<'Y in ink drawin~). fn•shm:m Mat.t.hPw BPinwsdw (finalist in wat.<'f<:<>lor), and freshman Mark l'nwlidwr (honorahiP mention in prints).

Junior Matthew llennel was awarded the RensseiPar MPdal for excellPnc!' in math :md science.

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Skorcz to D. C.; Costello to Columbus by Joe Gruber

by Phil Schneider

On Wednesday, March 21, editor-in-chief John Costello travelled to the Statehouse in Columbus for a day of touring and interviews with State government officials. He was a guest of Channel 9 News on their fifth annual State Government Day. Following a bus ride and reception with some thirty-eight other editors from area papers, Costello attended a morning press conference with State Senators William Bowen and Richard Finan, and State Representatives William Mallory and Robert A. Taft II. The majority of the hour-long conference dealt with education, school subsidy and desegregation. During the week of March 19 to the 23, Student Government President Mark Skorcz flew to Washington, D.C. as a participant in the Eighth Annual Congressional Scholarship Program. This program, sponsored by the Cin· cinnati Chamber of Commerce, allows sixty area high school students to visit Washington, and to learn more about the operation and functioning of our federal government.

One of the major points made was how the schools were actually funded. Senator Finan explained that "schools receive the bulk of their income through real estate (property) tax. To. help equalize the amount of money each district receives, the State set up the General Revenue Equalization Fund to supplement the income of the districts with smaller tax bases."

During his stay, Mark attended discussions with such dignitaries as F.B.I. Director William Webster and Ohio Senator John Glenn. In addition, Mark met with area congressmen Willis Gradison and Tom Luken, as well as other congressmen at a special congressional reception.

Finan· added, "Unfortunately, no supplementary revenue fund can be fair to all school districts due to their diverse nature."

Throughout his five-day stay, Mark toured many government buildings, including the White House, the Capital, and the Supreme Court. He also toured such landmarks as the ·smithsonian Institute, the F.B.I. building, the Library of Congress and the Wax Museum. According to Mark, the highlight of the trip was seeing the play "The Wiz" at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

However, Senator Bowen of the Senate Fi· nance Committee countered, "The Senate is currentlv considering a bill that allots funds based ~n the wealth of the district vs. the schools' operating costs rather than the current system based on raw tax dollars." Bowen added, " ... in my twelve years in state politics, I have seen the number of school districts drop from over 1,300 to its current total of 617, due mostly to money matters." Dealing with Catholic and non-public education, Senator Taft disclosed that " ... fifty to one hundred million dollars are allocated annually to Ohio non-public schools. However, we are currently experiencing legal difficulties with the American Civil Liberties Union concerning the principle of the separation of Church and State." Dealing with unemployment, Rl:odes stated: "Ohio is able to compete with every state for jobs as eighty-five of the 500 leading industries in the world are based in Ohio. As far as the future is concerned, the youth are fortunate that 55% of all (high school) students are involved with vocational education. This not only helps current students prepare for the future, but it also gives Ohio's 30,000 high school drop-outs a second chance."

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Rhodes sees Ohio as being " ... economically attractive to big business. ... (l)t leads the nation in job gathering. We are now negotiating with several firms in Europe, and we are planning a business-recruiting trip to (mainland) China to attract more industry." "On the whole," .John concluded, "I found the trip to be very worthwhile. It increased my knowledge of politic> and government in such a way !.hat a textbook could not. I believe every studPnt should be fortunate enough to have such an opportunity. I was most impress-

ed with the openess of our press conference participants, all except for Governor Rhodes. He gave a very roundabout answer in defensP of his signing a 28% pay hike bill for the Gen· era! Assembly and misdirected my question on tax abatements and school revenues into his successful job policy. But I guess it's tactics such as that which make a successful politician." Voinovich, as Lt. Governor, sees his job as being a little like the Vice President. "I have little actual dialogue with the governor, no day-to-day responsibilities and do not preside over the Senate. Rather, I deal with local governments as an emisary between them and the Statehouse."

As for as their political futures, Celebrezze will probably look for re-election, while Voinovich hinted that the governor's job looks good to him. The day ended with a press conference with Governor James Rhodes, his first official conference since being sworn in for his fourth term as governor. Unfortunately for the editors, Rhodes was his typical political self. He answered few if any questions directly, and he often went off on a tangent. All question~ were answered along pl'lrty lines pointing out his. personal achievements i:t that given area. The meeting closed with Senator Bowen releasing the findings of the Senate Desegregation Committee only moments after it was released to the working press in another conference room. The findings were that " ... the State should fund voluntary bussing measures while the school districts are to be held solely (finan. cially) responsible if found guilty of segregation practices." While on tour of the Statehouse, the editors sat in on a House Judiciary meeting. John commented: "I had no idea that the scope of state government was so vast. During the short time we were present, the committee heard cases dealing with a multi-county correctional facility, federal land appropriations, diplomatic relations w:th China and a petition to the government of Russia requesting the release of a political prisoner." The editors held a luncheon press conference with Lt. Governor George Vanovich and Secretary of State Anthony Celebrezze. Although from opposing parties, both stressed the importance of membership in one of the two major parties, in addition to active participation in government through voting, signing petitions, letter-writing, and the like. As Secretary of State, Celebrezze's m;Qor job is that of chief election officer for the state. Although personally in favor of electionday registration, Celebrezze sees it as a dead issue and feels the next alternative is going out to the public to make pre-registration easier. He is currently working on a program that will expose high school students to as much politics as possible. Since the 18-24 age group is statistically the lowest voting group, Celebrezze sees them producing the greatest initial return.

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From the ranks of Moeller's 258 graduating seniors, sixteen students have emerged as outstanding athletes who have won collegiate scholarships in exchange for their talents on the field of competition.

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SPII<ERS HIT HARD by Phil Schneider Moeller's track team posted a successful season by establishing victories in both the G .C.L. and the sectional championships. The G.C.L. finals were held at St. Xavier High School on May 4, a cold and rainy night. Despite .the weather and two controversial calls, the team was able to bring back a marginal victory.

Pictured above are : (First row; left to right): Bro. Robert Flaherty, S.M., Director of Guidance; Rick Neill, (Miami University, football); Joe Gruber (Harvard, football, not accepted); Phil Schneider (Franklin, football); Mark Suter (U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, football); Wayne Morrison (University of Virginia, football); Father Lawrence Krusling, Principal of Moeller High School). (Second row; left to right): Tim Dugan (Indiana Unive~ty, football); Joe Burnett (Valparaiso University, football); Steve McGrew (North Carolina State, football); Jeff Weibell (Indiana University, football); Kevin Garry (Harvard, football); Mike Puthoff (Morehead State, football). (Third row; left to right): Tony Hunter (Notre Dame, football); Dave Wilking (University of Cincinnati, baseball); Larry Gates, (Purdue University, football); Scott Brueggeman (U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, basketball); Joe Lukens (Ohio State, football).

The Crusaders were led by Tony Hunter, Rick Neal, Ted Catino, Mark Berger, Rick Hovey, Andy Fladung, Eric Ellington, Steve Willis, Elliott Menifee, Jim Rohlfs, Jeff Syeckley, and Doug Williams. ·

However, the sophomore team did not come out on the short end of the stick. Two times this year they all worked together and pulled out a second and third place finish. The sophomore team sports many good, solid athletes, and when next yeat rolls around, they should field many strong contenders.

A week later the Crusaders ran the sectionals in the hope of advancing to the state championships. The Crusaders won at the ·sectionals and ·~arned the bono~ of .:noving on to the next level of competition-the districts. The districts are held in Dayton.

Dan Agricola, Greg Bannon, Bob Cowherd, Mark .Brooks, ... ~asey .. Kavanaugh, Tim King, and .Pat Nolan 3re just -a few of the names to look for next sear.

Tony Hunter moves on to the districts in the 220, Rick Neal will compete in the 330 low hurdles, Eric Ellington will run in the 100-yard dash, and all .three of the above-mentioned athletes will team with Steve Willis to compete in the 440 and the mile relay. Mr. Jeff Liebert, coach of the varsity track team, commented: "This year's team has the possibility of scoring a lot of points. We have four men who compete in five different events, and with a victory in the top three places, we could bring home a state championship." The sophomore track team fell short of a G.C.L. title with the absence of four athletes. Doug Williams, Jim Rohlfs, Bob Cowherd and Jeff Szeckley all competed on the varsity level and scored a total of four points for that sqaud. This was a very .vital part of the outcome for the varsity since they .only won by a marginal eight points.

Hardballers Round Out Season

by Dan Bruening

The 1979 edition of Moeller's varsity baseball team ended its season with a mediocre 9-9-1 record. The Crusaders' 64-1 record in the G.C.L. was good enough for second place tie with LaSalle behind undefeated Elder. The team was again guided by Coach Mike Cameron and assistant coach Dale Fritch.

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The post-season tournament saw the Crusaders beat Milford in the first game by a score of 8-5. The team's building momentum was cut short though as they suffered a tough 7-6 loss to Western Hills in the second game. This year's varsity batting average proved to be the best in the school's history. Major contributions to this .320 average included Tom

Ciarke (.404), Rick Sunderman (.404), Dwayne Dubois (.339), Keith Kohorst (.319), and Rick Naaylor (.318). Senior Dave Wilking proved to be the premier hurler on this year's squad. His 4-1 record combined with a 1.84 ERA earned him a spot on the Second Team All-G.C.L. "Overall, we're satisfied with this year's season," stated Coach Mike Cameron. "The boys played within their limitations. It just seemed that whenever we were forced to make the big defensive play, we came up with an error. Our pitching also let us doWn sometimes." Look for next year's .team to be a very strong contender for the G.C.L. title.

Coach Wilkins commented he ·was not disappointed with this year's outcome .. He believes these team members will contribute greatly to next year's varsity track team.

Netters Volley· by Rob Hildebrandt The Moeller tennis team, under the guidance of Coach Tom Hummel, compiled! a record ·of 10-7, with one match yet to be played. In G.C.L. competition, the Moeller netters are ranked second, behind St. Xa11ier. After a shakey first round; the netteJrS showed a strong finish, winning twenty-one team points out of twenty-five. They defeated such teams in the process as Elder, LaSalle and Roger Bacon. Moeller sent three players to the Sycamore tournament.· This event invites players from the top sixteen teams in the city. Moeller's competitors were its Number One singles player, Jim. Tressler, and the doubles team of Brian Booth and Jam Lambert. In the sectional tournament, MoeUer had more players advance to the quarter finals than any other team in the dty. Singles players Jim Tressler, Brian Booth, Jim O'Leary and doubles teams of Don Hachey-Jay Lambert and Rob Hildeb_randt-Greg Matanguihan all advanced to the quarter finals. Jim Tressler qualified for the district competition in Dayton. Coach Hummel commented on the improvement of the entire team, especially the doubles teams, as the season progressed. After Lhis season, .the team will lose the thn:-.e seniors, but there will be many experienced returnees who will make for a competitive "next season."

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by Jolm Costello Mr. Kenneth P. Schlotman, chairman of the social studies department at Moeller High School, announces that, effective the first day of the 1979-80 school year, the department will use a booklet dealing with the format and requirements of all research and term papers within that department. The nine-page booklet was composed by a committee of teachers which included Mr. Paul Smith, Bro. John Habjan, S.M., and Mr. Schlotman. They also consulted booklets used by Xavier University, the University of Cincinnati, the University of Dayton, and Raymond Walters College. The committee selected what they felt was the best from each of these schools' booklets.

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The booklet, to be sold in Moeller's bookstore, contains all the information necessary for properly constructing term an.d research papers, from the Introduction, 'through the body and to the Conclusion of the paper. It also includes information on footnotes and bibliography. The format outlined in the booklet will be required to be Jollowed by students submitting reports in the social studies classes. The basic format is flexible enough that it ~ill be applicable for reports in other subject areas. However, it is not yet required. The adherence to the format will depend on the individual teacher in other departments. The student will be encouraged to check with the teacher before beginning a report.

MCCOMAS·· To Germany by Marty Lacey Sophomore Rennit McComas will be spending three ·weeks in Germany this summer as a part of the Student Exchange Service.

Senior Rick Brown of D.E. won the Jello Slurping contest sponsored by seninr homeroom 4B. Rick earned his trophy by slurping three-and-a-half pounds of cherry gelatin, -whip cream topping and two cherries in 1:58 seconds. He nosed out Matt Rauckhorst . who rmished his q~ota in 2:03. Other finalists were Dave Eagen, Dean Kappner and Mark Weibel. These five finalists emerged from a field of fourteen semi-finalists who were required to slurp one-and-one-half pounds of jello. Over sixty seniors and three facnlty members participated in the preliminary rounds slurping one pound of gelatin. The contest was the "brain child" of 4B members John Costello, Pat Craven, o,m Donncllo and Joe Dotson. Frank Dieckman and .John Frey were responsible for seeing that portions were weighed accurately and serving as judges in the actual competition. Who said there's always room for Jello'!

Rennit departs from Cincinnati on June 14 for Frankfurt, West Germany via New York City. His first four days will be spent travelling in German Franconia, visiting Wurzburg, Bamberg, the !\lain Valley wine country and other points of interest. ltennit will live with a German host family in Wetzlar. lle will attend regular classes at a school in ,the area. His classroom education will be supplemented by daily conversation in German along with taking part in the German social life.

SPEECH GOES NATIONAL by Dan Bruening Members of Moeller's Speech Club will be traveling to Milwaukee May 25 for the Grand National Tournament of the National Catholic Forensic League. Those students who will attend the national . competition include Dave Ledwin and Chris Biersack (oratorical declamation), Dan Dunnellon and Dan Hustmyer (dramatic performance), Mark Toft (extemporaneous speaking), and Mark Manley (oral interpretation). Jim Lacey was designated an alternate at district competition in March. A total of twenty,four students from· the Cincinnati District of the National Catholic Forensic League will travel to the Nationals. Six of those students are from debate teams·, and the reminaing eighteen students compete in individual events. Of those eighteen entries, six will come from Moeller. Moeller has the largest number of studentS competing from any of the schools in this district. Other schools include St. Xavier, Covington Latin, Forest Park, Walnut Hills, Elder, Princeton, Carroll, and Ursuline Academy. · Brother Dan Stupka, S.M., moderates Moeller's Speech Club.

TESTS SERVE USEFUL PURPOSE by M. P. Lacey During the month of December, the Moeller English department administered the Stanford Diagnostic Reading Test III (SORT III) to all underclassmen. The SORT Ill was designed to show how each student handles the entire reading process. The test was used to diagnose student problems and adjust the English curriculum to best fulfill the needs of the individual student. The SDRT III was composed of four parts. The first section dealt with reading comprehension. The student had to recall ideas stated or implied in a story. The student was also forced to make deductions and draw conclusions from ideas not stated in the story. The secon<! ... c.ion dealt with the student's ability to choose the best definition for a given word. It also included a testing of the student's knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, roots and base \\·ords.

Decoding was the principal aim of the third section. This area involved dividing words into sound units . The final section of the test was concerned with rate of reading. The student was asked a question and then asked to scan an article for the answer. This exercise was used to see if the student could extract general and specific ideas from articles. Each junior, sophomore and freshman student received a diagnostic profile with a letter written under the signatures of Bro. John Habjan, S.M., Moeller's Dean of Academics, and Mr. John Massarella, Chairman of Moeller's English department. The letter pointed out the functior. and the necessity of the test as a parental aid in determining course selections of the student according to his abilities and the skills demanded by the specific course offerings.

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by Dan Donnellon

by Marty Lacey

When Brother Dan Stupka, S.M., returned to Moeller as a teacher of English in 1977, he brought with him a wealth of knowledge and background that would benefit both the stu· dents and the school.

Mr. Shaun Wilkins will be leaving Moeller after teaching here one year. Mr. Wilkins has accepted a job in the actuarial department of the Great American Insurance Company.

As EVERYONE knows by now, Brother Joseph Tedesco, S.M., will be leaving Moeller to attend the Marianist seminary at the University of Toronto in the fall.

Along with his work, Mr. Wilkins will be study. ing hard to pass tests to attain Associate and Fellowship levels in the actuary profession. Mr. Wilkins estimates that it will take five to seven years of testing to attain the level of Fellow in one of the actuarial societies.

We tried, unsuccessfully of course, to track down this perpetual motion machine in order to conduct a SERIOUS interview with him.

Brother Dan brought a B.S. degree from the University of Dayton, an M.A. degree from Ohio State University, and M. A. degree from the University of Notre Dame. At Moeller Brother taught his students American Heritage, speech and Composition I these past two years. Brother also brought with him an extraordinary talent for coaching the art of competitive speech (forensics). In late 1977, he revived the Moeller Forensic Team which lay dormant for nearly eight years. This past year Brother Stupka was elected district chairman of the Catholic Forensic League. Brother Dan will be returning to a teaching position at Memphis Catholic High School, the school from which he came two years ago. He will_ replace Brother George Dein· lein, S.M., who has been selected to be the Assistant Provincial of the Society of Mary for the Cincinnati Province. by Marty Lacey Moeller's math department will certainly have big shoes to fill next year. Mr. Thomas Gerrein has announced that he will not be returning for the next school year. Mr. Gerrein, a teacher of algebra for fourteen years at Moeller, leaves behind an enormous legend of "Leroy," "Shorty Nickles," "Bertha Lou," "Nasty Ned,". and "Ready Teddy." His demonstrations of "radiation," and his lectures on parabola and the reverberation factor are unequalled. A math major at Villa Madonna College (now Thomas More), Moeller is the only school

Mr. Wilkins is a native Cincinnatian. He attend· ed St. Xavier High School. He majored in math at the University of Cincinnati, and after graduating from U.C., Mr. Wilkins earned his teaching certificate at Xavier University. His first teaching experience was at Walnut Hills where he taught the seventh grade stu· dents. He then taught calculus, trigonometry and algebra at Covington Catholic High School for five years. Last year he came to Moeller to teach trigonometry and algebra. Mr. Wilkins spent his first weeks trying to acclimate himself to Moeller. He .had trouble adjusting to a school-twice the size of Coving· ton Catholic. Mr. Wilkins said he thoroughly enjoyed the school, especially working with the faculty and teaching the students. We wish Mr. Wilkins the best of luck in his future work. Mr. Gerrein has taught at. He has so many great memories that he could riot isolate any one favorite experience for this reporter. Mr. Gerrein's plans for next year are still in· definite. I-!e has several job interviews that are pending. "Leroy" will remain behind, according to Mr. Gerrein. "Leroy" will be a permanent IIXture in the math room, unless he is called upon for "learning experiences" by some other teacher.

We wanted to know the REAL truth about his early career with the Cleveland Ballet Company as a child star; why he left the ballet company and went into the boxing ring. We wanted to know what fascination he finds with making rats run through mazes each year; why doesn't he get a monkey once in a while to work an experiment with. Various members of the staff tried to corner him··a physical impossibility,-but he wore out five of our best reporters. Brother was either at lunch, in his guidance module, at the snack . bar, typing a stencil in the office, out at Arby's or in his classroom, at MacDonald's, or in the photo lab counting his rolls of recently acquired film, or at Burger Chef. We even commissioned Brother Lange to inter· view him. "Impossible!" reported Brother. "Either he was too busy eating to answer my questions, or else I was to busy eating to ask him questions. We never could seem to coord· inate our empty moments." Therefore, we must resort to the old Oriental method of communication. Since a picture is worth a thousand words, we here print Brother Joe's favorite picture. Enjoy our three thousand word essay. Believe us, Brother Joe, you will not be forgotten! The nearby eateries have agreed to fly their flags at half-mast the day you cross the border into Canada. [Stock in Arby's of Canada is said to have risen five points in the last two days. Buy early and avoid the rush!]

--------------------------------------------------------------·----------· by John Costello Mr. Donald Schlosser of the Moeller Guidance Department has announced that this will be his last year at Moeller. He will pursue a career as a full-time independent insurance agent. Mr. Schlosser, a lifetime resident of St. Bernard and father of two sons, came to Moeller eleven years ago immediately after he received his B.S. in Economics from Xavier University. During his stay at Moeller, Mr. Schlosser received his Master of Education degree with an emphasis in guidance from X.U. He earned that degree in 1971, and the following year he went into guidance work here at Moeller. Five years ago he branched out into the insurance field as a salesman. A majority of his clientel are Moeller grads. Throughout the years, Mr. Schlosser has always taught in the math department as an Algebra I or Algebra II instructor. A sportsman, Mr. Schlosser played basketball extensively in high school where he was co· captain of the Roger Bacon varsity team in his senior year ('63-'64). [His claim of thirteen· plus scoring average was unable to be verified, but it is believed to be accurate.]

His knowledge of the sport led him to a coaching job at Moeller from 1968 to 1974 on the freshman and reserve levels. "I never won a league title or anything like that, but they were all good teams. I know my last three seasons were all 11-7 ," Schlosser reminisced. His two greatest sports records that he is most proud of include the most wins in the faculty golf tournament and his undefeated two-ontwo record when teamed up with Mr. Tom "Leroy" Gerrein. Schlosser's only unachieved goal is to "regain the faculty golf crown this year from last year's winner, Joe Ashbrock." On the subject of the Scholosser-Gerrein team up, he comments, "We took all comers, but no one could break us. The Gigliottis, the Parkers, the Camerons and others all fell by the wayside." When asked if the duo had ever faced, say, Tony Hunter and Dave Thurkill on the hard· boards, Schlosser regretfully responded that " ... we've been in semi-retirement for several years, and I don't think it would be fair to them if we couldn't give 100%~"

-----------------· On Moe in general: "It was a very enjoyable experience, and it was not an easy decision to leave the school. But in fairness to my family, I find it necessary. I plan to keep b close contact with the students, the graduates, and the faculty through my insurance business. I plan to make periodic visits to Moeller's events. Moeller was my first and only teaching job, and I'm glad for that. I doubt that I could have found any place that would have been better."

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Walk -a-Thon

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This year's reserve squad, coached by i\lr. Paul Smith, ended the season with an impressive 10-5 overall record, and a 7-3 mark in the G.C.L. Thls was good enough for a second place finish. This record also included two wins over first-place Elder.

Coach Ernie Britton had the tough job of introducing the freshmen baseball players to the winning traditions that go with baseball at Moeller. The freshmen left room for improvement though as they ended their season with a 5-5 record.

';'he sophomores' fine pitchlng staff was led by ;\latt Woellert ( 1.65 ERA) and i\like Larkin (.000 ERA).

Greg Fritz and John Koterba were the workhorses for the freshmen on the mound .this year, while the hltting attack was led by Barry Larkin, Mike Gilligan and Mike Willging. Other freshmen standouts this year included Rob Ebel and Ron Kaas .

by Keith Schutter The money for the 1979 Walk-a-t110n has not yet been collected tn full, but from the amount handed in thus far, it looks as if the student body raised over $10,000. :\·lr. Gerry Faust, coordtnator of the event, was very pleased with the results. He was particularly pleased that each division rPached ·1007c of its goal. Most of the monl'y will be used to help pay the cost of repaving the school parking lots last sununer. ,i

The junior division was the highest contributing division. The school has cleared nearly $10,000 of the $11,511.60 collected thus far. Paul Hildebrandt received the top prize of $400. One hundred dollar prizes were won by Don Helgeson, 1\lark Shairpshair, Dan Sw<'eney and Dan Porter.

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Senior Dave Eagan Will welcome the assembly to the evening's events, and the last voice of the Class of '79 at 1\loeller High School will be Dave Arlinghaus. "This class has b<'en one of the rj.,ost wellbalanced classes to graduate tram ~-Joeller," Father Krusling commented. "They have had good athletes, good students, excellent musicians and artists. Any problems that were encountered were ironed out by working through the Student Government and Bro. Tedesco, a terrific moderator. I only hope the upcoming class can follow tn the footsteps of the Class of '79." THE CRUSADER staff congratulates the graduates and \vishes them well in thl'ir future choices.

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ni ~!etit scholarship, Catholic \\"omen of Cincinnati scholarship, l\lianti University); Dennis ~Jurphy (;lladeria Women's Club, academic scholarships, Thomas :\lore· College); Bro. 'Robert Flalwrty, s.:-1., (partially blocked) Director of Guidance; Bro. John llabjan, S.'.-1., Dean of Academics. (Row Three; left to right): ,Jeff Schutter (appotntment to the U.S . .-\ir Force Academy): l\lark Cook (\lppotntment to the U.S. ~:ilitarv Academy); Jirn Emerson (Presidential sch~larship, Xavier , UniYersity); Jack Caudill (~lenessal1 Cutler scholarship, Ohio L'niYersity); Greg Jaun (Blue Ash \\'omen's Club, :\otre Dame .\Iunmi scholarship, UniYersity of C\otre DrunP: .-\lunmi ~letit scholarship, ~liruni l.'niwrsity.\; l;a~- Robt'rtson (academic scholarship. ~lurray State· l'niversity): Paul Luehrmann (Blue Ash \\'omen's Club scholarship. Purdue t.'niYersity); \latt Ford (.-\lmnni l\Ierit. scholarship, Kf'nwood \\'omen's Cluh scholarship. Cincinnati EnquirPr scholarship, :\liruni l'niversity); Tim lUanne (EYans scholarship, :'\liami L:niversit~·): ~Jr. Paul Smith, guidancP counselor. (:'\ot pictur~d) Scott l:lntpggPmmm !appointment. to the L.S. ~lPrch,_mt \Iarine .-\cademy).

The hltters crune through with a very impressive . 315 t~run batttng average. Big men with the bat included l\like Larkin; !\like Hartman, and Rob Williford. Expect to see Mike Larkin, Ron Lindhorst, Rob Williford, Matt Woellert and Mik"e Hartman as impressive juniors on next year's varsity squad.

Look for Rob Ebel, Barry Larkin ru1d Greg Fritz to lead next year's reserve terun as they hegin to play in the tough G.C.L.

"This terun will need to work on defense. They must also Jearn not to let up when they're Commented :.1r. Smith, "Athletically, thls is the altead," commented Coach Britton. finest sophomore terun I've ever coached. They have the potentiill and ability to win the G.C.L. Their one major weakness is that they need to THE CRUSADER staff has learned that work more On a terun COncept and not Mr. Tom Hummel, coach ru1d science about individual stats. If they Jearn to ar::~t : teacher at Moeller these past nine years, responsibilities and work together as a terun, will be leaving after thls school year. He they could be the best group of baseball players will be a coach and teacher at Crunpbell this school has ever had." County High School in Kentucky. We were unable to write a feature on Mr. ANOTHER FACULTY FAREWELL Hummel due to a printer's deadline, but the staff thanks him for his contri- · by Joe Gruber butions to Moeller and wishes him welL Mr. Larry Rovito, a fixture at Moeller for the past ten years, announced that he will retire from teachtng after this year. His nrune has become synonymous with the Moeller math department; it is an mstitution within the halls of this institution; it is a cornerstone in the brick";ork of this school. He will be missed dearly by students and faculty alike.

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l\lr. Rovito is a man who added color and flair to his classroom routine. His voice resounded throughout the hallways "ith the all too fruniliar tone characteristic to him alone. His reputation as a top-notch mathematician is city-wide, and ~lr. RO\~tio gets top perfomt· mces from his students. "An pnd of a:·, era." exclaimed i\lr. John Ma.sarella when he heard the news of the retirement from teaching. The contribution "Ro" has made to the Humrutities dasses of the past adds even more Juster to'· his already fond memories.

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~Jr. Ro\'ito crune to !\loeller fresh out of the liniwrsity of Cincinnati and Xa,·ier University in 1969. He has been department chairman for the past seYen years. In his early years at Moe, he coached reserve track. He took his terun to G.C.L. runner-up titlP.

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He also coached freshman ba,ketball for two yeru·s wlwrP he again attained second-place in the G.C.L. He has SPIT!'d as moderator of the dances for tlw pa.,[ two ~-pars. where hP enjoyed the appellation "Dis<'o Ro.'' "I'll miss \loellN, and especially t.he Class of '79," Ru1·ito slatNI. But 'loeller and the Class of '79 will miss him much. much more. Ro is a cla<ssic!

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