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Braves working by Mike Petraglia
Coach Jim Benken is looking
forward to seeing how the varsity
baseball Braves will fare this year
with good reason. His team is
looking to better last year's dis-
mal 5-15 mark.
One of the factors that
to avenge previous sour season sports quiz 1. Who took over as coach of the
gained an honarable mention in UC Bearcats when Ed Badger
the EHL last year are three such temporarily quit two years
players who are expected to help ' .- ago?
the team. " 2. Who is the coach of the Uni-
Dave Davis, who got the pitch- versity of Virginia basketball
ing win in the Braves' only tourn- team?
arnent win last year, and Dave 3. Who was the Chicago Cubs
Hancher. who returns after a vear shortstop in the early '70s?
plagued the Braves last year was following shoulder surgery,
the rain that seemed to follow the should provide depth as pitchers. team wherqver it went. Partly be- Last year's JV squad has
cause of the weather, the Braves offered an abundance of talent
were never really able to pull it all this year's competition for start- together. Another factor was the ing jobs and backup roles.
number of untimely and costly The Braves are not batting a
errors that the team committed, typical varsity problem this year - which played a role in the final making up for graduated seniors.
outcome four to five times during Only Paul Brown, John Brophy, the year. Kevin Egan and Brad Scharfen-
Out of all this, though, came berger were seniors from last
the good fortune of having many year's varsity. juniors who have now gained var- Benken's squad kicks off the Photos by Rob Zesch
sity experience and now are back season one week from today Keith Rabenold shags a fly in a
as seniors. John Nichols, Bill when they play at Finneytown at recent baseball practice.
Carroll and Doug Ulrner, who 4:00 p.m.
JV Baseball
ion mar
ague Dow by Brian Freeman
The JV Braves' opening game
will be played March 26 at home
against Finneytown, Coach
Dennis Dowling is still unsure of
his starting lineup. He explains,
"This is due to the fact that it has
rained so much that the team has
been unable to practice outside,
and I have been unable to prop-
perly evaluate all their talents. Of
course, all the other teams in the
city are having the same problem
so we are not behind in prepara-
tion compared to everyone else."
Last year the Braves finished
at 4-10, with seven of those losses
b y three runs or less. "Our prob-
lem last year was a lack of hit-
ting," stated Coach Dowling, "but
our defense was very good, and
our pitching was average."
This year Dowling thinks he
has a better hitting club, although
he has to see his team hit outside
first before describing the players'
potential. The defense is expected
to be just as good as last year.
The infield wiU likely be
anchored by sophomore Mitch
Theuring, a shortstop returning
from last year. Another sopho-
more, Dan Kremchek, showed
great progress last year at first
base. The two were named as last
year's Most Improved Piayers.
Jim Atkinson could start as the
Braves' second baseman if he is
able to avoid injuries. Atkinson
missed several games last season
when he injured a finger before a
game with Seven Hills. Behind the
plate the Braves have good
defense in their two freshmen
catchers, Steve Flannery and Bill
Croskey . The outfield is one of the big
4. What National Hockey League
currently has the worst rec-
ord?
5. Who did the Reds receive from
the Kansas City Royals in ex-
change for Caesar Geronimo?
ANSWERS
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The Chieftain staff apologizes
for the misspelling o f Andy
Heitzman's name in this issue's
"On the Spot."
Photos by Rob Zesch question marks the team- Nine
Catcher Bill Croskey flips the ball to Coach Dowling, who fungw to his people are still in contention for fielders. the outfield positions. One likely
prospect is Kurt Froehlich, who
saw some action with the JV Braves last year. Coach Dowling's
major concern is his pitching
staff. All of his starters from last
year have gone to the varsity
team, and now the pitching staff
has little depth.
Overall, the team has yet to
take its full form, but Dowling
sees his team as "building for the
varsity by developing the players'
skills. The varsity benefits from
this training and it has a good
team this year." Coach Dowling's
goal for his players is quite
simply, to "have fun and improve
the team's baseball skills."
Rendezvous needs help
Rendez-vous officials need students willing to
donate their services for the auction. Stu-
dents will be auctioned off to buyers for ser-
vices from baby-sitting to garden work. Stu-
dents who are interested should contact any
Student Government member.
Vol. 31 No. 12
March 19, 1982
Indian Hill High
Cincinnati, Ohio
School 45243
IH Industrial Arts Club by Ron Zesch and Chris Wiech
The Indian Hill Industrial Arts
Club secured a first place rank
with their efforts in this year's
Ohio AIASA (American Industrial
Arts Student Association) Compe-
tition.
Last Thursday and Friday,
twenty-two of the club's members
traveled to Columbus, where they
took the state title by beating Mt.
Giliad, a fourteen-time winner,
and twenty-five other Ohio based
teams. While attending the confer-
ence, state officers were elected
to positions for the 82-83 school
year. Chris Wiech was elected Vice-President for Ohio-AIASA.
Also elected was Steve Dubell for
the Southwest District Vice-
President in a land slide decision. The competition included
nineteen different events in which
W e e n Indian Hill IA Club mem-
bers received first place. Individu-
als won thirteen trophies inclu-
ding the sweepstakes trophy for
first place. The Industrial Arts
fields which were being judged
included events such as Drafting,
General Knowledge, Public Speak-
ing, Safety Posters, Parliamentary
Procedure and others.
The second part of the compe-
tition was a display of Industrial Atts projects ranging from draft-
ing to electronics. In this event,
twenty "merit" ribbons were
awarded to various members of
Indian HWs team. The trip fees were all paid for
out of funds earned previously
through the club's work. Last
year, for example, the club made
and sold numerous picnic tables and they plan to repeat this
money-making project again this
year. Other sources of funds are a
set of house plans which club
members engineered, '82 Pow-
Wow shirts, and the pennants sold
during last year's basketball
season.
In the state competition's sec-
tion of the contest, the IH stu-
Photo by Rob Zesch
M Senior Mike Gruber holds his second one meter diving State champ-
ion plaque.
wins State dents who placed in their division
are as follows: in the senior divi-
sion: John Brumleve - first place
General Knowledge and Research
Paper; Rob Burnett - second place
Research Pape~ and, first place
Practical Drafting; ~ h s Wiech - second place Practicd Drafting;
her safety poster (Englert is the first IH student to place in this category at state level).
' Ereshmen winners competing
in the Junior Division were: Chris Eaton - fnst place General Know-
ledge and Extemporaneous Speak- ing; Tom Mullaney - second in Practical Drafting; and Greg Meyers - third place in Prepared
See IHIAC, page 2
The State Champion Indian Hill Industrial Ar4s Club team displays its
awards.
Gru ber captures State diving -
title for second straig by Chris Schmalz
Senior Mike Gruber again won
the Boys' High School State one
meter during competition last
Friday and Saturday, March 5 and 6 in Canton, Ohio.
Gruber, who won the state
meet last year by only seven one-
hundredths of a point, coasted t o
the victory this year by twenty
points. Gruber's closest competi-
tor was Kurt Bubnis of St. Xavier
High School. "The competition
at state was not as hard as it has
been in the past," Gruber ex-
plained.
However, after winning sec-
tional~, Gruber came in second a t
Districts because he hit the board
on one of his dives. Due to his
mistake, Pat Evans of Glen Este
was awarded fitst place in Districts.
In two weeks, Gruber travels
to Milwaukee for the 1982 Indoor
Senior Nationals. In order to be able to enter the 1984 Olympic
trials, Gruber must finish in the
top eight at Senior Nationals. If Gruber does place in the top eight
at Senior Nationals, he is looking
forward to competing for a posi-
tion on the U.S. Diving Team.
Gruber, who was denied all American status last year, is pres-
ently applying again this year.
This award is presented ot the top
twenty divers in the nation. "I
hope I make it," he said, "But I can't tell - it is a very 'iffy' thing."
Next year, Gruber plans t o
attend the University of Michigan,
where he will be able to train under previous Olympic coach
Mr. Dick Kimball. Gruber is look-
ing forward to improving his ;
diving under who, he feels, is the
best diving coach in America. He will attend U of M on a two-thirds
diving scholarship.
Page 2 CHlE
H 'It's Academic' team tops Deer Par
by David Stradling
Indian Hill's "It's Academic"
team defeated Deer Park High
School and Scott High School of
Kentucky 575 to 370 to 190 re-
spectively at the WCET Studio, Saturday, February 13.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ackley accom-
panied the team at the match in
, place of Mrs. Patricia Connelly,
the group's regular sponsor, who
'was with the exchange students in
France. In addition, Mr. Frank
Bunton aided the team, consisting
of John Reis, Andy Bahnfleth and
Lawrence Gallant, by conducting
practices prior>o the match.
After the first round of com-
petition, Indian Hill and Deer
Park were tied with 140 points
while Scott trailed by 30 with
110. However, by the end of the
next round, the visual round, In-
dian Hill lead Deer Park by 50
and Scott by 110.
Throughout the next three
rounds, the category, packet, and
IHIAC, cont. from p. 1 Speaking.
Extra effort and time in the
next three categories paid off
when the club scrapbook, pre-
pared by Doug Marsh, placed
first, and Outstanding Chapter,
represented by Rob Zesch, also
placed first. Also the Parliamen- tary Procedure Team, consisting
of Doug Marsh, Rob Zesch,
Chris Wiech, Steve Dubell, Kurt
Horton, and Chris Hug finished
second.
In the second part of competi-
tion, ribbons for "merit" were
awarded. John Brumleve received
four for his work in Research and
Design and Photography. Rob
Zesch won three ribbons in
Photography, Chris Wiech - three
ribbons in Architecture and
Photography, Rob Burnett - two
ribbons in Architecture, Michelle -
Englert - two ribbons in Drafting
and Photography. Single ribbon
winners were Doug Marsh Archi-
tecture, Tom Mullaney - Drafting,
Quay Doench, and Jules Harloe - Photography.
As club advisor, Mr. Dennis
Dupps commented, "Our chapter
has accomplished a monumental
feat. We won the State Cham-
pionship!. . . . My club members
are the best in the state, and I'm
proud to have the opportunity to
work with them." John Brum-
leve, one of the many award
grab bag, Indian Hill improved
their lead and ended with a stun-
ning victory.
Lawrence Gallent thought that
Andy Bahnfleth was "at the top
of his form," and that "we didn't
have as many troubles as we
thought we would, but it wasn't
easy."
FTAlN March 19,1982
Senior John Reis commented Photo by Rob Zesch
that this game was "a lot less Indian Hill's victorious "It's Academic" team seems stumped by a ques-
competitive than the last." Mrs. tion during the match against Deer Park and Scott.
~oknel ly was "thrilled to death"
that the team won but stated that TW 0 1 H e r~ se 1 e c t e d to a tte n d she could take no credit because
of her absence.
The Deer park-scott match Youth Leadership Conference will be televised on channel 48 on
Sunday, March 28.
The IH "It's Academic" team
plays Norwood and Boone county
hi.& schools which, according to
Lawrence Gallant, will be "our
toughest test yet; if we can get
by Boone County, we have an
excellent chance at taking it all."
* * * * * winners, said, "Every thing we got
we deserved. . . . We lost a lot of
time and sleep in preparation, but
we got what we paid for."
Mr. Duppys next adventure for
the team is the South West Ohio
Industrial Arts Display at North-
gate Mall April 22 and 23.
The following challenge for
the team is the National Confer-
ence in Norfolk, Virginia in the
middle of June. This contest will
give students an opportunity to
rank nationally.
by Nancy Hopple Sophomore Kitsa Tassian and
junior Todd Cox have been selec-
ted to attend the Spring Youth
Leadership Conference at Valley
Forge, sponsored by the Free-
doms Foundation at Valley Forge on April 29 through May 2.
The purpose of the Youth
Leadership Conference is to en-
courage youth to evaluate person-
al and national goals while adop-
ting a positive approach to re-
sponsible citizenship, patriotism,
and American heritage and ideals.
Those selected to attend the con-
ference have the opportunity to
hear speakers and to participate in
discussions with government, mili-
tary, business, church, and aca-
demic spokesmen.
The Cincinnati Chapter of
Freedoms Foundation selected
four outstanding area boys and
four outstanding area girls to
attend the conference and pays all
expenses for the eight students
through private donations to the
organization. Applicants, who
received forms from Mr. Gellert,
were to be sophomores or juniors
of excellent character possessing
high qualities of leadership and re-
sponsiblity as well as a desire for a
deeper understanding of the prin-
ciples on which our country was
founded. Applicants were also to
include a brief statement and a
letter of recommendation.
This year marks the first time
ever that any students from Indi-
an Hill High School have been
selected to attend the conference.
Both Tassian and Cox agree that
the conference should prove to be
"a rare and beneficial experience
that hopefully will be applicable
in future years."
Boys' and Girls' State reps chosen by Julie Meyerenke leadership qualities and commu- state' represent.ti*a rill conduct
Four Indian Hill students were nication skills. A committee of their week long seminar at Bowl- recently chosen to participate in administrators, teachers, coun- ing Green State University, Bowl-
the Buckeye Boys' and Girls' selors, and parents reviewed the ing Green, Ohio.
State programs, sponsored by the applications and administered
American Legion. The four personal interviews. after which Jewish ~ o s ~ i - t a l juniors are Laurie Hallam, Vicki
Camardo, Richard Stradling, and Todd Cox.
The purpose of Boys' an?
Girls' State is to educate students
in the duties, privileges, rights,
and responsibilities of American
citizens. It points out all of the
contributions men and women
can make to the welfare of their
city, county, state, and nation.
Applications were made avail-
able to all juniors, and applica-
tions were judged on academic
strength, interest in government,
they selected the host qualified
applicants. During the one week trip to
Ashland College, in Ashland,
Ohio, in mid-June, Girls' State
members will have a definite func-
tion. "I'm looking forward to
making new friends, getting a
better understanding of govern-
ment, bringing back some know-
ledge to pass on, and overall,
getting a better understanding of
how government works," Vicki
Camardo said.
On the other hand, the Boys'
needs volunteers The auxiliary of the Jewish
Hospital is now recruiting volun-
teers for their summer hospital
program. They are accepting men
and women 14 or older to work
in jobs such as transporting pa-
tients, simple nursing duties, de-
livering flowers to patients, print
shop work, supplies, etc. . . . Any
interested persons should call
Antoinette Asimus at the Jewish
Hospital volunteers office, 569- 2300, any time from 8:30 a.m. to
5 : 00 p.m. They need volunteers!
March 19,1982 CHIEFTAIN Page 11
Softball Squaws aiming to match 77-3 mark by Kurt Dusterberg
Girls varsity softball coach
Robert Wessinger has a great deal
of two things going into the Squaws' season: 1. talent, 2. en-
thusiasm.
The varsity Squaws have ten
of sixteen players returning from
last year's squad, so Indian Hill
stands a fair chance to equal last
season's 17-3 record. The team
has tremendous balance with six
seniors, two juniors, five sopho-
mores and three freshmen. So
what weaknesses could the
Squaws possibly have?
"We don't have any weak-
nesses," Wessinger laughed. "We
work two hours a day, seven days
a week. Right now, we're stress-
ing hitting because, early in the
year it is the hardest skill to de-
velop."
Wessinger has reduced his po-
tential players into his final team.
The competition, Wessinger feels,
will keep the players on their
toes.
"Right now, I don't know of
one player who has a starting po-
sition locked up. I always try to
have it so that there is always
someone ready to take any posi-
tion if someone starts to dog it."
Last year, Indian Hill finished
9-1 in the league, but that does
not indicate how tough it was for
the Squaws to win the title. Four
of those games were decided by
one run. 'Sycamore, Glen Este
and Loveland are expected to give
Indian Hill a run for its money in this year's EHL play.
In the five years Wessinger has
coached the varsity Squaws, he
has yet to win a tournament.
Last year the Squaws finished
third in the Hamilton County
Tournament. This year, Wessin-
ger's opportunity to win a tour-
ney trophy will come in the Har-
rison Tournament at Harrison
High School on May 14 and 15.
The format will be a double elim-
ination tournament with approx-
imately 16 teams entered.
Freshman Gretchen Kindel loses her Command Performance hair style
as she goes for the long baM.
Wessinger who is very happy returning for a second year now,
with the gi~ls' attitude, also is and the freshmen show a f&
looking fonvard to a strong sea- amount of potential," Wessinger
son for the second year JV team. said. "I expect they will win 75%
"We have a number of players of their games."
Track Braves prepare for Sycamore Relays by Paul Monach
The 1982 boys' track season
kicked off in good fashion March
1, with nine meets plus the EHL,
Sectional, and District champion-
ships in sight.
The fast week of practice was
a conditioning period to get the
team in shape for more strenuous
workouts. The entire team prac-
ticed together, as Coach Bob West
said, "to help team unity." After
that week, the workouts have
been more specialized, and some
days have been set aside for tim-
ing everyone in most running
events. All of this points to the
first meet, the Sycamore Relays
Friday March 26.
In fact, the relays, particularly
the 1600 meter relay, have been
under special consideration. The
1600 meter relay has been weak
in past years, and hopes are that a
better group will be fielded this
year. The 400 meter relay team
of John Gennantonio, Jim Mor-
gan, Dave Rhodenbaugh, and
John Fitzmaurice will return from
last year and should do very well
with a year's experience behind
them.
Overall, the areas most in need
of people are the 400 meters, 800
meters, the hurdles, and the 1600
and 320Q meter relays. The dis-
tance areas are also in need of
more people, but two of the posi-
tions are to be filled by Richard
Stradling and Dwight Poffen-
berger.
On the other hand, the most
solid points are the sprints, the
shotput and discus, and the pole-
vault. Craig Carman in shotput
and discus and Rhodenbaugh in the pole vault are two hopefuls to
do well in the EHL and-other
* * * * * post-season meets.
In regards to total team suc-
cess, Coach West remarked, "We
feel that we can finish at least
third or fourth in the EHL."
However, next yea1 should be
even better, as most of the team,
as juniors this year, will be return- ing as seniors. Outside of the
EHL, next year's improvements
should be immense as a result of
the switch to AA status as well as
the more experienced group. There will be three home
meets this year. The first home
match against Loveland, following
the Sycamore Relays, will be
staged March 30.
Indian Hill's 'Sweat' to battle for Bates basketball title today
by Chieftain sports staff
The McNicholas-Mariemont
game will open the Student
Government sponsored Bates
Memorial Intramural Basketball
Tournament today at 4:00 p.m.
in the Indian Hill gymnasium.
Indian Hill will host eight area
teams today and tomorrow to
perpetuate the tradition of the
annual Indian Hill intramural
basketball tournament.
Along with Indian Hill High
School's team, "Sweat," the
tournament will include a team
from Western Hills High School,
Mariemont High School, Mc-
Nicholas High School, St. Xavier
High School, Moeller High
School, Sycamore High School,
and Northwest High School. The
fnst round of the tournament will
take place tonight, beginning at
4:OO. Saturday, quarter-finaland
semi-final action will begin at
1:OO. The finals will be staged
that night at 7 :30.
Moeller, a long-time intra-
mural powerhouse and last year's
tournament victors, is favored to
capture this year's crown.
"Sweat" team member Chris
Schurman conceded, "I think
Moeller has an edge in this tourna-
ment." Doug Ulmer, another
"Sweat" player, agreed.
Yet, both Schurman and U1-
mer figure "Sweat" will fair well
in the tournament. Ulmer pro-
phesized that the team "will prob-
ably make it to the semi-finals."
"Sweat" established a 14-0 record
against the five other Indian Hill
intramural basketball teams.
Last year, Indian Hill's repre-
sentative in the tournament, the
"BAMFS," lost to Moeller in the
first round. However, both Ulmer
and Schurman, former "BAMF"
members, feel "Sweat" is a
"much better team ." Ulmer cited
"more height and experience" as the major strengths of this year's
team over the "BAMFS." The
"Sweat" team members include
Bill Carroll, Craig Carmen, Charlie
Hall, John Kennelly, Pete Leu-
gers, Bill Skrabak, Ulmer, and
Schurman.
Today, "Sweat" will face
Western Hills at 5:00 in the fnst
round. Should they win, "Sweat"
will meet the winner of the
McNicholas-Mariemont game
tomorrow at 1:OO. Schurman
added, "I think we have a real
good chance; we're in an easier
bracket ."
Page 10 CHIEFTAIN
~ i c h o l s finally falls in state after winning districts by David Stradling made others look bad" said Col- provement that I've made from things that I wouldn't have had
John Nichols' wrestling season lins. Nichols put in a hard week last year and happy that I was they not been there."
finally ended at Columbus in the of practice after the sectionals to able to work with such a good Collins and Webber were ob-
fist round of the state wrestling prepare for districts. bunch of people," Nichols said. viously proud of Nichols not only
match. After winning the district "I'm happy with the im- "The coaches made me realize because he won nearly all his title in the 155 pound category, Nichols was defeated for only the
second time this year by John
Kegg of Tellmedge, Cleveland. At
districts, Nichols captured first by defeating Dave Green of Beaver Creek, 10-5, as well as three other
155 pound wrestlers. Coaches Jim Collins and Ron
Webber both agree that Nichols could have finished in the top five at state if he had been seeded
against a different wrestler. Col- lins noted that Kegg was good on his feet which is Nichols' strong point. In fact, up until the final match at sectionals, Nichols had
never been "taken down" by another wrestler. "At districts
matches with a 28-2 record, but also because he achieved his goal,
and he followed the coaches rule that it is not important if you win or lose. "I like Nichols because he is very coachable and intelli- gent" Collins said.
Nichols comes from a long line of wrestlers. All four of his older brothers, Mark(32), Frank(30), Scott(28), who got third at dis- tricts, and Guy Jr.(24), wrestled in high school. His brothers aided
John in the emotional aspect of wrestling.
Nichols now has picked up the ball and glove and is working to
get ready for the varsity baseball
team. However, he does not plan
Nichols was as sharp as all year. Photos by Rob to continue his wrestling in-col-
In fact, he was so sharp that he John Nichols, left, squares off in action during the sectionals. lege.
Experienced tennis Braves
eying EHL and districts in'82 by Craig Johnson
The boys' varsity tennis team
will open its season next Friday March 26 with an away match against Columbus Westerville.
From there the team moves on to the Medina Invitational, a
tournament the Braves play in every year.
"Some of the top teams in the
state play in this indoor tourna- ment," said Coach David Swisher.
Swisher went on to say, "It's
good practice and good competi- tion for the team."
Last year's team played very
well and earned themselves a sec-
ond place finish in the league de- spite an overall record of 8-7.
However, this record is deceiving.
Last year's squad finished 5-1 in the EHL. The Braves' only loss
occurred in the last match of the
season against Sycamore, which
went on to win the league title. This year's team is out to avenge
that loss.
"We definitely want to beat Sycamore this year. In fact, that is one of my goals. I also am set on going to districts," said senior Charlie Hall.
The 1982 Braves look to be
one of the best teams in several
years. "This year's team has a lot
of talent. We lost just one starter to graduation and have a fleet of
juniors returning along with some
very promising sophomores," said
Coach Swisher. However, there have been several injuries to some
of the players.
Many of last year's JV players are trying out for the team. That
squad had an impressive season, ending up with an overall record of 9-2.
This season will mark the fust season in which the two new courts will be used. Swisher,
commenting on the addition of the new courts, said, "They're great! Now we can practice much
more easily and play all matches at the high school." In the past, three of the five matches were
played at the high school, and the . other two played at Stephan Field
Park.
This year, the team has ex-
panded its schedule to the maxi- mum of twenty-two matches.
Last year the team played only
fdteen matches. This season the
squad will play in the Princeton and Sycamore Invitationals. In
the past, these tourneys have pro-
vided good practice, and Indian
Hill has done fairly well.
Coach Swisher summed up the
team's thoughts perfectly when he said, "Our main objective is to
be as successful as we can and to
conduct ourselves in a respectful
manner, and, of course, to win the league championship."
Phatas bv Rob ZeSCh
Charlie Hall figures to be an important weapon for the Braves this seas-
sports short
Hancher, HeaIey gain All-EHL honors
Senior Dave Hancher gained a position on this year's Eastern,
HiUs League All-Star basketball
team along with nine other players from around the league.
Only Deer Park failed to place
a player on the squad, while league-champ Madeira placed
both Shawn Hill and Jeff War- mouth on the team. Madeira's
Bob Gardner was named the
Coach of the Year.
Braves senior forward Terry
Healey was named as one of the
league's twelve honorable men-
tions.
March 19.1982
French, Spc French Exchange
by John Christine Fourteen Indian Hill exchange
students returned from a three week visit to France Saturday, February 27. The group and their
chaperone, Mrs. Patricia Connelly, toured Paris and Angers in order to learn about French culture and improve their French.
The exchange students are
Michelle Adkins, Joe Alexander, Ellen Bishop, Vicki Carnardo,
John Christine, Kurt Dusterberg, Julia Gilsdorf, Chris Huff, Sherry
Kadivar, Lisa Nicholas, Diane Perlich, Dwight Poffenburger,
Janine Tschan, and Rosemary
Ward. In previous exchanges, IHers
had been hosted in Aix-en- Provence, France. However, this
year Aix canceled the exchange because not enough French stu-
dents could afford the overseas voyage.
Immediately after Mrs. JoAnn Wund, the exchange coordinator, received news of the lost link, she began to establish a new link with the help of an old acquaintance,
Mr. John Cassini. Cassini, a French teacher at Wyoming High
School, is currently teaching Eng- lish as a Fullbright teacher in Angers. Because Aix canceled only a few weeks before Christ-
mas vacation, Cassini had only three weeks to find host students and get the approval of the high
school in Angers, Joachim du Bellay .
After a slow start from the
New York airport, the group
arrived in Paris. While in Paris, the IHers visited the Louvre,
Versailles, Notre Dame, and other tourist attractions. They also vis-
ited various patisseries and
boulangeries and learned about French cuisine.
The group was housed in F.I.A.P. (Foyer International
d 'Accueil Parisien), an interna- tional residence for teenagers.
There, the IH students had several memorable experiences. For Joe
Alexander, "It was the time when
some guy knocked on our door at 2:30 in the morning trying to sell me a coat!"
While the group saw most of the sights they had learned about
in French class, most of the stu- dents did not feel that they had improved their French speaking
and comprehension significantly. Besides bein8 in a group, the fact
CHIEFTAIN - 3
rnish exchangers return that most Parisians spoke some English meant that one could get along speaking only in English. Most students, therefore, felt that the real culture shock did not oc- cur until they got to Angers.
In Angers, the exchangers
spoke French most of the day as o~vosed to meaking onlv a few - " . sentences a day in Paris. Ellen
Bishop pointed out that simply
listening to and speaking French is tiring. She added, "All I did
was sleep for the first few days." Lisa Nicholas remarked in regard
to her experience with culture
shock that "I was so confused - it was great. I kind of felt over- whelmed ."
The students arrived in Angers
three days before vacation began. During those three days IHers
visited classes at DuBellay, went
shopping, or ate at La Gourman- dise, a well-known patisserie in Angers. When vacation began,
students joined in family activities and some vistied chateaux such as Azay-le-Rideau, Chambord, and
chion. After vacation; the group attended four more days of school before heading back to Paris where they stayed one night.
Angers is a city of about 190,000 residents including its suburbs where most of the host
families lived. It is situated in the
Spanish Exchange by Julie Champe
Seven Indian Hill students re- turned to Cincinnati Saturday,
February 27, after a three week trip to Spain. The exchangers in- clude John Lilly, Stacey Labahn, Kathleen Ringle, Jim Koster,
Mary Granger, Paula Greeno and Julie Champe.
Accompanied by Mr. Fogle or
"Dad," the students left Cincin- nati February 6 and amved in
Madrid twelve hours later. The exchangers spent three days in
Madrid and in nearby Toledo sightseeing, accompanied by res-
taurant and bar-hopping with other American exchange stu- dents. The students also toured
the famous El Prado museum and
saw Picasso's "Guernica."
On the fourth day of the trip,
the students took an eight hour
train ride to Gaudia, a town in the province of Valencia, on the Med-
iterranean Sea. In Gaudia the stu-
dents met their host families. Most of the IH exchangers had
met their host students previously
when the Spaniards came to the
Loire River Valley and is only
three hours by train from Paris and about three hours by car from the ocean. Angers is in the
heart of France's famous chateau region and has its own chateau in
the middle of town. Mrs. Connelly seemed happy
with the results of the exchange.
from travels "I think it was extremely success- ful considering the time we had to set it up. I think even that we
had the exchange was amazing."
Besides learning about the French language and French culture,
Connelly observed that the stu- dents learned about "themselves
as ~eovle."
Photo by Kwt ~u&rberg
Junior Joe ~lexander says "Yea-Man" to the Frenchman across the street while John Christine and Dwight Poffenburger look on. In the background, Diane Perlich and Vicki Camardo "get some French eats"
while Lisa Nicholas and Ellen Bishop (right foreground) scout out the
area around Notre Dame for some "bonne hommes."
U.S. iri September. Gaudiaxas a as unusud as it is at Indian Hill. population of roughly 20,000 in Often, the exchangers found out, the winter and about 200,000 in teachers had a tendency to do the
I
the summer due to tourism and same thing. The extra free time city dwellers from Madrid and was put to good use, however, Barcelona coming to spend the causing more frequent visits to summer in their condominiums. the bakery and sitting on park
The Americans spent their benches watching the pigeons. time in Gaudia much as the Span- At the end of two and a half iards did here: going to school weeks, seven depressed and reluc- and taking field trips. The IHers tant IHers bade a fond adios to took various field trips to towns Gandia and their families and de- and beaches along the coast. parted on a train for an eight hour
Other excursions entailed trip to Madrid. The last hours in climbing over ancient Roman Madrid were spent doing the
ruins, hiking up mountains to things IH Spanish exchangers
Moorish castles and touring many, loved to do best: eating, drinking
many cathedrals. "By your fdth and seeing a great city. cathedral, all the gold leaf cherubs Four IHers had to have a last look the same," stated Stacey shot at the unusual pastime they Labahn. The highlight of all the had picked up white in Spain. field trips was the climbing of a "You know, you can really get cliff to explore caves built by an great elation and joy out of
ancient unknown tibe. throwing large objects off of high When the students weren't on buildings into the unsuspecting
field trips or in school, they often streets below," explained James walked around town "soaking up Koster.
local color" and visiting their Although all the studentshave
favorite bakery. After the first their own feelings about the trip, week, going to school became Kathleen Ringle expressed hers b y 7
rarer and rarer as they picked up saying, "I think the trip has the Spanish custom of "haciendo taught us about adapting to a new
focha," or skipping class. culture, and I think we'll carry
Skipping classes in Spain is not that experience with us forever."
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editorial as I see it
Wkeu M c/lx W, f l k ~ Clar/? Constitution supports argument
March 19.1982 CHIEFTAIN Pam 9 humor column . -
Birth '??@ 'Saving Babies Before poor child if he had heard the word of God today. That sort of thing could certainly be helpful, I'm sure a lot of people are darnned to roast eternally in Hell before they're even born, and we certainly wouldn't want a filet of baby au jus on our hands, now, would we?
Anyway, the conclusion I finally reached, being too lazy to actually read the article, was that
someone had probably arrived at a system of stockpiling babies in the womb, sort of a maternal all- savers certificate. That way, I reasoned, women would only have to go through with child-
birth once in their lifetime. One big birth instead of a lot of little
ones. Very efficient.
I still haven't read the article, and I was up until 1:30 the next
mor&gwriting the paper.
I I I This country was built on compromise. At its very
inception, at the point where it was "do or die" for the opposing capital punishment by John
I recently saw a headline in m e New York Times Magazine which read, and I quote, "Saving Babies Before Birth."
Now, before I continue, I want to explain the circumstance under which this was read. It was 8:00 on a Sunday morning; I was propped up at the breakfast table having been up very late the even-
ing before, or, rather, early that morning, and fur was growing on the roof of my mouth, all of
which ape sufficient reasons to
think in very strange ways. But there was one other situation, the
guiding force behind my behavior
that morning, a factor which en- tirely transcended all others. I
had a paper due at 8:40 the next
day, and I hadn't started writing
it.
So, as I sat, blearyeyed, star- ing at the white lettering against the grey background of the
photograph (expecting the baby returning my stare to leap off the
page and begin a song and dbce routine, no doubt), strange thoughts began to creep into my head. "Saving Babies Before Birth in what sense?" I asked myself.
This just goes to show the lengths to which the human mind
will go to avoid painful, drawn out work. Instead of running up- stairs into my room, spreading my books out on the floor and scrib- bling furiously, I sat at the table, chewing the same mouthful of
Cheerios and entertaining my very slow thought processes with the same idea for what must have been well over fifteen minutes.
The fmt image to rear its ugly head at the sight of that headline was one of the National Guard, an
entire detachment of troops, run- ning in there in full fatigues to
save that baby at all costs.
They'd probably give the mother fifteen minutes and then go in
with their guns blazing. Or may-
be they'd just blast their way in. Then I thought that perhaps
my first impression of the article was wrong. Perhaps it was refer-
ring to spiritual salvation of babies before chiidbirth. I could
envision a television preacher with a brown ~ a l y e s t e ~ SUjf asking the
U.S., our leaders compromised the Constitution, and by John Bergman another man's right to live, he The issue of capital punish- loses the right to demand respect
hence the entire nation into existence. The "Great has always and proba- for fi life from others. Some
Compromise," the "315 Compromise," the bbMissouri bly will always be, bne of the people cannot be rehabilitated,
C ~ m p r ~ m i ~ e " - the list goes on, bemoaning those long most controversial issues of the and the best way to handle them -
- times. ago times when men seemed willing to give a little, and
Capital punishment is still an is to get rid of them.
take a little. Finally, the question whether
accepted form of punishment in or not legislation regarding capital
Henry Clay, a politician of the earlv 1 800's. built several of these United States. punishment should be the respon- - . - much of his reputation on his ability to kg sides The issue for debate is whether or sibility of state or federal govern-
not the practice is moral and/or ment is answered by everyone in to terms. Clay, called the "Great Pacificator," helped ,nstitutional. and it direct relationshi,, to their own delay the Civil War for years, thus putting that burden should be the responsibility of the preference for local state auto-
on a stronger country, one which was more able to state or federal government to nomy over centralized federal
survive such a calamity. answer this question. jurisdiction. Those who are in favor of As I see it, capital punishment
Where are you now, Henry Clay? This world could capital punishment tend to make is immoral and unconstitutional
use someone like vou. President Reagan won't com- three major points in their argu- and should be prohibited by Y
promise on his legislation, and Congress doesn't seem me"'- The points need not be put federal law. The only purely into any specific order, but for practical argument that I submit
likely to pass it as it is. Reagan doesn't want to com- the of orgakation, I shall in rnosition to capital punish- I on the spot motos by R O ~ zarch
ger's class. -
promise America's democratic morality, so he's asking state them in order from concrete mGpertains to the theory of . . -
for more money from Congress to support a corrupt
right wing government in El Salvador. Neither the U.S.S.R. nor the U.S. seems willing to compromise at
all . . . on anything.
The world today, as it has always been, is divided up
into extremes. The difference is that today, these extremes seem to be moving farther apart and seem to
be becoming more and more deaf to each other's pleas.
Compromises are tough, because they mean cutting off a hunk of the ideal; they mean giving, as well as receiv-
ing. But as the world's extremes move farther apart, compromise won't get any easier.
What this world could use (in addition to quite a
to abstract.
First, we have the issue of
economics. Every year, the argu- ment goes, many tens of thou-
sands of tax dollars are spent in
order to keep up the facilities in
which criminals are kept. We, the
law abiding taxpayers, are paying to feed our social misfits. Rising
costs make it impossible to
expand the prisons properly, in order to accomodate the increas-
ing rate of crime. As a result, plea
bargaining and other similar judi- cial solutions will put more and more criminals back on the stxeets
where they are doomed to com-
deterrence. The effectiveness of a deter-
rent can never be completely
determined. You cannot look
back on a year past and say that one hundred murders would not
have taken place if capital punish- ment had been practiced, unless
all of the one hundred murders
were committed by previously
convicted murderers. When some- one is about to commit murder, I
do not believe that he or she is
thinking about the possible conse-
quences of his act. Murder is most
often an act of passion, not logic.
Kim Freyer - . . . getting what you want out of life.
Dwight Poffenbcrger - . . . making people happy; doing what you want to do and being what you want to be.
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made an evaluation of the student " I , 9
Laurie Winget - . . . spring vaca-
tion.
A Rod Bnr - . . . the haiku moment.
exchange Feltman for S.E.S. observed that edu-
cators in France "get more re-
spect" than those in the U.S. be- cause they have such a great influ-
ence on the student's tests, partic-
ularly those included in the Con- trol Testing System. The system
plays a major role in a student's
future. Something the French schools
lacked was, Feltman said, 'leader-
ship from the local administra-
tors." He also noted that one of
few other things) is a good dose of Henry Clay. Maybe mit again their past acts. The second argument in favor
of capital punishment is that it is a deterrent. This is fairly self- explanatory. We've all heard the line before, "people value life
above everything else." Threaten to take that away from someone, and he will refrain from any act
that would result in his own execution.
The third argument is not one to which all people who are pro-
capital punishment subscnie, but it is significant enough to exam-
ine. Some people believe that
My main argument, however,
is one of principle. The constitu-
tion descriies the right to life as inalienable. It does not mention
any circumstance in which this
right should be taken away. Our
forefathers realized that our jus-
tice system, great as they ex-
pected it to be, and great as it is,
is not perfect. No life should de-
pend upon its being infallible. There are many cases of last minute appeals by convicts on
"death row" which produced evi- dence of innocence. But, even if
milt could be scienmcally
he could close the gaping pits which separate the Andy Hertzman - . . . living in
Florida. world. Maybe not - but someone's got to start Trey Friedmann - . . . staying Ken Jones - . . . beer on Saturday compromising. Chris Schurman - . , . getting into Straight. night.
Notre Dame. p I . r r I teltman returns trom France the biiest differences between
IH and Du Bellay is that teachers
at Du Bellay have "little concern"
for their students. Feltman went
on to say, "I'm very happy to be back at IH. I've learned to appre-
ciate our school more because of my experiences in France." .
While it is certain that stu-
dents from Angers will not com- plete the exchange and come to the U.S. this year, Feltman said that "they are very eager" to par- ticipate in the future. He added that students from Du Bellay will
continue to host IH students, but whether IHers will be able to host French exchangers is presently
uncertain.
by John Christine Dr. Karl Feltman returned
1 March 5 from his trip to France, where he participated in the
Headmaster Principal Exchange. Feltman was chosen along with three other principals from across
the country to make this exclu-
sive exchange. I The purpose of the program,
according to Feltman, is to (1)
share views and observe differ- ences with the French educational
I administrators, (2) evaluate the S.E.S. (School Exchange S e ~ c e )
which organized the IH trip to - Angers, and (3) observe classes in
various schools. Feltman fvst stayed in Paris
for four days, where he attended
meetings with the other three principals. Also in Paris he visited
the U.S. Embassy, where he learned about French views to- ward the U.S. and the Soviet
Union. In Angers, Feltman observed
seven different schools including Joachim Du Bellay. At Du Bellay, Feltman attended the IH
group's going-away party and
made a speech. After a week in Angers, he returned to Paris, where he stayed for four days and
Chieftain is written, . corn- Production Managers Uma Raju Posed, printed and sold as an John Christine sxtracurricular activity by the Photographer Chris Eaton students of Indian Hill High Typesetters Uma Raiu, Kitsa
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Jay Schloss Managing Editor Rod Barr News Editors John Ries
Chris Schmalz Features Editor Richard Stradllng Magazine Editors John Lilly
Diane McDonald Sports Editor Kurt Dusterberg Photography Edltor Rob Zesch Chief Typsetter Nancy Goldfarb Business Manager Anne Greeno
Circulation Manager Ron Zesch
Contributors Mark Aldendlfer,
John Christine, Julie Champe, Dave Stradling, Liza Mitchell, John Bergman, Laurie Keller,
Robin Greiner, Ron Zesch, Nancy Hopple, Dave Graham, Julie Meyerenke, Kitsa Tas-
sian, Steve Fryxell, Gus Gor- 1
don, Elbie Herman, Charles
Wood, Felicia Sagrati, Bob West, Brian Freeman, Mike
Petraglia, Paul Mona ch, Craig Johnson .-
when a man cannot respec:
* * * * * Production Staff Chris Eaton,
Nancy Hopple, Diane Rem- mell, Mark Aldendifer, Dave Stradling, Ron Zesch, Kitsa
Tassian, Dwight Poffenberger, Paul Smith, Elizabeth Smith, Todd Adrien, Sam Green, ~awrence Gallant, Joel Ruff,
Chris Blanchard, Ken Jones, Ron Jones, Dominic Pesce
- proven, I would not believe in
capital punishment. Our government runs on the
system of democracy, not hypo- crisy. Killing somebody because he or she killed somebody else is,
if nothing else, a vast and ina- , tional contradiction.
I I
i f Hugh Geier - . . . Mr. Gallenstein's class with all of its excitement.
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by Elbie Herman The latest Simon and Gar-
funkel album TIze Concert in Cen- tral Park is their first release to- gether in over twelve years. The
two disbanded in.1970 to purqe new interests. Paul Simon re- mained on the music scene while Art Garfunkel began an acting
career. The album was recorded at a
free concert in Central Park on September 19, 1981. The album opens up with "Mrs. Robinson" which sounds as good as it did fourteen years agq, if not better. The eatrance to this song is great; the two are announced and the
movie- review
introduction to the song builds excitement for the record listener as well as for anyone in atten-
dance. Side one contains five songs, four of which are Simon and Garfunkel classics; "Mrs. Robinson," "Homeward Bound," "America," and "Scarborough Fair." The other song "Me and Julio Down by the School Yard," was recorded after the break-up, but Garfunkel adds his part to the song, making it sound the way it should have sounded the first
t h e . Chfunkel daes ibis throughout the entire album, as
his harmonies add a special magic that has been missing from
~imon's songs since the breakup.
As a whole, side one is very energetic, as the two seem to be
carried away with the excitement and enthusiasm of the fans over
the long awaited reunion. Side two is much more mellow
e d rwd, it contains. three: very slow, acoustic pieces, "April
She Will Come," "Still &y After all These Years," and "American Tune." Although these lack the energy of the songs on side one, they are very com- forting. This side also contains a remake of 'Wake up Little Suzie" and a song called "Late in the Evening" from the soundtrack
O w Dack Pony.
many Simon and Garfunkel classics, like "Bridge Over Troub- led Water," "The Boxer," "Old Friend," 'Feelin' Groovy," and "Sounds of Silence," as well as, recent hits by Paul Simon, "Slip Slidin' Away ," "Kodachrome" and "Fifty Ways t o Leave Your
Lovfx." m e Concert in Ckntml Park
could easily be one of the greatest live albums ever recorded in the adult contemporary catagory. The packaging of the album is first class; the cover itself has pic- tures as well as a book featuring all the lyrics and pictures of the two together dating from 1957 to the present.
Academy to award Oscars by Gus Gordon Raiders of the Lost Ark, but the THE SPACE I
The Academy Awards Cere- Academy works in mysterious
mony, the high point of the film ways. The best actor will be mr* professor9 you say
industry's year, has come again. Henry Fonda. This is due to the car1 sandburg had to work years Who will win those coveted gol- den statuettes affectionately known as Oscars is anybody's
guess, but I'm willing to give it a
try I should point out, that the
Academy and the normal movie
goer rarely agree on who should win. For instance Star Wars, the
most popular movie ever, lost out to Annie Hall. The same hap-
pened to Jaws which ranks as the
third most gopula film. The best movie of 1981 will
fact that he has never won an Oscar before and his time is slow- ly running out. But he deserves it. Best actress will be Diane
Keaton. Don't ask me why, but I bet she'll get it. The best di-
rector will be Warren Beatty. Again I think Raiders' director Steven Spielberg should get it, but
he won't.
And fmally , the best support- ing actor will beJohn Giellgud for his bravado performance as Hob-
son in Arthur. Gielgud is certain- be Reds. Of course it should b e ly most deserving of this honor.
before he got his poems published, and you say he worked on railroads and ranches
' and washed dishes and painted houses and wrote news stories after soldiering in a war and then he became a poet-
--so what i want to know is just exactly what am i suppose to do and what in the world am i suppose to write about so i can become a poet too? -Robert West
c~ming events
Carlin comes to Taft tonight by Uma Raju 5 :30 - lions and tigers and bcars,
Beef and Boards I do I do - March 4-25,8 : 00 - GUS and Shelli do too
Taft George Carlin - March 19, 8:00 - B'gokers will attend
A Chorus Line - March 30-Apri14, Eve-8:00, Sat. and Sun. - 2:30 - they need this job Chuck Mangione - April 7, 8:00 - wears a stupid hat
Riverfront Coliseum
Police with special guests Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - April 6 , 8: 00 - best o' the month
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus - March 30-April 4, March 30-31 - 7:30, April 1-2 - 4:OO and 8:00, April 3 - 11:00, 3:30 and 8:00, April 4 - 1:30 and
bh my!
Music Hall 50's Rock 'h Roll Festival - April
16,7 : 30 - Deearoop en porshna Andres Segovia - March 30,8 : 00 - B'gokers will not attend
Miami University Millet Hall Lover Boy with Prism - April 24, 8:OO - leather rock
Dayton Ham Arena Rick @wingfield - March 20,8: 00- working class wimp Ozzy Osbom - May 6,7 : 30 - your mentor calls you t o Dayton
University of Cincinnati - Wilson Auditorium
Gil Scott-Herron and the Mid- night Band - March 19, 8:00 and 11: 00 - tell me, what's the word?
March 19, 1982 CHIEFTAIN Page 5
letter from SC
'Hot Legs Contest' begins Monday Dear Fellow Students,
We would like to thank every- one that has been recently getting involved in Student Government and hope that you continue your participation in the upcoming events.
Once again, SG will be contin- uing our Big BrotherIBig Sister project by attending the April 30 Reds game when Cincinnati meets the St. Louis Cardinals. We were
able to purchase the tickets at a special $2.50 group rate. Tickets will be distributed in homeroom for those who ordered them.
Also, IH will host the annual basketball tournament this week- end. Tournament rounds will be held Friday from four to eight
and Saturday, one to seven thirty. Admission is free so come cheer on IH's own basketball team, "Sweat". Their first game is
Friday at 5 :00.
The Service Committee was able to raise $300 from the com- puter dating service. Students were able to purchase a list of compatible dates and their phone numbers for $1.50. The money will benefit the heart fund.
The Service Committee has begun its new community project. Students will go to play with children, ages 3 - 1 1, at Children's Hospital every Thursday. All those interested should meet in the parking lot at 6: 15 and plan to return to school by 9:00.
The PTA is having the annual Rendez-vous May 7. Student
donations in the form of services, such as gardening or free dona- tions, will be auctioned.
The Forum Committee pre- sented the rock band "Free-Fare"
in a forum last Wednesday. In addition to "Free-Fare" playing again Friday night, an IH student
student opinion
Indian Hill's creative writers deserve respect, literary outlet ,
band, "Marshall Law" was also featured. SG was able to profit
from the 150 tickets which were
sold. Next week, SG will be spon-
soring a "Hot Legs Contest." Photos will be posted in the lunchroom and students will be able to vote for their favorite pair
of legs. Each penny contributed
by David Graham The Indian Hill athlete has his
glory. He has his name on the morning announcements, his med- als, his trophies, his athletic ban- quets. The Indian Hill scholar also receives his fame, though not as lustrous as the athlete's.
will count as a vote and the win- ner with the most votes will be announced on Friday. All the money wiU benefit Muscular Dis-
trophy. Finally, all freshman, sopho-
mores, and juniors are reminded that now is the time to be think-
ing about running for SG posi- tions for next year. The election process will be held after spring break. Have a great weekend!
Laurie Keller and Robin Greiner SG co-presidents
Photo by Rob Z
Senior Barbie Howe recently received Indian Hill's Congressi award. Howe, along with approximately fifty other area award ners, receives an expense paid trip to Washington D. C. to visit
state representatives and other officials. Howe was chosen for award by a panel of
creative writers. Why canzt poets, 1 short story writers, and other creative authors have their own publication? If that is too much trouble, these people can have a special section in the Chieftain.
Activity period is another way that creative witers can get in-
But these two groups are not volved and get recognition. Why
the only categories of students not a Creative Writing club? In Feu r I H stud e n ts' a r t w o k' . -
contained in our school. We also this club, members can write, get have people of the arts. In this material published, and even get 1 cte d fo r A r t E x h i b i t i 0 n article, though, I shall speak most- information about literature con- -
ly of the students involved in lit- erature.
Let it be understood, however, that creative writers are quite dif- ferent from the intellectuals who wear inch thick glasses and talk
through their noses. They need not be in the top ten percent of
their class. They need not be those who strive for good grades.
Rather, writers may be the preps or the anti-preps or the freaks. They may be the outgoing, the easygoing, or those who walk the halls with their shirts untucked . They don't have to be the brains of the school.
Given that, the students in- volved in the arts are a separate group of people who, like the scholars and athletes, need recog- nition. The Chieftain is mostly concerned with journalists, not
tests that are being held. However, not only can a
Creative Writing Club be formed, but also a Moviemaking Club, or
the two can be combined. Hobby moviemaking is not just home
movies. It can also be a form of
creativity. Many kinds of creative movies are possible. Some exam- ples are animation, science fic-
tion, abstract films, and expres- sionism. Taken that way, movie- making is indeed an art.
In analysis, free expression of artistic abilities is quite restrained at Indian Hill. In my opinion, creative writing and expressionism may very well be accepted as edu- cation. After all, many jobs in- volve these kinds of skills. Whether or not Indian Hill will include them in its activities,
though, is for the future to show.
by Kitsa 'l'assian Four Indian Hill students have
had their work chosen to be dis- played at the 11th annual Ohio Governor's Youth Art Exhibition in Columbus.
Out of 300 entries that were accepted, JoAnn Pierce, Sally Engelhard, and Tiffany Wahl
were recognized and invited by Governor James Rhodes to dis- play their artwork on April 4 at this prestigious convention.
In addition, a batik by Michele Englert was selected to be one of 25 works that will hang in the
State Department of Education in commeinoration of National Youth Art Month.
The Governor's art exhibition was founded by Gov. Rhodes in
an effort to recognize the creative abilities of high school students.
Any student in the tenth through
twelth grades may have entered his or her original piece of art to
be judged regionally. However,
only a limited number of works were screening. selected from the regional
The Governor also has plans to hold an auction for the top 25 works selected after the exhibi-
tion by an advisory board. Each student will be allowed to set his realistic minimum bid on his art- work, higher. but prices may range
In his letter to high school art teachers, Gov. Rhodes wrote that the exhibition "will provide an opportunity for Ohio citizens to
view some of the finest artistic achievements of young people," giving the visual arts some deserved recognition.
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IH grad Blackley gains esteem as painter senior sketch she goes and no matter what she
does, the people around her will be lucky to have such a helpful and caring individual so close at hand.
and music Katie loves movies, men, by Richard Stradling There have been many Indian
Hill graduates who have gone on to become financially successful in their fields. But IH can also
boast of having an alumni rich in artistic talent as well. One IH grad that falls into both of these categories is painter Lonnie C.
Since opening his Silverton gallery behind his house, Blackley says he "can't complain" about the amount of business he does. Blackley also appears in some twenty to thirty art shows a year throughout the country and has had buyers from around the
world, which has aided in spread-
very pleased. Time is of no value; it's the end result that counts."
Blackley is proud of the fact that he paints what pleases him
instead of painting just to please the public. "I've seen painters
paint just to sell, and they don't put their best work forward," he maintains. "That's why I don't
like commercial art. I turn down three or four commissions at each show I appear at."
Blackley is also very religious,
and whether restoring a 1967
Camaro 228 or painting rural scenes of the midwest, "by stay-
ing close to God, I know I will always be successful."
by Felicia Sagrati
W e interviewing Katie Robertshaw, I became so in-
trigued that I simply had to find out about her background, to dis-
cover what in her environment makes her such an active and
caring individual. I searched everywhere: at the hiraries, the
County Clerk's office, the police
blotter, and I came up with the
following data. Katie has nine siblings, all
older, and is an aunt ten times over. She also loves to travel,
planning to spend spring break in
Atlanta. Although I blackmailed her with the following informa-
tion, she has lapsed in her pay- ments, so here it is: she loves
peanut butter and jelly sand- wiches.
Katie's high school career has
been characterized by involve- ment, in Indian Hill as well as the community. She's a four year
veteran of the championship field hockey team. Her enthusiasm for sports does not end here, as illus-
hated by her being a member
of the Leader Corps throughout high school.
The list of her activities is not quite finished yet. Katie is also a
member of the prestigious Legend
staff, and she has participated in numerous class projects. Con- cerned with helping others, Katie has helped in the past and cur-
rently helps the St. Vincent
DePaul Society. This involvement
has opened her eyes to "how easy we have it and how sheltered we
are."
You can also find Katie help- ing people at Aglamesis. She has
worked for "Mr. A." for over two
years and enjoys the added per- spective that the environment and the people have given her. Al-
ways in motion, Katie loves
"exercising and the outdoors" and has joined an exercise class in
spite of her already perfect figure. Katie seems to really have her
act together and knows just what
she wants to do. Planning to enter Miami University with an intended major in communica-
tions and a minor in history, she
looks forward to an even more active fall. After, of course, "en- joying to the hilt the end of my senior year" not only here in Cin- cinnati but also in Michigan with
her family. "School [next year] is going to be a great experience."
In keeping with Katie's sincere concern for the welfare of others,
she toyed with the idea of major- ing in nursing. She hopes that her
Senior Search at Children's Hospi-
tal will point out what will make her happiest.
As she counts down her lim-
ited number of days left at IH,
memories are important to her.
"I haven't said much about school - let's leave it at that. I'm in a rut
and am ready to get out, but I've
spent thirteen years here, and I have to have some ties." There's
just so much to say about the
friend I've known since kinder-
garten like her taste in music
(anything fast), movies (come- dies), and men (Christopher At- kins but definitely "not with
Brooke Shields"). All I can say is that wherever
Blackley , Jr. ing his reputation.
Blackley, who graduated from Blackley enjoys painting old IH in 1967, has been drawing and Victorian houses, barns, and na-
painting practically all of his life ture scenes, and his catalogue in-
and decided to make a career of it cludes some scenes of various in high school. After spending spots in Indian Hill. "If I see
several years at the Ohio Visual something I like, I study it.
Art Institute and the Cincinnati
Art Academy, Blackley pursued another of his abilities, car body
and fender work while attending art shows on the weekends. He
still works on cars as a hobby
both at his home in Silverton and
a garage he owns in Camp Deni- son, with his specialty being the
restoration of Camaros. "It's kind of an odd combina-
tion, body work and painting, but I don't try to be like anyone else." Blackley states.
Sometimes I may not get around to painting it for a year or so."
Being a painter means being a
photographer of sorts as Blackley usually works from photographs
of his subjects, though he some-
times makes sketches. To Black-
ley, it really doesn't make a dif- ference how long it takes to finish
a painting, as long as the results
are good. "Say it takes two months to finish a painting, and
I'm not happy with it; I may take two hours to finish one and be
photo by Rob Zesch
Katie serves up another cold one. photo by Rob Zesch
Lonnie Blackley works on one of his many projects.
teacher feature about his favorite profession,
Mr. Gallenstein fig the 'fever' mer of 1951, he took an inter-
ested student out with him into the tobacco fields. The task was to make sure the farmers had the correct amount of land allotted
for tobacco by the government. A year or two later, he became a highway engineer and also worked
in Detroit on airplane prototypes in wind tunnels. From 1954 to 1962, he took a job at Walnut
Hills High School and during that time was granted a sabbatical to
finish a degree at the University of Illionois. In 1962, he came to
Indian Hill, where he has been ever since.
Mr. Gallenstein doesn't just
teach these days. Aside from his sailors' conventions, he enjoys the outdoors. Along with Mr.
Powers, Mr. Noble and former IH teacher Mr. Connell, he sailed in a
boat down the Tennesse River from Knoxville.
Also, as an everyday hobby,
Mr. Galtenstein gets up at about
4:15 every morning to chart
stocks. "I chart about fifty com- panies daily," he stated.
Whether instructing students on the evils of the "fever" or re-
telling an old war story, Mr. Gal- lenstein has established himself as one of IH's more colorful
teachers.
senior sketch architecture. Also, the Berry fam- ily has been actively involved in
the A.F.S. program and have hosted an Austrian student for four weeks. Also, Ed has hosted a
Spanish exchange student through the school, and someday hopes to go to Europe himself.
Out of school, Ed would fit the description of the proverbial
outdoorsman. He enjoys camp-
ing, hiking, and skiing and has been a Boy Scout for many years.
After his high school years, Ed plans to attend the University of
Cincinnati where he hopes to graduate with an architectural
degree. Ed hopes to participate in a six year c o ~ p system at U.C. so
that he can work and study at the
same time. Also, he hopes to go
to Europe on an exchange in his
junior year at U.C. Ed has al- ready planned for his future pro-
fession by becoming involved in
the Senior Search program with
the GBBN Architecture Firm in Cincinnati.
You won't see Ed much
fourth quarter because he will be
at the architecture office from
8:30 to 3:30 all week. But Ed doesn't regret missing fourth
quarter. Ed has enjoyed his sen-
ior year, and now he feels ready
to go on to college and fulfill his future plans.
'Animal' Ed begins to satisfy his lifetime goals by Steve Fryxell
As a teacher, Mr. Frank Gallenstein is very content. "I like
the challenge of teaching. I feel as if I'm contributing something to
society.'' By realizing he too was
a student once, he maintains a certain insight to teaching. "I feel
that if I can learn something, I
can teach it," he states.
However, as spring approaches
and "spring fever" strikes, Mr. Gallenstein claims that "the kids
lose their concentration. I try to
get as much material covered as I
can before the 'fever' sets in as
warm weather takes over." Mr. Gallenstein attended
Morehead State Universtiy, majored in mathematics, minored
in guidance then enlisted in the
navy. From 1943 to 1946, he
served aboard the destroyer escort USS Conally which took him to
places like Iwo Jima and Okina- wa. He became quartermaster,
which included steering his ship through the Panama Canal. He
also served as assistant Navigator. One of Mr. Gallenstein's most memorable experiences was the
attack and near miss of suicide Planes near Okinawa.
However, "One of the most exciting things that happened to
me was in recent years," Mr. Gal-
lenstein said. "One of the sailors took it upon himself to organize
the shipmates into the D. E.
Sailor's Club." This year, he will travel to Norfolk, Virgiriia, where
fifty former sailors plan to attend.
After the service, Mr. Gallen- stein was wondering what he
would do next when he consulted
a farmer, who remarked that
there was a shortage of mathema-
ticians. This rang a bell in his head, and he began teaching in
Kentucky in 1950. In the sum-
by Charles Wood number of extracurricular activ- In school, Ed believes "aca-
Of the students in the class of ities. Also, Ed has established demics are most important." In
'82, one of the most aspiring has many of his future plans and has his four years at Indian Hill, he
to be Ed Berry. Ed enjoys partic- made many goals which he hopes has not taken one study hall and
ipating in full class curricula and a to f u K i after graduation. has enjoyed most of his classes.
"The only way I wouldn't like a
class," says Ed, "is if I didn't like the teacher." He especially en-
joys his English class with Mr. Orndorff because of the discus- sion that takes place between the
students and the teacher. As far as extracurricular activ-
ities go, Ed participates in all forms including sports and various
school sponsored clubs. Soccer, track, and basketball have all been
part of Ed's activities at Indian Hill, but he has excelled in soccer
most of all. Known to his team-
mates as "Animal," Ed was one of
the leading defenders for the
squad this year, as he was named Honorable Mention in the E.H.L.
for the '81 season.
Ed has also participated in the
Spanish Club his freshman and
sophomore years and in the In-
dustrial Arts Club his junior and
senior years. In the Industrial
Arts competition this year, Ed
competed in the Prepared Public
Speaking competition and spoke
5 Ed takes
Rob Zesch
--
photo by Rob Zesch
Mr. Gallenstein rechecks some of the previous day's stock prices. out his frustrations on a harmless hunk of clay.
Page 6 CHIEFTAIN March 19, 1982 March 19,1982 CHIEFTAIN Page 7
IH grad Blackley gains esteem as painter senior sketch she goes and no matter what she
does, the people around her will be lucky to have such a helpful and caring individual so close at hand.
and music Katie loves movies, men, by Richard Stradling There have been many Indian
Hill graduates who have gone on to become financially successful in their fields. But IH can also
boast of having an alumni rich in artistic talent as well. One IH grad that falls into both of these categories is painter Lonnie C.
Since opening his Silverton gallery behind his house, Blackley says he "can't complain" about the amount of business he does. Blackley also appears in some twenty to thirty art shows a year throughout the country and has had buyers from around the
world, which has aided in spread-
very pleased. Time is of no value; it's the end result that counts."
Blackley is proud of the fact that he paints what pleases him
instead of painting just to please the public. "I've seen painters
paint just to sell, and they don't put their best work forward," he maintains. "That's why I don't
like commercial art. I turn down three or four commissions at each show I appear at."
Blackley is also very religious,
and whether restoring a 1967
Camaro 228 or painting rural scenes of the midwest, "by stay-
ing close to God, I know I will always be successful."
by Felicia Sagrati
W e interviewing Katie Robertshaw, I became so in-
trigued that I simply had to find out about her background, to dis-
cover what in her environment makes her such an active and
caring individual. I searched everywhere: at the hiraries, the
County Clerk's office, the police
blotter, and I came up with the
following data. Katie has nine siblings, all
older, and is an aunt ten times over. She also loves to travel,
planning to spend spring break in
Atlanta. Although I blackmailed her with the following informa-
tion, she has lapsed in her pay- ments, so here it is: she loves
peanut butter and jelly sand- wiches.
Katie's high school career has
been characterized by involve- ment, in Indian Hill as well as the community. She's a four year
veteran of the championship field hockey team. Her enthusiasm for sports does not end here, as illus-
hated by her being a member
of the Leader Corps throughout high school.
The list of her activities is not quite finished yet. Katie is also a
member of the prestigious Legend
staff, and she has participated in numerous class projects. Con- cerned with helping others, Katie has helped in the past and cur-
rently helps the St. Vincent
DePaul Society. This involvement
has opened her eyes to "how easy we have it and how sheltered we
are."
You can also find Katie help- ing people at Aglamesis. She has
worked for "Mr. A." for over two
years and enjoys the added per- spective that the environment and the people have given her. Al-
ways in motion, Katie loves
"exercising and the outdoors" and has joined an exercise class in
spite of her already perfect figure. Katie seems to really have her
act together and knows just what
she wants to do. Planning to enter Miami University with an intended major in communica-
tions and a minor in history, she
looks forward to an even more active fall. After, of course, "en- joying to the hilt the end of my senior year" not only here in Cin- cinnati but also in Michigan with
her family. "School [next year] is going to be a great experience."
In keeping with Katie's sincere concern for the welfare of others,
she toyed with the idea of major- ing in nursing. She hopes that her
Senior Search at Children's Hospi-
tal will point out what will make her happiest.
As she counts down her lim-
ited number of days left at IH,
memories are important to her.
"I haven't said much about school - let's leave it at that. I'm in a rut
and am ready to get out, but I've
spent thirteen years here, and I have to have some ties." There's
just so much to say about the
friend I've known since kinder-
garten like her taste in music
(anything fast), movies (come- dies), and men (Christopher At- kins but definitely "not with
Brooke Shields"). All I can say is that wherever
Blackley , Jr. ing his reputation.
Blackley, who graduated from Blackley enjoys painting old IH in 1967, has been drawing and Victorian houses, barns, and na-
painting practically all of his life ture scenes, and his catalogue in-
and decided to make a career of it cludes some scenes of various in high school. After spending spots in Indian Hill. "If I see
several years at the Ohio Visual something I like, I study it.
Art Institute and the Cincinnati
Art Academy, Blackley pursued another of his abilities, car body
and fender work while attending art shows on the weekends. He
still works on cars as a hobby
both at his home in Silverton and
a garage he owns in Camp Deni- son, with his specialty being the
restoration of Camaros. "It's kind of an odd combina-
tion, body work and painting, but I don't try to be like anyone else." Blackley states.
Sometimes I may not get around to painting it for a year or so."
Being a painter means being a
photographer of sorts as Blackley usually works from photographs
of his subjects, though he some-
times makes sketches. To Black-
ley, it really doesn't make a dif- ference how long it takes to finish
a painting, as long as the results
are good. "Say it takes two months to finish a painting, and
I'm not happy with it; I may take two hours to finish one and be
photo by Rob Zesch
Katie serves up another cold one. photo by Rob Zesch
Lonnie Blackley works on one of his many projects.
teacher feature about his favorite profession,
Mr. Gallenstein fig the 'fever' mer of 1951, he took an inter-
ested student out with him into the tobacco fields. The task was to make sure the farmers had the correct amount of land allotted
for tobacco by the government. A year or two later, he became a highway engineer and also worked
in Detroit on airplane prototypes in wind tunnels. From 1954 to 1962, he took a job at Walnut
Hills High School and during that time was granted a sabbatical to
finish a degree at the University of Illionois. In 1962, he came to
Indian Hill, where he has been ever since.
Mr. Gallenstein doesn't just
teach these days. Aside from his sailors' conventions, he enjoys the outdoors. Along with Mr.
Powers, Mr. Noble and former IH teacher Mr. Connell, he sailed in a
boat down the Tennesse River from Knoxville.
Also, as an everyday hobby,
Mr. Galtenstein gets up at about
4:15 every morning to chart
stocks. "I chart about fifty com- panies daily," he stated.
Whether instructing students on the evils of the "fever" or re-
telling an old war story, Mr. Gal- lenstein has established himself as one of IH's more colorful
teachers.
senior sketch architecture. Also, the Berry fam- ily has been actively involved in
the A.F.S. program and have hosted an Austrian student for four weeks. Also, Ed has hosted a
Spanish exchange student through the school, and someday hopes to go to Europe himself.
Out of school, Ed would fit the description of the proverbial
outdoorsman. He enjoys camp-
ing, hiking, and skiing and has been a Boy Scout for many years.
After his high school years, Ed plans to attend the University of
Cincinnati where he hopes to graduate with an architectural
degree. Ed hopes to participate in a six year c o ~ p system at U.C. so
that he can work and study at the
same time. Also, he hopes to go
to Europe on an exchange in his
junior year at U.C. Ed has al- ready planned for his future pro-
fession by becoming involved in
the Senior Search program with
the GBBN Architecture Firm in Cincinnati.
You won't see Ed much
fourth quarter because he will be
at the architecture office from
8:30 to 3:30 all week. But Ed doesn't regret missing fourth
quarter. Ed has enjoyed his sen-
ior year, and now he feels ready
to go on to college and fulfill his future plans.
'Animal' Ed begins to satisfy his lifetime goals by Steve Fryxell
As a teacher, Mr. Frank Gallenstein is very content. "I like
the challenge of teaching. I feel as if I'm contributing something to
society.'' By realizing he too was
a student once, he maintains a certain insight to teaching. "I feel
that if I can learn something, I
can teach it," he states.
However, as spring approaches
and "spring fever" strikes, Mr. Gallenstein claims that "the kids
lose their concentration. I try to
get as much material covered as I
can before the 'fever' sets in as
warm weather takes over." Mr. Gallenstein attended
Morehead State Universtiy, majored in mathematics, minored
in guidance then enlisted in the
navy. From 1943 to 1946, he
served aboard the destroyer escort USS Conally which took him to
places like Iwo Jima and Okina- wa. He became quartermaster,
which included steering his ship through the Panama Canal. He
also served as assistant Navigator. One of Mr. Gallenstein's most memorable experiences was the
attack and near miss of suicide Planes near Okinawa.
However, "One of the most exciting things that happened to
me was in recent years," Mr. Gal-
lenstein said. "One of the sailors took it upon himself to organize
the shipmates into the D. E.
Sailor's Club." This year, he will travel to Norfolk, Virgiriia, where
fifty former sailors plan to attend.
After the service, Mr. Gallen- stein was wondering what he
would do next when he consulted
a farmer, who remarked that
there was a shortage of mathema-
ticians. This rang a bell in his head, and he began teaching in
Kentucky in 1950. In the sum-
by Charles Wood number of extracurricular activ- In school, Ed believes "aca-
Of the students in the class of ities. Also, Ed has established demics are most important." In
'82, one of the most aspiring has many of his future plans and has his four years at Indian Hill, he
to be Ed Berry. Ed enjoys partic- made many goals which he hopes has not taken one study hall and
ipating in full class curricula and a to f u K i after graduation. has enjoyed most of his classes.
"The only way I wouldn't like a
class," says Ed, "is if I didn't like the teacher." He especially en-
joys his English class with Mr. Orndorff because of the discus- sion that takes place between the
students and the teacher. As far as extracurricular activ-
ities go, Ed participates in all forms including sports and various
school sponsored clubs. Soccer, track, and basketball have all been
part of Ed's activities at Indian Hill, but he has excelled in soccer
most of all. Known to his team-
mates as "Animal," Ed was one of
the leading defenders for the
squad this year, as he was named Honorable Mention in the E.H.L.
for the '81 season.
Ed has also participated in the
Spanish Club his freshman and
sophomore years and in the In-
dustrial Arts Club his junior and
senior years. In the Industrial
Arts competition this year, Ed
competed in the Prepared Public
Speaking competition and spoke
5 Ed takes
Rob Zesch
--
photo by Rob Zesch
Mr. Gallenstein rechecks some of the previous day's stock prices. out his frustrations on a harmless hunk of clay.
Page 8 CHIEFTAIN March 19,1982
by Elbie Herman The latest Simon and Gar-
funkel album TIze Concert in Cen- tral Park is their first release to- gether in over twelve years. The
two disbanded in.1970 to purqe new interests. Paul Simon re- mained on the music scene while Art Garfunkel began an acting
career. The album was recorded at a
free concert in Central Park on September 19, 1981. The album opens up with "Mrs. Robinson" which sounds as good as it did fourteen years agq, if not better. The eatrance to this song is great; the two are announced and the
movie- review
introduction to the song builds excitement for the record listener as well as for anyone in atten-
dance. Side one contains five songs, four of which are Simon and Garfunkel classics; "Mrs. Robinson," "Homeward Bound," "America," and "Scarborough Fair." The other song "Me and Julio Down by the School Yard," was recorded after the break-up, but Garfunkel adds his part to the song, making it sound the way it should have sounded the first
t h e . Chfunkel daes ibis throughout the entire album, as
his harmonies add a special magic that has been missing from
~imon's songs since the breakup.
As a whole, side one is very energetic, as the two seem to be
carried away with the excitement and enthusiasm of the fans over
the long awaited reunion. Side two is much more mellow
e d rwd, it contains. three: very slow, acoustic pieces, "April
She Will Come," "Still &y After all These Years," and "American Tune." Although these lack the energy of the songs on side one, they are very com- forting. This side also contains a remake of 'Wake up Little Suzie" and a song called "Late in the Evening" from the soundtrack
O w Dack Pony.
many Simon and Garfunkel classics, like "Bridge Over Troub- led Water," "The Boxer," "Old Friend," 'Feelin' Groovy," and "Sounds of Silence," as well as, recent hits by Paul Simon, "Slip Slidin' Away ," "Kodachrome" and "Fifty Ways t o Leave Your
Lovfx." m e Concert in Ckntml Park
could easily be one of the greatest live albums ever recorded in the adult contemporary catagory. The packaging of the album is first class; the cover itself has pic- tures as well as a book featuring all the lyrics and pictures of the two together dating from 1957 to the present.
Academy to award Oscars by Gus Gordon Raiders of the Lost Ark, but the THE SPACE I
The Academy Awards Cere- Academy works in mysterious
mony, the high point of the film ways. The best actor will be mr* professor9 you say
industry's year, has come again. Henry Fonda. This is due to the car1 sandburg had to work years Who will win those coveted gol- den statuettes affectionately known as Oscars is anybody's
guess, but I'm willing to give it a
try I should point out, that the
Academy and the normal movie
goer rarely agree on who should win. For instance Star Wars, the
most popular movie ever, lost out to Annie Hall. The same hap-
pened to Jaws which ranks as the
third most gopula film. The best movie of 1981 will
fact that he has never won an Oscar before and his time is slow- ly running out. But he deserves it. Best actress will be Diane
Keaton. Don't ask me why, but I bet she'll get it. The best di-
rector will be Warren Beatty. Again I think Raiders' director Steven Spielberg should get it, but
he won't.
And fmally , the best support- ing actor will beJohn Giellgud for his bravado performance as Hob-
son in Arthur. Gielgud is certain- be Reds. Of course it should b e ly most deserving of this honor.
before he got his poems published, and you say he worked on railroads and ranches
' and washed dishes and painted houses and wrote news stories after soldiering in a war and then he became a poet-
--so what i want to know is just exactly what am i suppose to do and what in the world am i suppose to write about so i can become a poet too? -Robert West
c~ming events
Carlin comes to Taft tonight by Uma Raju 5 :30 - lions and tigers and bcars,
Beef and Boards I do I do - March 4-25,8 : 00 - GUS and Shelli do too
Taft George Carlin - March 19, 8:00 - B'gokers will attend
A Chorus Line - March 30-Apri14, Eve-8:00, Sat. and Sun. - 2:30 - they need this job Chuck Mangione - April 7, 8:00 - wears a stupid hat
Riverfront Coliseum
Police with special guests Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - April 6 , 8: 00 - best o' the month
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus - March 30-April 4, March 30-31 - 7:30, April 1-2 - 4:OO and 8:00, April 3 - 11:00, 3:30 and 8:00, April 4 - 1:30 and
bh my!
Music Hall 50's Rock 'h Roll Festival - April
16,7 : 30 - Deearoop en porshna Andres Segovia - March 30,8 : 00 - B'gokers will not attend
Miami University Millet Hall Lover Boy with Prism - April 24, 8:OO - leather rock
Dayton Ham Arena Rick @wingfield - March 20,8: 00- working class wimp Ozzy Osbom - May 6,7 : 30 - your mentor calls you t o Dayton
University of Cincinnati - Wilson Auditorium
Gil Scott-Herron and the Mid- night Band - March 19, 8:00 and 11: 00 - tell me, what's the word?
March 19, 1982 CHIEFTAIN Page 5
letter from SC
'Hot Legs Contest' begins Monday Dear Fellow Students,
We would like to thank every- one that has been recently getting involved in Student Government and hope that you continue your participation in the upcoming events.
Once again, SG will be contin- uing our Big BrotherIBig Sister project by attending the April 30 Reds game when Cincinnati meets the St. Louis Cardinals. We were
able to purchase the tickets at a special $2.50 group rate. Tickets will be distributed in homeroom for those who ordered them.
Also, IH will host the annual basketball tournament this week- end. Tournament rounds will be held Friday from four to eight
and Saturday, one to seven thirty. Admission is free so come cheer on IH's own basketball team, "Sweat". Their first game is
Friday at 5 :00.
The Service Committee was able to raise $300 from the com- puter dating service. Students were able to purchase a list of compatible dates and their phone numbers for $1.50. The money will benefit the heart fund.
The Service Committee has begun its new community project. Students will go to play with children, ages 3 - 1 1, at Children's Hospital every Thursday. All those interested should meet in the parking lot at 6: 15 and plan to return to school by 9:00.
The PTA is having the annual Rendez-vous May 7. Student
donations in the form of services, such as gardening or free dona- tions, will be auctioned.
The Forum Committee pre- sented the rock band "Free-Fare"
in a forum last Wednesday. In addition to "Free-Fare" playing again Friday night, an IH student
student opinion
Indian Hill's creative writers deserve respect, literary outlet ,
band, "Marshall Law" was also featured. SG was able to profit
from the 150 tickets which were
sold. Next week, SG will be spon-
soring a "Hot Legs Contest." Photos will be posted in the lunchroom and students will be able to vote for their favorite pair
of legs. Each penny contributed
by David Graham The Indian Hill athlete has his
glory. He has his name on the morning announcements, his med- als, his trophies, his athletic ban- quets. The Indian Hill scholar also receives his fame, though not as lustrous as the athlete's.
will count as a vote and the win- ner with the most votes will be announced on Friday. All the money wiU benefit Muscular Dis-
trophy. Finally, all freshman, sopho-
mores, and juniors are reminded that now is the time to be think-
ing about running for SG posi- tions for next year. The election process will be held after spring break. Have a great weekend!
Laurie Keller and Robin Greiner SG co-presidents
Photo by Rob Z
Senior Barbie Howe recently received Indian Hill's Congressi award. Howe, along with approximately fifty other area award ners, receives an expense paid trip to Washington D. C. to visit
state representatives and other officials. Howe was chosen for award by a panel of
creative writers. Why canzt poets, 1 short story writers, and other creative authors have their own publication? If that is too much trouble, these people can have a special section in the Chieftain.
Activity period is another way that creative witers can get in-
But these two groups are not volved and get recognition. Why
the only categories of students not a Creative Writing club? In Feu r I H stud e n ts' a r t w o k' . -
contained in our school. We also this club, members can write, get have people of the arts. In this material published, and even get 1 cte d fo r A r t E x h i b i t i 0 n article, though, I shall speak most- information about literature con- -
ly of the students involved in lit- erature.
Let it be understood, however, that creative writers are quite dif- ferent from the intellectuals who wear inch thick glasses and talk
through their noses. They need not be in the top ten percent of
their class. They need not be those who strive for good grades.
Rather, writers may be the preps or the anti-preps or the freaks. They may be the outgoing, the easygoing, or those who walk the halls with their shirts untucked . They don't have to be the brains of the school.
Given that, the students in- volved in the arts are a separate group of people who, like the scholars and athletes, need recog- nition. The Chieftain is mostly concerned with journalists, not
tests that are being held. However, not only can a
Creative Writing Club be formed, but also a Moviemaking Club, or
the two can be combined. Hobby moviemaking is not just home
movies. It can also be a form of
creativity. Many kinds of creative movies are possible. Some exam- ples are animation, science fic-
tion, abstract films, and expres- sionism. Taken that way, movie- making is indeed an art.
In analysis, free expression of artistic abilities is quite restrained at Indian Hill. In my opinion, creative writing and expressionism may very well be accepted as edu- cation. After all, many jobs in- volve these kinds of skills. Whether or not Indian Hill will include them in its activities,
though, is for the future to show.
by Kitsa 'l'assian Four Indian Hill students have
had their work chosen to be dis- played at the 11th annual Ohio Governor's Youth Art Exhibition in Columbus.
Out of 300 entries that were accepted, JoAnn Pierce, Sally Engelhard, and Tiffany Wahl
were recognized and invited by Governor James Rhodes to dis- play their artwork on April 4 at this prestigious convention.
In addition, a batik by Michele Englert was selected to be one of 25 works that will hang in the
State Department of Education in commeinoration of National Youth Art Month.
The Governor's art exhibition was founded by Gov. Rhodes in
an effort to recognize the creative abilities of high school students.
Any student in the tenth through
twelth grades may have entered his or her original piece of art to
be judged regionally. However,
only a limited number of works were screening. selected from the regional
The Governor also has plans to hold an auction for the top 25 works selected after the exhibi-
tion by an advisory board. Each student will be allowed to set his realistic minimum bid on his art- work, higher. but prices may range
In his letter to high school art teachers, Gov. Rhodes wrote that the exhibition "will provide an opportunity for Ohio citizens to
view some of the finest artistic achievements of young people," giving the visual arts some deserved recognition.
Page 4 CHIEFTAIN March 19,1982
editorial as I see it
Wkeu M c/lx W, f l k ~ Clar/? Constitution supports argument
March 19.1982 CHIEFTAIN Pam 9 humor column . -
Birth '??@ 'Saving Babies Before poor child if he had heard the word of God today. That sort of thing could certainly be helpful, I'm sure a lot of people are darnned to roast eternally in Hell before they're even born, and we certainly wouldn't want a filet of baby au jus on our hands, now, would we?
Anyway, the conclusion I finally reached, being too lazy to actually read the article, was that
someone had probably arrived at a system of stockpiling babies in the womb, sort of a maternal all- savers certificate. That way, I reasoned, women would only have to go through with child-
birth once in their lifetime. One big birth instead of a lot of little
ones. Very efficient.
I still haven't read the article, and I was up until 1:30 the next
mor&gwriting the paper.
I I I This country was built on compromise. At its very
inception, at the point where it was "do or die" for the opposing capital punishment by John
I recently saw a headline in m e New York Times Magazine which read, and I quote, "Saving Babies Before Birth."
Now, before I continue, I want to explain the circumstance under which this was read. It was 8:00 on a Sunday morning; I was propped up at the breakfast table having been up very late the even-
ing before, or, rather, early that morning, and fur was growing on the roof of my mouth, all of
which ape sufficient reasons to
think in very strange ways. But there was one other situation, the
guiding force behind my behavior
that morning, a factor which en- tirely transcended all others. I
had a paper due at 8:40 the next
day, and I hadn't started writing
it.
So, as I sat, blearyeyed, star- ing at the white lettering against the grey background of the
photograph (expecting the baby returning my stare to leap off the
page and begin a song and dbce routine, no doubt), strange thoughts began to creep into my head. "Saving Babies Before Birth in what sense?" I asked myself.
This just goes to show the lengths to which the human mind
will go to avoid painful, drawn out work. Instead of running up- stairs into my room, spreading my books out on the floor and scrib- bling furiously, I sat at the table, chewing the same mouthful of
Cheerios and entertaining my very slow thought processes with the same idea for what must have been well over fifteen minutes.
The fmt image to rear its ugly head at the sight of that headline was one of the National Guard, an
entire detachment of troops, run- ning in there in full fatigues to
save that baby at all costs.
They'd probably give the mother fifteen minutes and then go in
with their guns blazing. Or may-
be they'd just blast their way in. Then I thought that perhaps
my first impression of the article was wrong. Perhaps it was refer-
ring to spiritual salvation of babies before chiidbirth. I could
envision a television preacher with a brown ~ a l y e s t e ~ SUjf asking the
U.S., our leaders compromised the Constitution, and by John Bergman another man's right to live, he The issue of capital punish- loses the right to demand respect
hence the entire nation into existence. The "Great has always and proba- for fi life from others. Some
Compromise," the "315 Compromise," the bbMissouri bly will always be, bne of the people cannot be rehabilitated,
C ~ m p r ~ m i ~ e " - the list goes on, bemoaning those long most controversial issues of the and the best way to handle them -
- times. ago times when men seemed willing to give a little, and
Capital punishment is still an is to get rid of them.
take a little. Finally, the question whether
accepted form of punishment in or not legislation regarding capital
Henry Clay, a politician of the earlv 1 800's. built several of these United States. punishment should be the respon- - . - much of his reputation on his ability to kg sides The issue for debate is whether or sibility of state or federal govern-
not the practice is moral and/or ment is answered by everyone in to terms. Clay, called the "Great Pacificator," helped ,nstitutional. and it direct relationshi,, to their own delay the Civil War for years, thus putting that burden should be the responsibility of the preference for local state auto-
on a stronger country, one which was more able to state or federal government to nomy over centralized federal
survive such a calamity. answer this question. jurisdiction. Those who are in favor of As I see it, capital punishment
Where are you now, Henry Clay? This world could capital punishment tend to make is immoral and unconstitutional
use someone like vou. President Reagan won't com- three major points in their argu- and should be prohibited by Y
promise on his legislation, and Congress doesn't seem me"'- The points need not be put federal law. The only purely into any specific order, but for practical argument that I submit
likely to pass it as it is. Reagan doesn't want to com- the of orgakation, I shall in rnosition to capital punish- I on the spot motos by R O ~ zarch
ger's class. -
promise America's democratic morality, so he's asking state them in order from concrete mGpertains to the theory of . . -
for more money from Congress to support a corrupt
right wing government in El Salvador. Neither the U.S.S.R. nor the U.S. seems willing to compromise at
all . . . on anything.
The world today, as it has always been, is divided up
into extremes. The difference is that today, these extremes seem to be moving farther apart and seem to
be becoming more and more deaf to each other's pleas.
Compromises are tough, because they mean cutting off a hunk of the ideal; they mean giving, as well as receiv-
ing. But as the world's extremes move farther apart, compromise won't get any easier.
What this world could use (in addition to quite a
to abstract.
First, we have the issue of
economics. Every year, the argu- ment goes, many tens of thou-
sands of tax dollars are spent in
order to keep up the facilities in
which criminals are kept. We, the
law abiding taxpayers, are paying to feed our social misfits. Rising
costs make it impossible to
expand the prisons properly, in order to accomodate the increas-
ing rate of crime. As a result, plea
bargaining and other similar judi- cial solutions will put more and more criminals back on the stxeets
where they are doomed to com-
deterrence. The effectiveness of a deter-
rent can never be completely
determined. You cannot look
back on a year past and say that one hundred murders would not
have taken place if capital punish- ment had been practiced, unless
all of the one hundred murders
were committed by previously
convicted murderers. When some- one is about to commit murder, I
do not believe that he or she is
thinking about the possible conse-
quences of his act. Murder is most
often an act of passion, not logic.
Kim Freyer - . . . getting what you want out of life.
Dwight Poffenbcrger - . . . making people happy; doing what you want to do and being what you want to be.
4
made an evaluation of the student " I , 9
Laurie Winget - . . . spring vaca-
tion.
A Rod Bnr - . . . the haiku moment.
exchange Feltman for S.E.S. observed that edu-
cators in France "get more re-
spect" than those in the U.S. be- cause they have such a great influ-
ence on the student's tests, partic-
ularly those included in the Con- trol Testing System. The system
plays a major role in a student's
future. Something the French schools
lacked was, Feltman said, 'leader-
ship from the local administra-
tors." He also noted that one of
few other things) is a good dose of Henry Clay. Maybe mit again their past acts. The second argument in favor
of capital punishment is that it is a deterrent. This is fairly self- explanatory. We've all heard the line before, "people value life
above everything else." Threaten to take that away from someone, and he will refrain from any act
that would result in his own execution.
The third argument is not one to which all people who are pro-
capital punishment subscnie, but it is significant enough to exam-
ine. Some people believe that
My main argument, however,
is one of principle. The constitu-
tion descriies the right to life as inalienable. It does not mention
any circumstance in which this
right should be taken away. Our
forefathers realized that our jus-
tice system, great as they ex-
pected it to be, and great as it is,
is not perfect. No life should de-
pend upon its being infallible. There are many cases of last minute appeals by convicts on
"death row" which produced evi- dence of innocence. But, even if
milt could be scienmcally
he could close the gaping pits which separate the Andy Hertzman - . . . living in
Florida. world. Maybe not - but someone's got to start Trey Friedmann - . . . staying Ken Jones - . . . beer on Saturday compromising. Chris Schurman - . , . getting into Straight. night.
Notre Dame. p I . r r I teltman returns trom France the biiest differences between
IH and Du Bellay is that teachers
at Du Bellay have "little concern"
for their students. Feltman went
on to say, "I'm very happy to be back at IH. I've learned to appre-
ciate our school more because of my experiences in France." .
While it is certain that stu-
dents from Angers will not com- plete the exchange and come to the U.S. this year, Feltman said that "they are very eager" to par- ticipate in the future. He added that students from Du Bellay will
continue to host IH students, but whether IHers will be able to host French exchangers is presently
uncertain.
by John Christine Dr. Karl Feltman returned
1 March 5 from his trip to France, where he participated in the
Headmaster Principal Exchange. Feltman was chosen along with three other principals from across
the country to make this exclu-
sive exchange. I The purpose of the program,
according to Feltman, is to (1)
share views and observe differ- ences with the French educational
I administrators, (2) evaluate the S.E.S. (School Exchange S e ~ c e )
which organized the IH trip to - Angers, and (3) observe classes in
various schools. Feltman fvst stayed in Paris
for four days, where he attended
meetings with the other three principals. Also in Paris he visited
the U.S. Embassy, where he learned about French views to- ward the U.S. and the Soviet
Union. In Angers, Feltman observed
seven different schools including Joachim Du Bellay. At Du Bellay, Feltman attended the IH
group's going-away party and
made a speech. After a week in Angers, he returned to Paris, where he stayed for four days and
Chieftain is written, . corn- Production Managers Uma Raju Posed, printed and sold as an John Christine sxtracurricular activity by the Photographer Chris Eaton students of Indian Hill High Typesetters Uma Raiu, Kitsa
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Jay Schloss Managing Editor Rod Barr News Editors John Ries
Chris Schmalz Features Editor Richard Stradllng Magazine Editors John Lilly
Diane McDonald Sports Editor Kurt Dusterberg Photography Edltor Rob Zesch Chief Typsetter Nancy Goldfarb Business Manager Anne Greeno
Circulation Manager Ron Zesch
Contributors Mark Aldendlfer,
John Christine, Julie Champe, Dave Stradling, Liza Mitchell, John Bergman, Laurie Keller,
Robin Greiner, Ron Zesch, Nancy Hopple, Dave Graham, Julie Meyerenke, Kitsa Tas-
sian, Steve Fryxell, Gus Gor- 1
don, Elbie Herman, Charles
Wood, Felicia Sagrati, Bob West, Brian Freeman, Mike
Petraglia, Paul Mona ch, Craig Johnson .-
when a man cannot respec:
* * * * * Production Staff Chris Eaton,
Nancy Hopple, Diane Rem- mell, Mark Aldendifer, Dave Stradling, Ron Zesch, Kitsa
Tassian, Dwight Poffenberger, Paul Smith, Elizabeth Smith, Todd Adrien, Sam Green, ~awrence Gallant, Joel Ruff,
Chris Blanchard, Ken Jones, Ron Jones, Dominic Pesce
- proven, I would not believe in
capital punishment. Our government runs on the
system of democracy, not hypo- crisy. Killing somebody because he or she killed somebody else is,
if nothing else, a vast and ina- , tional contradiction.
I I
i f Hugh Geier - . . . Mr. Gallenstein's class with all of its excitement.
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~ i c h o l s finally falls in state after winning districts by David Stradling made others look bad" said Col- provement that I've made from things that I wouldn't have had
John Nichols' wrestling season lins. Nichols put in a hard week last year and happy that I was they not been there."
finally ended at Columbus in the of practice after the sectionals to able to work with such a good Collins and Webber were ob-
fist round of the state wrestling prepare for districts. bunch of people," Nichols said. viously proud of Nichols not only
match. After winning the district "I'm happy with the im- "The coaches made me realize because he won nearly all his title in the 155 pound category, Nichols was defeated for only the
second time this year by John
Kegg of Tellmedge, Cleveland. At
districts, Nichols captured first by defeating Dave Green of Beaver Creek, 10-5, as well as three other
155 pound wrestlers. Coaches Jim Collins and Ron
Webber both agree that Nichols could have finished in the top five at state if he had been seeded
against a different wrestler. Col- lins noted that Kegg was good on his feet which is Nichols' strong point. In fact, up until the final match at sectionals, Nichols had
never been "taken down" by another wrestler. "At districts
matches with a 28-2 record, but also because he achieved his goal,
and he followed the coaches rule that it is not important if you win or lose. "I like Nichols because he is very coachable and intelli- gent" Collins said.
Nichols comes from a long line of wrestlers. All four of his older brothers, Mark(32), Frank(30), Scott(28), who got third at dis- tricts, and Guy Jr.(24), wrestled in high school. His brothers aided
John in the emotional aspect of wrestling.
Nichols now has picked up the ball and glove and is working to
get ready for the varsity baseball
team. However, he does not plan
Nichols was as sharp as all year. Photos by Rob to continue his wrestling in-col-
In fact, he was so sharp that he John Nichols, left, squares off in action during the sectionals. lege.
Experienced tennis Braves
eying EHL and districts in'82 by Craig Johnson
The boys' varsity tennis team
will open its season next Friday March 26 with an away match against Columbus Westerville.
From there the team moves on to the Medina Invitational, a
tournament the Braves play in every year.
"Some of the top teams in the
state play in this indoor tourna- ment," said Coach David Swisher.
Swisher went on to say, "It's
good practice and good competi- tion for the team."
Last year's team played very
well and earned themselves a sec-
ond place finish in the league de- spite an overall record of 8-7.
However, this record is deceiving.
Last year's squad finished 5-1 in the EHL. The Braves' only loss
occurred in the last match of the
season against Sycamore, which
went on to win the league title. This year's team is out to avenge
that loss.
"We definitely want to beat Sycamore this year. In fact, that is one of my goals. I also am set on going to districts," said senior Charlie Hall.
The 1982 Braves look to be
one of the best teams in several
years. "This year's team has a lot
of talent. We lost just one starter to graduation and have a fleet of
juniors returning along with some
very promising sophomores," said
Coach Swisher. However, there have been several injuries to some
of the players.
Many of last year's JV players are trying out for the team. That
squad had an impressive season, ending up with an overall record of 9-2.
This season will mark the fust season in which the two new courts will be used. Swisher,
commenting on the addition of the new courts, said, "They're great! Now we can practice much
more easily and play all matches at the high school." In the past, three of the five matches were
played at the high school, and the . other two played at Stephan Field
Park.
This year, the team has ex-
panded its schedule to the maxi- mum of twenty-two matches.
Last year the team played only
fdteen matches. This season the
squad will play in the Princeton and Sycamore Invitationals. In
the past, these tourneys have pro-
vided good practice, and Indian
Hill has done fairly well.
Coach Swisher summed up the
team's thoughts perfectly when he said, "Our main objective is to
be as successful as we can and to
conduct ourselves in a respectful
manner, and, of course, to win the league championship."
Phatas bv Rob ZeSCh
Charlie Hall figures to be an important weapon for the Braves this seas-
sports short
Hancher, HeaIey gain All-EHL honors
Senior Dave Hancher gained a position on this year's Eastern,
HiUs League All-Star basketball
team along with nine other players from around the league.
Only Deer Park failed to place
a player on the squad, while league-champ Madeira placed
both Shawn Hill and Jeff War- mouth on the team. Madeira's
Bob Gardner was named the
Coach of the Year.
Braves senior forward Terry
Healey was named as one of the
league's twelve honorable men-
tions.
March 19.1982
French, Spc French Exchange
by John Christine Fourteen Indian Hill exchange
students returned from a three week visit to France Saturday, February 27. The group and their
chaperone, Mrs. Patricia Connelly, toured Paris and Angers in order to learn about French culture and improve their French.
The exchange students are
Michelle Adkins, Joe Alexander, Ellen Bishop, Vicki Carnardo,
John Christine, Kurt Dusterberg, Julia Gilsdorf, Chris Huff, Sherry
Kadivar, Lisa Nicholas, Diane Perlich, Dwight Poffenburger,
Janine Tschan, and Rosemary
Ward. In previous exchanges, IHers
had been hosted in Aix-en- Provence, France. However, this
year Aix canceled the exchange because not enough French stu-
dents could afford the overseas voyage.
Immediately after Mrs. JoAnn Wund, the exchange coordinator, received news of the lost link, she began to establish a new link with the help of an old acquaintance,
Mr. John Cassini. Cassini, a French teacher at Wyoming High
School, is currently teaching Eng- lish as a Fullbright teacher in Angers. Because Aix canceled only a few weeks before Christ-
mas vacation, Cassini had only three weeks to find host students and get the approval of the high
school in Angers, Joachim du Bellay .
After a slow start from the
New York airport, the group
arrived in Paris. While in Paris, the IHers visited the Louvre,
Versailles, Notre Dame, and other tourist attractions. They also vis-
ited various patisseries and
boulangeries and learned about French cuisine.
The group was housed in F.I.A.P. (Foyer International
d 'Accueil Parisien), an interna- tional residence for teenagers.
There, the IH students had several memorable experiences. For Joe
Alexander, "It was the time when
some guy knocked on our door at 2:30 in the morning trying to sell me a coat!"
While the group saw most of the sights they had learned about
in French class, most of the stu- dents did not feel that they had improved their French speaking
and comprehension significantly. Besides bein8 in a group, the fact
CHIEFTAIN - 3
rnish exchangers return that most Parisians spoke some English meant that one could get along speaking only in English. Most students, therefore, felt that the real culture shock did not oc- cur until they got to Angers.
In Angers, the exchangers
spoke French most of the day as o~vosed to meaking onlv a few - " . sentences a day in Paris. Ellen
Bishop pointed out that simply
listening to and speaking French is tiring. She added, "All I did
was sleep for the first few days." Lisa Nicholas remarked in regard
to her experience with culture
shock that "I was so confused - it was great. I kind of felt over- whelmed ."
The students arrived in Angers
three days before vacation began. During those three days IHers
visited classes at DuBellay, went
shopping, or ate at La Gourman- dise, a well-known patisserie in Angers. When vacation began,
students joined in family activities and some vistied chateaux such as Azay-le-Rideau, Chambord, and
chion. After vacation; the group attended four more days of school before heading back to Paris where they stayed one night.
Angers is a city of about 190,000 residents including its suburbs where most of the host
families lived. It is situated in the
Spanish Exchange by Julie Champe
Seven Indian Hill students re- turned to Cincinnati Saturday,
February 27, after a three week trip to Spain. The exchangers in- clude John Lilly, Stacey Labahn, Kathleen Ringle, Jim Koster,
Mary Granger, Paula Greeno and Julie Champe.
Accompanied by Mr. Fogle or
"Dad," the students left Cincin- nati February 6 and amved in
Madrid twelve hours later. The exchangers spent three days in
Madrid and in nearby Toledo sightseeing, accompanied by res-
taurant and bar-hopping with other American exchange stu- dents. The students also toured
the famous El Prado museum and
saw Picasso's "Guernica."
On the fourth day of the trip,
the students took an eight hour
train ride to Gaudia, a town in the province of Valencia, on the Med-
iterranean Sea. In Gaudia the stu-
dents met their host families. Most of the IH exchangers had
met their host students previously
when the Spaniards came to the
Loire River Valley and is only
three hours by train from Paris and about three hours by car from the ocean. Angers is in the
heart of France's famous chateau region and has its own chateau in
the middle of town. Mrs. Connelly seemed happy
with the results of the exchange.
from travels "I think it was extremely success- ful considering the time we had to set it up. I think even that we
had the exchange was amazing."
Besides learning about the French language and French culture,
Connelly observed that the stu- dents learned about "themselves
as ~eovle."
Photo by Kwt ~u&rberg
Junior Joe ~lexander says "Yea-Man" to the Frenchman across the street while John Christine and Dwight Poffenburger look on. In the background, Diane Perlich and Vicki Camardo "get some French eats"
while Lisa Nicholas and Ellen Bishop (right foreground) scout out the
area around Notre Dame for some "bonne hommes."
U.S. iri September. Gaudiaxas a as unusud as it is at Indian Hill. population of roughly 20,000 in Often, the exchangers found out, the winter and about 200,000 in teachers had a tendency to do the
I
the summer due to tourism and same thing. The extra free time city dwellers from Madrid and was put to good use, however, Barcelona coming to spend the causing more frequent visits to summer in their condominiums. the bakery and sitting on park
The Americans spent their benches watching the pigeons. time in Gaudia much as the Span- At the end of two and a half iards did here: going to school weeks, seven depressed and reluc- and taking field trips. The IHers tant IHers bade a fond adios to took various field trips to towns Gandia and their families and de- and beaches along the coast. parted on a train for an eight hour
Other excursions entailed trip to Madrid. The last hours in climbing over ancient Roman Madrid were spent doing the
ruins, hiking up mountains to things IH Spanish exchangers
Moorish castles and touring many, loved to do best: eating, drinking
many cathedrals. "By your fdth and seeing a great city. cathedral, all the gold leaf cherubs Four IHers had to have a last look the same," stated Stacey shot at the unusual pastime they Labahn. The highlight of all the had picked up white in Spain. field trips was the climbing of a "You know, you can really get cliff to explore caves built by an great elation and joy out of
ancient unknown tibe. throwing large objects off of high When the students weren't on buildings into the unsuspecting
field trips or in school, they often streets below," explained James walked around town "soaking up Koster.
local color" and visiting their Although all the studentshave
favorite bakery. After the first their own feelings about the trip, week, going to school became Kathleen Ringle expressed hers b y 7
rarer and rarer as they picked up saying, "I think the trip has the Spanish custom of "haciendo taught us about adapting to a new
focha," or skipping class. culture, and I think we'll carry
Skipping classes in Spain is not that experience with us forever."
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H 'It's Academic' team tops Deer Par
by David Stradling
Indian Hill's "It's Academic"
team defeated Deer Park High
School and Scott High School of
Kentucky 575 to 370 to 190 re-
spectively at the WCET Studio, Saturday, February 13.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ackley accom-
panied the team at the match in
, place of Mrs. Patricia Connelly,
the group's regular sponsor, who
'was with the exchange students in
France. In addition, Mr. Frank
Bunton aided the team, consisting
of John Reis, Andy Bahnfleth and
Lawrence Gallant, by conducting
practices prior>o the match.
After the first round of com-
petition, Indian Hill and Deer
Park were tied with 140 points
while Scott trailed by 30 with
110. However, by the end of the
next round, the visual round, In-
dian Hill lead Deer Park by 50
and Scott by 110.
Throughout the next three
rounds, the category, packet, and
IHIAC, cont. from p. 1 Speaking.
Extra effort and time in the
next three categories paid off
when the club scrapbook, pre-
pared by Doug Marsh, placed
first, and Outstanding Chapter,
represented by Rob Zesch, also
placed first. Also the Parliamen- tary Procedure Team, consisting
of Doug Marsh, Rob Zesch,
Chris Wiech, Steve Dubell, Kurt
Horton, and Chris Hug finished
second.
In the second part of competi-
tion, ribbons for "merit" were
awarded. John Brumleve received
four for his work in Research and
Design and Photography. Rob
Zesch won three ribbons in
Photography, Chris Wiech - three
ribbons in Architecture and
Photography, Rob Burnett - two
ribbons in Architecture, Michelle -
Englert - two ribbons in Drafting
and Photography. Single ribbon
winners were Doug Marsh Archi-
tecture, Tom Mullaney - Drafting,
Quay Doench, and Jules Harloe - Photography.
As club advisor, Mr. Dennis
Dupps commented, "Our chapter
has accomplished a monumental
feat. We won the State Cham-
pionship!. . . . My club members
are the best in the state, and I'm
proud to have the opportunity to
work with them." John Brum-
leve, one of the many award
grab bag, Indian Hill improved
their lead and ended with a stun-
ning victory.
Lawrence Gallent thought that
Andy Bahnfleth was "at the top
of his form," and that "we didn't
have as many troubles as we
thought we would, but it wasn't
easy."
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Senior John Reis commented Photo by Rob Zesch
that this game was "a lot less Indian Hill's victorious "It's Academic" team seems stumped by a ques-
competitive than the last." Mrs. tion during the match against Deer Park and Scott.
~oknel ly was "thrilled to death"
that the team won but stated that TW 0 1 H e r~ se 1 e c t e d to a tte n d she could take no credit because
of her absence.
The Deer park-scott match Youth Leadership Conference will be televised on channel 48 on
Sunday, March 28.
The IH "It's Academic" team
plays Norwood and Boone county
hi.& schools which, according to
Lawrence Gallant, will be "our
toughest test yet; if we can get
by Boone County, we have an
excellent chance at taking it all."
* * * * * winners, said, "Every thing we got
we deserved. . . . We lost a lot of
time and sleep in preparation, but
we got what we paid for."
Mr. Duppys next adventure for
the team is the South West Ohio
Industrial Arts Display at North-
gate Mall April 22 and 23.
The following challenge for
the team is the National Confer-
ence in Norfolk, Virginia in the
middle of June. This contest will
give students an opportunity to
rank nationally.
by Nancy Hopple Sophomore Kitsa Tassian and
junior Todd Cox have been selec-
ted to attend the Spring Youth
Leadership Conference at Valley
Forge, sponsored by the Free-
doms Foundation at Valley Forge on April 29 through May 2.
The purpose of the Youth
Leadership Conference is to en-
courage youth to evaluate person-
al and national goals while adop-
ting a positive approach to re-
sponsible citizenship, patriotism,
and American heritage and ideals.
Those selected to attend the con-
ference have the opportunity to
hear speakers and to participate in
discussions with government, mili-
tary, business, church, and aca-
demic spokesmen.
The Cincinnati Chapter of
Freedoms Foundation selected
four outstanding area boys and
four outstanding area girls to
attend the conference and pays all
expenses for the eight students
through private donations to the
organization. Applicants, who
received forms from Mr. Gellert,
were to be sophomores or juniors
of excellent character possessing
high qualities of leadership and re-
sponsiblity as well as a desire for a
deeper understanding of the prin-
ciples on which our country was
founded. Applicants were also to
include a brief statement and a
letter of recommendation.
This year marks the first time
ever that any students from Indi-
an Hill High School have been
selected to attend the conference.
Both Tassian and Cox agree that
the conference should prove to be
"a rare and beneficial experience
that hopefully will be applicable
in future years."
Boys' and Girls' State reps chosen by Julie Meyerenke leadership qualities and commu- state' represent.ti*a rill conduct
Four Indian Hill students were nication skills. A committee of their week long seminar at Bowl- recently chosen to participate in administrators, teachers, coun- ing Green State University, Bowl-
the Buckeye Boys' and Girls' selors, and parents reviewed the ing Green, Ohio.
State programs, sponsored by the applications and administered
American Legion. The four personal interviews. after which Jewish ~ o s ~ i - t a l juniors are Laurie Hallam, Vicki
Camardo, Richard Stradling, and Todd Cox.
The purpose of Boys' an?
Girls' State is to educate students
in the duties, privileges, rights,
and responsibilities of American
citizens. It points out all of the
contributions men and women
can make to the welfare of their
city, county, state, and nation.
Applications were made avail-
able to all juniors, and applica-
tions were judged on academic
strength, interest in government,
they selected the host qualified
applicants. During the one week trip to
Ashland College, in Ashland,
Ohio, in mid-June, Girls' State
members will have a definite func-
tion. "I'm looking forward to
making new friends, getting a
better understanding of govern-
ment, bringing back some know-
ledge to pass on, and overall,
getting a better understanding of
how government works," Vicki
Camardo said.
On the other hand, the Boys'
needs volunteers The auxiliary of the Jewish
Hospital is now recruiting volun-
teers for their summer hospital
program. They are accepting men
and women 14 or older to work
in jobs such as transporting pa-
tients, simple nursing duties, de-
livering flowers to patients, print
shop work, supplies, etc. . . . Any
interested persons should call
Antoinette Asimus at the Jewish
Hospital volunteers office, 569- 2300, any time from 8:30 a.m. to
5 : 00 p.m. They need volunteers!
March 19,1982 CHIEFTAIN Page 11
Softball Squaws aiming to match 77-3 mark by Kurt Dusterberg
Girls varsity softball coach
Robert Wessinger has a great deal
of two things going into the Squaws' season: 1. talent, 2. en-
thusiasm.
The varsity Squaws have ten
of sixteen players returning from
last year's squad, so Indian Hill
stands a fair chance to equal last
season's 17-3 record. The team
has tremendous balance with six
seniors, two juniors, five sopho-
mores and three freshmen. So
what weaknesses could the
Squaws possibly have?
"We don't have any weak-
nesses," Wessinger laughed. "We
work two hours a day, seven days
a week. Right now, we're stress-
ing hitting because, early in the
year it is the hardest skill to de-
velop."
Wessinger has reduced his po-
tential players into his final team.
The competition, Wessinger feels,
will keep the players on their
toes.
"Right now, I don't know of
one player who has a starting po-
sition locked up. I always try to
have it so that there is always
someone ready to take any posi-
tion if someone starts to dog it."
Last year, Indian Hill finished
9-1 in the league, but that does
not indicate how tough it was for
the Squaws to win the title. Four
of those games were decided by
one run. 'Sycamore, Glen Este
and Loveland are expected to give
Indian Hill a run for its money in this year's EHL play.
In the five years Wessinger has
coached the varsity Squaws, he
has yet to win a tournament.
Last year the Squaws finished
third in the Hamilton County
Tournament. This year, Wessin-
ger's opportunity to win a tour-
ney trophy will come in the Har-
rison Tournament at Harrison
High School on May 14 and 15.
The format will be a double elim-
ination tournament with approx-
imately 16 teams entered.
Freshman Gretchen Kindel loses her Command Performance hair style
as she goes for the long baM.
Wessinger who is very happy returning for a second year now,
with the gi~ls' attitude, also is and the freshmen show a f&
looking fonvard to a strong sea- amount of potential," Wessinger
son for the second year JV team. said. "I expect they will win 75%
"We have a number of players of their games."
Track Braves prepare for Sycamore Relays by Paul Monach
The 1982 boys' track season
kicked off in good fashion March
1, with nine meets plus the EHL,
Sectional, and District champion-
ships in sight.
The fast week of practice was
a conditioning period to get the
team in shape for more strenuous
workouts. The entire team prac-
ticed together, as Coach Bob West
said, "to help team unity." After
that week, the workouts have
been more specialized, and some
days have been set aside for tim-
ing everyone in most running
events. All of this points to the
first meet, the Sycamore Relays
Friday March 26.
In fact, the relays, particularly
the 1600 meter relay, have been
under special consideration. The
1600 meter relay has been weak
in past years, and hopes are that a
better group will be fielded this
year. The 400 meter relay team
of John Gennantonio, Jim Mor-
gan, Dave Rhodenbaugh, and
John Fitzmaurice will return from
last year and should do very well
with a year's experience behind
them.
Overall, the areas most in need
of people are the 400 meters, 800
meters, the hurdles, and the 1600
and 320Q meter relays. The dis-
tance areas are also in need of
more people, but two of the posi-
tions are to be filled by Richard
Stradling and Dwight Poffen-
berger.
On the other hand, the most
solid points are the sprints, the
shotput and discus, and the pole-
vault. Craig Carman in shotput
and discus and Rhodenbaugh in the pole vault are two hopefuls to
do well in the EHL and-other
* * * * * post-season meets.
In regards to total team suc-
cess, Coach West remarked, "We
feel that we can finish at least
third or fourth in the EHL."
However, next yea1 should be
even better, as most of the team,
as juniors this year, will be return- ing as seniors. Outside of the
EHL, next year's improvements
should be immense as a result of
the switch to AA status as well as
the more experienced group. There will be three home
meets this year. The first home
match against Loveland, following
the Sycamore Relays, will be
staged March 30.
Indian Hill's 'Sweat' to battle for Bates basketball title today
by Chieftain sports staff
The McNicholas-Mariemont
game will open the Student
Government sponsored Bates
Memorial Intramural Basketball
Tournament today at 4:00 p.m.
in the Indian Hill gymnasium.
Indian Hill will host eight area
teams today and tomorrow to
perpetuate the tradition of the
annual Indian Hill intramural
basketball tournament.
Along with Indian Hill High
School's team, "Sweat," the
tournament will include a team
from Western Hills High School,
Mariemont High School, Mc-
Nicholas High School, St. Xavier
High School, Moeller High
School, Sycamore High School,
and Northwest High School. The
fnst round of the tournament will
take place tonight, beginning at
4:OO. Saturday, quarter-finaland
semi-final action will begin at
1:OO. The finals will be staged
that night at 7 :30.
Moeller, a long-time intra-
mural powerhouse and last year's
tournament victors, is favored to
capture this year's crown.
"Sweat" team member Chris
Schurman conceded, "I think
Moeller has an edge in this tourna-
ment." Doug Ulmer, another
"Sweat" player, agreed.
Yet, both Schurman and U1-
mer figure "Sweat" will fair well
in the tournament. Ulmer pro-
phesized that the team "will prob-
ably make it to the semi-finals."
"Sweat" established a 14-0 record
against the five other Indian Hill
intramural basketball teams.
Last year, Indian Hill's repre-
sentative in the tournament, the
"BAMFS," lost to Moeller in the
first round. However, both Ulmer
and Schurman, former "BAMF"
members, feel "Sweat" is a
"much better team ." Ulmer cited
"more height and experience" as the major strengths of this year's
team over the "BAMFS." The
"Sweat" team members include
Bill Carroll, Craig Carmen, Charlie
Hall, John Kennelly, Pete Leu-
gers, Bill Skrabak, Ulmer, and
Schurman.
Today, "Sweat" will face
Western Hills at 5:00 in the fnst
round. Should they win, "Sweat"
will meet the winner of the
McNicholas-Mariemont game
tomorrow at 1:OO. Schurman
added, "I think we have a real
good chance; we're in an easier
bracket ."
Page 12 CHIEFTAIN March 19, 1982
Braves working by Mike Petraglia
Coach Jim Benken is looking
forward to seeing how the varsity
baseball Braves will fare this year
with good reason. His team is
looking to better last year's dis-
mal 5-15 mark.
One of the factors that
to avenge previous sour season sports quiz 1. Who took over as coach of the
gained an honarable mention in UC Bearcats when Ed Badger
the EHL last year are three such temporarily quit two years
players who are expected to help ' .- ago?
the team. " 2. Who is the coach of the Uni-
Dave Davis, who got the pitch- versity of Virginia basketball
ing win in the Braves' only tourn- team?
arnent win last year, and Dave 3. Who was the Chicago Cubs
Hancher. who returns after a vear shortstop in the early '70s?
plagued the Braves last year was following shoulder surgery,
the rain that seemed to follow the should provide depth as pitchers. team wherqver it went. Partly be- Last year's JV squad has
cause of the weather, the Braves offered an abundance of talent
were never really able to pull it all this year's competition for start- together. Another factor was the ing jobs and backup roles.
number of untimely and costly The Braves are not batting a
errors that the team committed, typical varsity problem this year - which played a role in the final making up for graduated seniors.
outcome four to five times during Only Paul Brown, John Brophy, the year. Kevin Egan and Brad Scharfen-
Out of all this, though, came berger were seniors from last
the good fortune of having many year's varsity. juniors who have now gained var- Benken's squad kicks off the Photos by Rob Zesch
sity experience and now are back season one week from today Keith Rabenold shags a fly in a
as seniors. John Nichols, Bill when they play at Finneytown at recent baseball practice.
Carroll and Doug Ulrner, who 4:00 p.m.
JV Baseball
ion mar
ague Dow by Brian Freeman
The JV Braves' opening game
will be played March 26 at home
against Finneytown, Coach
Dennis Dowling is still unsure of
his starting lineup. He explains,
"This is due to the fact that it has
rained so much that the team has
been unable to practice outside,
and I have been unable to prop-
perly evaluate all their talents. Of
course, all the other teams in the
city are having the same problem
so we are not behind in prepara-
tion compared to everyone else."
Last year the Braves finished
at 4-10, with seven of those losses
b y three runs or less. "Our prob-
lem last year was a lack of hit-
ting," stated Coach Dowling, "but
our defense was very good, and
our pitching was average."
This year Dowling thinks he
has a better hitting club, although
he has to see his team hit outside
first before describing the players'
potential. The defense is expected
to be just as good as last year.
The infield wiU likely be
anchored by sophomore Mitch
Theuring, a shortstop returning
from last year. Another sopho-
more, Dan Kremchek, showed
great progress last year at first
base. The two were named as last
year's Most Improved Piayers.
Jim Atkinson could start as the
Braves' second baseman if he is
able to avoid injuries. Atkinson
missed several games last season
when he injured a finger before a
game with Seven Hills. Behind the
plate the Braves have good
defense in their two freshmen
catchers, Steve Flannery and Bill
Croskey . The outfield is one of the big
4. What National Hockey League
currently has the worst rec-
ord?
5. Who did the Reds receive from
the Kansas City Royals in ex-
change for Caesar Geronimo?
ANSWERS
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Tnma uax -1 Correction:
The Chieftain staff apologizes
for the misspelling o f Andy
Heitzman's name in this issue's
"On the Spot."
Photos by Rob Zesch question marks the team- Nine
Catcher Bill Croskey flips the ball to Coach Dowling, who fungw to his people are still in contention for fielders. the outfield positions. One likely
prospect is Kurt Froehlich, who
saw some action with the JV Braves last year. Coach Dowling's
major concern is his pitching
staff. All of his starters from last
year have gone to the varsity
team, and now the pitching staff
has little depth.
Overall, the team has yet to
take its full form, but Dowling
sees his team as "building for the
varsity by developing the players'
skills. The varsity benefits from
this training and it has a good
team this year." Coach Dowling's
goal for his players is quite
simply, to "have fun and improve
the team's baseball skills."
Rendezvous needs help
Rendez-vous officials need students willing to
donate their services for the auction. Stu-
dents will be auctioned off to buyers for ser-
vices from baby-sitting to garden work. Stu-
dents who are interested should contact any
Student Government member.
Vol. 31 No. 12
March 19, 1982
Indian Hill High
Cincinnati, Ohio
School 45243
IH Industrial Arts Club by Ron Zesch and Chris Wiech
The Indian Hill Industrial Arts
Club secured a first place rank
with their efforts in this year's
Ohio AIASA (American Industrial
Arts Student Association) Compe-
tition.
Last Thursday and Friday,
twenty-two of the club's members
traveled to Columbus, where they
took the state title by beating Mt.
Giliad, a fourteen-time winner,
and twenty-five other Ohio based
teams. While attending the confer-
ence, state officers were elected
to positions for the 82-83 school
year. Chris Wiech was elected Vice-President for Ohio-AIASA.
Also elected was Steve Dubell for
the Southwest District Vice-
President in a land slide decision. The competition included
nineteen different events in which
W e e n Indian Hill IA Club mem-
bers received first place. Individu-
als won thirteen trophies inclu-
ding the sweepstakes trophy for
first place. The Industrial Arts
fields which were being judged
included events such as Drafting,
General Knowledge, Public Speak-
ing, Safety Posters, Parliamentary
Procedure and others.
The second part of the compe-
tition was a display of Industrial Atts projects ranging from draft-
ing to electronics. In this event,
twenty "merit" ribbons were
awarded to various members of
Indian HWs team. The trip fees were all paid for
out of funds earned previously
through the club's work. Last
year, for example, the club made
and sold numerous picnic tables and they plan to repeat this
money-making project again this
year. Other sources of funds are a
set of house plans which club
members engineered, '82 Pow-
Wow shirts, and the pennants sold
during last year's basketball
season.
In the state competition's sec-
tion of the contest, the IH stu-
Photo by Rob Zesch
M Senior Mike Gruber holds his second one meter diving State champ-
ion plaque.
wins State dents who placed in their division
are as follows: in the senior divi-
sion: John Brumleve - first place
General Knowledge and Research
Paper; Rob Burnett - second place
Research Pape~ and, first place
Practical Drafting; ~ h s Wiech - second place Practicd Drafting;
her safety poster (Englert is the first IH student to place in this category at state level).
' Ereshmen winners competing
in the Junior Division were: Chris Eaton - fnst place General Know-
ledge and Extemporaneous Speak- ing; Tom Mullaney - second in Practical Drafting; and Greg Meyers - third place in Prepared
See IHIAC, page 2
The State Champion Indian Hill Industrial Ar4s Club team displays its
awards.
Gru ber captures State diving -
title for second straig by Chris Schmalz
Senior Mike Gruber again won
the Boys' High School State one
meter during competition last
Friday and Saturday, March 5 and 6 in Canton, Ohio.
Gruber, who won the state
meet last year by only seven one-
hundredths of a point, coasted t o
the victory this year by twenty
points. Gruber's closest competi-
tor was Kurt Bubnis of St. Xavier
High School. "The competition
at state was not as hard as it has
been in the past," Gruber ex-
plained.
However, after winning sec-
tional~, Gruber came in second a t
Districts because he hit the board
on one of his dives. Due to his
mistake, Pat Evans of Glen Este
was awarded fitst place in Districts.
In two weeks, Gruber travels
to Milwaukee for the 1982 Indoor
Senior Nationals. In order to be able to enter the 1984 Olympic
trials, Gruber must finish in the
top eight at Senior Nationals. If Gruber does place in the top eight
at Senior Nationals, he is looking
forward to competing for a posi-
tion on the U.S. Diving Team.
Gruber, who was denied all American status last year, is pres-
ently applying again this year.
This award is presented ot the top
twenty divers in the nation. "I
hope I make it," he said, "But I can't tell - it is a very 'iffy' thing."
Next year, Gruber plans t o
attend the University of Michigan,
where he will be able to train under previous Olympic coach
Mr. Dick Kimball. Gruber is look-
ing forward to improving his ;
diving under who, he feels, is the
best diving coach in America. He will attend U of M on a two-thirds
diving scholarship.