vol 32 no 8

2 CHIEFTAIN way of the woods

January 14,1983

Ice fishers use many tactics to bring 'em up by Dwight Poffenberger species of freshwater gamefish can of my ice fishing, people ice fish

Althwgh winter may never be caught through the ice, but out of little shacks, called shan-

sports quiz Vol. 32, No. 8 January 14,1983 Indian Hill High School Cincinnati, Ohio 45243

1. In the 1982 season, Bengal quarterback Ken Anderson broke the NFL season record

for completion percentage formerly held by whom?

2. Bengal cornerback Ken Riley leads all active NFL players

with 58 career interceptions. Who is second?

3. In what conference are the Kentucky Wildcats?

4. Where did former Indian Hill

basketball star Scott Rogers

('76) play in college? 5. Who were the original four

members of Pittsburgh's Steel Curtain?

reach Cincinnati this year, it s t e m s appropriate that this col- umn be devoted to some winter

outdoor activity. When January rolls around most lakes north of Cincinnati and even some in town are covered with ice thick enough to ice fish.

Of all fishermen, ice fishermen are the diehards. They're the ones who brave negative temperatures bundled in snowmobile suits, looking like eskimos. They're the lunatics one sees driving I;ord pickups over lakes like it was no big deal.

Are frostbitten toes and icy fingers worth a few slimy critters from the deep? To some they are. Many ice fishermen catch their limit of pike, bass, or blue-

giU in a short time. Almost all

most are sluggish. The cold water temperature slows down the fish's metabolism, so it feeds less.

Most ice fishermen use live

bait, which is more productive than artificial bait and easier to fish with. All one has to do is

throw a minnow on a hook with a

small sinker and relax. The only problem with this is that it isn't

fun dipping one's hand into a bucket of squirmy minnows in below freezing temperatures.

When fishing with live bait most ice fishermen use a device called a tip-up to tell when they have a strike. A tip-up consists of a small flag attached to the line so the flag pops up when a fish hits. Two sticks in the form of a cross over the hole support the flag.

In Michigan, where I do most

ties, which resemble the modem day Port-0-Lets. This is the luxurious way to ice fish. Most shantie? have two holes from which to fish and some even have built-in heaters. Since the shanty is dark, one can look into the hole and see the fish eating the min-

nows. Usually visability is limited to twenty feet or so.

For most ice fishermen, shanties are the most fun way to

fish. Seeing the fish swim up to the minnow, then turn away at the last minute is frustrating but

also fun. Unlike any other type

of fishing, in shanty fishing

one can see the fish's approach

and reaction to the bait. Shanties also provide an effective pro-

tection against brutal northern winds.

IH prospective student program informs

district of 1983-84 scholastic alternatives must learn to relate to al l people of all levels," stated Feltman.

Math department head Mr. David

The need for the program

stemmed from the ever increasing

problem of declining enrollment. The plain and simple facts are that there are as many as 700

children living in the Indian Hill school district who attend private or parochial schools and in the

last seven years Indian Hill's enrollment has declined by about

500 students. High school principle Dr. Karl

Feltman raised the question: "Are people getting that much more

for their money from other schools?" He added that they

have to pay taxes and support Indian Hill anyway.

The problem facing many pro-

spective students is the stereotype that public schools lack quality

and discipline. Social Studies de-

partment coordinator Mr. Jim

Powers said, "Adults think public

schools are a stinking mess due to bad press. If parents got the mes-

sage (that schools aren't a mess)

the program was worthwhile."

Feltman and other administrators actually made the program to

allow people to judge the school

by its merits and not the fact that

it is a public school. "We have a very competative product and we offer the community their

school," said Feltman. "I'm all for it," said Mrs. Mor-

gan, head of the English depart-

ment. 'With more enrollemnt we can have a better curiculum, more classes to offer, and we can main-

tain our extracurricular program." "School is a place where you

learn to live with society and you

Swisher commented that "some

students in other public schools would be better off corn- t o

Indian Hill." After all of what has been

said, still another aspect to the declining enrollment problem re-

mains. There is a direct corolla-

tion between the number of stu-

dents and the number of teachers

in any school. "The administration is doing a great deal to save

jobs for the teachers with the

program," said Language department head Mrs. JoAnn Wund.

The bottom line is that the

administration hoped to show

Indian Hill's achievements, what it has to offer, and give the community an equal schooling alter-

native before any decisions were

made for the 1983-84 year.

by Ron Zesch The high school conducted

what administrators call a "pro-

spective student program" last

night. The program was aimed at getting students from the IH dis-

trict who attend other high

schools to enroll 'at Indian Hill

High School. The program began with a

short introductory address high-

lighting the school's achievements

and then proceeded into a period which could be used as a question and answer session.

Questions were directed at the attending administrators, coun-

selors, department coordinators,

teachers, alumni, and students. Refreshments were served and

all in attendance were offered a

tour of the school's facilities.

ANSWERS

Improvement is the word for b-ball Squaws by Shelley Stanforth cessful and the deficit quickly never close. Greisdorn was the

Eager to show newly de- widened. high scorer with 18 points.

veloped improvement, head coach Freshman Dee Dee Bucher The last game before the Dick Pfirman leads his girls' var- came on to score five points for Christmas break was a 32-26 loss

sity basketball team into action the Squaws. As a result of the to Loveland, on Thursday, De- Saturday against Mount Notre team's and their own improve- cember 16. The game was close

Ilarne. ment, many of the younger for the duration. "Just like So far Pfirman is satisfied with players have more confidence. against Milford, the game could

the team's improvement. With On Tuesday of that same week have gone either way," com- ten of twelve players not having the girls earned their fist victory, mented Pfirman. At the half the

any previous varsity experience, over Matiemont, 40-24, at Marie- Squaws were down by four. They there was much room for im- mont. The Lady Braves breezed lost ground during the third

provement. Pfirman feels that the by the warriors in the fist quarter, but outscored Loveland girls are now competitive, whereas quarter, 13-0, and the game was in the fourth. in the beginning they were not.

The Lady Braves are supplied with an experienced inside

shooter in senior Mandy Greis- T.x I

dorn but lack someone to connect

L-

Darkroom and partiton built

by custodians over vacation FROSH, from p. 10

Overall, I'm very pleased with the

game." Two free throws by Tucker in

overtime broke a 24-24 deadlock

to seal a hard-fought 26-24 win for IH against Mariemont on December 16. The Braves played a sloppy first half but kept the game tight, being down by only five, 20-15, at half. The Braves'

defense pulled together in the second half to allow no field goals.

The Warriors threatened to score with seconds remaining, but a block by Viox sent the game into overtime.

Commented Thompson, "We played a terrible furst half, but in the second we improved. We had some guys in foul trouble, so we used a zone to cut down on the fouls. Overall it was a sloppy win, but I 1 take it."

This win, coupled with wins against Loveland, Madeira and Sycamore, gives IH a 4-1 EHL record, chasing only the undefeated Milford Eagles; and as Baumel put it, despite their SO0 record, "All that matters is the EHL."

by Paul Smith The high school custodians

made improvements in the science

and home economics departments during Christmas break.

One of their largest endeavors

was a new darkroom in the science department. Located in

Mr. Dick Pfman's room, it was

I constructed for the Physics Seminar classes, but may be used by all Physics classes in the

P future.

"* * *;,.

The darkroom wiU serve for stroboscopic photography (photo-

graphy using a strobe light) and holographic photography (photography using a laser).

"It is going to give the kids a chance to do things that they haven't been able to do in the

past. Not many schools have the ability to take holographic and

stroboscopic photographs. It's going to be a nice thing for the

school," Pfman commented.

from the outside. P f i i a n feels a good outside shooter would nicely complement Greisdom's in-

side ability. "We're just one outside shooter away from being photo by Chris Eaton

built by the custodians during the The new physics darkroom was

Christmas holiday.

Another addition to the school was made in the home

economics room. A wall was added to the room to separate the

kitchen from the classroom. With

the wall's separation of the two existing rooms, Home Economics

teacher Mrs. Kathryn Marsh

hopes that classes will have less disturbances, and, in turn, get

more accomplished. Along with the new wall, part

of the wall of the home econom-

ics dining room was knocked out and replaced by a folding door. Camet was also laid in the room.

good."

The Squaws did not have a model game in their 54-33 loss to Glen Este this past Tuesday. Pfirman summed up the game well: "We had a really bad day. We couldn't play together."

The much improved Squaws lost to the talented Madeira Amazons last Thursday, 51-30. The game was close for three quarters. After the frrst quarter, the score was tied at 6 4 , and even though the second quarter of play ended 18-12, the game was still

way too small. Now we feel much freer," Marsh said. The department hopes to use the room for dinners in the future.

Besides the custodians' work,

the janitors also worked on many areas of the school. They

scrubbed and waxed all of the floors, cleaned the student service

center, changed lights, cleaned

windows and worked to improve

the heating system in the school. A new darkroom for the

industrial arts department is one

of the projects which will

be constructed by the main-

exciting. Halfway through the photo by Julie Gilsdorf fourth quarter, the Squaws had to Center Mary Granger jumps high for the tip during the Squaws' recent go into a press. It was unsuc- game against Madeh. photo by Chris Eaton

Home economics students concentrate better with the aid of this new "We're glad to have the door on tenance crew in the near wall which separates them from the kitchen fadities. the room because the room was future.

CHIEFTAIN January 14,1983

editorial jobs. . - It's not Reaganomics, it's economics - pure and

Americans who criticize President Reagan for

creating today's 10.4% unemployment rate, the highest unemployment rate since the Great Depression, are

overlooking two simple economic facts: the law of supply and demand and the fact that inflation and

unemployment rates usually swing like a pendulum.

Last spring, Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volker began tightening up the money supply by raising

the discount rate above 16%. This in turn propor-

tionally raised the interest rate at which people

borrow money. Naturally, with an excessively high interest rate people borrowed less money and bought

less goods and services.

The law of supply and demand says that if demand

is decreased then supply will increase which will in turn result in a reduction in prices - i.e. - the inflation

rate. This is exactly what happened last year as the inflation rate plummetted from above 12% to its

present rate of below 5%. The obvious negative side of decreased inflation is increased unemployment. Those

people who are not borrowing money and demanding the goods and services are causing people to lose their

as I see it

Banning video games

by John Bergman One of the greatest crazes that

has swept the nation in the last

several years is video games. They have found their way into res-

taurants, shopping malls and arcades. Everyone seems to be

playing them.

I t is only natural that video games are now the topic of a

raging controversy; all other

popular things are, after all. This controversy centers around the

idea that the games might have a

detrimental effect on avid players,

or at least on their finances, and

argues that communities have a

responsibility to protect these

unfortunate souls.

Recently, several groups have

suggested that video arcades

should be banned. Some cities

have taken this step. Proponents

of banning base their arguments

on the simple issue of money and

the much more complicated one

of psychology.

The fanatical ramifications of the games are fairly obvious.

Avid video players can find them-

selves plunging quarter after

ue purpose quarter into the slot, without

much attention given to bud-

getary consequences. People in favor of banning will tell you that

some of these quarters were intended for lunch-money, or at

least could have been spent more

wisely.

The second issue is slightly more abstract. I have heard

psychologists use such terms as

arcadeaddiction. They say that

some players look for needed

security in the games. The arcade

is a place of escape from the real world, a world they should be

learning to deal with more effec-

tively.

Then there is the issue of

learning itself. People against

video games say that the most

that a video game can attempt to

develop in the player is handeye

coordination.

The last major argument that

the opponents of video games

tend to make relates to their ef-

fect on social behavior. They say

that the games separate a player

from his surroundings by bringing

simple. So which is worse: high unemployment or high

inflation? And can a median be reached? The answer, if it is obtainable, is to find a way to control both inflztion and unemployment at reasonable rates. The

possibility for finding a median is in the hands of the

President and Congress.

Recently, the signs of economic recovery from the

recession have surfaced. Construction and the housing

market are increasing, the interest rate is dropping, and

the stock market continues to flourish; all of these

seem to indicate economic recovery. With recovery

will come the demand for products which will neces-

sitate jobs which will in turn bring down the unem-

ployment rate. Consumer demand for goods and

services will increase but will this trigger runaway

double-digit inflation again? No one is saying for sure.

If Reagan pulls it off, he will undoubtedly come out

smelling like a rose. Perhaps Americans should give Reagan a chance and

"stay the course." Remember that many of those not

working are getting unemployment checks and welfare aid and are not starving. Reagan may not have all the answers, but he is trying and desperatly needs time for

his policies to be approved and take effect.

him into a totally mechanical

world. Some even go as far as to

say that the games encourage violence and destruction.

These are the reasons why

some people oppose video games. The j u ~ t ~ c a t i o n these people use

in arguing that video games be

banned is the same justification that people use when they want

anything banned. They firmly

believe that it is the responsibility

of the government to protect its

citizens.

Those of you who have read

some of my other columns already know that it is this last

conclusion that concerns me. I

have already expressed my views

about book-banning and politi-

cized art, and I must express that

same view here.

Video games essentially affect

one person, the player. Whether

or not the effect is positive is a

matter of academic debate. I

happen to believe that almost all

of the allegations against video

games are false, but this is not the

crucial point. The financial and psychological dilemma posed by

the games are matters which

should concern those who choose

to play the games, and possibly their parents.

In uuth, most players see the games as a pure and simple form

of entertainment. To them they

are no more detrimental than a game of golf or a crossword puz-

zle. If those fanatics who are

opposed to video games must fmd

something to ban, let them find

something important that affects

and, in some way, harms third

parties. Don't let them outlaw

what is, in reality, just another

form of amusement

Mitchell conducts EHL Honors Band by Chris Hug Indian Hill students who par-

The annual Eastern Hills ticipated in the concert were:

League Honors Band concert was Guy Adams, Brad Adrien, Jimmy conducted by Mr. Rex Mitchell, a Carson, Tom Crumpler, Jeff

professor of music at Clarion Currier, Karen DeLollis, Lawrence

State College, in the Indian Hill Gallant, Fred Goosman, Gus

auditorium, January 9. Gordon, Laura Harmon, Brett

The program featured works Hubers, Chris Hug, Ken Jones, by John Phillip Sousa, Richard Mimi Kahn, Tom McClure, Lisa Wagner, Camille De Nardis, and Nicolas, Sandy Pesce, and Joel Rex Mitchell. Ruff.

January 14,1983 CHIEFTAIN

Small numbers hurting Aquateam by Diane Remmell

Due primarily to a lack of

depth, the Indian Hill Aquateam,

under new coaches Chris Sigler

and Doc Holliday, has struggled

to an 0-4 start.

Holliday commented, "It's not

that we're lacking talent. We

simply have not got enough

people swimming. At a meet with

all of our swimmers, we only

swim in half of the races."

In the team's most recent loss,

the Aquabraves dropped a close

meet to Roger Bacon's boys'

team, 58-55, on January 7. The

squad lost despite triple wins by

junior Cliff Wingerter and senior

Dave Ackermann and good swims by senior Jim Koster and junior

Scott Lyon, who also placed first

in diving.

The Aquateam swam as a unit in its loss to Talawanda, Decem-

ber 16. The girls' team lost

68-41, while the boys' team, led

by triple wins by Wingerter, Ackermann, and Lyon, including

first place in diving, lost 54-47.

The Aquateam took another

loss against the Sycamore "B"

team on December 14. Both

Indian Hill teams, although taking

early leads, took a beating when

Sycamore called in their "A"

team halfway through the meet.

The girls, with triple wins by

Jennie Gardner, Diane Remmell,

and Beth Wingerter, lost the meet

63-50. The Braves, having some

close swims against Sycamore's

"A" team, were defeated, 73-42.

Both Indian Hill teams were

destroyed when they faced the

New Ricnmond team, which has

about three times as many

swimmers as Indian Hill. The girls

lost 64-33, and the boys lost

83-22. Gardner and Remmell captured triple wins, while Kos-

ter, one of only three boys at

the meet, took two events.

Despite these losses, the team

is looking forward to the com-

petitions coming up which will

culminate in the state champion-

ship. The girls, having taken a relay to state for the past four

years, have a good chance of taking the medley relay of

Remmell, Kris Brockman,

Wingerter, &d Sara Linquist to

the sectional and perhaps the

state level. The boys show talent

with Lyon, Ackermann, and Wingerter.

Madeira squeaker l i fts JV Braves by Brian Rowe

Winter break was no vaca-

tion for JV basketball coach Gary

Gellert; he was hard at work de-

vising a new offense. It apparent-

ly has paid off, as in 1983 the

Braves are undefeated, having

won their last four games.

Wednesday's victory over non-

league Turpin upped the Braves' record to 4-7. IH's previous de-

feats of Mariemont and Madeira

evened its league record at 3-3, good for third place behind

Sycamore and Madeira.

The team earned its first non-

league victory by putting Turpin

away, 44-32, Wednesday night.

The "Twin Towers," Curtis Ott

and Pete Seremetis, led the Braves

to their easy victory with 20 and

11 points, respectively.

The most exciting game was

the Braves' most recent league

game, a 55-53 win at Madeira,

January 7. In that game the

Braves jumped out to a 19-11 lead

in the first quarter, with Ott

scoring nine. Madeira closed the

gap slowly after the first half, but

with 1:30 to play, the Mustangs

took a one-point lead.

The Braves took it down the

court, and after 30 seconds, Mike

Wentz was fouled while shooting.

He calmly sank two free throws

despite the crowd's yelling, "Miss

it!" Madeira hurried the ball up

and guard Eric Berger hit on a 15-

foot lump shot.

With 15 seconds left, IH called

timeout, down by one point.

After inbounding, Wentz set up a play. A few passes later,

Seremetis had the ball in close

with four seconds left, put a shot

up, and was fouled. He went to the line and made one of two to

tie the score at 53-53. But after

he made the shots, the Madeira

bench was assessed a technical

foul for complaining too loudly.

David Stanforth made two foul

shots under pressure to put the

game away.

Tonight the JV Braves will

host Glen Este in a key league

showdown. A win could put IH in a tie for second place in the

EHL.

Cooke's young Squaws short on height by Ellen Alvord

The JV girls' basketball team,

plagued by youth and a lack of

height, has pushed off to a slow

2-8 start, with a league record of

2-5.

Explaining the team's record,

the team's coach, Miss Sharon

Cooke, states, "We are a very

young team, and we usually go up

against teams that are loaded with

sophomores, so our record really

doesn't indicate our skill level."

The team's most recent game,

an 18-12 loss to Glen Este last

Tuesday, definitely did not

demonstrate the team's potential.

However, it did exemplify the

team's basic problem: getting

points on the board.

Previous to that, the team

experienced a typical loss to

Madeira, 32-16, on January 6.

Again, scoring was Indian Hill's

major problem.

Surprisingly, after little prac-

tice, in their first game after

winter vacation, Indian Hill's JV

team came up with their second win, a 16-1 1 defeat of Mariemont,

January 4. The team's usual

strong defense was the chief con-

tributing factor of the win.

Before vacation, Indian Hill

had a long, tedious losing streak

against Loveland, 22-14, Milford,

54-9, Sycamore, 43-14, and

Greenhills, 3 2-21, resulting from

a combination of tough teams and

the Squaws' inability to score.

In the beginning of December,

in the third game of the season,

Indian Hill enjoyed its first wm.

The victim was Deer Park; but

again, the low score, 19-10, indi-

cated the amount of work ahead

for the Squaws

Previous to the Deer Park

game, Indian Hill fell to Wyom-

ing, 22-13, and Forest Park,

20-13. Cooke simply summed up

each game and the whole team in

one statement: "Our best aspect

is our man to man defense; our

shooting is weak."

The team's reliable point

guard, freshman Chris Hall, states,

Page 11 The Indian Hill Aquateam

consists of seven boys and seven

girls - just meeting the size re-

quirements for competition in the

state championships. Having lost

one senior girl last year, the Aqua-

team has picked up two freshmen

swimmers.

The girls' team, led by co-

captains Gardner and Remmell,

also includes Kim McKirdy, Lori

Powers, Brockman, Linquist, and

Wingerter.

The Braves are led by co-

captains Ackermann and Koster.

The rest of the team includes

Dave Kilday, Greg Morris, Lyon,

Wingerter and an Italian exchange

student.

Head coach Sigler, also the

present coach for Country Day's team, stated, "I enjoy coaching

Indian Hill. While we are a small

squad, we have the ability to

compete well at the sectional, dis-

trict and state levels."

photo by Julie Gilsdorf Dave Stanforth anticipates the pass against Madeira.

"This has been a frustrating

season so far, but we're hoping to

at least get better." Indeed, mere

improvement seems to be the

team's main goal at this point.

On the other hand, many of

this year's freshmen show rnal potential. Kristin Mains, one of

the few tall people on the team, is

the Squaws' present leading

scorer, with a total of 52 points

thus far. Shari Zesch, another

talented guard, has the highest

foul shot percentage of the

Squaws.

Cooke also expressed good

hopes of future improvement.

"As we become more confident,

we should be able to turn our

record around."


Page 10 CHIEFTAIN January 14,1983

Tower of London visits Cincy Braves 'slightly pleased' with tourney finish by Dave Stritdting ninth of twelve teams, Turpin The Braves, with 49 points,

the team. Said Webber, "We've improved in areas that we prac-

ticed but we've slid back in areas we assumed the team learned last

year." Both coaches agreed that overall the Braves* showing was

better than last year. As far as expectations are con-

cerned, Webber thought the team ended up right about where he expected. For next year the coaches expect bigger and better things.

Several years ago Indian Hill was respected as a frne wrestling school. Gradually the team lost that respect, but Webber and Col- lins have a goal of making Indian Hill a wrestling high school once again. The notable improvement over last year is a sign that they

may achieve their goal. The varsity will wrestle at

home against Norwood, Wednes-

day, January 19, and later that week in Turpin's Invitational

Tournament. The JV Braves will wrestle this weekend at the Read-

inn JV Invitational Tournament.

text of the pieces. The separations are The Hunt,

Tournament and Parade, Luxury,

Presentation, War, The Orient,

Curiosities, and The Royal Court.

Each of the sections featured related examples of weaponry.

The Hunt, for example, con-

sisted of a boar spear, a sporting crossbow, and several pistols and

swords. In the Tournament sec-

tion, the main feature. was a full size mock-up of a knight in joust-

ing m o u r on his warhorse. This armour, which was de-

signed to take a blow from a lance

with the momentum of mother knight and horse behind it, was the heaviest made and usually weighed weil over one hundred pounds. It was far too heavy to

be used in war because the knight,

if dismounted, would have fallen prey to the quick, unarmoured infantry.

Special armour was worn by

the knights for foot combat. The Royal Court features the armour that young Henry VIII used for

"friendly foot combat with axes."

This suit of armour serves as a good example of the skill of the

late medieval armourer. The

by Chris Hug The Cincinnati Art museum

was host to the first tour in the last 900 years of an exhibition of

arms and armour from the Tower

of London. The Tower of London, located

not surprisingly in London on the

Thames River, has a long and romantic history both as a prison

and as an arsenal of arms and

armour. The actual Tower, built in 1066 and known as the White

Tower, was originally intended to serve as a heavily fortified castle

for William the Conqueror. Thus, the Tower is actually a

conglomeration of buildings constructed around the White Tower

by kings of Britain to accomodate

their larger courts as well as the growing amounts of military hard-

ware. The dungeons of the Tower were traditionally reserved for the

more important prisoners, such as Mary Queen of Scots.

In the early nineteenth cen-

tury, it was decided to convert the Tower's arsenal into a museum of arms and armour, with emphasis gradually shifting to the decorative aspects of weapons. Since then, the Tower

has become one of the most important collections of medieval weaponry in the world.

The exhibit, which ran from

October 9 to January 9, consisted of over 110 pieces chosen to re-

flect the development of arms and amour for both "protection" and

"personal adornment." The

exhibit was divided into eight see

tions based on the cultural con-

There were two surprises in took fust in the tourney with 150 finished above McNicholas (44

the 17th 'annual Indian Hill Invi- points, and Moefler was nowhere points) and Walnut Hius (39 tational Wrestling Tournament near the top. Roger Bacon, an points). Last year in this tourna- last weekend. Although Indian annual contender, placed second ment the Braves finished last with gill surprised no one by placing with 138% points. 34% points. There were several

contributors to the IH score, one of whom was sophomore David Kindle (175). Kindle placed third in the tourney and pinned three times to be the Braves highest rorer. Senior Tom Geygan (185) m d junior Casey Ryan (138), the team captains, both finished fourth. Geygan had two wins in the consolation round to reach the consolation finals. Ryan took a similar route to the finals, where

he also lost a close match. Junior Chip Greenlee (HWT)

wearer was not hampered in

movement or fighting ability by the armour which weighs ninety-

four pounds.

Many rumors exist concerning

the mobility of a fully armed knight; for example, many

people believe that a knight had

to be lifted into his saddle with a

derrick. Lies! All lies. Also included in the exhibit

was the movie How a Man Schall be Armyd, illustrating the pro-

cedure of donning armour. An actual suit of arrnour from the sixteenth century was used. The

average suit weighed about seven- ty-five pounds, about the same

won his first match but later lost -*'- . " - in the consolations. Juniors Andy

Graham (1 12) and Mike Feltman (138) each had a win in the con-

,&"% * solation round.

The coaches, Ron Webber and

photo courtesy of

Cincinnati Art Museum

Henry VIII's armour for foot combat tured similar dates back weapons, to c. 1520. such as a

great helm, a sword presented to Lord Collingwood following the

Battle of Trafalgar, a suit of Indian armour composed of chain

mail instead of plate, and an

unusual axe-pistol combination. However, there was little or no

mention of the English longbow,

which played a major role in the Hundred Years War. This may be

due to the fact that there is no

surviving example of the longbow in existence.

Also included in the exhibit

were lectures and presentations

made by actual officers from the

Tower.

Photo bY Chris Eaton jjm Coilins, were Senior Tom Gygan (185) gets the upper hand on his opponent in the

with the mdom- Indian Hill Invitational.

Braves 5-5 but c hasing EHL by Kevin Walzer

Pressure and adversity have

killed many teams' seasons, but evidently not the freshman basketball Braves. They have over- come pressure in a series of games

I to win four out of their last five

and even their record at 5-5. The Braves overcame five

technical fouls before the game

started and rallied to beat Love- land 36-25 on the Tigers home floor Tuesday. A statistician had

entered the wrong numbers to players' names in the score book, and the Braves were slapped with five technicals. The Tigers sank all five free throws and soon after the game started held a 7-2 lead, but the Braves came back to notch their fourth EHL win in five tries.

The Braves were led in scoring by Mike Cohen with 17 points,

' his season high. Erich Metzger added 11.

"We played fair the first half," said Coach Steve Thompson after the Braves' 43-41 overtime win over Turpin last Monday. The

Brave: were down 24-17 at the half,-but in the second half, they came to life, evening the score

against Turpin, who had edged them 35-34 earlier this year.

For the most part, the game

was close, but Turpin raced to an

11-point lead early in the third quarter. The Braves kept knock-

ing away and whittled it to one; from then on the game was a basket-for-basket trade off. Erich Metzger hit a 20-footer at the buzzer to tie the game at 39 and send the game into overtime.

Metzger had a field day , hitting eight of 18 shots and seven free

throws for 23 points, by far his best game of the season. Metzger also had a basket in the crucial overtime, while Andy Tucker had a clutch free throw and then a steal with three seconds left on the clock, to close the lid on Turpin. Mike Cohen also played a fine all-around game, getting ten points and doing well on the boards.

IH unleashed all the frustra- tions of a difficult season against Madeira, destroying the Mustangs,

38-19. It was frightening to see. The Braves tore into the Mustangs with a harassing man-to-man defense not seen in earlier games. "We worked hard in practice

perfecting t,he man-to-man, and it paid off," s%d Thompson.

In the first half, Madeira lit- erally could not even put the ball into play after scores, as a flurry

of backcourt steals led to a 18-9

Braves' first-half lead. The defense forced turnovers, rejected

shots, and generally crushed the spirit of the Mustangs. Madeira never staged even a resemblence

of a comeback against the

relatively small nine-point deficit. The difference between this

game and others, Thompson thought, was the defense. "I t

really paid off for us this game." 1:orward Bill Baumel thought it was "half them and half us. They were pretty good, as good as

Mariemont (who 1H edged 26-24 1,

but we were really up for the game."

A fiesty band of Braves gave Greenhills a battle before going down 40-30. Three starters and

one reserve were suspended for missing Christmas practices, so

Grey 1-'reudenburg, Dominic Brit-

ton, and Matt Mueller got the starting nods. This bunch was

down by ten at half, 25-15, but narrowed that to one at the clox

of the third, 27-26. However, as Thompson puts it, "We lost our

composure for a few minutes in the fourth," and Greenhills ran

off eight straight points to put a lid on the game.

Thompson had only praise for

his team following the loss.

'"They showed a lot of character the second half. Those guys were playing under a lot of adversity and could have easly given up.

modern soldier. However, the armour was dis-

tributed evenly over the knight's body, and thus it did not seri-

Cincinnati Art Musuem

The armour for the tilt of the Earl

of Leicester dates back to c.

1575.

ously impede his movements. The remaining sections fea-

letter from SG

graffiti board SGPAB replace

STAFF worse, not used at all. We en-

courage all to take advantage of this new facility.

On a lighter note, Hairy Straw-

berry will make a return engage- ment at January 29th '~ Home

coming Dance. Sponsored by the senior class, the annual affair will begin at nine and run through

midnight. And if Homecoming were not

enough, there will be an open house dance on Friday, February 11. The dance will be the first

time students may purchase their computer matching results that were derived from questionaires filled out in December.

Sincerely, Todd Cox &

Richard Stradling

We have bad news for those

who rely on the graffiti board to

vent their inner feelings. Because of repeated abuses, we feel the

board has outlived its usefulness and is an embarrassment t o the school.

Effective immediately, the old graffiti board is now the new Student Government Public Announcement Board (SGPAB).

The board's black surface will serve as a background for posted announcements from clubs or any student who has a use for it. An

example would be a student with a moped for sale announcing this

on the SGPAB. The SGPAB is, like the graffiti

board, an experiment and will also be terminated if abused or

Chieftain is written, composed, printed and sold as an extra-curricular activity by the students of Indian Hill High School, 6845 Drake Rd., Cincin- nati, Ohio 45243. Sponsor Wm. P. Kincaid Editors Kurt Dusterberg

Chris Schmalz Richard Stradling

News Editors John Christine Ron Zesch

Features Editor John Liliy Sports Editors Paul Monach

Dwight Poffenberger Magazine Editors Nancy Hopple

Kitsa Tassian

Assistant Magazine Editor Elizabeth Smith

Chief Typesetter Diane Remmell Production Managers Ken Jones

David Stradling Business/Circulation Managers

Ron Jones Paul Smith

Photographers Chris Eaton Jim Koster

Julie Gilsdorf

Typesetters Savithri Raju, Karen Wiedemer, Kelly Flaherty, Sue

Gilsdorf. Contributors John Bergran, Wln Wells, Karen Everman, Cnris Hug, Rosemary Ward, Shelley Stan- forth, Ellen Alvord, Kevin Naizer, Jon Kitei, Brian Rowe, David Stradling, Diane Remmel, Paul Smith, Todd Adrien, Gus Gordon, Peter Carr. Production Todd Adrien, Vicki Camardo, Dominic Pesce, Joel Ruff, Lawrence Gallant, Janet Nicolas, Kevin Walzer, Elizabeth Gorman, David Graham, Dan Rosenthal, Rob McVicker, Margot Ayers.

photo by Julie Gilsdorf

Dominic Britton protects the lane during the freshman Braves' 4 3 4 1

victory owr Turpin. see FROSH, p. 12

CHIEFTAIN

organizes Senior Search by Win Wells

Applications for the eleventh

annual Senior Search program will

be available today in the attend-

ance office.

The nine week program which

runs from April 4 to June 3, is de-

signed to give seniors a chance to

experience job situations in fields

in which they are planning to en-

ter. These students must meet

certain standards and requirements before being eligible to par-

ticipate.

According to Mr. Gary Gellert, who is in charge of Senior Search,

eligible students must have at

least a C average in all classes for

the fust three quarters. In addition, the student must have no

deficiencies in any one class or in

terms of attendance. He must

also secure the signatures of all

fourth quarter teachers and have

no unpaid fees 31 fines.

All applications for the program nlust be returned to the at-

tendance office by February 25.

When all applications are received

Gellert will review and study each

one before making a decision.

Gellert stated that he makes

sure that all requirements are met

and that the job situation is bene-

ficial to the student in terms of

his or her major. He also noted

that students taking Advanced Placement courses are discour-

aged from participating.

Students who qualify will be

Adaptations,' 'The Black Box'

chosen for next SG forum by Todd Cox Master hosts the show and leads

The IH Drama Club will pre- Phil and the audience through the sent the two plays "Adaptations" game of life. and "The Big Black BOX" for its The second play, "The Big yearly Student Government Black Box," features a cast of

Forum production on Friday, two. Arnold is played by Todd February 4. Cox and the box is played by

In "Adaptations," junior John Lay.

David Agin stars as Phil, while The Big Black Box tempts

senior Jim Cook plays his father. Arnold throughout the play and

Jane Lewin, another senior, por- convinces him to do many idiotic trays Phil's mother. The play is things. The play has an offbeat,

narrated by the games master, but comical, ending.

played by junior Lance Luckey. Both plays offer comedy for "Adaptations," which the all. According to Lilly, "It's a

Drama Club originally presented frightening production, simply three years ago, is essentially a frightening. This could be the game show. The game is life, and supreme test of Indian Hill's Phil is the contestant. The Games strength as an institution."

Accelerated math classes

place high in competition by Rosemary Ward

Juniors and seniors enrolled in

accelerated math courses partici-

pated in the third in a series of six

tests designed by the Ohio Mathematics League last Tuesday

during third period.

The Ohio Math League is part

of a national organization whose goal is to compare various schools

throughout the state.

Mr. David Swisher who is

partly in charge of the testing at

Indian Hill stated that the tests

are designed to "increase interest

in the subject and to compare

with other students in the state

for math ability."

Presently there are 116 Ohio

schools participating. Based on

the results of two recent tests,

Indian Hill is in third place with

Chillacothee and Xavier High

Schools holding first and second

places respectively.

The students who have the highest scores at Indian Hill are

seniors Diane Remmell and

Lawrence Gallant. Both have

accumulated eleven out of twelve

possible points on the first two

tests.

Results from the test taken on

Tuesday, and the overall state

rankings, will be available within

the next few weeks.

notified by March 11. The final

weeks before April 4 will be spent

prep ,ing for the program, finish- ing un, ttended work in school,

and .ranging the final details

with their employers.

The students themselves must make the contacts and proper ar-

rangements with prospective em-

ployers before submitting an ap-

plication. The employer cannot be a member of the student's irn-

mediate family.

Besides the above requirement

the student and his employer has

several responsibilities. The stu-

dent is not allowed to be paid for

his services, he must be prompt,

and he must follow IH's attend-

ance policy.

January 14,1983

The student must work at

least six hours a day, and he must

keep track of his experiences in a

daily log. In addition, each par-

t i c i ~ int must attend two seminars

and vrite a research paper dealing

with his expe. lences and objec-

tives in the program.

Students will be graded on

their participation in the program

by the daily log, the research pa-

per, and an employer's evaluation.

Gellert will grade students using

the pass-fail system.

Gellert feels quite optomistic

about Senior Search, now enter-

ing its eleventh year of refme-

ment. He feels that the students

who participate in the program

come back with much knowledge

concerning many diverse job

fields.

photo by Chris Eaton The lead roles of Drama Club's February 14 production are played by (first row) David Agin, (second row, left to right) Jane Lewin, Jim Cook,

(third row) John Lilly , Lance Luckey , and Todd Cox.

AFS students prepare for exchanges I by Karen ~verm% tural exchange. The Indian Hill

The Student Chapter of the chapter is presently looking for American Field Service (AFS) families in this area to host for- held an officers' meeting on Jan- eign students next year. uary 6 to discuss future projects. The students come from 55

C~n~mi t t ee Chabman Amy countries of 5 continents and are Geygan and Bill Poffenburger are between 16 and 18 years of age. beginning to plan for AFS Day David Agin, the president of the which will take place in March of AFS Student Chapter, has applied this year. On a date which re- for the Summer Program and is mains to be decided upon, AFS waiting to hear from the New students from other schools in the York office. Cincinnati area will come to In- If you are interested in hosting dian Hill for a day to attend a student or becoming involved in classes and learn about life at AFS please contact Mrs. Carolyn Indian HSl. Berry at 561-4473 or see Dave

Another meeting with the of- Agin sometime during school. ficers is planned for late January news short and an Open house for students Intermural basketball, which and Parents is was scheduled to begin tomorrow, duled for early February in coor- hs, been postponed. The inter- dination with another foreign mural tournament is cunently

culture organization. without a sponsor and there have

The function of A- been scheduling problems, but it merican Field Service is intercul- is expected to begin soon.


EHL hopes dwindling for Braves by Jon Kitei Each team entered the game 1-4 game at 1 3 in the league after a

This weekend the Indian Hill in league play. Since neither team heart-breaking C-rtime loss a t

varsity basketballers look to turn had a player of 6 foot 3 inches, Loveland. Mariemont quickly

around a losing 2-8 season. The the Braves figured to outrun the showed why they are the team t o

Braves combat the Glen Este Tro- slower Mustangs. However, beat this year as they shot their jans this evening at home and are Madeira out-muscled the Braves way to a 19-10 first quarter lead.

at Greenhills Saturday night. on the boards, getting two and The second quarter was even

At this point in the season, three shots each time down the worse for the out-sized Braves as

head coach Dale McKibben ex- floor. Consequently, the MUS- Indian Hill was able to muster presses a concern over the Braves tangs forced the Braves to foul. only seven points. Throughout

lack of consistency. "It seems Madeira used its rebounding the first half Indian Hill failed t o

like there is always a different strength to run the fast break well run a set offense. The Warrior

person leading the scoring. We and often, racing to a 32-16 half- fast-break hurt the Braves as

need to find someone who will time lead. Mariemont, with two 6 foot 4 be consistent in his scoring; The third quarter was more inch men in the middle and one 6

someone we can count on." evenly matched as neither team foot 8 inch man off the bench,

That person has yet to mate- gained or lost any ground. cleaned house on the inside. The

rialize. Leading scorer Jim However, the fourth quarter was a Braves trailed at halftime, 38-17.

Morgan has been in a slump re- different story. The third and fourth quarters

cently. In addition, second The Braves, facing a fifteen were much closer, 13-10 and

leading scorer Jim Arnold has point deficit, were forced to foul. 22-1 1, both in favor of Marie-

scored only six points since the During the last quarter, the mont. However, the outcome had Christmas break. Mustangs shot most of their fifty- already been decided. The

The varsity Braves can only two free throws. In the end, the Warriors were led by two improve over last week's perfor- Braves out-fouled Madeira 36 to strong shooters, John Hurley and

mance. On January 5 and Janu- 17 and shot only twenty-two John Long, who each scored ary 7 the Braves were humbled by times from the line. 16 points. Abrams led the Braves'

Mariemont and Madeira respect- The fourth quarter score was a offensive attack with 12 points.

ively by the disheartening sum of misleading 31-17 in favor of Senior Jay Kohls followed with 59 points. Madeira as the slumping Braves nine. The Warrior's win enabled

The most recent of those dropped their f j h consecutive them to remain tied with Syca- losses came at Madeira last Fri- game. The leading scorers for more in first place in the Eastern

day. The defending league cham- Indian Hill were Morgan and Hills League.

pion Mustangs were boosted by a Abrams with 14 and 13 points The Loveland Tigers hosted

school record 38 points from respectively. the Braves in the last game of

John Homer on the way to a Two days earlier, Indian ~ i u 1982. Indian Hill was hoping for

80-51 victory. The teams started hosted the league-leading an early Christmas present from

evenly, keeping the score close in Mariemont Warriors for what the Tigers, but instead got into

the beginning. The Braves got a promised to be an intense match- the spirit of giving. The Tigers threepoint play from Morgan to up of two schools who share a snuck away with a 6766 overtime

tie the score at 4-4, but then the common distaste for one another. victory for their first league win.

Braves' rollercoaster started its Mariemont entered the game The Braves started quickly, led descent. By the end of the first with a 4-0 league mark and by the hot-shooting Arnold.

quarter the Mustangs led, 156. left unblemished, with a Both teams P ~ Y ed hard-nosed

The teams were evenly 73-43 victory over the Braves. basketball in a battle of two well-

matched entering the contest. Indian HW had entered the matched opponents. Indian Hill

photo by Chris Eaton

AU hands and eyes are after the ball in the Braves' game with Mariemont last Wednesday.


Jay Kohls contributed nine points

for the Braves in a losing effort against the Warriors.

6aving lost twice to Loveland

last year, was looking for revenge

as the Braves took a six point lead

at halftime.

Arnold, coming off a twenty

point effort against Milford. continued lndian Hill his tried hot-shooting, to fqht off the as

clawing Tigers. Midway into thc

fourth quarter Loveland found itself ahead by four. and it

was the Braves' turn to come

back. lndian Hill regained the lead with two minutes in thc

game, and with fourteen seconds

to go the Braves led by a point.

Loveland tied the score on a free-

throw, and the game was forced

into overtime.

14.0r the first time this season. the Braves found themselves

playing in the three-minute extra

session. Loveland broke out on

top in the overtime period, but

with 12 seconds to go lndian Hill

had a chance to tie with Abrams

at the line shooting two. Abrams

hit but one of the shots. Each

team scored two more points to

account for the final 6746 total.

Arnold led the Braves with 27

points.

disc review CHIEFTAIN

Garcia releases Dead-Head's mine by Peter Carr

Well, the trip gets longer and stranger; Jerry Garcia of the

Grateful Dead has once again re-

leased a solo album that has

escaped the eyes of the world.

Run For the Roses won't ever

hit the charts, but then again,

none of the Dead's albums ever

have. This lack of public approval

isn't necessarily indicative of the

album's worth.

Run For the Roses is a decent

album with a distinct Garciaesque

flavor.

This side opens with the title

track - a nice little upbeat number

with plenty . of Garcia's trade-

mark underwater-sounding guitar

licks. This tune does lack a bit in lyrical quality though.

The next number is Lennon &

McCartney's "I saw her Standing

There," and Jerry does it as only

the lead guitarist for the Dead could. Beatle fans will probably

despise this cut, for Garcia slowed the tempo, mellowed the vocals

and even stuck in a beautiful slide

guitar solo.

Song three on this side, "Without Love," is a trademark

Dead ballad comparable to the

older "Ship of Fools." Garcia is backed by the hip Me11 Saunders

on organ and even a horn section

headed by Roger Neuman.

The best tune on the disk, "Midnight Getaway," closes this

side. "Getaway" is a rather long song with plenty of acoustic

guitar work much like that found

on Reckoning.

That side isn't quite as strong

as this side. It opens with two fairly uneventful blues tunes. However, the final number on

that side is a hot version of Bob

Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's

Door."

This tune has been a favorite of audiences at Garcia concerts

for quite some time, and I am

pleased to see its transition to

January 14,1983 vinyl. Liz Stires joins in to add some lovely vocal touches.

One thing must be noted when listening to any Dead album. The Grateful Dead are not a studio

band; they are a concert band. What other group has over seven

live releases?

So, if a studio disk doesn't

seem to come to life on your

stereo, just see the band in con-

cert. Those same numbers that couldn't quite do it at home often

explode into melodies of excite-

ment on the stage.

Run For the Roses is no

master of sound technique. All of

the songs, however, have signifi-

cant stage potential and will thus

only be appreciated by Dead

Heads. Roses is a fine indication that

o k Captain Trips is alive and well. - -

PUZZLE, from p. 5 MARY, from p. 7 tor of 2. of 1 isif a = 6, and b = 4. "The television is a gooa Yale next year; but barring

Three onedigit numbers satis- NOW, if there is a number less atmosphere for doing home acceptance, she plans to go to fy these conditions, namely 4, 6 than 647 which will leave the re- work," she asserts, though most William and Mary, Brown, or and 8. You cannot fell which Yet- mainders 3, 3 and 5 when divided educational experts would dis- Williams. She's looking toward a A must be greater than 5 and a by 7, 4 and 6 respectively, then x agree. Mary's viewing habits possible career in physical

factor of 624. Once again, there must be a multiple of 7, 4 and 6 don't seem to have fried her brain therapy. are two solutions: 6 and 8. away from x. quite yet; she is a member of But, as she said at the end of

All the confusion can now be The smallest number which is National Honor Society and a her interview, "Everything's

eliminated by consulting the last divisible by 7, 4 and 6 is 84. If 84 National Merit Semi-finalist. pretty much undecided about the clue. The only way that is divided into 647, the remainder M ~ Y spent a good part of last future. Which is a nice way to

(10a + ?/7 will leave a remainder is 59. This is the key number. summer in the hospital under- have it."

commg events going surgery ("I had the biggest JAY, from p. 7 party room in the place"), hang- become "Joe corporate exec."

Basie7s brass barrages Bog art's ing out at the Indian H ~ U club, but not get married. L L ~ ' d just and painting her family's fence kinda like to mandle around a

by Kurt Dusterberg and grinnin' (for which she hasn't been paid). bit," he says.

Bogart's America - Jan. 18, 8:00 - touring But this summer she desperately Overall, Jay McFarland is not WEBN Album Project Night -Jan. for first time in five years wants to get a job. a bad guy. He has had some prob- 17, 8:00 - features Spike, Young

"I hate-it when they give you lems in the past and has been Invaders and others Riverfront Coliseum eleven lines on college applica- trying to work them out. Who The embers and The Erector Central Tmst Tennis Champion- tions to fil in everything you've knows, maybe the "New Leaf Set - Jan. 18, 8:00 -join the club ships - Jan. 20 - 22 - superwomen, done in the past four years, and Policym will meet with unlooked The White - Jan. 24, 8:00 - tribute mediocre men then they give you the same for success. In twenty years the to Led Zeppelin

amount for three summers. All I Class of 1983 may have a reunion Count Basie - Jan. 26, 8:00 - not a Music Hall can say is 'I relaxed."' and Jay will be rich and famous - current event Chaka Khan - l a n e 26, 9:00 - Speaking of colleges, Mary and still driving the Boat and McCuffey Lane - 1:eb. 5, 8:00 - a sounds like a wok utensil would very much like to attend taking it I.:Z. Bogie's regular

Frankie Valli and The Four Sea-

sons - 1;eb. 8, 8:00 - not with

Carol Burnett and Alan Alda

Maynard Ferguson - 1;eb. 20,

8:OQ - take it

H.B. Kingand Bobby Blue Bland - 1:eb. 27, 10:30 - alliteration

abounds

ShaNaNa - March 23, 7:00 and

10:30 - pass

Cincinnati Gardens

R E 0 Spccdwagon - Jan. 28, 8:00

- take it (on the run)

Phil Collins - Jan. 30, 8:00 - in concert with the I:abulous Jacuz-

zis and The Onc Neat Guy

IIank Willi~ms and J w r y I.&

1,cwis - I:eb. 12, 8:00 - pickin'

January 14,1983

movie review CHIEFTAIN

'Tootsie' goes down as 'must see' - by Gus Gordon

Every once in a while a movie

comes along which I'd call a

"must see" movie. "Must see"

movies are movies that I greatly

enjoyed and would recommend

vigorously to others.

Among my list of "must see"

movies would be Blazing Saddles,

I Airplane, E. T., and now I must add a new one, Tootsie. Tootsie,

in my opinion, is destined to be-

come a classic motion picture. I would have to place Tootsie

in the same category with the

classic Marilyn Monroe film Some Like it Hot. As some of you may

recall, Some Like it Hot is about two out of work musicians who

witness the St. Valentine's Day

Massacre and must join an allgirls

band, in drag, to excape the gang-

sters.

In Toorsie Dustin Hoffman 1s forced into female clothes, be-

cause his only alternative is star-

vation. But that is where the

similarity ends.

Some Like it Hot was a farce

and it was obvious that the two

guys were just that: two guys.

But in Tootsie the matter is

treated a little more seriously. In

one of the most incredible meta-

morphoses I've ever seen in a

movie, Dustin Hoffman actually

becomes a female.

Hoffman plays Michael

Dorsey, an out of work actor who

is desperately looking for a job. As his agent (the film's director,

Sydney Pollack) tells him, he

can't get work because of his

terrible temper. No one will hire

puzzle

ihat's by John right, Beranan another W~LI leave math a remaini puzzle er of 5, anu

After - having taken a short

sabbatical, brought on by a severe

and prolonged state of mental

stand-still, Puzzle Bag is back! There is, however, some dis-

mal news for logic lovers who

don't like numbers. I stumbled

upon some interesting algebraic

applications recently, and I sim-

ply could not resist the temp-

tation to make a mathematical

puzzle out of some of them.

Maybe next time we'll get

back to just plain common sense.

WHAT AM I THINKING?

I am thinking of a three digit

number, x. The three digits are

a, b, and c, going from left t o

right. If c is divided into x, there

is a remainder of 3.

If c is divided into x squared,

the remainder will be 2. If x is di-

vided by 3, 3 will also be left

over, while the division of b into

x cubed will leave a remainder of 3 as well. The quotient of x/a

x to the fourthla will leave a

remainder of 1. Also, the number 10a + by

when divided by c, will leave the

remainder 1. From these clues, derive x. Also, find the smallest

number which, when divided by

c, b, and a will leave 3, 3, and 5 respectively.

ANSWER TO WHAT

AM I THINKING?

This problem is based on one

of many algabraic facts about

remainders. The trick is most simply stated as follows: if the

quotient x/y has a remainder of z,

then the quotient x to the n/y

will leave the same remainder as

the quotient.

Applying this to the problem,

c must be greater than 3, and it must be a factor of (9 - 2), or 7. Since 7 is prime, c must be 7. B

must be greater than 3 and a fac-

PUZZLE, see p. 8 :

disc review

'Distance' ioins a y ~ ~ ~ . l a

First of al l let's get one thing

straight: I did not buy Bob

Seger's new album The Distance,

but Elbie Herman said I could

borrow his, (he hadn't listened to

i t yet) so I did.

I have never r d y paid much

attention to anything by Bob

Seger, although I did go to his

concert in Cincinnati in 1980 (it

other canines was in a friend's box, now could I say no?). After listening to this

album, I remembered why.

You see, all Bob Seger's songs mund the same - 12-bar honky

to& bhes. This song style wears

thin pretty quick. How many

times can Mr. Seger yell and yelp

on one album before it l o s s its

credibitity? Listen to a song or

two md fmd out.

him as Michael Dorsey, so he dons

female attire and finds a job o n a h a p opera -as Dorothy Michaels.

In no time at all, Dorothy be-

comes the admiration of millions, including the show's female star, Jessica Lange. Michael falls in love

with a gul, who is in turn in love with the show's lecherous direc-

tor, Dabney Coleman.

To make matters worse, the

girl's father, Charles Dunning, and

the male star of the show both

fall in love with Dorothy. And

thus begins this hilarious adven-

ture in mistaken identity.

Dustin Hoffman gives the per-

formance of his career as Dorothy

Michaels. I know it might sound

ridiculous, but he is more con-

vincing as a female than he is as a

male. Maybe convincing isn't the

page 5 right word. The chancter of Michael is not a very app- one. He is obnoxious and t 3 ~

liked, a regular pain in the n d .

But the character of Dorothy

is very appealing. She is a person

all her own. Soon after he fust appears in drag, you forget that it's really just Dustin Hoffman

wearing a dress. He is totally

believable, and that's about the highest compliment you can pay

an actor.

But Hoffman's not alone. He is backed by a wonderful support-

ing cast. Chief among these

players is Charles Dunning, who

gives a standaut performance as an old man who falls for Dorothy.

Also commendable is Bill Murray

as Hoffman's roommate.

Well, there it is, folks. Tootsie is one of the best films of the

1982-83 season. But don't take

my word for it, just ask anyone

else who has seen it. I'm not sure, but I think they'd probably agree.

The tide draws in: releasing as i t goes the

minute particles o f sand which

once it made, climbing the

mighty towers, watching as

the bastions trickle

d

0

W

n... the sea giveth, the

sea taketh away, leaving only

bliss-

-Paul Monrch

What really surprises me is

how many songs on this LP have

received considerable airplay.

The songs "Even Now," 'Boom-

town Blues," "Roll Me Away,"

and "House behind a House" have

all been playing on WEBN and

WSKS.

I hate to slam records, but I fa1 it is my duty to warn you,

the readers of Chieftbn and of

the feechas department in particu- lar, about any ncords that rre

real dogs.

The Dlrtancc falls into this

category. Somehow Sqpr'r

dbumr still continue to reU. He

keep on rd- tbai, m,

evidently, they must sell. This is

the type of music that you would

listen to once and then put on the

shelf until you decided to sen it to some other freshmardike sap

who would break his piggy bank

to buy it.

Don't buy this album. If you do y o u 3 be sorry. I recommend

going wer to your pile of records

or tapes that you listen to f r a

quently and putting on m e

pod bask tuner - but don't

bother with Bob Scgcr.

By the wry, E1Mc, you em

have you record brir ; I'm dobe

with it.

CHIEFTAIN

teacher feature

ing geared for near future by Kurt Dusterberg

There is a bit of timeliness in

writing a teacher feature about

Dennis Dowling this issue.

It seems Dowling has given up

smoking recently. He is at fwe weeks and counting.

He is also just a few weeks

away from beginning his first year

as Indian Hill's varsity baseball

coach.

His 31st birthday is Sunday. Should anyone feel motivated,

Dowling says, "I could really use

a ten speed bike."

portant that I don't get so im-

mersed in teaching that I forget

the student's interest. Whenever

possible, I present material in

terms of current events because

people seem to retain it better."

In addition to teaching govern-

ment, sociology and economics,

Dowling enjoys furthering his

educational background by taking

courses at UC during the summer

"because I really enjoy learning

and I have always liked the col-

lege atmosphere." But Dowling's

last two summers have been spent

ing San Franciso, Yosemite

and other spots. Dowling insists,

"We hitch-hiked everywhere.

There was no problem getting

,-'Jes with Ransom dong."

Discussion involving Ransom

will now be brought to an abrupt

halt in Dowling's best interests

"When I told Mary Ann about the

article, she said that she better get

equal time with Ransom or I'll be

in trouble."

If Dowling has a tragic flaw, it

may be that he has spent his life

rootina for Cleveland teama - --- And then there is a small closer to his home in Deer Park.

matter of matrimonal affairs in "I have spent most of my time Dowling's life. He recently restoring the house I bought two

announced he will marry Mary years ago," Dowling explained.

Ann Ramey in June. "I've had to put up new ceilings

"She is really good for me," and floors, so most of my free Dowling said. "She has given me time has been devoted to the 'r I

a lot of direction and stability. house." Of course, you could also say she Dowling's most leisurely mo- keeps me out of trouble." ments are spent escaping with

Dowling met his fiancee Ransom. No, he is not a kidnap-

through IH faculty member Jim per; Ransom is Dowling's nine

Arnold, whose wife teaches with year old German shepard. He

Dowling's wife-to-be. The says the name has no special sig- '

Arnolds set them up two years nificance. ago and have now created the "1 really like to get out and

second chapter in the inter-facul- get some excercise with him. It's

ty marriage dynasty between the fun to get out to Lake Issabella

Indian Hill and Beechwood school and Clermont County so I can

districts. walk around and Ransom gets to Dowling says his fiancee is a swim," Dowling said. "He is a

big sports fan, and he has already lucky dog. He's been swimming

made the best of it. in the Pacific, the Atlantic and

"I scheduled a night baseball

game for the first time this year,

but I didn't realize that I had scheduled it on her birthday until

later. So I told her I was taking

her to the ballgame for her big

night out, and then maybe out for

a hot dog afterwards or some-

thing."

Dowling is in his fifth year at

Indian Hill after one year at Berea

High School. He attended the

U.S. Military Academy at West

Point for 18 months before

leaving because of a knee injury.

Dowling earned his B.A. at Ohio

University and completed his

studies at Kent State.

At Indian Hill, Dowling

shoulders an important load of

both academic ancl extracurricu-

lar activities because he believes it

is "important to develop a

rounded personality."

"The classroom is not the only

place to learn and grow. That is why I sponsor Student Govern-

ment, baseball, and Saturday

Study. In class, I think it is im-

the Gulf of Mexico." photo by Jim Kostar

In 1974 Dowling and Ransom Mr. Dowling punishes a desk travelled to the West Coast, visit- as he quotes the Constitution.

movie review

Newman brilliant as loser in by Peter Carr

Sidney Lumet's The Verdict

is an intensely dramatic presenta-

tion with a stellar cast including

Paul Newrnan, Jack Warden and

James Mason.

The picture centers around

Frank Galvin (Paul Newrnan), an unsuccessful attorney who gradu-

ated first in his class from Boston

College. Galvin drinks, plays pin-

ball and smashes his office to

pieces for kicks.

The loser receives a perfect

case f-om his retired partner,

Mickey Morrissey (Jack Warden)

that promises an end to Galvin's

losing streak.

The case involves a woman in

a permanent coma from a routine

child deliveIy.

The erring hospital is run by

the very wealthy, extremely

powerful Archdiocese of Boston,

and the Bishop favors settling the

matter out of court by offering

the woman's family a sizeable

sum of money.

Frank Galvin, however, smells

blatant malpractice and decides to

battle the institution in court.

Very heroic, but very foolish.

The rest of the film deals with

the systematic destruction of

Galvin's life.

Murphy's law takes over, and

Galvin's case seems hopeless. The

judge hates Frank. The poor

attorney's star witness disappears.

Even his new love, Laura

Fischer (Charlotte Rampling)

turns out to be something dread-

January 14,1983

Having grown up in the Cleveland

area he says, "I've just become

used to the fmstrations. It is just

one of those givens in life that the

Indians will fmish next to last

every year. But my friends I still

associate with in Elyria (west of

Cleveland) keep me going back."

Dowling enjoys listening to

music whenever possl%le, and he

says the type of music depends

on his mood. Although his inter-

ests center mostly around rock,

he enjoys jazz and classical music

occasionally.

"I like The Doors, early Who,

early Stones, the Doobies, .Steely

Dan, and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and

Young. It mostly depends how I

feel; some mornings I wake up

and want to hear Joni Mitchell and sometimes I want to hear the

Moody Blues."

Dowling feels his greatest

strengths are in comniunication,

but he realizes it is difficult to

establish contacts with students.

"I suppose most students

don't really know me - only the

ones who take the time to find

out That's why I enjoy being

involved in organizations. I t gives

me the chance to know others,

and they can see me in something

besides the business atmosphere.

"You might say I'm laid-back.

I'm not as gregarious as I suppose

I could be. Thats because it takes

me a while to feel comfortable

around others. But I do think I

am someone who is very con-

cerned and caring."

You can't argue with that.

Just as long as Mary AM gets the

lead billing over Ransom.

'The Verdict' fully unexpected. Our faith in

the American court system is

obliterated as Galvin's opponent

Ed Concannon (James Mason)

makes use of unethical means to

win the case.

If The Verdict has a flaw, it originates from its depressing

tone. Of course this tone is intended, but I seriously con-

sidered leaving the theatre mid-

way because I got so depressed.

The entire picture is dark.

The colors are mainly brown and

black to emphasize the doom.

The image of the loser is bril-

liantly performed by Newman

causing an amazing experience of

pathos.

I strongly urge you to pay the

$4.00 to find out what happens.


senior sketch be found listening to music:

Spyro Gyra. Santana, The Police,

HOW can M a r y like IH? p 0 p Y 1 Y ~ Y h a n g ~ R ~ 8 e ~ m d u~olling Stones songs that Keith

by John Lilly of her SG duties. Another what's going on." She is also on sings." Or maybe she'll just be

Apparently, moving to Indian peopleoriented activity of Mary's the Church's Youth Advisory watching some vintage renrns of

Hill from Cleveland in third grade is Key Club. Committee. "My Three Sons"

was one of the most traumatic "It's more active than the Ser- When organized activitiy is not

experiences Mary Hancock has vice Committee. I like it, but I on the agenda, Mary can probably MARY,seep. 8

ever had. don't always go to all the meet- " -- "It was terrible; everyone was ings." But she hastened to add

taller. And it stayed that way." that she would be working for the

Mary is not one of your taller club at the "Nearly New Shop"

people, to be sure. But she this weekend.

doesn't let that bother her much. Aside from her involvement in

"It's not that bad, as long as you Model UN, Mary's other extra-

aren't as round as you are short." curricular activities include

Granted, that is an interesting working for Legend as co-maga-

way to look at things, but Mary zine editor. She hasn't started

seems to be pble to live with work on her section, but she

imperfection pretty easily. Take claims she is "looking forward to @;'# Indian Hill. laying out pages."

"I like if here; it's a nice

school. I don't think it's as bad as

everyone says."

"What could anyone be doing

here that would actually make her

happy?" you ask. For her part,

Mary is deeply involved in Stu-

dent Government as head of the

Service Committee.

"It takes up most of my time.

It's just raising money, but it is

for other people." she comments

senior sketch

by Chris Schmalz

Ever wonder where words like

"sap, mandle, slime, tally, stuff,

it's assumed, good news, pommel,

or EZ" came from and who

twisted these nice little words into such perverse, foul phrases?

Chances are it's Jay McFar-

land, or as he is also known, Fish.

Now, if you've ever seen Fish, he - - was probably doing one thing A d

one thing only: "taking it EZ."

In fact, Jay maintains, "the pur-

pose of life is to take it EZ."

The deviate diction used by

Jgy and his cronies - Woody,

Dirty, Slug, Kubicks, Knechts,

and Mop-head to name a few - "all fits in with the philosophy of

takin' it EZ. It's a lazy way of

talking, ya know."

Jay descriies himself as "just

your average guy, ya know. Um, some people think I'm crazy - it's not true though." Indeed,

Fish does seem to have a - well - different reputation. That's all

changed though, at least accord-

ing to Jay. "The United States

had its Open Door Policy in China, so I've adopted my 'New

Leaf Policy' for domestic affairs."

We'll just see how much she

enjoys page makeup after she's

done a few. It may be different

at Legend; but I, for one, don't

relish the job. So much for

editorial comments.

Mary enjoys her involvement

with the Indian Hill Church

"open group" for high school

students, as well. "It's not that

religious," she says, "but there's

usually someone there who knows Mary have to stop relaxing this

e new Jay and pulling up the grades. "I wish trouble in changing his reputa-

I hadn't screwed around so much tion. For example, during our

my first two and a half years of

high school," Jay laments. He

adds however, "Oh sure, I've

learned. You can be a clown but

not get in trouble." Lots of luck

Jay.

Even if Jay has changed his

ways, he might encounter a lot of

interview in the SSC a girl watked

by and Jay asked her, "Do you

think I'm a clown?" She smiled and said "no." Then she added,

"you're not normal though."

Like many IH seniors, Fish

will be heading for Florida with

his buddies over Spring Break. "I

summer.

plan to mandle, relax in the sun,

and drink (nothing alcoholic of

course) At fust, ." Jay and the boys were

going to drive to Ft. Lauderdde

in Fish's car, a 1974 Brown

L.T.D., appropriately named the

Boat. However, the Boat only

gets an estimated six miles per

gallon which would make Florida

an economically unobtainable

goal for Jay.

Concerr~ing his car, Jay states

"It's been compared to a river

barge." In fact, the boat is Jay's

"home away from home. It's like

a house on wheels." Fish explains

that he primarily cranks tunes and

mandles in the Boat and that its

secondary purpose is for driving.

Also, Jay's friends use the Boat

for the two aforementioned

weekend endeavors, giving his

vehicle the pet name "Mobil

Musical Mandle Mobile."

Often times you will frnd girls

from Ursaline in the Boat. "I get

along with them pretty well," Jay

explains. Consequently, so do his

friends.

On a more serious note, how-

ever, Jay plans to attend OSU if

accepted or a small school where

he will study a business related

field. After college, Jay wants to

What this exactly means is photo by Jim Koster

that Jay is staying out of trouble His reign of tenor ended, Jay takes it EZ with the Boat. JAY, see p. 8

disc review CHIEFTAIN

Garcia releases Dead-Head's mine by Peter Carr

Well, the trip gets longer and stranger; Jerry Garcia of the

Grateful Dead has once again re-

leased a solo album that has

escaped the eyes of the world.

Run For the Roses won't ever

hit the charts, but then again,

none of the Dead's albums ever

have. This lack of public approval

isn't necessarily indicative of the

album's worth.

Run For the Roses is a decent

album with a distinct Garciaesque

flavor.

This side opens with the title

track - a nice little upbeat number

with plenty . of Garcia's trade-

mark underwater-sounding guitar

licks. This tune does lack a bit in lyrical quality though.

The next number is Lennon &

McCartney's "I saw her Standing

There," and Jerry does it as only

the lead guitarist for the Dead could. Beatle fans will probably

despise this cut, for Garcia slowed the tempo, mellowed the vocals

and even stuck in a beautiful slide

guitar solo.

Song three on this side, "Without Love," is a trademark

Dead ballad comparable to the

older "Ship of Fools." Garcia is backed by the hip Me11 Saunders

on organ and even a horn section

headed by Roger Neuman.

The best tune on the disk, "Midnight Getaway," closes this

side. "Getaway" is a rather long song with plenty of acoustic

guitar work much like that found

on Reckoning.

That side isn't quite as strong

as this side. It opens with two fairly uneventful blues tunes. However, the final number on

that side is a hot version of Bob

Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's

Door."

This tune has been a favorite of audiences at Garcia concerts

for quite some time, and I am

pleased to see its transition to

January 14,1983 vinyl. Liz Stires joins in to add some lovely vocal touches.

One thing must be noted when listening to any Dead album. The Grateful Dead are not a studio

band; they are a concert band. What other group has over seven

live releases?

So, if a studio disk doesn't

seem to come to life on your

stereo, just see the band in con-

cert. Those same numbers that couldn't quite do it at home often

explode into melodies of excite-

ment on the stage.

Run For the Roses is no

master of sound technique. All of

the songs, however, have signifi-

cant stage potential and will thus

only be appreciated by Dead

Heads. Roses is a fine indication that

o k Captain Trips is alive and well. - -

PUZZLE, from p. 5 MARY, from p. 7 tor of 2. of 1 isif a = 6, and b = 4. "The television is a gooa Yale next year; but barring

Three onedigit numbers satis- NOW, if there is a number less atmosphere for doing home acceptance, she plans to go to fy these conditions, namely 4, 6 than 647 which will leave the re- work," she asserts, though most William and Mary, Brown, or and 8. You cannot fell which Yet- mainders 3, 3 and 5 when divided educational experts would dis- Williams. She's looking toward a A must be greater than 5 and a by 7, 4 and 6 respectively, then x agree. Mary's viewing habits possible career in physical

factor of 624. Once again, there must be a multiple of 7, 4 and 6 don't seem to have fried her brain therapy. are two solutions: 6 and 8. away from x. quite yet; she is a member of But, as she said at the end of

All the confusion can now be The smallest number which is National Honor Society and a her interview, "Everything's

eliminated by consulting the last divisible by 7, 4 and 6 is 84. If 84 National Merit Semi-finalist. pretty much undecided about the clue. The only way that is divided into 647, the remainder M ~ Y spent a good part of last future. Which is a nice way to

(10a + ?/7 will leave a remainder is 59. This is the key number. summer in the hospital under- have it."

commg events going surgery ("I had the biggest JAY, from p. 7 party room in the place"), hang- become "Joe corporate exec."

Basie7s brass barrages Bog art's ing out at the Indian H ~ U club, but not get married. L L ~ ' d just and painting her family's fence kinda like to mandle around a

by Kurt Dusterberg and grinnin' (for which she hasn't been paid). bit," he says.

Bogart's America - Jan. 18, 8:00 - touring But this summer she desperately Overall, Jay McFarland is not WEBN Album Project Night -Jan. for first time in five years wants to get a job. a bad guy. He has had some prob- 17, 8:00 - features Spike, Young

"I hate-it when they give you lems in the past and has been Invaders and others Riverfront Coliseum eleven lines on college applica- trying to work them out. Who The embers and The Erector Central Tmst Tennis Champion- tions to fil in everything you've knows, maybe the "New Leaf Set - Jan. 18, 8:00 -join the club ships - Jan. 20 - 22 - superwomen, done in the past four years, and Policym will meet with unlooked The White - Jan. 24, 8:00 - tribute mediocre men then they give you the same for success. In twenty years the to Led Zeppelin

amount for three summers. All I Class of 1983 may have a reunion Count Basie - Jan. 26, 8:00 - not a Music Hall can say is 'I relaxed."' and Jay will be rich and famous - current event Chaka Khan - l a n e 26, 9:00 - Speaking of colleges, Mary and still driving the Boat and McCuffey Lane - 1:eb. 5, 8:00 - a sounds like a wok utensil would very much like to attend taking it I.:Z. Bogie's regular

Frankie Valli and The Four Sea-

sons - 1;eb. 8, 8:00 - not with

Carol Burnett and Alan Alda

Maynard Ferguson - 1;eb. 20,

8:OQ - take it

H.B. Kingand Bobby Blue Bland - 1:eb. 27, 10:30 - alliteration

abounds

ShaNaNa - March 23, 7:00 and

10:30 - pass

Cincinnati Gardens

R E 0 Spccdwagon - Jan. 28, 8:00

- take it (on the run)

Phil Collins - Jan. 30, 8:00 - in concert with the I:abulous Jacuz-

zis and The Onc Neat Guy

IIank Willi~ms and J w r y I.&

1,cwis - I:eb. 12, 8:00 - pickin'

January 14,1983

movie review CHIEFTAIN

'Tootsie' goes down as 'must see' - by Gus Gordon

Every once in a while a movie

comes along which I'd call a

"must see" movie. "Must see"

movies are movies that I greatly

enjoyed and would recommend

vigorously to others.

Among my list of "must see"

movies would be Blazing Saddles,

I Airplane, E. T., and now I must add a new one, Tootsie. Tootsie,

in my opinion, is destined to be-

come a classic motion picture. I would have to place Tootsie

in the same category with the

classic Marilyn Monroe film Some Like it Hot. As some of you may

recall, Some Like it Hot is about two out of work musicians who

witness the St. Valentine's Day

Massacre and must join an allgirls

band, in drag, to excape the gang-

sters.

In Toorsie Dustin Hoffman 1s forced into female clothes, be-

cause his only alternative is star-

vation. But that is where the

similarity ends.

Some Like it Hot was a farce

and it was obvious that the two

guys were just that: two guys.

But in Tootsie the matter is

treated a little more seriously. In

one of the most incredible meta-

morphoses I've ever seen in a

movie, Dustin Hoffman actually

becomes a female.

Hoffman plays Michael

Dorsey, an out of work actor who

is desperately looking for a job. As his agent (the film's director,

Sydney Pollack) tells him, he

can't get work because of his

terrible temper. No one will hire

puzzle

ihat's by John right, Beranan another W~LI leave math a remaini puzzle er of 5, anu

After - having taken a short

sabbatical, brought on by a severe

and prolonged state of mental

stand-still, Puzzle Bag is back! There is, however, some dis-

mal news for logic lovers who

don't like numbers. I stumbled

upon some interesting algebraic

applications recently, and I sim-

ply could not resist the temp-

tation to make a mathematical

puzzle out of some of them.

Maybe next time we'll get

back to just plain common sense.

WHAT AM I THINKING?

I am thinking of a three digit

number, x. The three digits are

a, b, and c, going from left t o

right. If c is divided into x, there

is a remainder of 3.

If c is divided into x squared,

the remainder will be 2. If x is di-

vided by 3, 3 will also be left

over, while the division of b into

x cubed will leave a remainder of 3 as well. The quotient of x/a

x to the fourthla will leave a

remainder of 1. Also, the number 10a + by

when divided by c, will leave the

remainder 1. From these clues, derive x. Also, find the smallest

number which, when divided by

c, b, and a will leave 3, 3, and 5 respectively.

ANSWER TO WHAT

AM I THINKING?

This problem is based on one

of many algabraic facts about

remainders. The trick is most simply stated as follows: if the

quotient x/y has a remainder of z,

then the quotient x to the n/y

will leave the same remainder as

the quotient.

Applying this to the problem,

c must be greater than 3, and it must be a factor of (9 - 2), or 7. Since 7 is prime, c must be 7. B

must be greater than 3 and a fac-

PUZZLE, see p. 8 :

disc review

'Distance' ioins a y ~ ~ ~ . l a

First of al l let's get one thing

straight: I did not buy Bob

Seger's new album The Distance,

but Elbie Herman said I could

borrow his, (he hadn't listened to

i t yet) so I did.

I have never r d y paid much

attention to anything by Bob

Seger, although I did go to his

concert in Cincinnati in 1980 (it

other canines was in a friend's box, now could I say no?). After listening to this

album, I remembered why.

You see, all Bob Seger's songs mund the same - 12-bar honky

to& bhes. This song style wears

thin pretty quick. How many

times can Mr. Seger yell and yelp

on one album before it l o s s its

credibitity? Listen to a song or

two md fmd out.

him as Michael Dorsey, so he dons

female attire and finds a job o n a h a p opera -as Dorothy Michaels.

In no time at all, Dorothy be-

comes the admiration of millions, including the show's female star, Jessica Lange. Michael falls in love

with a gul, who is in turn in love with the show's lecherous direc-

tor, Dabney Coleman.

To make matters worse, the

girl's father, Charles Dunning, and

the male star of the show both

fall in love with Dorothy. And

thus begins this hilarious adven-

ture in mistaken identity.

Dustin Hoffman gives the per-

formance of his career as Dorothy

Michaels. I know it might sound

ridiculous, but he is more con-

vincing as a female than he is as a

male. Maybe convincing isn't the

page 5 right word. The chancter of Michael is not a very app- one. He is obnoxious and t 3 ~

liked, a regular pain in the n d .

But the character of Dorothy

is very appealing. She is a person

all her own. Soon after he fust appears in drag, you forget that it's really just Dustin Hoffman

wearing a dress. He is totally

believable, and that's about the highest compliment you can pay

an actor.

But Hoffman's not alone. He is backed by a wonderful support-

ing cast. Chief among these

players is Charles Dunning, who

gives a standaut performance as an old man who falls for Dorothy.

Also commendable is Bill Murray

as Hoffman's roommate.

Well, there it is, folks. Tootsie is one of the best films of the

1982-83 season. But don't take

my word for it, just ask anyone

else who has seen it. I'm not sure, but I think they'd probably agree.

The tide draws in: releasing as i t goes the

minute particles o f sand which

once it made, climbing the

mighty towers, watching as

the bastions trickle

d

0

W

n... the sea giveth, the

sea taketh away, leaving only

bliss-

-Paul Monrch

What really surprises me is

how many songs on this LP have

received considerable airplay.

The songs "Even Now," 'Boom-

town Blues," "Roll Me Away,"

and "House behind a House" have

all been playing on WEBN and

WSKS.

I hate to slam records, but I fa1 it is my duty to warn you,

the readers of Chieftbn and of

the feechas department in particu- lar, about any ncords that rre

real dogs.

The Dlrtancc falls into this

category. Somehow Sqpr'r

dbumr still continue to reU. He

keep on rd- tbai, m,

evidently, they must sell. This is

the type of music that you would

listen to once and then put on the

shelf until you decided to sen it to some other freshmardike sap

who would break his piggy bank

to buy it.

Don't buy this album. If you do y o u 3 be sorry. I recommend

going wer to your pile of records

or tapes that you listen to f r a

quently and putting on m e

pod bask tuner - but don't

bother with Bob Scgcr.

By the wry, E1Mc, you em

have you record brir ; I'm dobe

with it.

CHIEFTAIN

organizes Senior Search by Win Wells

Applications for the eleventh

annual Senior Search program will

be available today in the attend-

ance office.

The nine week program which

runs from April 4 to June 3, is de-

signed to give seniors a chance to

experience job situations in fields

in which they are planning to en-

ter. These students must meet

certain standards and requirements before being eligible to par-

ticipate.

According to Mr. Gary Gellert, who is in charge of Senior Search,

eligible students must have at

least a C average in all classes for

the fust three quarters. In addition, the student must have no

deficiencies in any one class or in

terms of attendance. He must

also secure the signatures of all

fourth quarter teachers and have

no unpaid fees 31 fines.

All applications for the program nlust be returned to the at-

tendance office by February 25.

When all applications are received

Gellert will review and study each

one before making a decision.

Gellert stated that he makes

sure that all requirements are met

and that the job situation is bene-

ficial to the student in terms of

his or her major. He also noted

that students taking Advanced Placement courses are discour-

aged from participating.

Students who qualify will be

Adaptations,' 'The Black Box'

chosen for next SG forum by Todd Cox Master hosts the show and leads

The IH Drama Club will pre- Phil and the audience through the sent the two plays "Adaptations" game of life. and "The Big Black BOX" for its The second play, "The Big yearly Student Government Black Box," features a cast of

Forum production on Friday, two. Arnold is played by Todd February 4. Cox and the box is played by

In "Adaptations," junior John Lay.

David Agin stars as Phil, while The Big Black Box tempts

senior Jim Cook plays his father. Arnold throughout the play and

Jane Lewin, another senior, por- convinces him to do many idiotic trays Phil's mother. The play is things. The play has an offbeat,

narrated by the games master, but comical, ending.

played by junior Lance Luckey. Both plays offer comedy for "Adaptations," which the all. According to Lilly, "It's a

Drama Club originally presented frightening production, simply three years ago, is essentially a frightening. This could be the game show. The game is life, and supreme test of Indian Hill's Phil is the contestant. The Games strength as an institution."

Accelerated math classes

place high in competition by Rosemary Ward

Juniors and seniors enrolled in

accelerated math courses partici-

pated in the third in a series of six

tests designed by the Ohio Mathematics League last Tuesday

during third period.

The Ohio Math League is part

of a national organization whose goal is to compare various schools

throughout the state.

Mr. David Swisher who is

partly in charge of the testing at

Indian Hill stated that the tests

are designed to "increase interest

in the subject and to compare

with other students in the state

for math ability."

Presently there are 116 Ohio

schools participating. Based on

the results of two recent tests,

Indian Hill is in third place with

Chillacothee and Xavier High

Schools holding first and second

places respectively.

The students who have the highest scores at Indian Hill are

seniors Diane Remmell and

Lawrence Gallant. Both have

accumulated eleven out of twelve

possible points on the first two

tests.

Results from the test taken on

Tuesday, and the overall state

rankings, will be available within

the next few weeks.

notified by March 11. The final

weeks before April 4 will be spent

prep ,ing for the program, finish- ing un, ttended work in school,

and .ranging the final details

with their employers.

The students themselves must make the contacts and proper ar-

rangements with prospective em-

ployers before submitting an ap-

plication. The employer cannot be a member of the student's irn-

mediate family.

Besides the above requirement

the student and his employer has

several responsibilities. The stu-

dent is not allowed to be paid for

his services, he must be prompt,

and he must follow IH's attend-

ance policy.

January 14,1983

The student must work at

least six hours a day, and he must

keep track of his experiences in a

daily log. In addition, each par-

t i c i ~ int must attend two seminars

and vrite a research paper dealing

with his expe. lences and objec-

tives in the program.

Students will be graded on

their participation in the program

by the daily log, the research pa-

per, and an employer's evaluation.

Gellert will grade students using

the pass-fail system.

Gellert feels quite optomistic

about Senior Search, now enter-

ing its eleventh year of refme-

ment. He feels that the students

who participate in the program

come back with much knowledge

concerning many diverse job

fields.

photo by Chris Eaton The lead roles of Drama Club's February 14 production are played by (first row) David Agin, (second row, left to right) Jane Lewin, Jim Cook,

(third row) John Lilly , Lance Luckey , and Todd Cox.

AFS students prepare for exchanges I by Karen ~verm% tural exchange. The Indian Hill

The Student Chapter of the chapter is presently looking for American Field Service (AFS) families in this area to host for- held an officers' meeting on Jan- eign students next year. uary 6 to discuss future projects. The students come from 55

C~n~mi t t ee Chabman Amy countries of 5 continents and are Geygan and Bill Poffenburger are between 16 and 18 years of age. beginning to plan for AFS Day David Agin, the president of the which will take place in March of AFS Student Chapter, has applied this year. On a date which re- for the Summer Program and is mains to be decided upon, AFS waiting to hear from the New students from other schools in the York office. Cincinnati area will come to In- If you are interested in hosting dian Hill for a day to attend a student or becoming involved in classes and learn about life at AFS please contact Mrs. Carolyn Indian HSl. Berry at 561-4473 or see Dave

Another meeting with the of- Agin sometime during school. ficers is planned for late January news short and an Open house for students Intermural basketball, which and Parents is was scheduled to begin tomorrow, duled for early February in coor- hs, been postponed. The inter- dination with another foreign mural tournament is cunently

culture organization. without a sponsor and there have

The function of A- been scheduling problems, but it merican Field Service is intercul- is expected to begin soon.


EHL hopes dwindling for Braves by Jon Kitei Each team entered the game 1-4 game at 1 3 in the league after a

This weekend the Indian Hill in league play. Since neither team heart-breaking C-rtime loss a t

varsity basketballers look to turn had a player of 6 foot 3 inches, Loveland. Mariemont quickly

around a losing 2-8 season. The the Braves figured to outrun the showed why they are the team t o

Braves combat the Glen Este Tro- slower Mustangs. However, beat this year as they shot their jans this evening at home and are Madeira out-muscled the Braves way to a 19-10 first quarter lead.

at Greenhills Saturday night. on the boards, getting two and The second quarter was even

At this point in the season, three shots each time down the worse for the out-sized Braves as

head coach Dale McKibben ex- floor. Consequently, the MUS- Indian Hill was able to muster presses a concern over the Braves tangs forced the Braves to foul. only seven points. Throughout

lack of consistency. "It seems Madeira used its rebounding the first half Indian Hill failed t o

like there is always a different strength to run the fast break well run a set offense. The Warrior

person leading the scoring. We and often, racing to a 32-16 half- fast-break hurt the Braves as

need to find someone who will time lead. Mariemont, with two 6 foot 4 be consistent in his scoring; The third quarter was more inch men in the middle and one 6

someone we can count on." evenly matched as neither team foot 8 inch man off the bench,

That person has yet to mate- gained or lost any ground. cleaned house on the inside. The

rialize. Leading scorer Jim However, the fourth quarter was a Braves trailed at halftime, 38-17.

Morgan has been in a slump re- different story. The third and fourth quarters

cently. In addition, second The Braves, facing a fifteen were much closer, 13-10 and

leading scorer Jim Arnold has point deficit, were forced to foul. 22-1 1, both in favor of Marie-

scored only six points since the During the last quarter, the mont. However, the outcome had Christmas break. Mustangs shot most of their fifty- already been decided. The

The varsity Braves can only two free throws. In the end, the Warriors were led by two improve over last week's perfor- Braves out-fouled Madeira 36 to strong shooters, John Hurley and

mance. On January 5 and Janu- 17 and shot only twenty-two John Long, who each scored ary 7 the Braves were humbled by times from the line. 16 points. Abrams led the Braves'

Mariemont and Madeira respect- The fourth quarter score was a offensive attack with 12 points.

ively by the disheartening sum of misleading 31-17 in favor of Senior Jay Kohls followed with 59 points. Madeira as the slumping Braves nine. The Warrior's win enabled

The most recent of those dropped their f j h consecutive them to remain tied with Syca- losses came at Madeira last Fri- game. The leading scorers for more in first place in the Eastern

day. The defending league cham- Indian Hill were Morgan and Hills League.

pion Mustangs were boosted by a Abrams with 14 and 13 points The Loveland Tigers hosted

school record 38 points from respectively. the Braves in the last game of

John Homer on the way to a Two days earlier, Indian ~ i u 1982. Indian Hill was hoping for

80-51 victory. The teams started hosted the league-leading an early Christmas present from

evenly, keeping the score close in Mariemont Warriors for what the Tigers, but instead got into

the beginning. The Braves got a promised to be an intense match- the spirit of giving. The Tigers threepoint play from Morgan to up of two schools who share a snuck away with a 6766 overtime

tie the score at 4-4, but then the common distaste for one another. victory for their first league win.

Braves' rollercoaster started its Mariemont entered the game The Braves started quickly, led descent. By the end of the first with a 4-0 league mark and by the hot-shooting Arnold.

quarter the Mustangs led, 156. left unblemished, with a Both teams P ~ Y ed hard-nosed

The teams were evenly 73-43 victory over the Braves. basketball in a battle of two well-

matched entering the contest. Indian HW had entered the matched opponents. Indian Hill


AU hands and eyes are after the ball in the Braves' game with Mariemont last Wednesday.


Jay Kohls contributed nine points

for the Braves in a losing effort against the Warriors.

6aving lost twice to Loveland

last year, was looking for revenge

as the Braves took a six point lead

at halftime.

Arnold, coming off a twenty

point effort against Milford. continued lndian Hill his tried hot-shooting, to fqht off the as

clawing Tigers. Midway into thc

fourth quarter Loveland found itself ahead by four. and it

was the Braves' turn to come

back. lndian Hill regained the lead with two minutes in thc

game, and with fourteen seconds

to go the Braves led by a point.

Loveland tied the score on a free-

throw, and the game was forced

into overtime.

14.0r the first time this season. the Braves found themselves

playing in the three-minute extra

session. Loveland broke out on

top in the overtime period, but

with 12 seconds to go lndian Hill

had a chance to tie with Abrams

at the line shooting two. Abrams

hit but one of the shots. Each

team scored two more points to

account for the final 6746 total.

Arnold led the Braves with 27

points.

January 14,1983 CHIEFTAIN Page 3


Tower of London visits Cincy Braves 'slightly pleased' with tourney finish by Dave Stritdting ninth of twelve teams, Turpin The Braves, with 49 points,

the team. Said Webber, "We've improved in areas that we prac-

ticed but we've slid back in areas we assumed the team learned last

year." Both coaches agreed that overall the Braves* showing was

better than last year. As far as expectations are con-

cerned, Webber thought the team ended up right about where he expected. For next year the coaches expect bigger and better things.

Several years ago Indian Hill was respected as a frne wrestling school. Gradually the team lost that respect, but Webber and Col- lins have a goal of making Indian Hill a wrestling high school once again. The notable improvement over last year is a sign that they

may achieve their goal. The varsity will wrestle at

home against Norwood, Wednes-

day, January 19, and later that week in Turpin's Invitational

Tournament. The JV Braves will wrestle this weekend at the Read-

inn JV Invitational Tournament.

text of the pieces. The separations are The Hunt,

Tournament and Parade, Luxury,

Presentation, War, The Orient,

Curiosities, and The Royal Court.

Each of the sections featured related examples of weaponry.

The Hunt, for example, con-

sisted of a boar spear, a sporting crossbow, and several pistols and

swords. In the Tournament sec-

tion, the main feature. was a full size mock-up of a knight in joust-

ing m o u r on his warhorse. This armour, which was de-

signed to take a blow from a lance

with the momentum of mother knight and horse behind it, was the heaviest made and usually weighed weil over one hundred pounds. It was far too heavy to

be used in war because the knight,

if dismounted, would have fallen prey to the quick, unarmoured infantry.

Special armour was worn by

the knights for foot combat. The Royal Court features the armour that young Henry VIII used for

"friendly foot combat with axes."

This suit of armour serves as a good example of the skill of the

late medieval armourer. The

by Chris Hug The Cincinnati Art museum

was host to the first tour in the last 900 years of an exhibition of

arms and armour from the Tower

of London. The Tower of London, located

not surprisingly in London on the

Thames River, has a long and romantic history both as a prison

and as an arsenal of arms and

armour. The actual Tower, built in 1066 and known as the White

Tower, was originally intended to serve as a heavily fortified castle

for William the Conqueror. Thus, the Tower is actually a

conglomeration of buildings constructed around the White Tower

by kings of Britain to accomodate

their larger courts as well as the growing amounts of military hard-

ware. The dungeons of the Tower were traditionally reserved for the

more important prisoners, such as Mary Queen of Scots.

In the early nineteenth cen-

tury, it was decided to convert the Tower's arsenal into a museum of arms and armour, with emphasis gradually shifting to the decorative aspects of weapons. Since then, the Tower

has become one of the most important collections of medieval weaponry in the world.

The exhibit, which ran from

October 9 to January 9, consisted of over 110 pieces chosen to re-

flect the development of arms and amour for both "protection" and

"personal adornment." The

exhibit was divided into eight see

tions based on the cultural con-

There were two surprises in took fust in the tourney with 150 finished above McNicholas (44

the 17th 'annual Indian Hill Invi- points, and Moefler was nowhere points) and Walnut Hius (39 tational Wrestling Tournament near the top. Roger Bacon, an points). Last year in this tourna- last weekend. Although Indian annual contender, placed second ment the Braves finished last with gill surprised no one by placing with 138% points. 34% points. There were several

contributors to the IH score, one of whom was sophomore David Kindle (175). Kindle placed third in the tourney and pinned three times to be the Braves highest rorer. Senior Tom Geygan (185) m d junior Casey Ryan (138), the team captains, both finished fourth. Geygan had two wins in the consolation round to reach the consolation finals. Ryan took a similar route to the finals, where

he also lost a close match. Junior Chip Greenlee (HWT)

wearer was not hampered in

movement or fighting ability by the armour which weighs ninety-

four pounds.

Many rumors exist concerning

the mobility of a fully armed knight; for example, many

people believe that a knight had

to be lifted into his saddle with a

derrick. Lies! All lies. Also included in the exhibit

was the movie How a Man Schall be Armyd, illustrating the pro-

cedure of donning armour. An actual suit of arrnour from the sixteenth century was used. The

average suit weighed about seven- ty-five pounds, about the same

won his first match but later lost -*'- . " - in the consolations. Juniors Andy

Graham (1 12) and Mike Feltman (138) each had a win in the con-

,&"% * solation round.

The coaches, Ron Webber and

photo courtesy of

Cincinnati Art Museum

Henry VIII's armour for foot combat tured similar dates back weapons, to c. 1520. such as a

great helm, a sword presented to Lord Collingwood following the

Battle of Trafalgar, a suit of Indian armour composed of chain

mail instead of plate, and an

unusual axe-pistol combination. However, there was little or no

mention of the English longbow,

which played a major role in the Hundred Years War. This may be

due to the fact that there is no

surviving example of the longbow in existence.

Also included in the exhibit

were lectures and presentations

made by actual officers from the

Tower.

Photo bY Chris Eaton jjm Coilins, were Senior Tom Gygan (185) gets the upper hand on his opponent in the

with the mdom- Indian Hill Invitational.

Braves 5-5 but c hasing EHL by Kevin Walzer

Pressure and adversity have

killed many teams' seasons, but evidently not the freshman basketball Braves. They have over- come pressure in a series of games

I to win four out of their last five

and even their record at 5-5. The Braves overcame five

technical fouls before the game

started and rallied to beat Love- land 36-25 on the Tigers home floor Tuesday. A statistician had

entered the wrong numbers to players' names in the score book, and the Braves were slapped with five technicals. The Tigers sank all five free throws and soon after the game started held a 7-2 lead, but the Braves came back to notch their fourth EHL win in five tries.

The Braves were led in scoring by Mike Cohen with 17 points,

' his season high. Erich Metzger added 11.

"We played fair the first half," said Coach Steve Thompson after the Braves' 43-41 overtime win over Turpin last Monday. The

Brave: were down 24-17 at the half,-but in the second half, they came to life, evening the score

against Turpin, who had edged them 35-34 earlier this year.

For the most part, the game

was close, but Turpin raced to an

11-point lead early in the third quarter. The Braves kept knock-

ing away and whittled it to one; from then on the game was a basket-for-basket trade off. Erich Metzger hit a 20-footer at the buzzer to tie the game at 39 and send the game into overtime.

Metzger had a field day , hitting eight of 18 shots and seven free

throws for 23 points, by far his best game of the season. Metzger also had a basket in the crucial overtime, while Andy Tucker had a clutch free throw and then a steal with three seconds left on the clock, to close the lid on Turpin. Mike Cohen also played a fine all-around game, getting ten points and doing well on the boards.

IH unleashed all the frustra- tions of a difficult season against Madeira, destroying the Mustangs,

38-19. It was frightening to see. The Braves tore into the Mustangs with a harassing man-to-man defense not seen in earlier games. "We worked hard in practice

perfecting t,he man-to-man, and it paid off," s%d Thompson.

In the first half, Madeira lit- erally could not even put the ball into play after scores, as a flurry

of backcourt steals led to a 18-9

Braves' first-half lead. The defense forced turnovers, rejected

shots, and generally crushed the spirit of the Mustangs. Madeira never staged even a resemblence

of a comeback against the

relatively small nine-point deficit. The difference between this

game and others, Thompson thought, was the defense. "I t

really paid off for us this game." 1:orward Bill Baumel thought it was "half them and half us. They were pretty good, as good as

Mariemont (who 1H edged 26-24 1,

but we were really up for the game."

A fiesty band of Braves gave Greenhills a battle before going down 40-30. Three starters and

one reserve were suspended for missing Christmas practices, so

Grey 1-'reudenburg, Dominic Brit-

ton, and Matt Mueller got the starting nods. This bunch was

down by ten at half, 25-15, but narrowed that to one at the clox

of the third, 27-26. However, as Thompson puts it, "We lost our

composure for a few minutes in the fourth," and Greenhills ran

off eight straight points to put a lid on the game.

Thompson had only praise for

his team following the loss.

'"They showed a lot of character the second half. Those guys were playing under a lot of adversity and could have easly given up.

modern soldier. However, the armour was dis-

tributed evenly over the knight's body, and thus it did not seri-

Cincinnati Art Musuem

The armour for the tilt of the Earl

of Leicester dates back to c.

1575.

ously impede his movements. The remaining sections fea-

letter from SG

graffiti board SGPAB replace

STAFF worse, not used at all. We en-

courage all to take advantage of this new facility.

On a lighter note, Hairy Straw-

berry will make a return engage- ment at January 29th '~ Home

coming Dance. Sponsored by the senior class, the annual affair will begin at nine and run through

midnight. And if Homecoming were not

enough, there will be an open house dance on Friday, February 11. The dance will be the first

time students may purchase their computer matching results that were derived from questionaires filled out in December.

Sincerely, Todd Cox &

Richard Stradling

We have bad news for those

who rely on the graffiti board to

vent their inner feelings. Because of repeated abuses, we feel the

board has outlived its usefulness and is an embarrassment t o the school.

Effective immediately, the old graffiti board is now the new Student Government Public Announcement Board (SGPAB).

The board's black surface will serve as a background for posted announcements from clubs or any student who has a use for it. An

example would be a student with a moped for sale announcing this

on the SGPAB. The SGPAB is, like the graffiti

board, an experiment and will also be terminated if abused or

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News Editors John Christine Ron Zesch

Features Editor John Liliy Sports Editors Paul Monach

Dwight Poffenberger Magazine Editors Nancy Hopple

Kitsa Tassian

Assistant Magazine Editor Elizabeth Smith

Chief Typesetter Diane Remmell Production Managers Ken Jones

David Stradling Business/Circulation Managers

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Julie Gilsdorf

Typesetters Savithri Raju, Karen Wiedemer, Kelly Flaherty, Sue

Gilsdorf. Contributors John Bergran, Wln Wells, Karen Everman, Cnris Hug, Rosemary Ward, Shelley Stan- forth, Ellen Alvord, Kevin Naizer, Jon Kitei, Brian Rowe, David Stradling, Diane Remmel, Paul Smith, Todd Adrien, Gus Gordon, Peter Carr. Production Todd Adrien, Vicki Camardo, Dominic Pesce, Joel Ruff, Lawrence Gallant, Janet Nicolas, Kevin Walzer, Elizabeth Gorman, David Graham, Dan Rosenthal, Rob McVicker, Margot Ayers.

photo by Julie Gilsdorf

Dominic Britton protects the lane during the freshman Braves' 4 3 4 1

victory owr Turpin. see FROSH, p. 12


editorial jobs. . - It's not Reaganomics, it's economics - pure and

Americans who criticize President Reagan for

creating today's 10.4% unemployment rate, the highest unemployment rate since the Great Depression, are

overlooking two simple economic facts: the law of supply and demand and the fact that inflation and

unemployment rates usually swing like a pendulum.

Last spring, Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volker began tightening up the money supply by raising

the discount rate above 16%. This in turn propor-

tionally raised the interest rate at which people

borrow money. Naturally, with an excessively high interest rate people borrowed less money and bought

less goods and services.

The law of supply and demand says that if demand

is decreased then supply will increase which will in turn result in a reduction in prices - i.e. - the inflation

rate. This is exactly what happened last year as the inflation rate plummetted from above 12% to its

present rate of below 5%. The obvious negative side of decreased inflation is increased unemployment. Those

people who are not borrowing money and demanding the goods and services are causing people to lose their

as I see it

Banning video games

by John Bergman One of the greatest crazes that

has swept the nation in the last

several years is video games. They have found their way into res-

taurants, shopping malls and arcades. Everyone seems to be

playing them.

I t is only natural that video games are now the topic of a

raging controversy; all other

popular things are, after all. This controversy centers around the

idea that the games might have a

detrimental effect on avid players,

or at least on their finances, and

argues that communities have a

responsibility to protect these

unfortunate souls.

Recently, several groups have

suggested that video arcades

should be banned. Some cities

have taken this step. Proponents

of banning base their arguments

on the simple issue of money and

the much more complicated one

of psychology.

The fanatical ramifications of the games are fairly obvious.

Avid video players can find them-

selves plunging quarter after

ue purpose quarter into the slot, without

much attention given to bud-

getary consequences. People in favor of banning will tell you that

some of these quarters were intended for lunch-money, or at

least could have been spent more

wisely.

The second issue is slightly more abstract. I have heard

psychologists use such terms as

arcadeaddiction. They say that

some players look for needed

security in the games. The arcade

is a place of escape from the real world, a world they should be

learning to deal with more effec-

tively.

Then there is the issue of

learning itself. People against

video games say that the most

that a video game can attempt to

develop in the player is handeye

coordination.

The last major argument that

the opponents of video games

tend to make relates to their ef-

fect on social behavior. They say

that the games separate a player

from his surroundings by bringing

simple. So which is worse: high unemployment or high

inflation? And can a median be reached? The answer, if it is obtainable, is to find a way to control both inflztion and unemployment at reasonable rates. The

possibility for finding a median is in the hands of the

President and Congress.

Recently, the signs of economic recovery from the

recession have surfaced. Construction and the housing

market are increasing, the interest rate is dropping, and

the stock market continues to flourish; all of these

seem to indicate economic recovery. With recovery

will come the demand for products which will neces-

sitate jobs which will in turn bring down the unem-

ployment rate. Consumer demand for goods and

services will increase but will this trigger runaway

double-digit inflation again? No one is saying for sure.

If Reagan pulls it off, he will undoubtedly come out

smelling like a rose. Perhaps Americans should give Reagan a chance and

"stay the course." Remember that many of those not

working are getting unemployment checks and welfare aid and are not starving. Reagan may not have all the answers, but he is trying and desperatly needs time for

his policies to be approved and take effect.

him into a totally mechanical

world. Some even go as far as to

say that the games encourage violence and destruction.

These are the reasons why

some people oppose video games. The j u ~ t ~ c a t i o n these people use

in arguing that video games be

banned is the same justification that people use when they want

anything banned. They firmly

believe that it is the responsibility

of the government to protect its

citizens.

Those of you who have read

some of my other columns already know that it is this last

conclusion that concerns me. I

have already expressed my views

about book-banning and politi-

cized art, and I must express that

same view here.

Video games essentially affect

one person, the player. Whether

or not the effect is positive is a

matter of academic debate. I

happen to believe that almost all

of the allegations against video

games are false, but this is not the

crucial point. The financial and psychological dilemma posed by

the games are matters which

should concern those who choose

to play the games, and possibly their parents.

In uuth, most players see the games as a pure and simple form

of entertainment. To them they

are no more detrimental than a game of golf or a crossword puz-

zle. If those fanatics who are

opposed to video games must fmd

something to ban, let them find

something important that affects

and, in some way, harms third

parties. Don't let them outlaw

what is, in reality, just another

form of amusement

Mitchell conducts EHL Honors Band by Chris Hug Indian Hill students who par-

The annual Eastern Hills ticipated in the concert were:

League Honors Band concert was Guy Adams, Brad Adrien, Jimmy conducted by Mr. Rex Mitchell, a Carson, Tom Crumpler, Jeff

professor of music at Clarion Currier, Karen DeLollis, Lawrence

State College, in the Indian Hill Gallant, Fred Goosman, Gus

auditorium, January 9. Gordon, Laura Harmon, Brett

The program featured works Hubers, Chris Hug, Ken Jones, by John Phillip Sousa, Richard Mimi Kahn, Tom McClure, Lisa Wagner, Camille De Nardis, and Nicolas, Sandy Pesce, and Joel Rex Mitchell. Ruff.


Small numbers hurting Aquateam by Diane Remmell

Due primarily to a lack of

depth, the Indian Hill Aquateam,

under new coaches Chris Sigler

and Doc Holliday, has struggled

to an 0-4 start.

Holliday commented, "It's not

that we're lacking talent. We

simply have not got enough

people swimming. At a meet with

all of our swimmers, we only

swim in half of the races."

In the team's most recent loss,

the Aquabraves dropped a close

meet to Roger Bacon's boys'

team, 58-55, on January 7. The

squad lost despite triple wins by

junior Cliff Wingerter and senior

Dave Ackermann and good swims by senior Jim Koster and junior

Scott Lyon, who also placed first

in diving.

The Aquateam swam as a unit in its loss to Talawanda, Decem-

ber 16. The girls' team lost

68-41, while the boys' team, led

by triple wins by Wingerter, Ackermann, and Lyon, including

first place in diving, lost 54-47.

The Aquateam took another

loss against the Sycamore "B"

team on December 14. Both

Indian Hill teams, although taking

early leads, took a beating when

Sycamore called in their "A"

team halfway through the meet.

The girls, with triple wins by

Jennie Gardner, Diane Remmell,

and Beth Wingerter, lost the meet

63-50. The Braves, having some

close swims against Sycamore's

"A" team, were defeated, 73-42.

Both Indian Hill teams were

destroyed when they faced the

New Ricnmond team, which has

about three times as many

swimmers as Indian Hill. The girls

lost 64-33, and the boys lost

83-22. Gardner and Remmell captured triple wins, while Kos-

ter, one of only three boys at

the meet, took two events.

Despite these losses, the team

is looking forward to the com-

petitions coming up which will

culminate in the state champion-

ship. The girls, having taken a relay to state for the past four

years, have a good chance of taking the medley relay of

Remmell, Kris Brockman,

Wingerter, &d Sara Linquist to

the sectional and perhaps the

state level. The boys show talent

with Lyon, Ackermann, and Wingerter.

Madeira squeaker l i fts JV Braves by Brian Rowe

Winter break was no vaca-

tion for JV basketball coach Gary

Gellert; he was hard at work de-

vising a new offense. It apparent-

ly has paid off, as in 1983 the

Braves are undefeated, having

won their last four games.

Wednesday's victory over non-

league Turpin upped the Braves' record to 4-7. IH's previous de-

feats of Mariemont and Madeira

evened its league record at 3-3, good for third place behind

Sycamore and Madeira.

The team earned its first non-

league victory by putting Turpin

away, 44-32, Wednesday night.

The "Twin Towers," Curtis Ott

and Pete Seremetis, led the Braves

to their easy victory with 20 and

11 points, respectively.

The most exciting game was

the Braves' most recent league

game, a 55-53 win at Madeira,

January 7. In that game the

Braves jumped out to a 19-11 lead

in the first quarter, with Ott

scoring nine. Madeira closed the

gap slowly after the first half, but

with 1:30 to play, the Mustangs

took a one-point lead.

The Braves took it down the

court, and after 30 seconds, Mike

Wentz was fouled while shooting.

He calmly sank two free throws

despite the crowd's yelling, "Miss

it!" Madeira hurried the ball up

and guard Eric Berger hit on a 15-

foot lump shot.

With 15 seconds left, IH called

timeout, down by one point.

After inbounding, Wentz set up a play. A few passes later,

Seremetis had the ball in close

with four seconds left, put a shot

up, and was fouled. He went to the line and made one of two to

tie the score at 53-53. But after

he made the shots, the Madeira

bench was assessed a technical

foul for complaining too loudly.

David Stanforth made two foul

shots under pressure to put the

game away.

Tonight the JV Braves will

host Glen Este in a key league

showdown. A win could put IH in a tie for second place in the

EHL.

Cooke's young Squaws short on height by Ellen Alvord

The JV girls' basketball team,

plagued by youth and a lack of

height, has pushed off to a slow

2-8 start, with a league record of

2-5.

Explaining the team's record,

the team's coach, Miss Sharon

Cooke, states, "We are a very

young team, and we usually go up

against teams that are loaded with

sophomores, so our record really

doesn't indicate our skill level."

The team's most recent game,

an 18-12 loss to Glen Este last

Tuesday, definitely did not

demonstrate the team's potential.

However, it did exemplify the

team's basic problem: getting

points on the board.

Previous to that, the team

experienced a typical loss to

Madeira, 32-16, on January 6.

Again, scoring was Indian Hill's

major problem.

Surprisingly, after little prac-

tice, in their first game after

winter vacation, Indian Hill's JV

team came up with their second win, a 16-1 1 defeat of Mariemont,

January 4. The team's usual

strong defense was the chief con-

tributing factor of the win.

Before vacation, Indian Hill

had a long, tedious losing streak

against Loveland, 22-14, Milford,

54-9, Sycamore, 43-14, and

Greenhills, 3 2-21, resulting from

a combination of tough teams and

the Squaws' inability to score.

In the beginning of December,

in the third game of the season,

Indian Hill enjoyed its first wm.

The victim was Deer Park; but

again, the low score, 19-10, indi-

cated the amount of work ahead

for the Squaws

Previous to the Deer Park

game, Indian Hill fell to Wyom-

ing, 22-13, and Forest Park,

20-13. Cooke simply summed up

each game and the whole team in

one statement: "Our best aspect

is our man to man defense; our

shooting is weak."

The team's reliable point

guard, freshman Chris Hall, states,

The Indian Hill Aquateam

consists of seven boys and seven

girls - just meeting the size re-

quirements for competition in the

state championships. Having lost

one senior girl last year, the Aqua-

team has picked up two freshmen

swimmers.

The girls' team, led by co-

captains Gardner and Remmell,

also includes Kim McKirdy, Lori

Powers, Brockman, Linquist, and

Wingerter.

The Braves are led by co-

captains Ackermann and Koster.

The rest of the team includes

Dave Kilday, Greg Morris, Lyon,

Wingerter and an Italian exchange

student.

Head coach Sigler, also the

present coach for Country Day's team, stated, "I enjoy coaching

Indian Hill. While we are a small

squad, we have the ability to

compete well at the sectional, dis-

trict and state levels."

photo by Julie Gilsdorf Dave Stanforth anticipates the pass against Madeira.

"This has been a frustrating

season so far, but we're hoping to

at least get better." Indeed, mere

improvement seems to be the

team's main goal at this point.

On the other hand, many of

this year's freshmen show rnal potential. Kristin Mains, one of

the few tall people on the team, is

the Squaws' present leading

scorer, with a total of 52 points

thus far. Shari Zesch, another

talented guard, has the highest

foul shot percentage of the

Squaws.

Cooke also expressed good

hopes of future improvement.

"As we become more confident,

we should be able to turn our

record around."

CHIEFTAIN way of the woods

January 14,1983

Ice fishers use many tactics to bring 'em up by Dwight Poffenberger species of freshwater gamefish can of my ice fishing, people ice fish

Althwgh winter may never be caught through the ice, but out of little shacks, called shan-

sports quiz Vol. 32, No. 8 January 14,1983 Indian Hill High School Cincinnati, Ohio 45243

1. In the 1982 season, Bengal quarterback Ken Anderson broke the NFL season record

for completion percentage formerly held by whom?

2. Bengal cornerback Ken Riley leads all active NFL players

with 58 career interceptions. Who is second?

3. In what conference are the Kentucky Wildcats?

4. Where did former Indian Hill

basketball star Scott Rogers

('76) play in college? 5. Who were the original four

members of Pittsburgh's Steel Curtain?

reach Cincinnati this year, it s t e m s appropriate that this col- umn be devoted to some winter

outdoor activity. When January rolls around most lakes north of Cincinnati and even some in town are covered with ice thick enough to ice fish.

Of all fishermen, ice fishermen are the diehards. They're the ones who brave negative temperatures bundled in snowmobile suits, looking like eskimos. They're the lunatics one sees driving I;ord pickups over lakes like it was no big deal.

Are frostbitten toes and icy fingers worth a few slimy critters from the deep? To some they are. Many ice fishermen catch their limit of pike, bass, or blue-

giU in a short time. Almost all

most are sluggish. The cold water temperature slows down the fish's metabolism, so it feeds less.

Most ice fishermen use live

bait, which is more productive than artificial bait and easier to fish with. All one has to do is

throw a minnow on a hook with a

small sinker and relax. The only problem with this is that it isn't

fun dipping one's hand into a bucket of squirmy minnows in below freezing temperatures.

When fishing with live bait most ice fishermen use a device called a tip-up to tell when they have a strike. A tip-up consists of a small flag attached to the line so the flag pops up when a fish hits. Two sticks in the form of a cross over the hole support the flag.

In Michigan, where I do most

ties, which resemble the modem day Port-0-Lets. This is the luxurious way to ice fish. Most shantie? have two holes from which to fish and some even have built-in heaters. Since the shanty is dark, one can look into the hole and see the fish eating the min-

nows. Usually visability is limited to twenty feet or so.

For most ice fishermen, shanties are the most fun way to

fish. Seeing the fish swim up to the minnow, then turn away at the last minute is frustrating but

also fun. Unlike any other type

of fishing, in shanty fishing

one can see the fish's approach

and reaction to the bait. Shanties also provide an effective pro-

tection against brutal northern winds.

IH prospective student program informs

district of 1983-84 scholastic alternatives must learn to relate to al l people of all levels," stated Feltman.

Math department head Mr. David

The need for the program

stemmed from the ever increasing

problem of declining enrollment. The plain and simple facts are that there are as many as 700

children living in the Indian Hill school district who attend private or parochial schools and in the

last seven years Indian Hill's enrollment has declined by about

500 students. High school principle Dr. Karl

Feltman raised the question: "Are people getting that much more

for their money from other schools?" He added that they

have to pay taxes and support Indian Hill anyway.

The problem facing many pro-

spective students is the stereotype that public schools lack quality

and discipline. Social Studies de-

partment coordinator Mr. Jim

Powers said, "Adults think public

schools are a stinking mess due to bad press. If parents got the mes-

sage (that schools aren't a mess)

the program was worthwhile."

Feltman and other administrators actually made the program to

allow people to judge the school

by its merits and not the fact that

it is a public school. "We have a very competative product and we offer the community their

school," said Feltman. "I'm all for it," said Mrs. Mor-

gan, head of the English depart-

ment. 'With more enrollemnt we can have a better curiculum, more classes to offer, and we can main-

tain our extracurricular program." "School is a place where you

learn to live with society and you

Swisher commented that "some

students in other public schools would be better off corn- t o

Indian Hill." After all of what has been

said, still another aspect to the declining enrollment problem re-

mains. There is a direct corolla-

tion between the number of stu-

dents and the number of teachers

in any school. "The administration is doing a great deal to save

jobs for the teachers with the

program," said Language department head Mrs. JoAnn Wund.

The bottom line is that the

administration hoped to show

Indian Hill's achievements, what it has to offer, and give the community an equal schooling alter-

native before any decisions were

made for the 1983-84 year.

by Ron Zesch The high school conducted

what administrators call a "pro-

spective student program" last

night. The program was aimed at getting students from the IH dis-

trict who attend other high

schools to enroll 'at Indian Hill

High School. The program began with a

short introductory address high-

lighting the school's achievements

and then proceeded into a period which could be used as a question and answer session.

Questions were directed at the attending administrators, coun-

selors, department coordinators,

teachers, alumni, and students. Refreshments were served and

all in attendance were offered a

tour of the school's facilities.

ANSWERS

Improvement is the word for b-ball Squaws by Shelley Stanforth cessful and the deficit quickly never close. Greisdorn was the

Eager to show newly de- widened. high scorer with 18 points.

veloped improvement, head coach Freshman Dee Dee Bucher The last game before the Dick Pfirman leads his girls' var- came on to score five points for Christmas break was a 32-26 loss

sity basketball team into action the Squaws. As a result of the to Loveland, on Thursday, De- Saturday against Mount Notre team's and their own improve- cember 16. The game was close

Ilarne. ment, many of the younger for the duration. "Just like So far Pfirman is satisfied with players have more confidence. against Milford, the game could

the team's improvement. With On Tuesday of that same week have gone either way," com- ten of twelve players not having the girls earned their fist victory, mented Pfirman. At the half the

any previous varsity experience, over Matiemont, 40-24, at Marie- Squaws were down by four. They there was much room for im- mont. The Lady Braves breezed lost ground during the third

provement. Pfirman feels that the by the warriors in the fist quarter, but outscored Loveland girls are now competitive, whereas quarter, 13-0, and the game was in the fourth. in the beginning they were not.

The Lady Braves are supplied with an experienced inside

shooter in senior Mandy Greis- T.x I

dorn but lack someone to connect

L-

Darkroom and partiton built

by custodians over vacation FROSH, from p. 10

Overall, I'm very pleased with the

game." Two free throws by Tucker in

overtime broke a 24-24 deadlock

to seal a hard-fought 26-24 win for IH against Mariemont on December 16. The Braves played a sloppy first half but kept the game tight, being down by only five, 20-15, at half. The Braves'

defense pulled together in the second half to allow no field goals.

The Warriors threatened to score with seconds remaining, but a block by Viox sent the game into overtime.

Commented Thompson, "We played a terrible furst half, but in the second we improved. We had some guys in foul trouble, so we used a zone to cut down on the fouls. Overall it was a sloppy win, but I 1 take it."

This win, coupled with wins against Loveland, Madeira and Sycamore, gives IH a 4-1 EHL record, chasing only the undefeated Milford Eagles; and as Baumel put it, despite their SO0 record, "All that matters is the EHL."

by Paul Smith The high school custodians

made improvements in the science

and home economics departments during Christmas break.

One of their largest endeavors

was a new darkroom in the science department. Located in

Mr. Dick Pfman's room, it was

I constructed for the Physics Seminar classes, but may be used by all Physics classes in the

P future.

"* * *;,.

The darkroom wiU serve for stroboscopic photography (photo-

graphy using a strobe light) and holographic photography (photography using a laser).

"It is going to give the kids a chance to do things that they haven't been able to do in the

past. Not many schools have the ability to take holographic and

stroboscopic photographs. It's going to be a nice thing for the

school," Pfman commented.

from the outside. P f i i a n feels a good outside shooter would nicely complement Greisdom's in-

side ability. "We're just one outside shooter away from being photo by Chris Eaton

built by the custodians during the The new physics darkroom was

Christmas holiday.

Another addition to the school was made in the home

economics room. A wall was added to the room to separate the

kitchen from the classroom. With

the wall's separation of the two existing rooms, Home Economics

teacher Mrs. Kathryn Marsh

hopes that classes will have less disturbances, and, in turn, get

more accomplished. Along with the new wall, part

of the wall of the home econom-

ics dining room was knocked out and replaced by a folding door. Camet was also laid in the room.

good."

The Squaws did not have a model game in their 54-33 loss to Glen Este this past Tuesday. Pfirman summed up the game well: "We had a really bad day. We couldn't play together."

The much improved Squaws lost to the talented Madeira Amazons last Thursday, 51-30. The game was close for three quarters. After the frrst quarter, the score was tied at 6 4 , and even though the second quarter of play ended 18-12, the game was still

way too small. Now we feel much freer," Marsh said. The department hopes to use the room for dinners in the future.

Besides the custodians' work,

the janitors also worked on many areas of the school. They

scrubbed and waxed all of the floors, cleaned the student service

center, changed lights, cleaned

windows and worked to improve

the heating system in the school. A new darkroom for the

industrial arts department is one

of the projects which will

be constructed by the main-

exciting. Halfway through the photo by Julie Gilsdorf fourth quarter, the Squaws had to Center Mary Granger jumps high for the tip during the Squaws' recent go into a press. It was unsuc- game against Madeh. photo by Chris Eaton

Home economics students concentrate better with the aid of this new "We're glad to have the door on tenance crew in the near wall which separates them from the kitchen fadities. the room because the room was future.

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