Seniors Show Academic Skills
)Moe's "It's Academic" Team :Takes Charge
by Phil Schneider by Mike Lovelace Moeller's "It's Academic" team took charge of academic competition on September 30, with. a come-from-behind victory over Sycamore and Mariemont. Guided in the art of split-second answering by the experience of moderator Mr. James Crone, captain Dave Ely and seniors Dave Montag and Larry Effler methodically fought their way back from a slow opening to a narrow win. Taped in WCET's television studios downtown under the steady gaze of four television cameras, Moeller put forth an excellent combination of talent and wit to out-duel the welltrained Sycamore unit.
With Mariemont falling behind from the start, the contest was a match between Sycamore and Moeller to see who would advance to the playoff rounds in February. "Sycamore's downfall," remarked Dave Montag, " was to attempt to answer questi.ons they weren't sure of. This caused them to hav~ points deducted for incorrect answers." Moeller, answering only two questions incorrectly, came out on top. The only area the team lost in was student and faculty presence at the studio. The show will be aired on WCET-TV (channel 48) on January 19 at 7:30P.M.
Eight senior students at Moeller High School have achieved Commended Students status in the 1978 National Merit Scholarship Program. These students are in the top two percent of seniors throughout the country. The honor. is the result of outstanding performances on the National Merit test administered nationwide to high school juniors in October, 1976. Letters of Commendation were presented to Dave Montag, Steve Hertzenberg, Luke Henne!, John Gahl, Paul Effler, Dave Breitenbach, and Dave. Schwallie. Senior Dino Richardson was also named a semi-finalist in the National Merit Scholarship for Negroes competition.
moeller high school
THE CRUSADER
9001 MONTGOMERY ROAD CINCINNATI, OHIO 45242
November 23, 1977
Vol. XVII; No.3 Blood, Clothing Drive
New Crusader Staff Takes Over
Highlights Christmas Project
by Joe Heglin
by Jeff Haverkos The Christmas season is once more upon · us and the Student Government Christmas Committee is beginning the Yuletide season with the annual canned food drive. The drive will begin on Tuesday, November 29. The committee asks for student cooperation to make the drive a huge success as in past years. The clothing drive, another tradition at . , Moeller, will also begin on November 29. For _ this drive, Student Government officials ask the . students to bring in as many old clothes as possible. These clothes will be sent to the Appalachian region of Kentucky, where they will benefit many of the under-privileged of that area. Although children's clothing is most needed, all types of clothing, as well as appliances are needed and appreciated. Also on the project agenda is the blood donation drive. This drive will be held on December 19. It is open to all students who are eighteen years old; however, seventeen year olds may elso donate blood if they present writte.n parental consent. Information on when and how to sign up for this activity will be available at a later date through homeroom representatives. The Moeller Student Government hopes that, as in the past, the students will be generous givers in these drives to help those in need.
Beginning this quarter, the journalists on THE CRUSADER staff will begin to take a more direct hand in the operation of the school's newspaper. Mike Lovelace will continue as editor-inchief and Brother Elmer Lange, S.M., will continue as moderator. However, there will be eight new page editors, as well as five other new offiCers. Brother Lange hopes this will give the journalism students more active experience in publishing the paper. r The students and their new positions are: Tim Kolkmeyer, business manager; Phil Schnei-
Speech Club Possible by Jeff Schutter When entering Moeller, a person is immediately confronted with a large trophy case show-· ing our school's many athletic achievements. During the year many visitors and students stop to look at this case. Against the left wall is a smaller case which many times is overlooked. This case holds the trophies won by our Speech arid Debate teams of earlier. years. At one time, Moeller had an.exceptionally good Speech and Debate team under the direction of Brother Joseph Clark, S.M. In 1973,
der; assistant business manager; John Costello, staff librarian; Ron Wissman, assistant staff librarian; and Mark Skorcz, master typist. The newly· appointed ·page editors are Scott Brueggeman and Mike ·Weitfle, editorials; Joe Heglin and Mark Skorcz, news; Mike Meyer and John Costello, sports; and Dennis Murphy and Jeff Schutter, features. As page editors 'these· students are responsible for deterlniriirig '·:the stories to be covered, assigning the ·'rejloffilrs to the articles, selecting photographs~·'· and designing their pages.
however, Brother Clark left Moeller to~ teach at St. Joseph's. Cleveland, and interest in the Speech Club gradually died. · Brother Daniel Stupka, S.M., came to Moeller this year from Memphis Catholic High SchooL He taught at Memphis Catholic for the past eight years and he moderated their Speech Club. Distressed with the lack of any speech program at Moeller, Brother Stupka has been looking into the possibility of re-instating a Speech Club at Moeller this year. . While .in Memphis, a city noted for its excellent high school speech program, Brother Stupka coached one stUdent on to win the State title in Or~l Prose Interpretation. "She (the (continued .on page five)