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Varsity tennis Squaws reflect on season's success
bv Kevin Walzer
Dynasty.
The Cincinnati Enquirer
That word has reverberated
quite a bit around local newspa-
pers recently; surely there is no
question to what it refers. The
Enquirer knew what it was talking
about when it featured Indian
Hill's varsity tennis team on its
front sports page last month.
...
"Dynasty" the tennis Squaws.
Of course, the reason for that
appellation should be self-evident
by now; six state titles in two
years would probably be enough
to arouse an aura of dominance.
That aura surrounds the 1985
edition of the Squaws, as a result
of their astonishing string of suc-
cesses the past two years; the
most recent accomplishment
came two weeks ago with their
second straight state team title.
For the record, IH's victims were
Toledo Norte Dame, 3-2, and
Columbus Watterson, 4-1. The
Andrea Farley-'
names and scores are not impor-
tant, though; what is important is
the title, and it was the second
straight for Tladian Hill.
It was a .Yery satisifying en-
deavar for the players; according
to sophomore doubles player Ro-
bin Mack, the squad places more
emphasis on the team tournament
than the singles or doubles, and
therefore derived a great deal of
pleasure from this years champ-
ionship.
"Oh, it's a lot more fun to
win as a team," she explained.
"You're plaving together as a
team; in angles and doubles
you're just playing for yourself.
That attitude is indicative of
the surprisingly loose atmosphere
CHIEFTAIN
% ger was eliminated in the quar-
Molly Poffenberger
that marks the Squaws. Although
they finished 25-0 this year, there
was little of the tense, high-press-
ure ambience that one would as-
sociate with a team of such high
caliber. Really, that atmosphere
has never existed with this squad.
"No," chirped sophomore
Molly Poffenberger, who played
third singles this year. "There
isn't much of [a competitive at-
mosphere] at all."
That lack of pressure has pro-
ven to be highly beneficial to the
team, because it fost2rs a unity
that
---- - offsets
- -- - .- - the ~rominance of
-
certain members. Those members
-Andrea Farley, Tracy Barton,
Aubrey Abbott, and Debbie Hor-
ton-have been the center of
attention for about a month, as a
result of their showings in the sin-
gles and doubles state tourna-
ments. Feelings of envy among
their teammates would be under-
standable. But as Poffenberger
put it, the less-famous Squaws
hold no such sentiments.
"About the only thing I get
mad at is not going to state my-
self [in singles] ," said Poffen-
berger. "I would have liked to
k
play in the singles final [Farley
defeated Barton] ." Poffenber-
.Robin Mack
terfinals of regionals.
Mack is no less obscured by
the shadows of her fellow doubles
players, Abbott and Horton. As
a member of the second doubles
Tracy Barton
team with senior Sona Tipnis,
Mack said, "Yeah, we didn't get
a lot of recognition." But she
does not mind, either. "We
cheered Aubrey and Debbie on
Aubrey Abbott
at state, and we [the second
doubles team] played in the team
tournament. The team tourna-
ment was really more important,
anyway."
But there is no denying that
the four "stars" remain the nu-
cleus of the team; Mack noted
that "it's a group of the best play-
ers in the city coming together at
the same time."
As that nucleus will return
next year, both Mack and Poffen-
berger were asked to consider
the Squaws winning three state
titles, and to predict whether this
would be possible in 1986.
Mack believes that yes, three
more titles are not impossible;
she focused her comments on Far-
November 8, 1985
Debbie Horton
ley and Barton as contenders for
the singles championship.
"I think Andrea knows how to
beat Tracy now. mnsistentlv,"
said Mack. "Before, they traded
off, but now Andrea's beaten Tra-
cy three straight times [in the fin-
als of districts, regionals, and
state] ." Nobody expected that
to happen, but as Mack said, "An-
drea's a smart player; she knows
she can't beat Tracy by pounding
the ball-that's Tracy's game. She
just got back everything at state-
Tracy played well, Andrea just
played better."
Poffenberger's perspective on
the BartonIFarley matchup is a
bit different; Poffenberger went
to state with Barton as a fresh-
man. As mentioned before, she
was eliminated before state this
year. Bat with that behind her,
"I'm going back to state nex
year... I'd like t o win the title, you
know." A laugh.
As for the rest of the team-
can they win titles in doubles and
as a team? "I think so ...it's cer-
tainly possible. But it's hard to
say for sure."
Sona Tipnis
rtin 7 ard
Vol. 35 No. 5
November 8,1985
Indian Hill High School
Cincinnati, Ohio 45243
Model UN to
by James Anderson
The $lode1 United Nations
Club will attend a conference at
The University of Dayton on Fri-
day, November 21. The some-
what young club is expected to
do quite well.
The club will leave on a
school bus at about 7:30 in the
morning, after which they will
hear the keynote address. Foll-
owing the address, the body of
more than 1000 stud-nts will
gather into their previously
assigned countries and com-
mittees. The IHMUN will rep-
resent the United States, Hon-
duras, St. Vincent and the Grena-
dimes, Mozambique, and Viet-
nam.
Juniors David Miller and Mark
Warner will represent the United
States in the Security Council.
For the IH club to win any
awards, it is crucial for this com-
m i t t e ~ to do well; however,
this will be difficult because on
the agenda are Nicragua and
South Africa, the two areas
the U.S. most wants to avoid.
Said Miller, "We'll change the
subject [away from the touchy
areas] ."
Juniors James Anderson,
Clyde Brant, and Jim Berling
will be the delegation from the
U.S. in the Special Politican
Committee. This is the largest
committee at Dayton with over
five hundred students. and it is
consequentially quite important
to do well. As in the Security
Council, the topics to be dis-
cussed will not be easy ones,
the same difficult Nicaragua and
South Africa are the subjects.
The U.S. delegation to the
Organization of American States
US delegation at Dayton
consists of sophomores Elissa
Geier and Jamie Winget. This
committee contains all American
nations from Canada to Argen-
tina. The committee will discuss
refugees and drug trafficking
among American nations.
. Senior Brian Meyers will
represent the United States on
the International Court of Jus-
tice. This is the World Court
in The Hague, so Justices hear
international Grievances. It is
expected that Meyers, with four
years of U.N. experience, will
fair vell at this prestigious post.
Representing the United
photo by Marlano Fernandez
States on the commitee on human
The Model UN club will attend the Dayton convention in the crucial
rights will be David Ahlert and
role of the U.S. delegation.
Bill Everhart. Ahlert's experience
is limited but his widely known Ahlert's inexperience. "David In the committee for-Social
nationalistic beliefs along with
and I work well together, and I and economic development, fresh?
think we'll do well," comments
Everhart's extensive experience
Everhart. see MUN, p. 4
should minimize the effect of
Corn implementing new IBM computer
by Kevin Walzer use their computer, and we won't years to fully establish, noted
Freshmen yesterday received have the long wait like we did in Corn, because "classes already on
a new type of report cards as part the past," explained Corn. Hamilton County's computer
of the second phase of the high The 1984-85 school year was [this year's seniors, juniors and
school's switch from Hamilton spent "learning the system," and sophomores] will stay there.
County's computer to its own the IBM was put to its first offi- Moving their academic informa-
IBM-AT computer, purchased in cial use last spring, when sched- tion to our computer would be
the summer of 1984. uling for this school year was extremely difficult."
The $4455 IBM, according completed. The third phase of IH's use
to district administrator Mr. Gary The second phase of switch- of the IBM is attendance, and
Corn, was bought so that the high ing away from Hamilton Coun- Corn said that the attendance
school and middle school could ty's computer involves grade office is currently switching over
eventually seperate themselves reporting-report cards, grade to the computerized process.
from the Hamilton County com- point average, and transcripts. Eventually, Corn hopes to
puter, which had processed infor- This phase is being implemented "integrate" the main, attendance,
mation on IH students previously. on the high school level with the and guidances offices so that any
"It [the new computer] is freshmen, and each subsequent needed information on a student
cheaper and faster to use than the class will have their academic can be retrieved quickly via a
Hamilton County computer; we progress handled by the IBM. terminal.
won't have to pay the county to This phase will take three
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There has been much grumbling from the student
body in past years about standardized tests, parti-
cularly over the school district's use of the Edu-
cational Records Bureau (ERB) exams. IHers are
surely familiar with the ERB's format and pur-
pose: they evaluate student progress in relation
to potential through aptitude and achievement
tests.
The validity of the ERBs has been held in great
debate in recent months, particularly over the
school district's claim that a high number of IH
students "achieve beyond their potential." A Chief-
tain editorial just last May labelled that assertion
"a farce," reflecting a widely-held criticism of the
ERB program: how can Indian Hill proclaim itself
excellent" based on the number of its students
achieving "beyond potential," a seemingly impos-
sible statistic?
While this criticism has, on the surface, a con-
vincing validity, it ironically ignores a fact it often
letter from SG
'Invisible curriculum' would
"Too many students are leav-
ing our public schools, through
graduation or as drop-outs, with-
out having acquired the work
habits to become sucessful or
employable," says Owen Brad
Butler, Chairman of the Board,
Procter and Gamble. Mr. Butler
led a three-year project costing
more than one million dollars
which showed that schools are
not failing in the teaching of
academics, but in the area of
"invisible curriculum."
This curriculum consists of the
signals a school transmits to its
students about what is and what
is not acceptable behavior. "We
believe earlier reports on educa-
tion have overlooked the fact
that traits such as self-discipline,
reliability and perseverance are
essential for SUCC~SS," says
Mr. I that
gating more responsibilities to
the students in the decision-
making process would help in
these three traits, therefore bet-
ter preparing students for the
business world.
1 agree that initally that
there is potential for mistakes
to be made in this system since
it would be something new for
the administration. In the initial
stages it would take more time
CHIEFTAIN
I his second goal to tie him with
for decisions to be reached since
the student will have had very
little prior experience in this pro-
cess. At fust, the delegation of
authority could cause the admini-
stration to look bad, through the
eyes of some students' parents.
The parents may point to some of
the decisions made by the stu-
denst and ask the adminstrators
how they could let such decisions
go unchallenged.
Although, at first, there may
be a few small problems with the
delegation of responsibility, in the
long run, both students and ad-
ministrators will benefit. By
giving the students direct involve-
ment in the final outcome of
decisions, there will be an increas-
ed interest in their work. By in-
creasing the interest of the stu-
dents in school, they may rear-
range their priorities and
more time on their studies.
Since the students would be
making ~ c h o o l - ~ e l ~ tdecisions,
ed
the administrators would have
more time on their hands. They
could use this time concentrating
on more important and
issues. By having more time to
spend on these more important
and pressing issues, they are less
likely to make errors which re-
flect upon their competency.
November 8,1985
CHIEFTAIN Page 9
raves t o .- ay for state
tournament saying, "This is the
by Chris Kempczinski
cites: standardized tests are hardly failsafe measures With a stellar season already in first time we've evsr gotten any-
of either aptitude or achievement. When the IH hand, the boys varsity soccer thing like this and we're going to
District says its students achieve beyond potential, team embarked on a "mission" to go In a thewhole
team's lot
previous
farther."
game
all that means is that its students score higher on the win state for the first time ever.
To do so the team had to advance against defending state champions
ERB achievement tests than on the aptitude sec- throught the sectional rounds a- McNicholas, the Braves trounced
tions. Now, as critics say, the tests may not gainst Cincinnati teams which the Rockets 4-1. Leading the
accurately be measuring aptitude; but at the same would lead to regional compet- team's attack was Womack once
iticn in Dayton. again, who sent two shots into the
time, neither do they measure a student's desire to Thus far, the team has proved upper corner to give the team a
learn, which can offset academic limitations; the successful in its task as they 0 lead. Goalie Ian Meyer's shut-
student simply works harder to achieve. knocked off third seeded Seven out escaped him as teammate
When viewed in this light, the district's claim of Hills on Wednesday to become Chris Kempczinski inadvertently
the first boys soccer team in IH headed a McNicholas corner kick
"excellence" suddenly rings true, for the very history to win a sectional champ- . . . . -.. .. . ,. . . . . . _ . . . .. .
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past his dumbstruck keeper. But .. .
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reason its critics cite: "educational excellence" ionship. After a series of rain- with Johnson and Mike Eaton
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photo by Mariano Fernandez
should be measured not by standardized tests, but outs the team faced further ob- each scoring goals, the team cruis-
stacles when half the lights at
Chris Kempczinski (9) moves the ball downfield against a pair of Seven
ed to a victory. Hills defenders in the sectional championships.
by how many of its students are learning. If a school Shawnee field were rendered Against an inferior Loveland
system can instill a love of learning in its students, so inoperable due to an electric-
that they learn in spite of whatever academic limits al malfunction. Nevertheless,
the team went undetered and
team, the Braves romped to an
easy 6-1 vicory. JV Footballers end season 3-4-1
they face . .how can the school not be termed "ex- jumped out to a 1-0 lead on the
The team's strong perform-
by John D m e
m n by Steve Slayzk followed by
ance in the sectional tournament a John Darre point-after conver-
cellent? " goal of Steve Womack. Womack, bodes well for the squad as they The JV Braves had a disap- sion.
a few minutes later, pumped in head to Dayton to face Green- pointing end to their season as The team continued its in-
view in a do or die situation. they lost three games which gave ability to score against Love-
ture leaders in the world of busi-
ness and industry.
his sister Susan for a record set-
ting 104 career goals. A Seven
Hopefully, the team will be able
to carry its winning ways up
them a 3-4-1 record.
In thier most recent game a-
iand, with both teams draw-
ing a 0-0 tie. But to Brave's
aid pupils Respectfully,
BradfordSmith,President
Hills goal right after halftime put
the outcome in question until
Brave's wing Bruce Johnson beat
nut the Stingers goalie to seal a
north to continue with their
"mission".
gainst Finneytown, they lost by
a score of 15-7. One factor that
might have affected their play was
coach John Flint, "the game
should be considered a win
for us."
Although there are many pros Student Government Game time for the Braves' the fact that almost all of the Thus the team's season ended
and cons to this plan, I feel that 3-1 victory. After the game an regional match will be a t 700 players had participated in the one game shy of .500 but hopes
the school should be student-cen- elated Coach Vockell displayed P.M. this Saturday at Kettering varsity's win the night before. still remained high for next year's
tered. School is defined in the
dictionary as "An institution for
news brief the entry pass to the regional Alter. The Brave's only score came o n a team.
teaching children." I feel strong- off the bench
ly that giving the students more Indian Hill Key Club mem- Fortunately, Womack and
ys season for IH
responsibilities would increase bers participated in a "model Metzger's exploits have not gone
their self-discipline, reliability, Kiwanis" meeting at White Rocks unnoticed. Said Coach Stertmey-
and perseverance. This will build restaurant in Montgomery last er, "This team is totally different
a stronger school system since Wednesday evening. President by Chris Kempczinski termination where it lacked in captaint, have the ability to bring from any other team we've ever
administrators and students Robert Seal and Sycamore History has taught us that a skills. This is due directly to the team back from defeat and
" had, and I think that is partially
would have a vested interest, and president Andrew Follmer con- nation relies on great leaders such Womack and Metzger who have to lead it to success. This was due to the leadership which I
an aid in the preparation of fu- ducted the proceedings. as George Washington or Napol- pushed the team beyond its vo- highlighted in an early game a- would call the b e ~ tboth Coach
eon, because of their ability to tential often times. Their abil- gainst Wyoming when the Braves Vockell and myself have ever ex-
move the masses in a common, ity rests in being able to walk
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I
faced a 2-0 deficit at halftime. perienced.
unified direction. The same as- the fine line between construct- However, in the Knute Rockne Undoubtedly the team owes .
&ieftqin STAFF Z W w n o N
sumption can be extended to ath-
letic teams such as the boys var-
ive criticism and disparaging re-
marks.
fashion, the captains provided an
inspiring halftime speech which
its success this year not only to
the ability of its captains to play,
sity soccer squad this year. And like all great leaders, both rallied the team to a 2-2 tie. but also in their ability to lead.
Chieftain is written and composed, printed and sold as an extra- Few would make the mistake
curricular activity by the students of Indian Hill High School. 6845 of calling this the most skilled
Drake Rd., Cincinnati, Ohio 45243. 561-4225. team Indian Hill has ever had, for
Sponsor: William P. Kincaid; Editors: T o m Taylor, Kevin Walzer;
rqeWs ~ d i t ~J~~~~
Editors:
- -- - - .- -
~ ~ ~: ~ d e Susan
- - - .- - - -
- , - -
~ ~ Appel,
: Assistant Sports Editors:
Chris Kem~czinski
~ n ,Jeff Currier; Features
Davis Griffin. David Miller. Alissa Raleigh; Sports Editor:
Bruno Darre, Tiffany
all one needs to do is look back to
last year or even to the Jeff and
Pete Graham teams. Nevertheless,
CAPE trounces Braves in finale
always unpredictable. Braves won an easy contest 34-14.
Meyer; Magazine Editors: Rob Seal, Jeff Tuckey ; ~usiness this year the Braves advanced past
~ a n a g e r : Jamie Winget: Circulation Manager: Arianna New- by Bruno Darre Last week, against the Cru- The Braves collected 395 yards of
the sectional championships for
man; Production Managers: Arianna Newman, Dan Rosenthal; The varsity Braves finished saders, the Braves were simply total offense with running backs
Head
- .
. - - - --. -
photoqra~her: Mariano Fernandez; production Staff: Benjy
cook. Elissa Geier. Stephanie Hug, Karen Weiss; Contributers: Benjy
the first time leading some to their first season as part of the not strong enough. CAPE, behind Grey Freudenberg and Nick Block
wonder how they could pull it newly formed CHL last week by running back Carlos Snow, who each adding 200 and 100 yards
cook; John ~ a r r e , Tiffany Ferguson, Mike Guill, stephanie Hug,
off. To those on the team, the losing to CAPE 46-0. The Braves' amassed 365 yards and five touch- respectively .
Brad Smith, Lee Peter Wilke.
As its editorial policy, Chieftain strives to both commend what is answer is easy - leadership! overall record was 3-7, one win downs, are 10-0 and 8-0 in the The Braves, while losing a
and encourage correction of what is not. Editorials reflect With Steve Womack and Erich short of last season. The team's CHL. great many seniors this year are
;he opinion o f the editorial staff as a whole. Opinions Metzger as captains, the team has performance this year was like a
from students are strongly encouraged as long as they are relevant
Two weeks ago against a win- looking forward to a success-
and responsibly written. compensated with hustle and de- roller-coaster, up and down, and less CHL foe Finneytown, the ful season next year.

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disc review
Neil Pearf proves his expertise
by Peter Wilke
It had been two long years
since my last disc review when I
decided that it was time for
another. And alas! How time-
ly! Power Windows, Rush's lat-
est LP, has just hit the shelves.
So I rang up Eric Paul, Indian
Hill's favorite Rush head, and sent
for the album. And oh my! To
my pleasure.
The album explodes to a start
with the popular and powerful
"Big Money," a song about the
evils of money. Immediately the
band sets the pace for the rest of
the album: fast, strong, and pre-
cise.
"Grand Designs" follows, an
immaculate number. Neil Peart
(percussion) once again proves his
expertise, and Geddy Lee (bass
guitar/keyboards/vocals) ab-
solutely is no slouch. After a
somewhat dissappointing per-
formance by Lee on Grace Under
Pressure, the band's previously
LATIN, from p. 5
This year, however, the na-
tional competition will take place
in nearby Indiana, hopefully al-
lowing more students than is usu-
al to participate.
Little credits much of the
club's success to its presidents,
junior Jim Berling and senior
Shawna Hornsby. "They've been
willing to take a lot of responsibil-
ity upon themselves," Little ex-
plains. "They're willing to listen
to me scream and yell."
Little summarized his feelings
on the Latin program, "When you
read the closing statement on the
trophy, it says 'An Outstanding
Latin Program.' I think that is
really important because the a-
coming events
b e r f r o n t Coliseum
Bill Cosby and Roberta Flack -
November 8 - He's come a long
way since Fat Albert.
Wrestling - November 10 - Bring
your cameras.
Ice Capades - October 26-Novem-
ber 21 - oh well, just pack a pic-
nic, bring the kids, and make a
day out of it!
Taft Theater
Howie Mandel - November 15 -
I want to know what he man-
dles.
CHIEFTAIN
released album, he decided to
get back on the track, and step
back into the spotlight. AS for
Peart's drumming, I challenge any
amateur drummer to attempt this
number.
"Manhattan Project" is next,
and as the name suggests, is about
nuclear war. On this tune, the
work of Rush's new producer
Peter Collins is clearly evident.
Besides having an awesome first
name he is quite a producer. He
produces a more controlled sound
than Rush's former producer,
Tony Brown.
Next on the roster is "Mara-
thon." My previously mentioned
challenge is reinstated, not only
to amateur drummers but bassists
as well.
Side two opens with "Terri-
tories." A very interesting tune,
once again musically astounding.
It's about world suffrage and
international issues. Deep!
...
Then ahhh! The masterpiece of
L
ward is to one of the Latin pro-
grams in the state and we're hon-
ored to be considered one of the
many outstanding programs."
I Three dance down t o the c reek
Bogart s'
Burning Spear - November 8 -
Sensations for the inner ear.
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Nov-
ember 14 - Punk at its best.
Shooting Star - November 15 -
Doing their version of Halley's
Comet.
Ace Capper - November 19 -
hatchet misdemeanor.
B.B. King - November 27 - Baa
baa balloom !!
Bachman Turner Overdrive - Nov-
ember 18 - Takin' care of busi-
ness.
the album. "Middletown
Dreams." I'd like to discuss
it but I find that I won't. Eu-
phoric. I am tired of noting
Peart's excellence, so accept it as
a given hereon. "Emotion De-
- --
Power Windows
tector" follows, a song about
feelings. Emotional. Energetic.
Fun. The last tune, "Mystic
Rhythms," is very interesting.
I'm not quite sure what it's about,
but I like it. And so the end
The tt =us r u r w t a a ~ ~ U I * I U V S L
rannbllng brook
The piaw prints of nocturnzkI animals
ma~rthe side of the ban1ks
The atrtumn leaves roll dovv n
f ratm the sky
An In(dian, buck!skin, lays f11sbow ant3 arrow
upon ithe ground
AS he rests arI d scoops I?is hands
into ttle flowing water
The trees still form the ancient
corridor over the creek
As a grizzly bearded mi!In splasnes
his way up the creek
be 's chasing a deer he sll o t
The bllood stains the pools of water
a silky red
The
. - ct
- ~ r r i d o stands,
r put in the
camp;any of a dirt road
Th e horses flog the grol
as the creek rambles on
Dckwn on the bank lies
..-itching the creek flow, he empti--
wa
his, pipe upon the once virain land
m; trveling, what an esca
,.." ..
Thn iint cries "no rules he ."
Second finds a broken glass
an d throws distant, aw;1Y
thrsn wonders, where did i t come3
The ttiird sits and glazes th e pool
r C
water with her eye, II ...m..Asr
I "WYIIUT.
before m e
l wondl
e water
rough timc
3 waxers
ection of an Indian,! jlimpse
thisn fades avway in the following I
comes.
If you have gotten the impres-
sion that I am raving about this
album, good. Don't get me
wrong, though. If you are not in-
to appreciating fine insturmen-
tation, you may not like. it.
Musically, it is a superior rock
album. Rush, after 12 albums,
has mastered the art of rock
transitions. Neil Peart is simply
incredible. Phenomonal. Bogg-
ling. Boggling. I said that twice
for emphasis. Geddy Lee intro-
udces more sophisticated synthes-
izing, and includes a spectrum of
fantastic bass licks and lines.
Why have I not mentioned the
band's guitarist, Alex Lifeson?
Well, to tell the truth, he's had
better days in the limelight,
but he does play an interesting
and crucial part in this album.
Together, Rush forms one of the
most talented rock bands ever to
exist. A fine album. Pete say.
check it out.
3 risks of cigarette smoking with
3 both ways outlined by Moore?
t
> The percentage of Indian Hill
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-uavta Mriter
November 8,1985
Moore: 'ERBs designed as an educational tool'
by Kevin Walzer
"The testing program o f the
Indian Hill school district is
designed as an educational tool:
to improve the quality of our in-
struction. "
Dr. Bryan Moore
Director of Cum'culum
Indian Hill School District
So commented Moore in
reference to the IH district's
use of the Educational Records
Bureau (ERB) examinations of
student aptitude and achieve-
ment. The tests are used to de-
termine the verbal and mathe-
matical potential of each student
who takes them; certain portions
of the exams also measure the stu-
dent's command of verbal and
mathematical concepts already
learned. The school districts mea-
sures the aptitude scores against
the various achievement scores
to "determine whether the stu-
dent in achieving up to his po-
tential," said Moore.
Indian Hill students in grades
1-11take the ERBs in the spring,
and Moore has noted an upward
trend in each class's scores-"in
about 85% of the cases, the gen-
eral scores have gone up. That
can be interpreted in two ways:
and individual class's scores have
improved from last year, or a par-
ticualr grade level has improved-
say, this year's seventh graders
over last year's seventh graders."
What makes these aptitude/
achievement scores improve, in
AS he said, "I think a large p u t
of it comes from the fact that our
students are more familiar with
the test formats-research has
shown that a person familiar with
how to take a test will do better
than a person who isn't familiar
with [the test] ."
students receiving scores as high
or higher on the achievement
tests as on the aptitude tests is
very high, Moore indicated; he
also noted that the district is con-
stantly seeking t o improve that
statistic for "the number of stu-
dents achieving at or beyond their
potential is a good measurement
of the quality of a school dis-
trict ."
Moore noted, "These tests do
have a good purpose; they are
very useful as an educational
tool, because with them we can
see what our students do and
don't know, and adjust our
curriculum accordingly."
For the first time, the dis-
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trict recently mailed the ERB
results of each student to their
parents, along with information
on how t o interpret the scores,
both in terms of aptitude and
achievement. The district's
schools-elementary, middle and
high-also conducted workshops
on the tests for curious or con-
fused parents.
Moore acknowleges that "too
many generalizations can be made
student opinion
Tucker urges education on smoking
by Lee Tucker
Cigarette smoking causes
heart disease, lung cancer, and
emphysema. By law, all of the
cigarette ads in this country have
to have the surgeon general warn-
ing about the proven health haz-
ards of smoking. Obviously there
is something wrong with the pub-
lic if the majority of our popu-
lation is still*smokingin the Uni-
ted States, in spite of these dire
consequences.
Some of the major causes of
death today are heart disease and
lung cancer which are directly
associated with cigarette smoking.
Just like other drugs, such as al-
cohol, cigarette smoking is both
physically and mentally addic-
ting. However, when doctors
warn us in advance of the health
the proven statistics, there still is
a preponderance of ignorance by
smokers in their apathetic atti-
tudes to these facts.
For a society that is so inter-
ested in good health, it is very
surprising that with all the me-
dical information about smoking
the American public does no-
thing to stop this habit. With all
of the health organbations like
health clubs, physical education
clubs, with thgimportance of eat-
ing healthy foods, it is quite sur-
prising to see that a vast major-
ity of people involved in these
activities are still smoking. And
with the amount of smoking that
goes on, it is especially sad to see
see the people that I like and love
slowly killing themselves "as they
puff away."
There are several ways to deal
with the problem of cigarette
smoking. One is to ignore the
situation and continue to accept
the consequences. Another way
is to support more research in the
industry to develop a product
about a student based on these
tests," and notes that the progress
of a student should n o t be
measured on just one year's ERB
results. "It's important t o use
'longitudinal data'-results over
several years, because that can
give a more accurate appraisal
of a student's achievement."
The district's use of ERB tests
cism,notparticularly
has been impervious
from students
t o criti-
which is non-injurious t o our
health. But the best way is to
teach our elementary students
early about the harmful effects
of smoking. The obvious solu-
tion would be for the govern-
LIu b to present Dessert I heater
by Susan Appel
Drama Club has selected an
ensemble cast for the one-act
plays The Frog Prince, An Act-
or's Nightmare, and A Little
Something for the Ducks. The
plays will be presented as part
of Dessert Theatre on December
6 and7.
Members of the cast are
juniors Katherine White, Diana
Greiner, Julie Everman, Susan
Appel, Matt Steward, Charlie
Schiff, James Anderson, and Su-
san Robinson; sophomores Ann
Kneipp, Stacy Scoble, Robert
Epstein, and Rob Warfel; and
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complaining about missing class
for two days to take the exams,
which ate numerous and lengthy
But
are going
Mooreto believes,
be evaulatea
"Students
an rneir
lives, and these tests are helpful
in that. They're very similar to
thescholastic Aptitude Test [the
same company which creates the
SATs, Educational Testing Servi-
SATsalso
ces, are important
administersforthe
college."
ERBs].
ment to pass laws prohibiting
smoking; however, since the
government is one of the major
financial benefactors of the sale
of cigarettes this will probably
never happen.
freshman- aura Kepley .
Yet to be cast are two inter-
ludes which are currently being
written by students.
In other drama news, the
IH Thespians have been invited
t o perform as part of Christmas
Caravan at Music Hall on Sunday,
November 10. They will present
"The Mouse Who Didn't Believe
in Santa Claus," a children's
play. Those who are not in the
play will be performing improv-
isational pieces, as well. Perform-
ances will be at 1:30, 2:30, and
3:30.
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Ely chosen to visit
Hugh O'Brian seminar
by Stephanie Hug
Sophomore Shannon Ely is
this year's winner of the Hugh
O'Brian Youth Foundation
(HOBY) Leadership Award.
Ely was slected from five appli-
cants on the basis of an appli-
cation and interview.
The application consisted of
three questions dealing with lea-
dership, willingness to help
others, and a desire to learn.
The interview consisted of five
questions, one from each of
five people sitting o n the inter-
view committee. These five were
Mr. Gary Gellert, the previous
two winners, Clarence Hughes
and Matt Feltman, and two facul-
ty members chosen by Gellert:
Miss Elizabeth Hackman and
Mrs. Margaret Clifton.
"The part that decided whe-
ther Shannon would get the
NHS to induct students Nov. 75
by Tiffany Ferguson
and Jeff Currier
Inductions for the 1985-86
National Honor Society will be
held in the IH Auditorium on Fri-
day, November 15, at 9:30 am.
Any junior or senior who has
maintained a 3.5 cumulative grade
point average is eligible, provided
he or she has attended I11 for at
movie review
'Remo'
by Alissa Raleigh
A brawny buck jumps deft-
ly from a doddering scaffold pole
and lands squarely in Lady Liber-
ty's hand only t o have to grapple
a bolo cast by a trio paid to
eliminate him. Sound familiar?
Bronson? Indiana Jones? Buck-
aroo Banzai? James Bond? No,
but yet another racketeer created
by the cinema moguls-Remo Wil-
liams is a slick vigilante ready to
rid the New York metropolis of
iniquity.
Remo Williams is the typical
L L r ~'em~ k sock 'em" flick, re-
plete with not-quite-essential fra-
cases and tussles, but writer
Christopher Wood and director
Gary Hamilton injected one piv-
it01 placebo to cure the old
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award or not was the interview,"
commented Hughes.
HOBY's purpose is to de-
velop leadership in the younger
grades. It brings a select group
of high school together with
groups of distinguished leaders
in business, government, educa-
tion, and the professions so
they can discuss present and
future issues. Ely will be atten-
ding a seminar at Capitol Uni-
versity in the spring.
At this convention, she plans
"to find out what and how other
sophomores think and show lea-
dership."
After the seminar she says
she is going "to let the public
become aware of what this a-
ward is and what it requires in
hopes that more future sopho-
mores will try for this award."
least one year. Each eligible
student is rated by faculty mem-
bers on a scale of one t o three,
with three being the highest.
Students are evaluated in three
areas: leadership, character, and
service to the school and com-
munity.
On the morning of the cere-
mony, the current NHS members
cinema racketeer
nothing film. For "the cure,''
a spunky character named Chung
is brought in. Chung, a master of
the Korean sect of martial arts,
trains Remo Williams and in-
doctrinates him on such transcen-
dental talents as becoming one
with the universe and overcoming
unreal phobias such as sprinting
on the edge of a two-hundred
story building. Chung, tanta-
mount t o other Hollywood cuties
as R2-D2 and Yoda, fills the now
almost mandatory requisite for an
adorable and brilliant sidekick.
And he fills the bill perfectly-
always making witty remarks
and giving loconic bits of wise
advice, while at the same time
expressing a human weakness-an
affinity for soap operas.
\ '
'.
Shannon Ely intends "to find out o u t what others think about leader-
ship."
will report t o the auditorium,
where they will prepare the spee-
ches given for each new inductee.
After each member is inducted,
a member of the faculty, chosen
bv the current NHS members,
is also inducted. Before this
process, the Rev. James Metz-
ger will deliver the keynote ad-
dress.
The plot in interesting and
well-calculated, with a legion of
dynamic and living characters.
One particular strength this movie
possesses is the balance of dif-
ferent types of scenes-not linger-
ing in one facet too long, the ro-
mantic, t? adventure, the inte-
llectual, the slick streets. The set-
ting switches from a shadowy
city riverside, t o the mountain-
ous outdoor government weapon
site, t o an idyllic apartment, ne-
ver bqring the viewer.
As the movie's title, Remo
Williams- The Adven lure Begins
insinuates, this is only the begin-
ning; there will be surely many
more Remo films. The nascont
plot leaves unanswered questions
and the "cowboy rides off into
November 8, 1985
photo by Marian0 Fernandez
There will be a reception
for the new NHS members and
their parents in the media center,
following the ceremony. Then all
NHS members will attend lunch
at the Cork and Cleaver o n Ches-
ter Road.
Aside from the prestige asso-
ciated with NHS induction, mem-
bers are given a pin and a mem-
bership card which can be used as
a pass t o leave any study hall.
the sunset'.? ending will surely
free ReoA and Chung t o pop
up at the next U.S. crisis.
MUM, from p. 1
man Mark Meird and sophomore
Bill Kefaner will represent the
U.S. This year's committee will
discuss foreign labor supplies and
the problems of overpopulation.
Other positions for the
countries of St. Vincent and the
Grenadimes, Somalia, Vietnam
and Mozambique are not yet es-
tablished.
"I'm both surprised and happy
that we got the [U.S.] dele-
gation," commented the club's
sponsor, Miss Melissa Rumbarger.
November 8, 1985
concert review
Jazz solos abou n d in Ferguson s concert
by Bcnjy C w k
On Wednesday, October 30,
one of jazz's greats perfornled at
Lebanon High School, a trumpe-
ter whose name is familiar to al-
most all fans of jazz: Maynard
1:erguson.
1:crguson and his band of ten
played to a full house of jazz fa-
natics, many of whom were high
school students from all over the
south-westem Ohio area. Not a
single one did not leave that
three-hour concert in a state of
absolute awe.
When the concert started, it
was unfortunately necessary for
the crowd to previously watch
the Lebanon High School Jazz
Band. The Jazz Band featured
three pieces, one. "Doozer
Blues," which was performed by
Indian Hill's own Jazz Band
during their 1985 season. ,How-
ever, it was not until after this
preliminary material was through
that the real concert started.
Feguson's band featured two
saxophonists, a trombonist, two
trumpeters, a guitarist, a keyboar-
dist, a bass player, a sct drummer,
Lee travels in F
LEE, from p. 6
home has a new-found quietness
and innocence. "I'm like the an-
gel of the family because he's bro-
ken the ice in every way pos-
sible."
Lee has enjoyed the privilege
of taking part in an array of tra-
vels. Her trip to France as part of
the student exchange program
would have to be considered as
one of her favorites. "I stayed
with a guy who was like a foot
shorter and a year older," she ex-
plains. "He was alright over
there, but he was pushy and got
on my nerves when he came over
here."
Lee considers Paris the best
part of the trip. "It was just fun.
We went to discos and bars.
There's no drinking age. We spent
so much money, it was great!"
Lee's "most a\vesomc" vaca-
tion was over spring break during
which she went sailing on a yacht
in the Caribean. "It was great. It
was God. It was paradise." Lee
understated.
Lee also frequents a house in
Michigan where she and her fami-
ly and friends snow ski and water
CHIEFTAIN
and an auxiliary percussionist.
The band took the stage wearing
black T-shirts that shouted out in
loud pink capital letters:
"MAYNARI)!"
Maynard hinisslf took the
stagc in the middle of the first
piece just in tinlc to bo\v to cacll
section of the audience and take
his first ripping trumpet solo of
the evening.
I:erpusonls style is such that
he uses the trumpet not just to
create music, but to cscite the
crowd, whether they are educated
musicians, or just "Joe General
Music." His vuisual trademark
that a high and exciting solo is
about to occur is an exccssive up-
raisal of the trumpet.
In the first set, Ferguson went
right into a fcw tracks from latest
album, Live from San Francisco.
One such song was a collaboration
of many famous jazz/bebop tunes
of the past, entitled appropriately
"Bebop Buffet." He then went
into "Coconut Champagne,"
which featured intricate unison
horn licks a la Phil Collins by his
outstanding horn line, composed
ski, depending on thc season.
"We take friends up there and
have a blast," she says recollecting
fond memories.
As for the future, Lee hopes
to attend Colorado Collegc, where
she would study such areas as,
what elsc but, health and physical
fitness. "I pray every night that I
get in," she exclaims with some
amount of concern. Colorado
College utilizes a curriculum in
in which studcnts study and com-
plete only one course in an ap-
proximately three or four week
period. Lee expresses a certain
amount of interest in the numer-
ous breaks that occur after each
course period.
Lee closes with the following
piece of advice and philosophy
\vhich perhaps has helped to make
her the populu person that she
has been, "Have fun and be your-
wlf: don't \vorry about \vhat
others think. Don't give in to
'peer pressure.' Do Ivhat you
think is right, and above d l , have
b-. .,
"
conlptcteiy of college studcnts.
In f ~ c t the
. highlight of the entire
first set was not a trumpet solo.
but a sax solo: or rather. t\vo sas
solos. \Vhilc sas player Tim Ries
was in the middle of a "cookin"'
alto solo. anotlier rncr11bc.r of the
band handed him a soprano us.
\vllich he proceeded to stick in
his mouth and play in perfect
harmony \\it11 the alto!
Thc second set began with an
csciting percussion solo by dnim-
mers Steve 1:ischcr and (yet
anothcr) David Miller. After they
stayed in perfcct synchronization
for over five minutcs, the lights
went black. Sincc thcrc wcrc no
lights on at all in the whole
auditorium, a11 one could see were
four little red neon dots; which
were, in fact, thc ends of the
drummers' special sticks that they
finished their solo in. At the
climax of this intense piece, all
that could be seen were four neon
circles, as Miller and 1:isclicr
"jammed away" for the balance
of the piece.
The band repopulated the
stage wearing black shirts with
1 on the spot
l ~ e t sare
If you could have any person or
animal as a pet, who or what
would it be and why?
Tara Williams - Morrissey.
Bill Kefauver - Ronny Reagan,
'cause he'd be fun to abusc.
Brian Wessinger - Mr. 1:ricke. so
I could get even for all those
long tests.
Beth Haley - An aardvark be-
cause they're very misunder-
stood animals.
pase 7
\vItite
\\.as a leather
lot niorcties.
heavily
The wcond
.
infiltrated
set
.
with
solos. s)los,
guitar including
solos. us
k c ysolos.
h~ard
t r o n ~ h m csolos. and cvcn a few
usually rare skitlful hass S O ~ O Sby a
lllusician
1:erguwn equally
hin~sclf.
as1)avc
imprcssivc
('arpen-as
ter.
l.'erguson himwlf dso took a
many more solos. including an in-
thc-audience duct on tluplehorn
tvith his right-hand ITI;III, Tin1
Rics. 1:nr the finale, tllc band
went into one of tllc last twenty
years' biggest jazzlfusion classics,
llerbic llancock's "Chanlcleon."
in \vliich Maynard hit notes only
drcanied of by niost rrunlpet
players. 1:rom this. they \vent
straight into their jazz version of
"Hey Jude." bringing tlle entire
cro\vd to its feet in ccstilsy. After
a five-minute ovation, .l:crguson
and his band did one final hot
encore. bvhich left thc unsaturated
crokvd in awe.
By no nlcans is Maynard 1:er-
guson a grcat man; hc is a middle-
aged ovcnvcight cpot ist. Yct when
he has a trumpet in his hands. he
is a magician.
too I
Ben Nemo - Mr. 1-'rickc.so I can
burn him with an innoculating
loop.
Andy Schwabb - !blr. True. so I
could watch him pct dressed.
Mark Higgins - Mrs. ('onnclly. s o
so I could 11lakc her do a scroll.
David Kilday - ('hristy Ijrinklcy.
but only bccausc (;-squared
\\.auld be a pain to houschrcak.
Mr. Nellis - Brooke Shields- you
should ask why! My reputation
stands secure.

Latin program i success begins with junior
by Tom Taylor
A few weeks ago, Indian Hill's
Latin program, led by Mr. Sher-
win Little, competed in the Ohio
Classical Conference for classics
teachers. The result was a first-
place ranking and the receiving of
the Hildersheim Vase, which is
awarded every year to the school
with the most outstanding Latin
program.
Little fust learned of the con-
ference while he was a student
teacher at Princeton High School.
He commented, "I had my eye on
the trip for quite a while." Any-
one can nominate a teacher for
the program. Once nominated, it
is up to the teacher to apply.
Little stresses that the greatest
factor in the Latin programs suc-
cess is that Indian Hill offers
Latin at the junior high level. Ap-
proximately only 20 other
schools in Ohio offer Latin in the
seventh and eighth grades. An
astounding 20% of the seventh
and eighth graders at Indian Hill
take part in Latin. "It's phenom-
enal, it really is," Little stated.
"Normal participation is only
10%.
"Having the seventh and
eighth graders has been a big
help," he added. "The fact that
I do things with them as far as the
teacher feature
Nautical Nellis navigates history
by Davis Griffin
Sailing bum, avid tennis fan,
and history teacher all describe
Mr. John Nellis. None of these
terms, however, describe the hu-
morous way through which he
teaches his history classes. Mr.
Nellis, in his fifteenth year at In-
dian Hill, uses his often peculiar
sense of humor to get his student
to understand history rather than
memorize facts.
Mr. Nellis received his bache-
lor's degree in history and inter-
national relations from Hobert
College in New York courtesy of
the U.S. government. His college
education was paid for by the
Marine Corps, which he joined for
three years upon completion of
high school.
After a military stint Mr. Nel-
lis built a successful business sel-
ling carpets wholesale. However,
after twenty years in the carpet
business, Mr. Nellis decided what
he really wanted to do was teach.
With that in mind, he enrolled
CHIEFTAIN
Latin Club and other activities
makes them feel more comfor-
table with the language. They are
better equipped and more willing
to continue in high school."
In fact, research has shown
that the sooner one starts study-
ing a language, the better one be-
comes at it. Also, colleges are
generally more impressed with
students who have taken the
higher-level language classes rather
than just the beginning levels.
Little noted that there will be a
fifth-year Latin course added to
next year's curriculum.
As for his teaching style, Little
explained, "I'm not afraid to de-
mand that the kids learn. Some
Latin teachers try to sugarcoat
the class. I try to tell the kids
straight-out that there's a lot of
memorization involved, especially
at the beginning levels."
Little incorporates a variety of
studies such as culture, mytholo-
gy, and history along with the ba-
sic Latin that he is required to
teach. "Everybody should be in-
terested in something that we
do," he elaborated.
"I try to award the kids along
the way," he added. For in-
stance, "top-notch" Latin stu-
dents can become a part of 'Latin
Honor Society. These students
in Xavier University and earned
his masters' degree in education in
1971. He joined the illustrious
Indian Hill faculty the following
year and has been throwing chalk
at inattentive students ever since.
This year he is teaching five
history classes including two AP
American and one of European.
Unfortunately for the seniors, he
Mr. Nellis takes a coffee break in "the cave."
Mr. Little recently received the Hildersheim Vase for an outstandiq
Latin program.
then have the privilege to com-
pete in a national Latin exam.
A major part of the Latin pro-
gram is that of the Latin Club,
which is a chapter of the Junior
Classical League and whose pur-
pose is to promote Latin in the
school. Latin Club has up to
50,000 members nationally,
making it one of the largest orga-
nizations of its kind. Members
compete every March in a state
convention which encompasses a
wide variety of Latin related top-
ics. Students may compete in
fields such as art, photography,
and others that are strictly aca-
is not teaching U.S. Government.
"I miss relating to the seniors,"
says Nellis, "but I sure don't miss
grading all those position papers.
They were a real horror story."
Outside the realm of school,
Mr. Nellis can be seen cruising
around the Cheasapeake Bay in
a friend's sailboat, cocktail flag
at full mast. Nautical Nellis de-
photo by Marlano Fsrnandsz
high
photo by Marlano Fornrndoz
demic.
"I push the competition at
state a lot because we're able t o
compete well at that level," Little
states. "I think that it's really im-
portant that the students are in
something that is fun and related
to academics."
The Latin Club also competes
at a national convention. Little
comments, "I don't push the kids
too hard at the nationals. A lot
of other schools do and the com-
petition gets really fierce. I don't
care to be a part otthat."
see LATIN, p. 8
scribed his trip, saying, "We had
about two days of good air this
summer. I ate enough seafood for
a whole year. I felt like I had
gills."
Perhaps the most momentous
occasion in his life lately was his
remarriage to his former wife.
"We're now the proud owners of' '
six grandchildren," says Nellis
with a grin. "Neat kids. Soccer
players. Do all kinds of weird
things." His son's wife recently
gave birth to their second child,
Another drastic change in life-
style which rivalled the change
from bachelorhood to marriage
was his move from Clifton to
Fairfield. "I kind of miss Clifton
in some ways. It was in the heart
of all the action. I could just
walk down the street to the
movies or observe my students
dropping into the nearby pubs."
Mr. Nellis' interesting life and
humorous attitude towards his
life make him an effective
teacher-one who will always
stick out in the minds of his sue-
cessful students.
Page 6
senior sketch
Energetic l e
by Tom Taylor
A somewhat disheartened Lee
Baumes has just ended her high
school soccer career by turning-in
her uniform in a sorrowful act
only moments before her inter-
view. "It bummed me out," the
former varsity team captain says
softly. "It's the most fun activity
I've been in during high school. It
will be the thing 1 miss most when
I leave Indian Hill [High
School] ."
Not everything about soccer,
however, has becn an entirely
fond memory for Lee. The team
only broke even for the season;
winning as many as they lost.
"We should have won more than
we did," she commented.
There were also the unpleasant
experiences of the away games.
"I hate Loveland fans," she recol-
lects disgustedly. "They're so ob-
noxious. They cut you down left
and right and make fun of our
names. It's so hard to control
your temper o n the field because
they just - - - - you off."
senior sketch
AhIert excels in aII athletics
by Davis Griffin
In modern society, there are
several different kinds of people.
Few, however, fit the model of
the Greek ideal: the universal
or Renaissance man adept in the
wide array of life's physical and
scholarly pursuits. David Ahlert
is among these few, except.fo~the
fact that the Greeks didn't have
Walkmans.
His physical activities, individ-
ual and school sponsored, probab-
ly most closely resemble the Hel-
lenistic Ideal. In the fall season
David can be seen running with
his headphones along the Indian
Hill roads for the cross country
team. "We've had a good sea-
son," he states, "I think we got
fifth in the CHL."
In the spring David pitches
for the varsity baseball team. He
described the game in saying,
"Baseball is my personal favorite
sport although it's not what I'm
best at."
David's colder months are de-
voted to swimming, a sport
which he has just recently under-
taken. He swam last year on the
boys' team composed of just four
people, including himself. He
looks forward to the up and com-
CHIEFTAIN
,
-
a --L %
vu
'
\/
Lee has achieved numerous honors jn her activities such as soccer and
track.
Another of Lee's athletic ac-
tivities is varsity track, which she
has been a part of for all of her
high school years. "It's great,"
she says, "we just all screw
around."
Apparently though, Lee does
more in track than "just screw
,around." During her sophomore
ing season, but he said his real rea-
son was t o prepare for a possible
competiton in a triathalon.
"I hope t o find myself in
Hawaii competing in the Iron Man
contest. It's composed of a 2-
mile swim, a 120-mile bike ride,
and a 26-mile marathon." David
is also conditioning o n the bicycle
for the hopeful event.
In addition to cycling David
indulges in a number of sports
"on the side." He has been a
member of a group of radical
weekend footballers who play
sandlot. "It's a type of football
when you just kill everybody, no
pads," explains David.
When not smashing the pulp
out of his opponents in football
he gets to d o the same to his op-
ponents in Ultimate Frisbee.
"I love frisbee, it's great. I am
just starting to learn to freestyle."
He proceeded t o demonstrate
how to tip the disc off his foot
when his frisbee cracked.
Oh well, he can still list his
weights, which is perhaps his most
obvious sport. David works out
w i t h , his genetically attatched
Walkman in the off season. He
either lifts in his room or at the
Nautilus machines at the Court
-
'
-A
photo by Marlrno Fernandez
year, she went t o Dayton t o com-
pete in the mile relay and long
jump. Last year, she would have
been in the EHL and district com-
petitions, but she instead had her
appendix removed. "It really
sucked. I had to sit o n my butt
for six weeks after that."
Anyone who has been o n the
House East.
One should not cast David
off as having muscle for a brain.
He has maintained a 3.0 average
throughout his busy high school
years. He was the class president
in tenth grade. He feels he has
learned much from the SG ex-
perience, even if "1 screw around
too much."
David gained further political
experience from his involvement
in Model UN. He says, "I enjoy
doing things with current events,
even if it sounds boring. I It for-
I
"2769,2770,2771 ..."
November 8,1985
o aerobics
track team in recent s c a n c'ertaln-
ly remembers the "aerobic"
workouts which were led by Lee
and some of the other girls o n the
team. Lee has utilized these
teaching skills and began to teach
classes in August. She only
subbed during soccer season, but
has now begun teaching four
times a week. "1 wanted a job
that was fun and where I didn't
have to sit around," Lee explains.
When she is not indulging in
cardiovascular activities,
might be seen in what she de-
scribes as her "Buttless Honda."
she
At the mentioning of her Honda
Civic, she cannot stop herself
from saying, "Everything that has
gone wrong with it has been
Ross's fault. Every time he drives
it, something goes wrong."
And speaking of her infamous
older brother Ross, "He's a fun
brother,' she states, "but s o m e
times he's a real pain in the - - -."
With the abscence of him, Lee's
see LEE, p. 7
ces you to learn about other parts
of the world."
David's political interest is
broadened by the fact that he en-
joys collecting World War I1 arti-
facts. He has all sorts of uni-
forms, medallions, and posters.
"I have a militaristic view of
things at times. Sometimes I
take things too seriously."
He does, however, take class
seriously when he is not running
or polishing a German medal.
David definitely resembles the
Greek ideal, or shall we say the
Aryan ideal of a universal man
through his vigorous physical and
mental paining.
photo by Marlrno Fernrndez

Page 4
Ely chosen to visit
Hugh O'Brian seminar
by Stephanie Hug
Sophomore Shannon Ely is
this year's winner of the Hugh
O'Brian Youth Foundation
(HOBY) Leadership Award.
Ely was slected from five appli-
cants on the basis of an appli-
cation and interview.
The application consisted of
three questions dealing with lea-
dership, willingness to help
others, and a desire to learn.
The interview consisted of five
questions, one from each of
five people sitting o n the inter-
view committee. These five were
Mr. Gary Gellert, the previous
two winners, Clarence Hughes
and Matt Feltman, and two facul-
ty members chosen by Gellert:
Miss Elizabeth Hackman and
Mrs. Margaret Clifton.
"The part that decided whe-
ther Shannon would get the
NHS to induct students Nov. 75
by Tiffany Ferguson
and Jeff Currier
Inductions for the 1985-86
National Honor Society will be
held in the IH Auditorium on Fri-
day, November 15, at 9:30 am.
Any junior or senior who has
maintained a 3.5 cumulative grade
point average is eligible, provided
he or she has attended I11 for at
movie review
'Remo'
by Alissa Raleigh
A brawny buck jumps deft-
ly from a doddering scaffold pole
and lands squarely in Lady Liber-
ty's hand only t o have to grapple
a bolo cast by a trio paid to
eliminate him. Sound familiar?
Bronson? Indiana Jones? Buck-
aroo Banzai? James Bond? No,
but yet another racketeer created
by the cinema moguls-Remo Wil-
liams is a slick vigilante ready to
rid the New York metropolis of
iniquity.
Remo Williams is the typical
L L r ~'em~ k sock 'em" flick, re-
plete with not-quite-essential fra-
cases and tussles, but writer
Christopher Wood and director
Gary Hamilton injected one piv-
it01 placebo to cure the old
CHIEFTAIN
award or not was the interview,"
commented Hughes.
HOBY's purpose is to de-
velop leadership in the younger
grades. It brings a select group
of high school together with
groups of distinguished leaders
in business, government, educa-
tion, and the professions so
they can discuss present and
future issues. Ely will be atten-
ding a seminar at Capitol Uni-
versity in the spring.
At this convention, she plans
"to find out what and how other
sophomores think and show lea-
dership."
After the seminar she says
she is going "to let the public
become aware of what this a-
ward is and what it requires in
hopes that more future sopho-
mores will try for this award."
least one year. Each eligible
student is rated by faculty mem-
bers on a scale of one t o three,
with three being the highest.
Students are evaluated in three
areas: leadership, character, and
service to the school and com-
munity.
On the morning of the cere-
mony, the current NHS members
cinema racketeer
nothing film. For "the cure,''
a spunky character named Chung
is brought in. Chung, a master of
the Korean sect of martial arts,
trains Remo Williams and in-
doctrinates him on such transcen-
dental talents as becoming one
with the universe and overcoming
unreal phobias such as sprinting
on the edge of a two-hundred
story building. Chung, tanta-
mount t o other Hollywood cuties
as R2-D2 and Yoda, fills the now
almost mandatory requisite for an
adorable and brilliant sidekick.
And he fills the bill perfectly-
always making witty remarks
and giving loconic bits of wise
advice, while at the same time
expressing a human weakness-an
affinity for soap operas.
\ '
'.
Shannon Ely intends "to find out o u t what others think about leader-
ship."
will report t o the auditorium,
where they will prepare the spee-
ches given for each new inductee.
After each member is inducted,
a member of the faculty, chosen
bv the current NHS members,
is also inducted. Before this
process, the Rev. James Metz-
ger will deliver the keynote ad-
dress.
The plot in interesting and
well-calculated, with a legion of
dynamic and living characters.
One particular strength this movie
possesses is the balance of dif-
ferent types of scenes-not linger-
ing in one facet too long, the ro-
mantic, t? adventure, the inte-
llectual, the slick streets. The set-
ting switches from a shadowy
city riverside, t o the mountain-
ous outdoor government weapon
site, t o an idyllic apartment, ne-
ver bqring the viewer.
As the movie's title, Remo
Williams- The Adven lure Begins
insinuates, this is only the begin-
ning; there will be surely many
more Remo films. The nascont
plot leaves unanswered questions
and the "cowboy rides off into
November 8, 1985
photo by Marian0 Fernandez
There will be a reception
for the new NHS members and
their parents in the media center,
following the ceremony. Then all
NHS members will attend lunch
at the Cork and Cleaver o n Ches-
ter Road.
Aside from the prestige asso-
ciated with NHS induction, mem-
bers are given a pin and a mem-
bership card which can be used as
a pass t o leave any study hall.
the sunset'.? ending will surely
free ReoA and Chung t o pop
up at the next U.S. crisis.
MUM, from p. 1
man Mark Meird and sophomore
Bill Kefaner will represent the
U.S. This year's committee will
discuss foreign labor supplies and
the problems of overpopulation.
Other positions for the
countries of St. Vincent and the
Grenadimes, Somalia, Vietnam
and Mozambique are not yet es-
tablished.
"I'm both surprised and happy
that we got the [U.S.] dele-
gation," commented the club's
sponsor, Miss Melissa Rumbarger.
November 8, 1985
concert review
Jazz solos abou n d in Ferguson s concert
by Bcnjy C w k
On Wednesday, October 30,
one of jazz's greats perfornled at
Lebanon High School, a trumpe-
ter whose name is familiar to al-
most all fans of jazz: Maynard
1:erguson.
1:crguson and his band of ten
played to a full house of jazz fa-
natics, many of whom were high
school students from all over the
south-westem Ohio area. Not a
single one did not leave that
three-hour concert in a state of
absolute awe.
When the concert started, it
was unfortunately necessary for
the crowd to previously watch
the Lebanon High School Jazz
Band. The Jazz Band featured
three pieces, one. "Doozer
Blues," which was performed by
Indian Hill's own Jazz Band
during their 1985 season. ,How-
ever, it was not until after this
preliminary material was through
that the real concert started.
Feguson's band featured two
saxophonists, a trombonist, two
trumpeters, a guitarist, a keyboar-
dist, a bass player, a sct drummer,
Lee travels in F
LEE, from p. 6
home has a new-found quietness
and innocence. "I'm like the an-
gel of the family because he's bro-
ken the ice in every way pos-
sible."
Lee has enjoyed the privilege
of taking part in an array of tra-
vels. Her trip to France as part of
the student exchange program
would have to be considered as
one of her favorites. "I stayed
with a guy who was like a foot
shorter and a year older," she ex-
plains. "He was alright over
there, but he was pushy and got
on my nerves when he came over
here."
Lee considers Paris the best
part of the trip. "It was just fun.
We went to discos and bars.
There's no drinking age. We spent
so much money, it was great!"
Lee's "most a\vesomc" vaca-
tion was over spring break during
which she went sailing on a yacht
in the Caribean. "It was great. It
was God. It was paradise." Lee
understated.
Lee also frequents a house in
Michigan where she and her fami-
ly and friends snow ski and water
CHIEFTAIN
and an auxiliary percussionist.
The band took the stage wearing
black T-shirts that shouted out in
loud pink capital letters:
"MAYNARI)!"
Maynard hinisslf took the
stagc in the middle of the first
piece just in tinlc to bo\v to cacll
section of the audience and take
his first ripping trumpet solo of
the evening.
I:erpusonls style is such that
he uses the trumpet not just to
create music, but to cscite the
crowd, whether they are educated
musicians, or just "Joe General
Music." His vuisual trademark
that a high and exciting solo is
about to occur is an exccssive up-
raisal of the trumpet.
In the first set, Ferguson went
right into a fcw tracks from latest
album, Live from San Francisco.
One such song was a collaboration
of many famous jazz/bebop tunes
of the past, entitled appropriately
"Bebop Buffet." He then went
into "Coconut Champagne,"
which featured intricate unison
horn licks a la Phil Collins by his
outstanding horn line, composed
ski, depending on thc season.
"We take friends up there and
have a blast," she says recollecting
fond memories.
As for the future, Lee hopes
to attend Colorado Collegc, where
she would study such areas as,
what elsc but, health and physical
fitness. "I pray every night that I
get in," she exclaims with some
amount of concern. Colorado
College utilizes a curriculum in
in which studcnts study and com-
plete only one course in an ap-
proximately three or four week
period. Lee expresses a certain
amount of interest in the numer-
ous breaks that occur after each
course period.
Lee closes with the following
piece of advice and philosophy
\vhich perhaps has helped to make
her the populu person that she
has been, "Have fun and be your-
wlf: don't \vorry about \vhat
others think. Don't give in to
'peer pressure.' Do Ivhat you
think is right, and above d l , have
b-. .,
"
conlptcteiy of college studcnts.
In f ~ c t the
. highlight of the entire
first set was not a trumpet solo.
but a sax solo: or rather. t\vo sas
solos. \Vhilc sas player Tim Ries
was in the middle of a "cookin"'
alto solo. anotlier rncr11bc.r of the
band handed him a soprano us.
\vllich he proceeded to stick in
his mouth and play in perfect
harmony \\it11 the alto!
Thc second set began with an
csciting percussion solo by dnim-
mers Steve 1:ischcr and (yet
anothcr) David Miller. After they
stayed in perfcct synchronization
for over five minutcs, the lights
went black. Sincc thcrc wcrc no
lights on at all in the whole
auditorium, a11 one could see were
four little red neon dots; which
were, in fact, thc ends of the
drummers' special sticks that they
finished their solo in. At the
climax of this intense piece, all
that could be seen were four neon
circles, as Miller and 1:isclicr
"jammed away" for the balance
of the piece.
The band repopulated the
stage wearing black shirts with
1 on the spot
l ~ e t sare
If you could have any person or
animal as a pet, who or what
would it be and why?
Tara Williams - Morrissey.
Bill Kefauver - Ronny Reagan,
'cause he'd be fun to abusc.
Brian Wessinger - Mr. 1:ricke. so
I could get even for all those
long tests.
Beth Haley - An aardvark be-
cause they're very misunder-
stood animals.
pase 7
\vItite
\\.as a leather
lot niorcties.
heavily
The wcond
.
infiltrated
set
.
with
solos. s)los,
guitar including
solos. us
k c ysolos.
h~ard
t r o n ~ h m csolos. and cvcn a few
usually rare skitlful hass S O ~ O Sby a
lllusician
1:erguwn equally
hin~sclf.
as1)avc
imprcssivc
('arpen-as
ter.
l.'erguson himwlf dso took a
many more solos. including an in-
thc-audience duct on tluplehorn
tvith his right-hand ITI;III, Tin1
Rics. 1:nr the finale, tllc band
went into one of tllc last twenty
years' biggest jazzlfusion classics,
llerbic llancock's "Chanlcleon."
in \vliich Maynard hit notes only
drcanied of by niost rrunlpet
players. 1:rom this. they \vent
straight into their jazz version of
"Hey Jude." bringing tlle entire
cro\vd to its feet in ccstilsy. After
a five-minute ovation, .l:crguson
and his band did one final hot
encore. bvhich left thc unsaturated
crokvd in awe.
By no nlcans is Maynard 1:er-
guson a grcat man; hc is a middle-
aged ovcnvcight cpot ist. Yct when
he has a trumpet in his hands. he
is a magician.
too I
Ben Nemo - Mr. 1-'rickc.so I can
burn him with an innoculating
loop.
Andy Schwabb - !blr. True. so I
could watch him pct dressed.
Mark Higgins - Mrs. ('onnclly. s o
so I could 11lakc her do a scroll.
David Kilday - ('hristy Ijrinklcy.
but only bccausc (;-squared
\\.auld be a pain to houschrcak.
Mr. Nellis - Brooke Shields- you
should ask why! My reputation
stands secure.

Page 8
disc review
Neil Pearf proves his expertise
by Peter Wilke
It had been two long years
since my last disc review when I
decided that it was time for
another. And alas! How time-
ly! Power Windows, Rush's lat-
est LP, has just hit the shelves.
So I rang up Eric Paul, Indian
Hill's favorite Rush head, and sent
for the album. And oh my! To
my pleasure.
The album explodes to a start
with the popular and powerful
"Big Money," a song about the
evils of money. Immediately the
band sets the pace for the rest of
the album: fast, strong, and pre-
cise.
"Grand Designs" follows, an
immaculate number. Neil Peart
(percussion) once again proves his
expertise, and Geddy Lee (bass
guitar/keyboards/vocals) ab-
solutely is no slouch. After a
somewhat dissappointing per-
formance by Lee on Grace Under
Pressure, the band's previously
LATIN, from p. 5
This year, however, the na-
tional competition will take place
in nearby Indiana, hopefully al-
lowing more students than is usu-
al to participate.
Little credits much of the
club's success to its presidents,
junior Jim Berling and senior
Shawna Hornsby. "They've been
willing to take a lot of responsibil-
ity upon themselves," Little ex-
plains. "They're willing to listen
to me scream and yell."
Little summarized his feelings
on the Latin program, "When you
read the closing statement on the
trophy, it says 'An Outstanding
Latin Program.' I think that is
really important because the a-
coming events
b e r f r o n t Coliseum
Bill Cosby and Roberta Flack -
November 8 - He's come a long
way since Fat Albert.
Wrestling - November 10 - Bring
your cameras.
Ice Capades - October 26-Novem-
ber 21 - oh well, just pack a pic-
nic, bring the kids, and make a
day out of it!
Taft Theater
Howie Mandel - November 15 -
I want to know what he man-
dles.
CHIEFTAIN
released album, he decided to
get back on the track, and step
back into the spotlight. AS for
Peart's drumming, I challenge any
amateur drummer to attempt this
number.
"Manhattan Project" is next,
and as the name suggests, is about
nuclear war. On this tune, the
work of Rush's new producer
Peter Collins is clearly evident.
Besides having an awesome first
name he is quite a producer. He
produces a more controlled sound
than Rush's former producer,
Tony Brown.
Next on the roster is "Mara-
thon." My previously mentioned
challenge is reinstated, not only
to amateur drummers but bassists
as well.
Side two opens with "Terri-
tories." A very interesting tune,
once again musically astounding.
It's about world suffrage and
international issues. Deep!
...
Then ahhh! The masterpiece of
L
ward is to one of the Latin pro-
grams in the state and we're hon-
ored to be considered one of the
many outstanding programs."
I Three dance down t o the c reek
Bogart s'
Burning Spear - November 8 -
Sensations for the inner ear.
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Nov-
ember 14 - Punk at its best.
Shooting Star - November 15 -
Doing their version of Halley's
Comet.
Ace Capper - November 19 -
hatchet misdemeanor.
B.B. King - November 27 - Baa
baa balloom !!
Bachman Turner Overdrive - Nov-
ember 18 - Takin' care of busi-
ness.
the album. "Middletown
Dreams." I'd like to discuss
it but I find that I won't. Eu-
phoric. I am tired of noting
Peart's excellence, so accept it as
a given hereon. "Emotion De-
- --
Power Windows
tector" follows, a song about
feelings. Emotional. Energetic.
Fun. The last tune, "Mystic
Rhythms," is very interesting.
I'm not quite sure what it's about,
but I like it. And so the end
The tt =us r u r w t a a ~ ~ U I * I U V S L
rannbllng brook
The piaw prints of nocturnzkI animals
ma~rthe side of the ban1ks
The atrtumn leaves roll dovv n
f ratm the sky
An In(dian, buck!skin, lays f11sbow ant3 arrow
upon ithe ground
AS he rests arI d scoops I?is hands
into ttle flowing water
The trees still form the ancient
corridor over the creek
As a grizzly bearded mi!In splasnes
his way up the creek
be 's chasing a deer he sll o t
The bllood stains the pools of water
a silky red
The
. - ct
- ~ r r i d o stands,
r put in the
camp;any of a dirt road
Th e horses flog the grol
as the creek rambles on
Dckwn on the bank lies
..-itching the creek flow, he empti--
wa
his, pipe upon the once virain land
m; trveling, what an esca
,.." ..
Thn iint cries "no rules he ."
Second finds a broken glass
an d throws distant, aw;1Y
thrsn wonders, where did i t come3
The ttiird sits and glazes th e pool
r C
water with her eye, II ...m..Asr
I "WYIIUT.
before m e
l wondl
e water
rough timc
3 waxers
ection of an Indian,! jlimpse
thisn fades avway in the following I
comes.
If you have gotten the impres-
sion that I am raving about this
album, good. Don't get me
wrong, though. If you are not in-
to appreciating fine insturmen-
tation, you may not like. it.
Musically, it is a superior rock
album. Rush, after 12 albums,
has mastered the art of rock
transitions. Neil Peart is simply
incredible. Phenomonal. Bogg-
ling. Boggling. I said that twice
for emphasis. Geddy Lee intro-
udces more sophisticated synthes-
izing, and includes a spectrum of
fantastic bass licks and lines.
Why have I not mentioned the
band's guitarist, Alex Lifeson?
Well, to tell the truth, he's had
better days in the limelight,
but he does play an interesting
and crucial part in this album.
Together, Rush forms one of the
most talented rock bands ever to
exist. A fine album. Pete say.
check it out.
3 risks of cigarette smoking with
3 both ways outlined by Moore?
t
> The percentage of Indian Hill
\'
-uavta Mriter
November 8,1985
Moore: 'ERBs designed as an educational tool'
by Kevin Walzer
"The testing program o f the
Indian Hill school district is
designed as an educational tool:
to improve the quality of our in-
struction. "
Dr. Bryan Moore
Director of Cum'culum
Indian Hill School District
So commented Moore in
reference to the IH district's
use of the Educational Records
Bureau (ERB) examinations of
student aptitude and achieve-
ment. The tests are used to de-
termine the verbal and mathe-
matical potential of each student
who takes them; certain portions
of the exams also measure the stu-
dent's command of verbal and
mathematical concepts already
learned. The school districts mea-
sures the aptitude scores against
the various achievement scores
to "determine whether the stu-
dent in achieving up to his po-
tential," said Moore.
Indian Hill students in grades
1-11take the ERBs in the spring,
and Moore has noted an upward
trend in each class's scores-"in
about 85% of the cases, the gen-
eral scores have gone up. That
can be interpreted in two ways:
and individual class's scores have
improved from last year, or a par-
ticualr grade level has improved-
say, this year's seventh graders
over last year's seventh graders."
What makes these aptitude/
achievement scores improve, in
AS he said, "I think a large p u t
of it comes from the fact that our
students are more familiar with
the test formats-research has
shown that a person familiar with
how to take a test will do better
than a person who isn't familiar
with [the test] ."
students receiving scores as high
or higher on the achievement
tests as on the aptitude tests is
very high, Moore indicated; he
also noted that the district is con-
stantly seeking t o improve that
statistic for "the number of stu-
dents achieving at or beyond their
potential is a good measurement
of the quality of a school dis-
trict ."
Moore noted, "These tests do
have a good purpose; they are
very useful as an educational
tool, because with them we can
see what our students do and
don't know, and adjust our
curriculum accordingly."
For the first time, the dis-
CHIEFTAIN
trict recently mailed the ERB
results of each student to their
parents, along with information
on how t o interpret the scores,
both in terms of aptitude and
achievement. The district's
schools-elementary, middle and
high-also conducted workshops
on the tests for curious or con-
fused parents.
Moore acknowleges that "too
many generalizations can be made
student opinion
Tucker urges education on smoking
by Lee Tucker
Cigarette smoking causes
heart disease, lung cancer, and
emphysema. By law, all of the
cigarette ads in this country have
to have the surgeon general warn-
ing about the proven health haz-
ards of smoking. Obviously there
is something wrong with the pub-
lic if the majority of our popu-
lation is still*smokingin the Uni-
ted States, in spite of these dire
consequences.
Some of the major causes of
death today are heart disease and
lung cancer which are directly
associated with cigarette smoking.
Just like other drugs, such as al-
cohol, cigarette smoking is both
physically and mentally addic-
ting. However, when doctors
warn us in advance of the health
the proven statistics, there still is
a preponderance of ignorance by
smokers in their apathetic atti-
tudes to these facts.
For a society that is so inter-
ested in good health, it is very
surprising that with all the me-
dical information about smoking
the American public does no-
thing to stop this habit. With all
of the health organbations like
health clubs, physical education
clubs, with thgimportance of eat-
ing healthy foods, it is quite sur-
prising to see that a vast major-
ity of people involved in these
activities are still smoking. And
with the amount of smoking that
goes on, it is especially sad to see
see the people that I like and love
slowly killing themselves "as they
puff away."
There are several ways to deal
with the problem of cigarette
smoking. One is to ignore the
situation and continue to accept
the consequences. Another way
is to support more research in the
industry to develop a product
about a student based on these
tests," and notes that the progress
of a student should n o t be
measured on just one year's ERB
results. "It's important t o use
'longitudinal data'-results over
several years, because that can
give a more accurate appraisal
of a student's achievement."
The district's use of ERB tests
cism,notparticularly
has been impervious
from students
t o criti-
which is non-injurious t o our
health. But the best way is to
teach our elementary students
early about the harmful effects
of smoking. The obvious solu-
tion would be for the govern-
LIu b to present Dessert I heater
by Susan Appel
Drama Club has selected an
ensemble cast for the one-act
plays The Frog Prince, An Act-
or's Nightmare, and A Little
Something for the Ducks. The
plays will be presented as part
of Dessert Theatre on December
6 and7.
Members of the cast are
juniors Katherine White, Diana
Greiner, Julie Everman, Susan
Appel, Matt Steward, Charlie
Schiff, James Anderson, and Su-
san Robinson; sophomores Ann
Kneipp, Stacy Scoble, Robert
Epstein, and Rob Warfel; and
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complaining about missing class
for two days to take the exams,
which ate numerous and lengthy
But
are going
Mooreto believes,
be evaulatea
"Students
an rneir
lives, and these tests are helpful
in that. They're very similar to
thescholastic Aptitude Test [the
same company which creates the
SATs, Educational Testing Servi-
SATsalso
ces, are important
administersforthe
college."
ERBs].
ment to pass laws prohibiting
smoking; however, since the
government is one of the major
financial benefactors of the sale
of cigarettes this will probably
never happen.
freshman- aura Kepley .
Yet to be cast are two inter-
ludes which are currently being
written by students.
In other drama news, the
IH Thespians have been invited
t o perform as part of Christmas
Caravan at Music Hall on Sunday,
November 10. They will present
"The Mouse Who Didn't Believe
in Santa Claus," a children's
play. Those who are not in the
play will be performing improv-
isational pieces, as well. Perform-
ances will be at 1:30, 2:30, and
3:30.
..
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There has been much grumbling from the student
body in past years about standardized tests, parti-
cularly over the school district's use of the Edu-
cational Records Bureau (ERB) exams. IHers are
surely familiar with the ERB's format and pur-
pose: they evaluate student progress in relation
to potential through aptitude and achievement
tests.
The validity of the ERBs has been held in great
debate in recent months, particularly over the
school district's claim that a high number of IH
students "achieve beyond their potential." A Chief-
tain editorial just last May labelled that assertion
"a farce," reflecting a widely-held criticism of the
ERB program: how can Indian Hill proclaim itself
excellent" based on the number of its students
achieving "beyond potential," a seemingly impos-
sible statistic?
While this criticism has, on the surface, a con-
vincing validity, it ironically ignores a fact it often
letter from SG
'Invisible curriculum' would
"Too many students are leav-
ing our public schools, through
graduation or as drop-outs, with-
out having acquired the work
habits to become sucessful or
employable," says Owen Brad
Butler, Chairman of the Board,
Procter and Gamble. Mr. Butler
led a three-year project costing
more than one million dollars
which showed that schools are
not failing in the teaching of
academics, but in the area of
"invisible curriculum."
This curriculum consists of the
signals a school transmits to its
students about what is and what
is not acceptable behavior. "We
believe earlier reports on educa-
tion have overlooked the fact
that traits such as self-discipline,
reliability and perseverance are
essential for SUCC~SS," says
Mr. I that
gating more responsibilities to
the students in the decision-
making process would help in
these three traits, therefore bet-
ter preparing students for the
business world.
1 agree that initally that
there is potential for mistakes
to be made in this system since
it would be something new for
the administration. In the initial
stages it would take more time
CHIEFTAIN
I his second goal to tie him with
for decisions to be reached since
the student will have had very
little prior experience in this pro-
cess. At fust, the delegation of
authority could cause the admini-
stration to look bad, through the
eyes of some students' parents.
The parents may point to some of
the decisions made by the stu-
denst and ask the adminstrators
how they could let such decisions
go unchallenged.
Although, at first, there may
be a few small problems with the
delegation of responsibility, in the
long run, both students and ad-
ministrators will benefit. By
giving the students direct involve-
ment in the final outcome of
decisions, there will be an increas-
ed interest in their work. By in-
creasing the interest of the stu-
dents in school, they may rear-
range their priorities and
more time on their studies.
Since the students would be
making ~ c h o o l - ~ e l ~ tdecisions,
ed
the administrators would have
more time on their hands. They
could use this time concentrating
on more important and
issues. By having more time to
spend on these more important
and pressing issues, they are less
likely to make errors which re-
flect upon their competency.
November 8,1985
CHIEFTAIN Page 9
raves t o .- ay for state
tournament saying, "This is the
by Chris Kempczinski
cites: standardized tests are hardly failsafe measures With a stellar season already in first time we've evsr gotten any-
of either aptitude or achievement. When the IH hand, the boys varsity soccer thing like this and we're going to
District says its students achieve beyond potential, team embarked on a "mission" to go In a thewhole
team's lot
previous
farther."
game
all that means is that its students score higher on the win state for the first time ever.
To do so the team had to advance against defending state champions
ERB achievement tests than on the aptitude sec- throught the sectional rounds a- McNicholas, the Braves trounced
tions. Now, as critics say, the tests may not gainst Cincinnati teams which the Rockets 4-1. Leading the
accurately be measuring aptitude; but at the same would lead to regional compet- team's attack was Womack once
iticn in Dayton. again, who sent two shots into the
time, neither do they measure a student's desire to Thus far, the team has proved upper corner to give the team a
learn, which can offset academic limitations; the successful in its task as they 0 lead. Goalie Ian Meyer's shut-
student simply works harder to achieve. knocked off third seeded Seven out escaped him as teammate
When viewed in this light, the district's claim of Hills on Wednesday to become Chris Kempczinski inadvertently
the first boys soccer team in IH headed a McNicholas corner kick
"excellence" suddenly rings true, for the very history to win a sectional champ- . . . . -.. .. . ,. . . . . . _ . . . .. .
.,,.. . , : .
'
past his dumbstruck keeper. But .. .
I . '
,. ,. , - e - , ' > s
,,
.,,.',..!'
..
, . ~ $ . . /
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reason its critics cite: "educational excellence" ionship. After a series of rain- with Johnson and Mike Eaton
, * ,'
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" . * .
photo by Mariano Fernandez
should be measured not by standardized tests, but outs the team faced further ob- each scoring goals, the team cruis-
stacles when half the lights at
Chris Kempczinski (9) moves the ball downfield against a pair of Seven
ed to a victory. Hills defenders in the sectional championships.
by how many of its students are learning. If a school Shawnee field were rendered Against an inferior Loveland
system can instill a love of learning in its students, so inoperable due to an electric-
that they learn in spite of whatever academic limits al malfunction. Nevertheless,
the team went undetered and
team, the Braves romped to an
easy 6-1 vicory. JV Footballers end season 3-4-1
they face . .how can the school not be termed "ex- jumped out to a 1-0 lead on the
The team's strong perform-
by John D m e
m n by Steve Slayzk followed by
ance in the sectional tournament a John Darre point-after conver-
cellent? " goal of Steve Womack. Womack, bodes well for the squad as they The JV Braves had a disap- sion.
a few minutes later, pumped in head to Dayton to face Green- pointing end to their season as The team continued its in-
view in a do or die situation. they lost three games which gave ability to score against Love-
ture leaders in the world of busi-
ness and industry.
his sister Susan for a record set-
ting 104 career goals. A Seven
Hopefully, the team will be able
to carry its winning ways up
them a 3-4-1 record.
In thier most recent game a-
iand, with both teams draw-
ing a 0-0 tie. But to Brave's
aid pupils Respectfully,
BradfordSmith,President
Hills goal right after halftime put
the outcome in question until
Brave's wing Bruce Johnson beat
nut the Stingers goalie to seal a
north to continue with their
"mission".
gainst Finneytown, they lost by
a score of 15-7. One factor that
might have affected their play was
coach John Flint, "the game
should be considered a win
for us."
Although there are many pros Student Government Game time for the Braves' the fact that almost all of the Thus the team's season ended
and cons to this plan, I feel that 3-1 victory. After the game an regional match will be a t 700 players had participated in the one game shy of .500 but hopes
the school should be student-cen- elated Coach Vockell displayed P.M. this Saturday at Kettering varsity's win the night before. still remained high for next year's
tered. School is defined in the
dictionary as "An institution for
news brief the entry pass to the regional Alter. The Brave's only score came o n a team.
teaching children." I feel strong- off the bench
ly that giving the students more Indian Hill Key Club mem- Fortunately, Womack and
ys season for IH
responsibilities would increase bers participated in a "model Metzger's exploits have not gone
their self-discipline, reliability, Kiwanis" meeting at White Rocks unnoticed. Said Coach Stertmey-
and perseverance. This will build restaurant in Montgomery last er, "This team is totally different
a stronger school system since Wednesday evening. President by Chris Kempczinski termination where it lacked in captaint, have the ability to bring from any other team we've ever
administrators and students Robert Seal and Sycamore History has taught us that a skills. This is due directly to the team back from defeat and
" had, and I think that is partially
would have a vested interest, and president Andrew Follmer con- nation relies on great leaders such Womack and Metzger who have to lead it to success. This was due to the leadership which I
an aid in the preparation of fu- ducted the proceedings. as George Washington or Napol- pushed the team beyond its vo- highlighted in an early game a- would call the b e ~ tboth Coach
eon, because of their ability to tential often times. Their abil- gainst Wyoming when the Braves Vockell and myself have ever ex-
move the masses in a common, ity rests in being able to walk
~JP!"~~
I
faced a 2-0 deficit at halftime. perienced.
unified direction. The same as- the fine line between construct- However, in the Knute Rockne Undoubtedly the team owes .
&ieftqin STAFF Z W w n o N
sumption can be extended to ath-
letic teams such as the boys var-
ive criticism and disparaging re-
marks.
fashion, the captains provided an
inspiring halftime speech which
its success this year not only to
the ability of its captains to play,
sity soccer squad this year. And like all great leaders, both rallied the team to a 2-2 tie. but also in their ability to lead.
Chieftain is written and composed, printed and sold as an extra- Few would make the mistake
curricular activity by the students of Indian Hill High School. 6845 of calling this the most skilled
Drake Rd., Cincinnati, Ohio 45243. 561-4225. team Indian Hill has ever had, for
Sponsor: William P. Kincaid; Editors: T o m Taylor, Kevin Walzer;
rqeWs ~ d i t ~J~~~~
Editors:
- -- - - .- -
~ ~ ~: ~ d e Susan
- - - .- - - -
- , - -
~ ~ Appel,
: Assistant Sports Editors:
Chris Kem~czinski
~ n ,Jeff Currier; Features
Davis Griffin. David Miller. Alissa Raleigh; Sports Editor:
Bruno Darre, Tiffany
all one needs to do is look back to
last year or even to the Jeff and
Pete Graham teams. Nevertheless,
CAPE trounces Braves in finale
always unpredictable. Braves won an easy contest 34-14.
Meyer; Magazine Editors: Rob Seal, Jeff Tuckey ; ~usiness this year the Braves advanced past
~ a n a g e r : Jamie Winget: Circulation Manager: Arianna New- by Bruno Darre Last week, against the Cru- The Braves collected 395 yards of
the sectional championships for
man; Production Managers: Arianna Newman, Dan Rosenthal; The varsity Braves finished saders, the Braves were simply total offense with running backs
Head
- .
. - - - --. -
photoqra~her: Mariano Fernandez; production Staff: Benjy
cook. Elissa Geier. Stephanie Hug, Karen Weiss; Contributers: Benjy
the first time leading some to their first season as part of the not strong enough. CAPE, behind Grey Freudenberg and Nick Block
wonder how they could pull it newly formed CHL last week by running back Carlos Snow, who each adding 200 and 100 yards
cook; John ~ a r r e , Tiffany Ferguson, Mike Guill, stephanie Hug,
off. To those on the team, the losing to CAPE 46-0. The Braves' amassed 365 yards and five touch- respectively .
Brad Smith, Lee Peter Wilke.
As its editorial policy, Chieftain strives to both commend what is answer is easy - leadership! overall record was 3-7, one win downs, are 10-0 and 8-0 in the The Braves, while losing a
and encourage correction of what is not. Editorials reflect With Steve Womack and Erich short of last season. The team's CHL. great many seniors this year are
;he opinion o f the editorial staff as a whole. Opinions Metzger as captains, the team has performance this year was like a
from students are strongly encouraged as long as they are relevant
Two weeks ago against a win- looking forward to a success-
and responsibly written. compensated with hustle and de- roller-coaster, up and down, and less CHL foe Finneytown, the ful season next year.
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sportsview
Varsity tennis Squaws reflect on season's success
bv Kevin Walzer
Dynasty.
The Cincinnati Enquirer
That word has reverberated
quite a bit around local newspa-
pers recently; surely there is no
question to what it refers. The
Enquirer knew what it was talking
about when it featured Indian
Hill's varsity tennis team on its
front sports page last month.
...
"Dynasty" the tennis Squaws.
Of course, the reason for that
appellation should be self-evident
by now; six state titles in two
years would probably be enough
to arouse an aura of dominance.
That aura surrounds the 1985
edition of the Squaws, as a result
of their astonishing string of suc-
cesses the past two years; the
most recent accomplishment
came two weeks ago with their
second straight state team title.
For the record, IH's victims were
Toledo Norte Dame, 3-2, and
Columbus Watterson, 4-1. The
Andrea Farley-'
names and scores are not impor-
tant, though; what is important is
the title, and it was the second
straight for Tladian Hill.
It was a .Yery satisifying en-
deavar for the players; according
to sophomore doubles player Ro-
bin Mack, the squad places more
emphasis on the team tournament
than the singles or doubles, and
therefore derived a great deal of
pleasure from this years champ-
ionship.
"Oh, it's a lot more fun to
win as a team," she explained.
"You're plaving together as a
team; in angles and doubles
you're just playing for yourself.
That attitude is indicative of
the surprisingly loose atmosphere
CHIEFTAIN
% ger was eliminated in the quar-
Molly Poffenberger
that marks the Squaws. Although
they finished 25-0 this year, there
was little of the tense, high-press-
ure ambience that one would as-
sociate with a team of such high
caliber. Really, that atmosphere
has never existed with this squad.
"No," chirped sophomore
Molly Poffenberger, who played
third singles this year. "There
isn't much of [a competitive at-
mosphere] at all."
That lack of pressure has pro-
ven to be highly beneficial to the
team, because it fost2rs a unity
that
---- - offsets
- -- - .- - the ~rominance of
-
certain members. Those members
-Andrea Farley, Tracy Barton,
Aubrey Abbott, and Debbie Hor-
ton-have been the center of
attention for about a month, as a
result of their showings in the sin-
gles and doubles state tourna-
ments. Feelings of envy among
their teammates would be under-
standable. But as Poffenberger
put it, the less-famous Squaws
hold no such sentiments.
"About the only thing I get
mad at is not going to state my-
self [in singles] ," said Poffen-
berger. "I would have liked to
k
play in the singles final [Farley
defeated Barton] ." Poffenber-
.Robin Mack
terfinals of regionals.
Mack is no less obscured by
the shadows of her fellow doubles
players, Abbott and Horton. As
a member of the second doubles
Tracy Barton
team with senior Sona Tipnis,
Mack said, "Yeah, we didn't get
a lot of recognition." But she
does not mind, either. "We
cheered Aubrey and Debbie on
Aubrey Abbott
at state, and we [the second
doubles team] played in the team
tournament. The team tourna-
ment was really more important,
anyway."
But there is no denying that
the four "stars" remain the nu-
cleus of the team; Mack noted
that "it's a group of the best play-
ers in the city coming together at
the same time."
As that nucleus will return
next year, both Mack and Poffen-
berger were asked to consider
the Squaws winning three state
titles, and to predict whether this
would be possible in 1986.
Mack believes that yes, three
more titles are not impossible;
she focused her comments on Far-
November 8, 1985
Debbie Horton
ley and Barton as contenders for
the singles championship.
"I think Andrea knows how to
beat Tracy now. mnsistentlv,"
said Mack. "Before, they traded
off, but now Andrea's beaten Tra-
cy three straight times [in the fin-
als of districts, regionals, and
state] ." Nobody expected that
to happen, but as Mack said, "An-
drea's a smart player; she knows
she can't beat Tracy by pounding
the ball-that's Tracy's game. She
just got back everything at state-
Tracy played well, Andrea just
played better."
Poffenberger's perspective on
the BartonIFarley matchup is a
bit different; Poffenberger went
to state with Barton as a fresh-
man. As mentioned before, she
was eliminated before state this
year. Bat with that behind her,
"I'm going back to state nex
year... I'd like t o win the title, you
know." A laugh.
As for the rest of the team-
can they win titles in doubles and
as a team? "I think so ...it's cer-
tainly possible. But it's hard to
say for sure."
Sona Tipnis
rtin 7 ard
Vol. 35 No. 5
November 8,1985
Indian Hill High School
Cincinnati, Ohio 45243
Model UN to
by James Anderson
The $lode1 United Nations
Club will attend a conference at
The University of Dayton on Fri-
day, November 21. The some-
what young club is expected to
do quite well.
The club will leave on a
school bus at about 7:30 in the
morning, after which they will
hear the keynote address. Foll-
owing the address, the body of
more than 1000 stud-nts will
gather into their previously
assigned countries and com-
mittees. The IHMUN will rep-
resent the United States, Hon-
duras, St. Vincent and the Grena-
dimes, Mozambique, and Viet-
nam.
Juniors David Miller and Mark
Warner will represent the United
States in the Security Council.
For the IH club to win any
awards, it is crucial for this com-
m i t t e ~ to do well; however,
this will be difficult because on
the agenda are Nicragua and
South Africa, the two areas
the U.S. most wants to avoid.
Said Miller, "We'll change the
subject [away from the touchy
areas] ."
Juniors James Anderson,
Clyde Brant, and Jim Berling
will be the delegation from the
U.S. in the Special Politican
Committee. This is the largest
committee at Dayton with over
five hundred students. and it is
consequentially quite important
to do well. As in the Security
Council, the topics to be dis-
cussed will not be easy ones,
the same difficult Nicaragua and
South Africa are the subjects.
The U.S. delegation to the
Organization of American States
US delegation at Dayton
consists of sophomores Elissa
Geier and Jamie Winget. This
committee contains all American
nations from Canada to Argen-
tina. The committee will discuss
refugees and drug trafficking
among American nations.
. Senior Brian Meyers will
represent the United States on
the International Court of Jus-
tice. This is the World Court
in The Hague, so Justices hear
international Grievances. It is
expected that Meyers, with four
years of U.N. experience, will
fair vell at this prestigious post.
Representing the United
photo by Marlano Fernandez
States on the commitee on human
The Model UN club will attend the Dayton convention in the crucial
rights will be David Ahlert and
role of the U.S. delegation.
Bill Everhart. Ahlert's experience
is limited but his widely known Ahlert's inexperience. "David In the committee for-Social
nationalistic beliefs along with
and I work well together, and I and economic development, fresh?
think we'll do well," comments
Everhart's extensive experience
Everhart. see MUN, p. 4
should minimize the effect of
Corn implementing new IBM computer
by Kevin Walzer use their computer, and we won't years to fully establish, noted
Freshmen yesterday received have the long wait like we did in Corn, because "classes already on
a new type of report cards as part the past," explained Corn. Hamilton County's computer
of the second phase of the high The 1984-85 school year was [this year's seniors, juniors and
school's switch from Hamilton spent "learning the system," and sophomores] will stay there.
County's computer to its own the IBM was put to its first offi- Moving their academic informa-
IBM-AT computer, purchased in cial use last spring, when sched- tion to our computer would be
the summer of 1984. uling for this school year was extremely difficult."
The $4455 IBM, according completed. The third phase of IH's use
to district administrator Mr. Gary The second phase of switch- of the IBM is attendance, and
Corn, was bought so that the high ing away from Hamilton Coun- Corn said that the attendance
school and middle school could ty's computer involves grade office is currently switching over
eventually seperate themselves reporting-report cards, grade to the computerized process.
from the Hamilton County com- point average, and transcripts. Eventually, Corn hopes to
puter, which had processed infor- This phase is being implemented "integrate" the main, attendance,
mation on IH students previously. on the high school level with the and guidances offices so that any
"It [the new computer] is freshmen, and each subsequent needed information on a student
cheaper and faster to use than the class will have their academic can be retrieved quickly via a
Hamilton County computer; we progress handled by the IBM. terminal.
won't have to pay the county to This phase will take three