CLASS of '57
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OPERETTA LINEUP‑An operetta about a girls' baseball team, "Diamond Game," will be presented at 8 p. m. Friday In Northfield‑Macedonia High School Auditorium. The high school chorus directed by Melvin Arnoff, will be featured. More than 30 students have roles In production.
Leads are Carol Chaser, Patty Chase, Joe Biros, Sabrina Sangrik, Bob Fleming and Arthur Lauterer. Caught during rehearsal are (left to right) Carol Chaser of Dunham rd., Joe Biros of Fell av., Judy Scheuerman of Twinsburg rd. and Arthur Lauterer of 7708 Akron‑Cleveland rd.

PROUD MOMENT ‑ Lloyd Hannaford (left) captain of the Northfield‑Macedonia High School football team, receives a trophy as outstanding back from Frank Kopas, chairman of the membership committee of the N‑M Athletic Boosters Club. Looking on are Jim Connors and John Fathauer. Letter awards were presented to football and basketball players during the banquet in Lee Eaton Primary  School.    

ALL‑School Event
Physics Class To, Make Music For N. Summit Science Fair
NORTHFIELD ‑‑‑ NorthfieldMacedonia school system is goIng scientific these days. Pupils from kindergarten through senior high are preparing for the second annual Science  Fair. It will be held March 23 at the high school. The youngsters are busy collecting stones to exhibit and making exhibits to show how  the wind works.  THE OLDER students, more versed in the mechanics of things scientific, have more impressive projects. Some are building things to show how electricity works.  One senior, Larry Thompson, manufactured a Geiger counter from a variety of parts.  The physics class Is building an orchestra of makeshift instruments like a washtub bass fiddle. Water glasses also will provide music.  The band will play at a program the evening of the fair. Demonstrations and skits will be on the docket. BETTY OLMSTEAD is the supervising teacher for the ambitious science project. She is being assisted by other faculty members. Taking a major part in, arrangements Is the high school Science Club. Don Hoffman, a junior, is president of the club. JACOB'S LADDER‑This strange looking gadget, called a Jacob's ladder, carries a 10,000‑volt charge that causes bands of sparks to run up two conductors. It was made by Larry Thompson (right) 631 E. Aurora rd. for the annual Science Fair scheduled at Northfield‑Macedonia School. Thompson, who is a senior and vice president of the Science Club, explains the machine to Gilbert Schroeder (left) 11356 Valley View rd., a senior and Don Hoffman, 10554 Valley View rd., a junior and president of the Science Club.

BORROWED FROM AUSTRALIA ‑ Northfield‑Macedonia High School majorettes have a new friend, "Leaping Lena," a golden kangaroo complete with offspring in pouch. The stuffed toy goes along to football games as a mascot. Twirling batons this season for Northfield‑Macedonia gridders are (foreground) Bernadette Kelce, Heights av.. senior head majorette; (left to right) Elaine Winters, Twinsburg rd., sophomore; Dorothy Hannaford, 67 Aurora rd., sophomore; Judy Michaels, 237 Heights av., junior; Judy Simpson, 213 Beechwood dr., senior; Jean Jones, Akron‑Cleveland rd., freshman; Virginia Hudson, 8031 Chaffee rd., senior, and Charlotte Gray, Pomona av., sophomore.

THREE CHEERS AND MORE‑A bonfire and pep rally will be held at NorthfieldMacedonia High School football field at 7:30 p. m. Thursday. Varsity cheerleaders (left to right) Dolly McIntyre, Patty Chase, Emma Lastoria, Pat Brown and Shirley Thompson will present skits. Majorettes and cheerleaders also will exchange roles. The school band will play. Leading cheers "as the girls do it" will be five football players, Paul Black, David Heiser, Jim Anderson, Bill Rabung and Richard Drushal..

SENIORS PLAN ‑ The senior class of Northfield‑Macedonia High School will have a different type of graduation program this year. The prospective graduates have voted to hold the ceremonies June 4 at the school's stadium In Northfield. The novel idea will be abandoned and the program held In the auditorium if poor weather interferes. Leading the N‑M seniors are (left to right). Larry Thompson, 631 Aurora rd., president  Joe Biros, Fell av., 'vice president; Gayle Lang, Warrensville Heights, secretary  and Karen Collin, 22 Leonard av., treasurer. Gayle's family moved from the Northfield area list Fall but she is commuting to complete her education. The faculty adviser is Mrs. Leon& Dickinson. The 52 seniors are planning a March 16 dance, "Shamrock Swirl."

LEAD HONOR GROUP‑Three seniors head the Northfield‑Macedonia High School unit of the National Honor Society. conferring are (left to right) Tom Jenkins, 11047 Highland rd., president; Sally Mottl, 303 Aurora rd., vice president, and Bernadette Kelce, Heights av., secretary. The faculty adviser, Edward McGratth, acts as treasurer. The group each semester gives a, scholarship awarded to students earning a specified number of points in scholarship and other activities.

YOUNG VOICES‑The Northfield‑Macedonia High School Choir helped speed the Christmas spirit in downtown Akron by presenting a program of carols at Yeager's, entertaining shoppers in the store. The choir was directed by Melvin Arnoff .

Reporter Is Sidelined

Dogs Put On Show At N‑M Graduation

By FRANCES B. MURPHEY

NORTHFIELD‑Let me tell you, boss, the first outdoor graduation at Northfield‑Macedonia High School was quite a doggy affair. Before the commencement commenced, a couple of local "hound dogs" put on an A‑1 fight on the sideline of the foot‑! ball field. Then, boss, I made the mistake of walking across the field to get an over‑all picture of the palm‑decorated platform, the stadium stands packed with 900 persons, 90 or more standees and 50 seated graduates‑to‑be looking painfully formal in their robes of blue (for boys) and white (for girls).  IT WAS while Principal William Boliantz was trying to master a cantankerous public address system that one of those dogs decided he didn't like me muscling in on his how.  When the spotted white dog began to howl and two friends tied at a nearby home joined in, decided it was no use providing a canine chorus for Dr. Douglas Silverton, Oxford‑educated professor, by trying to return across the field. 
So, boss, I'm the first reporter to cover a commencement speech at the high school here from old Rt. 8 and Leonard av. WALKING slowly (how else would you go with a heavy camera bag?) I heard Silverton advise the graduates to be proud of their parents to be true to country, reigion and self and that character is essential to success.
1 also was able to check the style of bonnets offered for Old Northfield's coming sesquicentennial in the local department store And watch Boy Scouts put a roof on the log cabin in the park which will be sesqui headquarters.
I got back onto the school grounds in plenty of time to hear the Pleasant‑voiced Dr. Silverton's final remarks. Then Larry Thompson, senior class president, formally presented the class gift, a cyclorama all  ready installed in the auditorium.
DURING Boliantz' presentation of the first Manhood and Womanhood Awards ever given here‑to Tom Jenkins and Sally Mottl‑the lights for the athletic field were turned on. They contrasted nicely with the sun‑' set which gave the clouds in the background a salmon pink look. Everyone praised the weatherman for h1s cooperation.
Supt. L. M. Patton chided the seniors for starring up the mosquitoes as they marched and promised "next year we'll use some DDT spray." Patton presented the annual Nordonia Club scholarship too Miss Mottl. She was selected by the faculty.
BEFORE Michael Thornton, president of the Board of Education, handed out diplomas, he mentioned that the class is the first to graduate since N_M High was accredited by the North Central Association. He explained that such acceptance will make it easier for graduates to enroll in colleges and universities.
As the 1957 graduates filed up to get their folder‑style diplomas with flashbulbs popping to record the event, who round. ed the turn to watch the proceedings? You guessed it, boss, two of those dogs!

MARCH FOR DIPLOMAS‑Fifty seniors of Northfield-Macedonia High walked through floral arches held by pretty schoolmate‑, dressed in off‑the‑shoulder formals during the school's first outdoor graduation Tuesday night. Watching the line of march from the speakers' stand are (left to right) William Boliantz, high school principal; Dr. Douglas Silverton of Princeton, N. J., Oxford University alumnus; the Rev. Bernard J. DeCrane, pastor of St. Barnabas Catholic Church; L. M. Patton, superintendent, and Michael Thornton, president of' the Board of Education.

Judy Simpson, Captain of the Northfield‑ Macedonia drum majorettes, models the new uniforms
which her corps of baton twirlers will be wearing tonight. The new uniforms consist of white shorts
with a green side trim, white jackets with green bodice and cuffs, the whole outfit topped off with
white hats and green plumes.

Northfield‑ Macedonia band as it will look tonight when the homecoming queen is crowned. The I band, under the leadership of Ernest Miller Will put on a homecoming show during the Half tonight
Which One Will Be Queen? L. to R. Bernadette Kelce, Eleanor Carcione, Judy Abner, Judy Simpson Sue Cashion. Absent from the picture is Alice Picman who is also a candidate.  ONE Of the season's most colorful school events will be held tonight when the Northfield‑Macedonia Homecoming Queen is crowned in gala ceremonies between halves of the Knight‑Hudson football game at the N‑M field
Identity of the Queen, whose name will not be announced until the coronation ceremonies begin, is a closely‑guarded secret. Candidates are Judy Abner, Bernadette Kelce, Judy Simpson, Sue Cashion, Eleanor Carcione and Alice Pieman.  Selection of the Homecoming Queen is by popular vote of the students. Once the name of the queen is announced, the runners-up become her attendants. The queen and her staff will preside at a dance in the school following the football game.  Half‑time ceremonies promise to take on the aspect of a musical production. Following a performance by the Hudson band, the N‑M band will play a fan‑fare and the majorettes will be introduced to the crowd.
In a salute to the alumni in the stands, the band will spell out a king‑size "HI" while playing "Hail, Hail, The Gang's All Here!" Then the band will form itself into the outline of a house, with smoke coming from the chimney, to symbolize life after graduation.
For the coronation, the band will form the outline of a giant crown, the field lights will be turned off. In the light of flares and spotlights, the crown will be placed upon the head of the Homecoming Queen while the band plays "Auld Lang Syne." The queen and ants will then leave the field in a procession of convertibles. The N‑M Band Boosters will sell mums and balloons at the game.

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