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Crusaders Name: Of course, we chose our currentnickname, the Crusaders, that year.We had a contest. A guy named EdFinke won the contest. His prize wasa $10 gift certificate to our bookstore.Social Activities: After basketballgames we had sock hopsin the gym.nke ('64)Teachers: Gerry Faust was in the army reserve.Periodically, he would come into class and show usmilitary maneuvers. His first year he taught math.Later he taught world history, then typing.Discipline: Discipline was tough. Bill Daley, thegym teacher, would paddle you if you got introuble. Father Middendorf had a little woodenbaseball bat he carried around, and if you got awrong answer, you would get whacked on thehead. You would get either a single, double, triple,or home run. Man, that would hurt! You gotwhacked for just about anything back then. One ofthe worst things you could do was not to have yourtie pulled up all the way.Facilities: The band room was in the basement, andeverytime it would rain, the band room wouldflood. It flooded several times that first year. In fact,on May 7, 1961, which was our school's DedicationDay, the band room flooded. I think it took themabout 20 years to fixthat problem.The cafeteria wasn'tfinished, so we ate lunchon the third floor hallway.Library: The library hadno books, so we held abook drive. Our job asstudents was to go doorto door around the neighborhood asking people ifthey had any books to donate.School's Funding: The school was funded by theArchbishop's Fund Drive, which also built LaSalle,McAuley, and funded improvements to Mt. NotreDame.Fund-Raising: Our first raffle was called a 50/50Drive. Once a week or so, we pulled out a winnerand recieved 50% of the proceeds. We also had theAd Drive, the Clothing Drive, the Marianist Drive,and Bishop's Relief Fund.Tuition: Tuition was $90 a year. The local parishcontribution was also $90. However, as tuition wentup, the parish contribution remained at $90. •"Moeller High School,as an intangible idea,bad its beginningsback in the fall of1958 when MonsignorEdward A. McCarthyand Brother PaulSibbing, S.M., wereappointed to supervisethe planning andconstruction of thebuilding... Thebuilding stands now,the sum of all itsparts...pans whichgrew from the beansof the people of theArchdiocese ofCincinnati calledupon to build thismonument toCatholic education."DedicationMay 7, 1961Jerry Flaig ('64)and Bill Taphom('64) survey someof the 8000 bookscollected by theMoeller studentsfrom theirrelatives, neighbors,and friendsduring Moeller'sBook Drive.S U M M E R 2 0 0 0 \ I N D O W S