Holy Name High School

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Holy Name High School (HNHS) is a private, Catholic, coeducational high school in Parma Heights, Ohio. It is a part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland.

[edit] History

Founded in 1914, Holy Name was the first Catholic high school in the Cleveland area to enroll both male and female students. The school was originally located on Harvard and Broadway in Cleveland, Ohio, and moved to Queens Highway in Parma Heights, Ohio to accommodate its growing enrollment. The move included a merge with the all-female Nazareth Academy.

[edit] Motto

The school's present motto was adopted in 1926, when "The School's The Thing" appeared in the yearbook. The article which accompanied the motto was purposeful in its insistence that personal glory in any field of school activity means very little.

[edit] Seal

The Chi Rho incorporates the first two letters of the name of Christ in Greek characters XP. The Holy Name High School seal consists of the Chi Rho encircled by the school of identification. The seal is very appropriate as an official expression of Holy Name's desire to do all things in Christ, with Him, and through Him. This symbol now resides on the far wall of the new gym. The gift was donated by the Class of 2006.

[edit] Mascot

Holy Name's mascot, the Green Wave, originated in the early 1920s when it was first used to described the perfect coordination of the Holy Name football team, which gave the appearance of a giant green wave engulfing opponents. They are also commonly called the "Little Davids" , in reference to David and Goliath, because of efforts in defeating larger schools, who were considered large favorites.

[edit] Charity game

On November 23, 1946, Holy Name High School competed in the annual Charity Game, the Cleveland high school championship game, at Cleveland Municipal Stadium against Cathedral Latin High School (now Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin). The attendance of the game was local record crowd of 70,955 fans. It is the second-largest attendance for an American high school football game in history. Holy Name was defeated by Cathedral Latin, 35-6.^[1]

In 1961 Frank Solich led the Holy Name squad and defeated Cathedral Latin 12-7, to win the Charity Game. Solich ran for 184 yards and two scores in the game in front of 29,918.^[2]

[edit] Alma Mater

All Praise to Alma Mater Dear
To friends whom we revere
To teachers versed in all the arts
To men who stirred our hearts
To wisdom present in her halls
To memories she recalls
With faith we ever shall proclaim
To our dear Holy Name.

– Composed by Jack T. Hearns May 13, 1937, Holy Name High School

[edit] Fight Song

Verse 1:
All Hail Holy Name!
With loyal hearts we proclaim
That we will serve the green and white.
Your spirit we know,
Will lead us on as we go
And guide our youthful steps aright.
And down through the years
We will re-echo your cheers
And through our efforts bring you fame!
For though it be our best it's not too good
For Dear Old Holy Name!

Verse 2:
The School is the Thing
Will be the motto we sing
Though it be triumph or defeat.
Let this be our aim
To win for you Holy Name
And lay our laurels at your feet.
Forever will be
A cry of clean victory
That will be heard throughout the fight,
For Holy Name will ever onward press
Beneath the green and white!

– Composed by Kathleen Speilman Halicki, Class of 1927, Holy Name High School

[edit] Recent Technological Upgrade

In the summer of 2007, Holy Name installed wireless access points throughout the campus, and installed new PCs in every classroom, equipped with wireless capabilities.

Interactive Whiteboards are scheduled to be installed in every classroom by the fall of 2008. This new technology will provide an interactive teaching experience that will benefit both students and teachers.

[edit] Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

• Football - 1975^[3]
• Baseball - 1981^[4]
• Girls' Soccer - 2006^[5]

[edit] Notable alumni

• Frank Solich, Ohio University head football coach and former head coach of the University of Nebraska, leading them to the 2001 national championship game. Featured on a 1965 cover of Sports Illustrated.
• Findley University wrestling all american Ray Hegardy.
• John Ducas, Class of 1937, a communications consultant with the Chase Manhattan Bank who in the 1950s and 60's was a principal adviser in the public relations program for the nation's first intercontinental ballistic missiles.
• Dan Marini, Class of 1938. Highly decorated vet of the United States Marine Corps. As a member of the 4th Marine Div. was awarded the Navy Cross at the Battle of Iwo Jima after repeatedly exposing himself to hostile fire, Sergeant Marini led his platoon toward its objective until enemy machine-gun and mortar fire rendered further progress impossible. Crawling alone seventy-five yards ahead of his platoon, he reduced the Japanese machine gun position with rifle fire and grenades and, subsequently discovering an enemy mortar position which had been shelling his company, advanced on it alone until he was close enough to destroy it by grenades, thereby enabling his platoon to continue its advance until the objective was taken. Dan also won the Silver Star in Korea when the then Lt.Marini led 40 marines to capture Hill 712 in Korea near Imjin River. He received a Silver Star in 1997.
• Francis Talty, Class of 1938, long time Cuyahoga Common Pleas Court judge. Presided over the Sam Sheppard trial. Also a memmber of the John Carroll University athletic hall of fame.
• Bob Ptacek former football player at University of Michigan, also played for the Cleveland Browns and was an All Star in the CFL
• Chris Broussard, sports journalist, contributor to ESPN, New York Times, and TrueHoop
• Richard "Dick" Steeno (Class of 1938) won Siver Star in Wurzburg Germany (April 1945) as Field Artillery Forward Observer of 42nd. Rainbow Division by directing accurate fire into a significant group of German soldiers who surrounded the U.S troops and had requested their surrender. Also later awarded Army Commendation Award for arrangements for the Austrian War Crimes trials in Salzburg which tried Austrian citizens who killed U.S. Airmen following their parachute descent.

[edit] External links

• Holy Name High School

[edit] Notes and references