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Vol. XIV, No. 25 Port Washington Senior High School, April 23, 1937 Price Five Cents Boys' and Girls' Week WiD Be Observed From April 24 Until May 1
Students Replace Faculty Members Next Week In
Thursday Classes National Boys' and Girls' week will
be held this year from April 24 to May 1. Several activities have been planned in this school to observe this week.
On Thursday, April 29, the students of the school will take over the positions of faculty members. Each homeroom will choose a member of that room io act as homeroom teacher for that morn-ing. Each class will also select a mem-ber of the class to act as instructor for that period. In addition to the above mentioned, two people from the class in secretarial training will be chosen to work in Mr. Schreiber's office as clerk and secretary. A student from the Shorthand II class will be selected to act as clerk in Mr. Merrill's office.
Last Wednesday afternoon the class of 1937 chose, during the four minute afternoon period, two persons to rep-resent Mr. Schreiber and Mr. Merrill The Port Weekly went to press too early to record the results in this elec-tion, but those persons will be an-nounced shortly. Elections were record-ed by homerooms and tellers were ap-pointed to tabulate the results and re-port them to the office. The person who had the most number of votes was chosen to act as superintendent, and the next in line was selected to work as principal for the day.
In the election two weeks ago, Bar-bara Stimson and Ernest Dahl were appointed to go to Mineola to represent the school in county governmental af-fairs. They will go to Mineola on April 29 also.
As was done last year, several groups were made up and taken around to the different plants and organizations in the town and a detailed inspection followed. This year no definite plans have been made as the paper goes to press, but faculty members were given the opportunity to suggest trips which might prove educationally advantageous to the school students.
Coming Attractions Friday, April 23—Awarding of
"Port Washington Post" medals. Baseball game: Port vs. Glen Cove at Glen Cove.
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Saturday, April 24 — Varsity Club party in school cafeteria.
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Tuesday, April 27 — Baseball game: Port vs. Manhasset at Port.
• * * Wednesday, April 28—Free mo-
tion pictures on Diesel Engine at 3:30 in the auditorium.
Dual track meet: Port vs. Hicks-ville, at Port.
* * * Friday, April 30—Band goes to
the State Contest at Elmira.
High School Championship Band Presents Concert Program To Capacity Audience
In Decorated Auditorium on April 22
Practical Arts Dept. Schedules Picture
Movie To Describe Diesel Engine In Action
Red Domino Repeats Popular'Brass Buttons St. Stephen's Parish Hall will be the
scene of gala festivities on the evenings of April 23rd and 24th beginning at 8:30 o'clock and lasting well into the night when three plays will be present-ed, two by the Play Troupe and one by the Red Domino Club of the Senior High.
The Troupe will feature the myster-ious "A Night at an Inn" written by Dunsay in 1912. This is a tale which revolves around a jade idol. "The Charming Young Man," also enacted by the Play Troupe, is an amusing comedy able young gentleman. The High School Play, "Braid and Brass Buttons" is also a comedy, but this one is typical of high school life.
The cast of "The Night at an Inn" is as follows: Tost John C. Crawley Three Merchant Sailors
Joseph G. Breaznell, Charles C. Johnson, Homer N. Bartlett.
Priests E. Boyd Lipsett George BoUwinkle, Harold Ludewig
Idol Raymond Bott This Irish melodrama is directed by
Constance P. Rankin. The characters appearing in "The
Charming Young Man" are: The young man Kingsley Poynter Margaret Jean Beckwith Leontine Ruth Helmle Wonderful looking woman
Genevieve Hare Hubert Percy Shawcross Waiter Julius Koelber Bell Boy William Shawcross
The Hemphill Diesel Schools will present a free motion picture for the benefit and enjoyment of the high school students. I t will concern the use of the Diesel engine in the marine railway, aircraft, tractor and automo-tive fields and will be shown in the high school auditorium at 3:30 Wed-nesday, April 28. The use of the Diesel engine in forcing lands and practices T.ill also be illustrated.
Extraordinary and amazing applica-tions of the motor are numerous, some of which the motion picture will show. Those included in the picture are a fully converted Diesel automobile on crank case draining, an automobile of Diesel power that goes 3,700 miles on $800, a tractor that plows land at $.05 an acre. The program will attempt to show the future in the Diesel engine field for ambitious youth and the part it will play in our mechanical world.
The program was arranged through Mr. Junker and the Hemphill Deisel Schools, the first exclusive Diesel en-gine school in America. Attendance of the program is not compulsory.
Honor Society Holds Meeting At Freeport
Port Students Members Of Constitutions Commitee
Miss Hawthorne Addresses Book Club Miss Bonnie Hawthorne addressed the
Book Club last Wednesday directly after the sixth period in study hall 202 on the subject "The Novel With a Purpose."
This topic was further illustrated by the two recent books, "Bread and Wine" by Ignazio Silone, and "Honor-able Estate" by Vera Brutton.
Following the talk, Miss Hawthorne led a discussion. This meeting ended with a brief business session.
At the third meeting of the Consti-tutional Committee of "La Societe Hon-oraire" held at Freeport on April 15, the representatives from Port Washing-ton invited all the members of the so-ciety to a tea dance to be held in the cafeteria on Thursday, May 20. A meet-ing will be held before the dance. It will be the first time that the Society as a whole has met.
Essay Contest Saturday "La Societe Honoraire" is holding an
essay contest at Baldwin High School on Saturday, May 1st at ten o'clock. The pupils entering the contest will be divided up into second, third and fourth year students. The second division will have an easier topic than the other two divisions. The topics will not be an-nounced until the morning of the con-test. The prizes will be $5 for the winner of the second year divisions, $10 for the winner of the third year, and the same for the fourth.
No dictionaries will be allowed as the donor of the prize money thought it would be interesting to see what re-sults would be without them. "Le Courier Des Etats Unis," the French newspaper in New York City, is very interested in the contest; consequently, the contest judges will be the editors of the paper.
Meeting Held Tuesday The first meeting of the Port Wash-
ington branch of this honor society was held on Tuesday in Room 103. The members were told about the essay con-test and about the purpose and plans of the Society which has been organized for two months.
Track Team Seriously Handicapped By Injuries To Two Stop Runners
By ALAN GOULD As usual the boys' track team has been 't'aken for a ride" by lady luck. Bob
Lang pulled a tendon in his right leg last Friday and Bill Effertz strained his hip the first day out. With these sure point winners out, the Blue and Whites chances in the coming meets are not too bright. The other performers have been coming along in great shape, however. Jack Osborne has done over 21 feet in the broad jump and John Carlson has been putting the twelve pound shot over 45 feet quite consistently. His best toss to date is 47.3. Joe Lam-berti has been doing upwards of nine feet in the polevault and Kenny Mor-rison has done 10.9 and 25.7 in the 100 and 220, respectively. Considering that Kenny's a junior, he is doing very well.
The boys' tennis team finally was chosen by Mr. Brown last week, and an impressive array of talent it is! There's Misty Campbell, Walt Rundle, Paul Wood, Bob Kunz and Mike De Leo from last year's team and seven others including Doug Wright, four sophomores and two seniors. Of the sops, John Smith and "Buster" Adams seem most likely to succeed.
The baseball season is really underway, three games have been played with the Post Office already. The team looks good defensively, especially the pitching, but lacks a strong batting punch.
The hitting hasn't been too bad, though, and Port should show the Glen
Proceeds Realized Will Be Used To Defray Expenses For State Contest To Be Held In Elmira, Apr. 30
The Port Washington High School National Championship Band presented its Annual Concert yesterday evening. The beautifully decorated High School Auditorium was filled to capacity by hundreds of enthusiastic music lovers who attended the concert.
In last evening's audience were thirty or forty directors of other school bands and outstanding musicians of this section of the country, which con-stituted the largest outside audience yet to attend a concert to be given in this school.
Resplendent in its blue and white uni-forms, the band opened the concert with the march, "Hall of Fame," by Olivadoti. The State Class A required number, "Springtime Overture," by Leidzen was next, followed by "Hum-oresque" by Dvorak-Caillet. Suzanne Trussell then played a flute solo, "Valse" by Chopin. After the band played "The Love Death" from "Tristan and Isolde" by Wagner, John Smith played "Con-certino" by C. M. Von Weber as a clar-inet solo. A resident of Port Wash-ington, Mr. Gustave Langer, wrote the march that followed "Red, White and Blue." "Korsakov Selection" by R. Kor-sakov was followed by a trombone solo rendeied by Howard Smith, 'Lo\e's Enchantment" by Pryor. After "Tar-antella" by Holmes, the band finished with the Finale from Dvorak's "New World Symphony." Several favorite marches and novelty numbers were played as encores before the concert could come to an end.
Band To Enter Class A The ample proceeds realized from
the concert will be used to finance the trip the 1936 championship band will make to the State Contest, which is to be held at Elmira on April 30. Private cars will leave early on tha t Friday morning and transport the band to its headquarters in Elmira.
Friday evening the band will play before the state music judge Mr. Austin Harding.
In order to experience heavier com-petition, the band is entering in Class A, which is normally for schools whose enrollments exceed 750. For this reason, it is not to be expected that the band will come out in as high a place as formally when it competed in its own class. The band will leave Sunday morning after spending Saturday hear-ing other competitive groups play.
Soloists Leave Thursday A few members will be leaving Thurs-
day in order to compete in the solo contests being held Friday. Those en-tering the solo competition are: Wil-liam Bailey, Ruth Guilford, John Smith, and Drina Rich, clarinet; Harriet de-Pauw, oboe; Harry Helfrich, bassoon; Suzanne Trussell, flute; Michael DeLeo, horn; Howard Smith, trombone; Wil-liam Griffes, tuba; and William Bis-choff, drums. On Saturday the trombone quartet, woodwind quartet, home quar-tet, and clarinet quartet, will compete in the ensemble contests. Mr. Pierre Henrotte, of the Ernest Williams School of Music, will judge all orchestras, stringed instrument soloists, and ensem-bles; Mr. Austin Harding, Director of the famous University of Illinois Band, will judge all bands and soloists on
TODAY'S ASSEMBLY TliC assembly program today wUl be
in charge of Mr. Van Bodegraven, who Cove team how to play baseball when they meet this afternoon in Glen Cove. To date there is only one batter on the team with a perfect average. He, aswill direct the orchestra, which is
might be expected, is that wavy haired and blue-eyed Bob Clark who hac going to Columbus in May to compete one hit in one time at bat. ir the National Contest.
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E D I T O R - I N - C H I E F AssocUte Editors
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Mahoney, L . Teta, P. White, U. Shaw. P. Varley.
Sports Editor* R. MacCallum, B. Calvelli
Music Editor J*lalcolm Lowry Excliange Editor Beatrice Talmadge Business Manaj^er Walter Rundle Advertising Solicitors: A. Porgione, D.
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THE PORT WEEKLY Published weekly during the school
year by the students of the Port Washington High School, Port Wash-ington, N. Y. Subscription rate: $.60 per school year; $.35 per semester; single copies, 5 cents. By mail $1.00 per annum.
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George A. Keates Advertising Manager Robert Clark Circulation Manager .Peggy Varley Contributors: V. Levy, A. Gould, H.
Dockendorf, S Peterson, E Jenkins, N. Gaignat, M . Butterworth, D. Fenton, L. Teta, N. Keshishian.
Faculty Advisers
Senior High H. C. HERGE
Junior Hig l . A. MALLON
R I C H M O N D
Vol. XIV, No. 25 Apri l 23, 1937
Praise for Administration
I n the past, the school musi-
cal organizations have been
given much credit, of course not
unearned, for their activities,
but we think it is about time
the school administration re-
ceived some plaudits for the ex-
cellent assembly p r o g r a m s
which have been presented in
the past two years in this
school.
A n example of this was the
Tatterman Marionettes which
were procured by the school,
although the cost was supple-
mented by contributions from
the student body. " J a s o n and
the Golden F l e e c e " was a most
entertaining program, and was
enjoyed by most of the stud-
ents.
The programs presented by
the W P A Symphony last year
were very enjoyable, as well
as being very instructive in the
music field. These orchestras
were sent here at the request of
the administration. They were
sent to entertain the students
and they succeeded admirably.
The inspiring lecture which
was delivered by the Rev. R i c h -
ard Hegarty one week was a
great aid to some students who
might be handicapped in the
future. Dr . Hegarty was ask-
ed to come here by the admin-
istration so that the students
might reap the benefits which
come from such helpful lectures
as these.
Of course, the school band
and orchestra provide some as-
semblies in advertisement of
their concerts, but these pre-
views of concerts are entertain-
ing and valuable in that they
show how the musical groups
will fare in the contests.
Another advertisement assem-
bly, one which was quite popu-
lar with the students, was the
one put on in connection with
the " B a n d D a n c e " by the " P o r t
Swingsters, " our own student
dance orchestra, which played
several of the modern melodies
in the currently popular " S w i n g
R h y t h m . " H a d it not been for
the school heads, the program
would not have been put on be-
cause permission is necessary
for productions of that sort.
On the whole, the school a d -
ministration has been responsi-
ble for some really entertaining
and instructive assemblies, and
we think that the credit ought
to go where it is due.
As our subject this week we have that debonair man-about-school Bob Kunz. Por diversified, yet profitable, accom-plishments he heads the list. I t might be easier but not as entertaining to put down the things he hasn't tried than the things he has.
As was our subject last week. Bob is also much traveled. He was born In New York City but for the first eight or nine years of his life traveled al l over the United States wi th his father, who was at that time a field engineer. Bob was in the fourth grade when he and his family moved to Port, and he started his eventful career.
Bob Becomes Musical When he entered Junior High, Mr.
Kunz was immediately elected Guar-dian of the Flag. I t was also at this time that Bob took up the tuba, a fact which he has never regretted but which has made him the brunt of many jokes. After becoming fairly proficient in the "Art of Playing the Tuba," he joined the Junior High Band and Orchestra. Several other of his activities included policing the halls as a member of the traffic squad, and "backstop" for two years as a member of the baseball team.
After three eventful years. Bob en-tered High School. Here at the first Sophmore Class meeting, he was elect-ed President. I n quick succession he joined the Glee Club, of which he is now President; and the Pratry, of which he at present is the Treasurer. Of course, he and his all enveloping instrument were members of both Band and Orchestra.
When his Junior year rolled around, Bob went out for football. On the gridiron his chief talent is punting; in fact, no one in the High School has ever out kicked him. After he made his letter, he was automatically made a member of the newly formed Varsity Club. During the th i rd year, he also went out for track and was seen p r i n -cipally in the relay. At the same time Bob was made a member of the Tennis team and, together with Mike DeLeo as his doubles partner claims to be the only undefeated combination.
I n his senior year, Bob organized the "Debating Club" and was made its Pres-ident. He then joined the Mixed Chorus and was elected head man. As a reward for his very frequent heading of the Honor Roll and for well rounded achievement, Bob has been awarded a four year ful l tuition scholarship to St. Lawrence University. He intends to major in Math and Science and grad-uate with a BS., but he isn't quite sure which profession he wi l l pursue.
T h e S p y g l a s s By Tom EUiston
After the Port Pranks on both Friday and Saturday nights. Bob MacCallum and his co-workers h i t the high .spots of the immediate vicinity of the North Shore. By his co-workers we mean Eileen Landy, both the Gosnells. Bob Clark and Ralph Weinrichter. They were seen at the Estates Beach during their travels. Why, notwdy has been able to figure out just yet.
* * « Listen, fellow students, and you shall
hear why the box is tacked on The Port Weekly office door. Not to hold the door up, but to hold contributions for this column. Only here is the catch, there are never any contribu-tions. Please contribute any gossip or other items of interest.
* * * We have a triangle situation in the
school and now is about time to make it public. Alan Gould has spent the past several weeks endeavoring to make Peggy Mordt pay some attention to him, while on the other hand Peggy Morris is just dying for an introduction to the sportswriter.
* * * Tomorrow night the Varsity club is
planning to give a party for the mem-bers and their dates. I t should be a very successful affair, because with Arnold Dickerson's Orchestra and 22 quarts of ice cream among other things, how can the boys and girls fail? Next week wil l reveal just who was there. A word of warning to would-be-crashers refrain just this time because the let-termen have a system for keeping any-body out not wanted.
* * * Last week we had an article in this
space a lx )Ut the gir l who commutes on the bus everyday. The editor of this paper wrote underneath the ar-ticle "Answer next week" Sorry, George, old boy, but we never disclose con-fidences.
* • • QUESTION MARK
Is i t true that Eileen Landy was so busy watching Bob Ake at the Port Pranks that she forgot most the steps o fthe dance routine on the stage?
* * * Last week we said that certain songs
reminded us of certain people, this week i t is books: Paul Harrison— "Live Alone and Like I t " Jack W i l -son "Drums Along the Mohawk" Walt Rundle "The Way of a Trans-gressor" The girls in the Port Pranks
"Angels in Undress" your cor-respondent after the last crack..."Es-cape to the Tropics."
Court Establishment Rumored In School
For Rule Breakers Culprits And Offenders
Would Be Penalized
THE QUESTION What's one person's date is another
person's prune; so, I thought I'd find out the likes and dislikes of our class-mates. I herewith give the roport of my interviews when I asked, "What is your idea of an ideal date?"
Mildred Lang, a Sophmore, said: "He must have a good personality, be a good dancer, and athlete and above all things he should not be too serious."
Warren Kunz, a Junior, answered: " I n my estimation the perfect date should be of medium height, be intelligent, slightly sophisticated, and have a good personality."
June AUington, a Senior, replied: "He must have an interesting personality, and always have a definite plan in mind as to how to spend the evening."
Johnny Anderson, another Senior, said, "Girls (as a rule) scare me. I like
Peg, Mordt, a Junior retorted: "He must be a smooth dancer and out for a lot of fun. A car isn't necessary ( I sti l l be a smooth dancer and out for a lot of fun. A car isn't necessary ( I st i l l like bicycles built for two.)"
Walt Bundle, a Senior asked: " I give up, what's yours? (Sorry I ' m fresh out of ideas.)"
Jack Wilson, a Senior prevaricated: " I don't have any ideal date. I don't take girls out."
Leonard Romagna, a Senior chortled: "Gotta be nice, have some sense of humor, and like to ride in Fords." Lenny also added, "Address all answers to Room 103."
By Charles Lincoln Rumors about this or that are a reg-
ular part of school routine, and the latest to be circulated concerns the es-tablishment of a regular court to handle those who delight in disobeying school ordinances.
This seemed to be a noble idea and to be unusually progressive, so this department investigated. Digging deep-er than the annual history course re-quired, we found that t r ia l by jury and the judicial system are extremely aged, having been developed by the early Anglo-Saxons, and used then as ever since with fair success and little change.
Even in good old England there was an element which would not behave. Something had to be done for the com-fort and protection of the man about town who wanted to keep what he had and protect his rights.
Apparently there were several types of offenders, and two systems were de-
i veloped—the Weir-gild which was a system requiring the payment of money for personal injury according to the amount set by the person making the claim, and the Freidbork, which was a pledge by group, in which men bound themselves to keep order and protect the rights of others.
The Priedbork was a complete suc-cess, and why not? The conmiunities, being broken up into groups of ten who pledged to keep themselves and each other out of trouble, left no work for the rulers. Apply this ancient order to our school routine and watch the wings sprout.
I n the Gild system, there was put into practice the first triel by jury. All members of a community were divided into groups of ten and each group acted to preserve law and order. The unit of ten tried each other for any wrong doing for which the member stood accused. Each unit had to arrest its member, learn the facts, and clear him i f he was innocent or pay i f he was guilty. Thus each gild member paid for his fellow members were not law-abiding citizens. I t was as simple as that.
Such government by and of them-selves could successfully be handled by any student group. The Junior who persisted in climbing railings would soon stop or be stopped when nine members were delegated to see that he kept order.
The payment of a fine would be more complicated. Who ever saw money in a student's pocket five minutes after Re got i t , or the girls knew he had I t .
Class wars might result from trying to enforce punishment, but that is no news around our present intellectual domicile, for we have them now and always wi l l .
FILE FACTS
Smith, A s E v e r , Outnum-
ber A l l Ohter Names
on Graduate List
Upon consulting the files of the High school many intresting facts have been discovered. For instance, what name would you imagine to be predominant among the alumni of this school? You ^•on\d probably select Smith and you would be absolutely right. There have been twenty graduates having the un-usual name of Smith in the last seven-teen years. I t seems like the decen-dants of John Brown are following not too closely with the staggering total of .seven.
To get off on another subject, I ' l l ask you what was the longest name in the hies Nope, you're wrong. It's Arthur Winterbottom. Perhaps you know h im; he attended Lehigh in later years, but the catch is that he never graduated from dear old Port High. I wisli that he would come back and show me how he did i t . I should like to know.
I t seemc that the shortest name on the list is rather fishy. The name is Roe. There isn't much data about that individual so consequently iheres nothing to say.
A p r i l 23, 1937 T H E P O R T W E E K L Y Page 3
Written and nUto* k j the Stndente of the
Jnnior tUgh SchMl The Port Junior Walter McQnade
Student con or
H O M E R O O M HAPPENINQS
Here's a l e t t e r w h i c h a r r i v e d last week. Inc losed was a c l i p p i n g f r o m a last t e rm 's P o r t J u n i o r . T h e c l i p p i n g was a f eature w r i t t e n a f t e r t h e F r i d a y t h a t M r . Lewis Stone e n t e r t a i n e d us a t assembly w i t h various mus i ca l i n s t r u -ments A N D his monkey . Y o u seven aaaaaa's w o n ' t remember b u t the monkey h a d a l i t t l e m i x u p w i t h a m e m -ber o f t h e orchestra . I n the n e x t issue a f ter t h e f i g h t , t h e p a r t i c i p a n t w h o was able t o w r i t e d i d w r i t e a f ea ture story o n t h e engagement. A t t h e end of the f ea ture was a promise t h a t i f a n y readers w o u l d send i n three m a n h o l e covers a n d t e n cents f o r h a n d l i n g charges, a booklet o n " E t i q u e t t e w i t h M e d d l i n g M o n k e y s " w h i c h the guy h a d w r i t t e n a f t e r t h e f i g h t w o u l d be f o r -w a r d e d . T h e l e t t e r w i t h the c l i p p i n g f o l l ows :
A p r i l , 1936
Dear E d i t o r McQuade , A f t e r l ook ing over some of t h e older
edit ions of t h e " P o r t J u n i o r " I came across t h i s w o n d e r f u l free offer o f yours to w h i c h I a m responding. E n -closed is t h e t e n cents. T h e three m a n -hole covers are a r r i v i n g by express, collect. I a m g lad t h a t some fearless m a n as y o u has w r i t t e n a book o n how to keep monkeys i n t h e i r place. I was a spectator t h a t F r i d a y you so f e a r -lessly f o u g h t t h e r a g i n g ape, a n d I do hope t h a t a f t e r r e a d i n g your booklet , " E t i q u e t t e W i t h M e d d l i n g M o n k e y s " I w i l l be as fearless a n d as capable a t h a n d l i n g apes as you are.
Yours hope fu l ly
PJS .—Please send t h i s booklet to " B r o n x Zoological P a r k , D i v i s i o n of Apes a n d Monkeys . " I f there are any mistakes, pay no a t t e n t i o n because I a m w r i t i n g t h i s i n a cage f u l l o f monkeys . I ' m n o t sure about t h e s ignature , i t looked someth ing l i k e " A . R e m i n d e r . " No manho l e covers have a r r i v e d yet b u t t h e sad t h i n g is t h e absence o f t h e t e n cents t h e w r i t e r said was inclosed. I f the w r i t e r of th i s note w i l l step f o r w a r d , he or she w i l l receive a pos i t ion as seventy second assistant a l t e rnat e P o r t J u n i o r box cleaner outer o r duster . T h e note cou ldn ' t be a hoax, could i t ?
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A n d so f a r t h e gossip of t h e school -
Junior High School Girls Meet In Special Assembly To Chose Characters For Festival Phyllis W a r r e n A n d Victoria Kohanska A r e
Selected For Roles O f Queen A n d Prince
A t a special assembly for the g i r l s P h y l l i s W a r r e n was chosen by homeroom representatives to appear as the M a y Queen i n the Fest iva l w h i c h is to be g iven o n M a y 19. V i c t o r i a K o h a n s k a was chosen to act the p a r t o f t h e F a i r y P r i n c e
Court Attendants T h e f o l l o w i n g g i r l s w h o received t h e n e x t highest n u m b e r of votes f or t h e
l ead ing roles i n the pageant w i l l serve as a t t endants to t h e queen: M a r y Nicholson, A n n e Ross, M a r j o r i e Weber, Helena Adams, C h a r l o t t e Gri f fes , A n t o i n e t t e Cozza, a n d B e t t y O ' B r i e n .
Plans F o r Production "Rehearsals are now under way for the dances and costimies are be ing
p lanned . I t is hoped t h a t every g i r l i n t h e j u n i o r h i g h school w i l l take a n active p a r t i n t h i s Fes t i va l , " said M r s . N i c o l l .
M r s . N i c o l l has said t h a t i f the weather prevents a n outdoor per formance on M a y 19 i t w i l l be postponed u n t i l the nex t clear day. P lans are being made to use the tennis cour t as a n outdoor stage.
Green T e a m Wins Tit le I n Gir ls Baseball Tourney
Interclass Tournament Being F l a y e d OfT
Now
T h e G l r l " s I n t e r s q u a d Basebal l games drew to a close last week w i t h t h e green t eam under t h e capta incy o f E i leen Deegan as t h e w i n n i n g squad. T h e y have been undefeated. Second place w e n t to the orange squad who lost on ly one game. T h e c a p t a i n o f t h e orange t e a m was Al i ce Grabowsky . T h e r e d t e a m headed by A n n Ross placed t h i r d i n the t o u r n a m e n t . T h e blue t e a m lost every game. Sa l ly Douglas was t h e C a p -t a i n .
T h e Interc lass T o u r n a m e n t began last week a n d as we go to press t h e results are n o t as yet k n o w n .
Original W o r d Found F o r Readers O f Port Junior
N o t h i n g so s t a r t l i n g — b u t a n y w a y — I t says here t h a t Alex K o w a l s k l was t r i e d for snake c h a r m i n g i n h is 7B h o m e -room meet ing . C a l v i n LeTtz has h a d a | l i t t l e embro idery w o r k done o n his head as a resul t o f a n acc ident i n v o l v i n g a , rock. N e x t week M r . Ryeck's h o m e -room w i l l present as t h e i r assembly program, a " m o i d e r " mystery . D i c k K i r k u p is supposed to be t r y i n g t o s u b -due those t r u a n t locks of h a i r by c a r r y -ing a cha i r o n h i s head .
O h gosh, t h a t man 's here aga in M r . M o n p r o d e n o t o n l y admi ts t h a t M i t h is a very p a i n f u l process w i t h h i m , he also looked very cute j u m p i n g op and d o w n i n a waste paper basket t h e other day (so says our w a r correspon-dent) . T h e r e is another newspaper i n our m i d s t " T h e Gossip," sponsored by some seventh graders H o m e r A U i n g -ton, Pete Loiseaux, a n d J i m m y O'Day. They have some good s tu f f i n i t . Yes, Mary C h u r c h a n d Bobby B r e t t seem to be doing a l l r i g h t . Bobby B o h n h a d a party recently , a n d speaking o f part ies , why d i d n ' t anyone a t t e m p t t o crash Don Hedges' brawl? I t e l l ya a joke if ya w o u l d n ' t l a u g h so w h a t w o u l d be the use of t e l l i n g ya a joke i f yo w o u l d n ' t laugh so I w o n ' t t e l l Y a a joke yeah, Bert Schauer has a d r a w i n g of Pau la Read he's h a d i t f o r a looong t i m e . Birdsal l S m i t h h a d a r o l l e r s k a t i n g party.
About 45 members o f the 9B science class w e n t to t h e P l a n e t a r i u m last S a t -urday. M r . M a r k l e a n d M r . B r u b a k e r were very able chaperones—BUT D E F -I N I T E L Y A t t h e H e l e n A l l i n g t o n party t h e o ther n i g h t a gang of w o u l d -be crashers made themselves very ob -noxious C h a r l e y Cornel l ' s dog f u r -nished t h e on ly clue 9B's are a l l i n adither t r y i n g to f igure o u t a good g r a d -uation p r o g r a m
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T i s t h e Good H u m o r boy o u t o f h i s
B y Buddy McQuade Have you been w a i t i n g , wonder ing ,
a n d b i t i n g your l i t t l e nails? I promised you a name f o r t h e readers o f our P o r t J u n i o r a n d I ' m one w h o keeps a promise. M r . B r u b a k e r a n d I have f o u n d one t h a t ' s a honey.
No o t h er w o r d could describe you readers so completely , v i v i d l y , or so accurately . T h i s w o r d por t ray s you as i n t e l l i g e n t ups tand ing , ou t s tand ing , p r o -gressive a n d good l ook ing .
Here I g o — I f you subscribe to our j a j e r a n d read i t y o u are a n " I N T E R -L I T E R A T O R . " I s n ' t i t fun? Y o u w o n ' t f i n d i t i n the d i c t i o n a r y . W e made i t up.
Miss Bryan Presents Gift T o L i b r a r y
Miss D o r o t h y B r y a n , i l l u s t r a t o r f o r Dood, M e a d a n d Company, w h o spoke i n assembly n o t l ong ago has sent a present to our j u n i o r h i g h l i b r a r y . I t is a n o r i g i n a l h a n d p u l l ed l i t h o g r a p h done by K a t e Seredy, a u t h o r o f the " B i b l e C h i l d r e n . " I t is now on display i n t h e l i b r a r y .
w i n t e r h i b e r n a t i o n a n d i n a b r a n d c lean sui t too J o h n Ca lver t c e r t a i n l y p e d -dles a l l the d i r t i n M r . Ryack's h o m e -r o o m ..He's a good repor ter I hear t e l l t h a t Jean W a l k e r is t h e " C h a m p " speller i n her homeroom a n d t h e n someone t o l d me someth ing about W a l -ter W r i g h t ' s curls , b u t I f orget j u s t w h a t i t is
I ' m t h i n k i n g o f t u r n i n g t h i s c o l u m n over to some of t h e more w e l l - i n f o r m e d members of t h e staf f W a t c h i t n e x t w e e k — I ' m go ing to take a per iod o f r e -l a x a t i o n Hope I can do someth ing sensational so I ' l l make t h i s c o l u m n
I t ' s got me worr ied—nobody suggested M E for the M a y Queen, b u t t h e n P h y l l i s W a r r e n has c u r l y h a i r a n d I haven ' t O r have I ?
Miss Mandigo's Homeroom Attains Highest Banking
Record For T h i s T e r m
A check-up i n the office w i t h Miss G a r d n e r reveals t h e f a c t t h a t a f t e r m u c h add ing , sub t rac t ing , d i v i d i n g a n d m u l t i p l y i n g . Miss Mandigo ' s homeroom has the best b a n k i n g record f or t h e t e r m . T h e homerooms of Miss Pa lmer a n d Miss M a l l o n are i n second a n d t h i r d place, respectively.
T h e ent i re school has a b a n k i n g aver -age of 23.9 percent . I t was also f o u n d t h a t t h e average deposits f o r t h e t e r m so f a r is $.84. Pup i l s m a y b a n k o n M o n -day or Tuesday i n t h e i r homerooms.
Miss Palmer 's r o o m at t h e present t i m e is t h e B a n n e r B a n k i n g r o o m f o r last week.
Pupils A n d Teachers Show Preference F o r Hobbies
Boys J r . High Boxmg Teams Being Organized
Mr. Monprode, Mr. Ryeck Help In Organizing
I n Pres ident Besell's c a m p a i g n speeches he promised t h e boys a box ing team. T h i s is one c a m p a i g n promise w h i c h is being carr i ed out . T h e boys are now i n the process o f being weighed i n . They are l i s ted according to reach, h e i g h t a n d we ight . As soon as a r r a n g e -ments have been made i n the g y m t h e bouts w i l l begin.
I n c o m m e n t i n g Pres ident Bessell stated t h a t on ly 57 of t h e 332 boys i n the school have signed u p so f a r .
Teachers In teres ted
M r . Monprode . w h o is assist ing i n t h i s w o r k said, " I t h i n k i t is a fine t h i n g f o r a boy to l e a r n to box i f he feels so in c l ined . I t w i l l teach h i m to defend h imse l f a n d w i l l prevent h i m f r o m " p i c k i n g fights'" because he has l earned w h a t I t feels l ike t o be "knocked a r o u n d a b i t . "
M r . Ryeck is also enthusiast ic about the box ing t e a m a n d is w o r k i n g w i t h the boys. I n c o m m e n t i n g he said, "Every boy i n the j u n i o r h i g h school should know how to box i n order to defend h imse l f . "
B y Phyl l i s W a r r e n
I t one ever bothered to check u p o n the various hobbies w h i c h are enjoyed by members o f the s tudent body a n d facu l ty , he w o u l d probably get t h e same results as I d i d .
K i e t h ( B u t c h ) C r a m b l e t seems t o find i t a m u s i n g i f n o t pro f i tab le to raise Guinea Pigs. H i s m a t h e m a t i c a l m i n d , however, is o f t e n puzzled by t h e rate o f speed w h i c h they m u l t i p l y .
Miss A r m e r is s t i l l c l u t t e r i n g u p shelves w i t h collections of bugs a n d rock f o r m a t i o n s .
B u e l l K ings ley s t i l l r e ta ins h is devo-t i o n f or h is pet (of a l l t h i n g s ! ) r a t , " M i i m i e . "
L a s t but n o t least, we have M r . J o h n -son w h o confessed a n extreme w e a k -ness f or s k i i n g a n d skat ing , b u t h i s rea l weakness is f o r h is t w o c h i l d r e n — a boy a n d a g i r l .
Time F o r Spring Cleaning
B y Betty Davickson
There is more t o S p r i n g t h a n b irds a n d bees, flowers, tree, butter f l ies a n d sulpher a n d molasses. A l l these t h i n g s go h a n d i n h a n d w i t h mops, brooms a n d rakes. Yes, spr ing c leaning t i m e is here. Y o u leave t h e housecleanlng to M o t h e r a n d D a d , b u t w h a t about your own spr ing cleaning?
T u r n over a new leaf, h a n d i n as-s ignments o n t i m e , c lean u p t h a t over -due w o r k . Get i t a l l done so t h a t y o u can clear out a t 3:04 a n d p lay a game of baseball .
T h i s the t i m e of year w h e n i t ' s bet ter to be outside, l o o k i n g i n instead of i n -side, l o o k i n g out . C lean house, a n d come on out . !
Miss Hansen's homeroom has j u s t elected a reporter . T h e repor ter is C a r l H i n r i c h s .
Lawrence L o r d of the 9A has knocked a ch ip out of his ankle a n d has to use crutches.
Boys'Baseball Positions Are Now Being Filled
Mr. Haron Urges Boys T o Care For Equipment
O n Wednesday of last week M r . H a i o n d iv ided the squad of baseball p a r t i c i -pants i n t o groups of p i tchers , catchers, basemen, a n d outf ielders. Those w h o are t r y i n g out as p i tchers are : Chc t M a l e v i t c h . S m i t h Gloucester, C h a r l i e S t a r i n , a n d B e r t Schauer.
T h e f o l l o w i n g boys are t r y i n g out as catchers : Vic DeMeo, J o h n n y B o r i o t t i , Charles H e w i t t . M i k e Cuomo, Theodore Chr is topher , a n d F r a n k Interneso le . T h e rest went out f o r i n f i e l d a n d o u t -field positions.
Practice Sessions A short b a t t i n g d r i l l a n d fielding
pract ice w i t h p i t chers a n d catchers w a r m i n g u p on the side l ines was t h e p r o g r a m of t h a t day.
D u r i n g the past week def in i te squads were chosen. However, t h i s was done on Wednesday, w h i c h is too late to make th i s week's paper.
M r . H a r o n has asked t h a t t h e boys w h o are out f o r baseball h o l d t h e m -selves responsible f o r the equipment . Tn th i s way no one w i l l have to be de -p r i v e d of the joy of us ing the e q u i p -m e n t w h i c h is prov ided by the school.
Student Council T o Sell Magic Slates T o Pupils
T h e s tudent counci l , t h r o u g h i t s m e m -bers is sel l ing "magic slates" t o t h e students of t h i s school a n d t h e M a i n Street grade school. T h e "s late , " w h i c h costs fifteen cents, is a chemica l ly t reated heavy cardboard over w h i c h there is a piece of cellophane o n w h i c h notes may be w r i t t e n a n d t h e n erased 'oy l i f t i n g the cellophane. I t is n o t nec-essary to use a penci l on these slates. A n y po in ted st ick or o ther i n s t r u m e n t may be used. M a d e by t h e S t r a t h m a r e Company, i t comes i n a cardboard fo lder w i t h a space to p u t papers i n .
I h e p r o f i t real ized f r o m t h e sales w i l l be used i n some way for t h e good of t h e school, t o be decided by the co i inc i l .
M r . Al len 's homeroom is go ing on a picnic nex t homeroom meet ing . They w i l l leave a t eleven o'clock a n d be back at one o'clock. They are go ing t o t h e
Miss T h o r n ' s homeroom h a d a n a m a - Plandome G o l f Course a n d they w i l l t eur h o ur last homeroom meet ing . P'^^ games there . J i m m y O'Day played t h e h a r m o n i c a ,
Jean D e t t o r i p layed the accordian, a n d T h e 7 A - l ' s are m a k i n g W o r l d P a i r M a r g u e r i t e B u r d i c k d i d a t a p dance.posters.
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Glen Cove To Be First Opponent For Port
For the past three weeks the Port diamond men have been preparing for this season's schedule which starts to -day. This in i t ia l game wil l be played wi th Glen Cove and on the Cove); diamond. "Zook" Zaremba is i n fine form for the mound work. Either A r t Duffey or Phil Norton wi l l be behind home plate receiving his slants.' Oscar Peterson wi l l be seen at the ini t ia l sack while "Mac" McCarthy wil l cover the keystone base. Stan Smith wi l l cover the short stop position. The hot corner wi l l be under the supervision of John Hooper. The outer garden wi l l prob-ably contain Mike Romeyko, Bernie Mallon. and Don Harsbarger. The en-counter should start promptly at four o'clock and i t is hoped that more than a few Port supporters appear at the game even though i t is out of town.
Practise Games Lost
The results of last week's two prac-tice games wi th the local Post OfBce team showed two defeats for the Blue and White teams, 6 to 5 and 5 to 4. Red Osborne started the hurling i n the first game and made a good show-ing i n keeping the Post Office nine to three runs. He was a trifle wild at times giving several walks. This was probably due to the cold weather and that its being the first game. MacCal-lum pitched the last two innings and blew Port's one run lead by allowing three hits. Although the High School batters were rather ineffective, their fielding was excellent.
The second encounter featured "Zook" Zaremba on the mound. His offerings had the big guns of Uncle Sam's boys silenced for five frames in which he allowed but one hit , and these postal boys are no weak men at bat. Mac Gal-ium relieved Zaremba i n the fifth i n -ning with Port leading 2 to 0. Again the Government Boys got at the offer-ings of Mac Callum and pounded h im for five hits and they each made one count for a run. I n return the Port team scored two tallies, but wi th the tying run on th i rd and the winning 7 u n on second they failed to hit . A powerful triple over the left fielders head, made by A r t Nelson, brought i n one run and kept the rally going. He was left stranded on the th i rd sack, however.
No Substitute I n Game The th i rd and last encounter wi th the
Post Office gang took place last Tues-day too late to be reported in this issue. I t is known, however, that Coach Seeber intends to keep his first string players in during the entire game wi th Os-borne pitching.
Next Tuesday Port wi l l play host to the Manhasset Nine. This game wil l be Port's second league game and again i t is urged that you support your baseball team. Red Osborne is the likely starting pitcher for this game.
' I N T H E S P R I N G A Y O U N G M A N ' S F A N C Y — '
Duff Continues Lecture At the regular meeting of the Retort
on Wednesday, April 14. Thurber Duff gave the second part of his talk on the elements of airplane design. He pre-sented an interesting and instructive talk on airplane motors and demon-strated to the club members a working model of a radial engine which he had constructed.
Mr. Pickett, the faculty advisor of the club, gave a detailed report of the Retort-Celerity Dance and stated that the club had realized a profit of fifteen dollars.
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Practice in tennis, archery and baseball has begun. There was a large t u r n -
out i n each sport, archery having over 48 aspirants. However, the squads
were cut wi th only 15 or 20 lucky ones remaining on each squad.
I n tennis the Sophomores who gained positions on the squad are: M . Lang, M . Muro, B. Farrelly, and E. Monfort. These hopefuls wi l l be i n the future the mainstay of the Blue and White team.
Practice wi l l be held on Mondays and Wednesdays instead of the usual Tuesday and Thursday.
The squad is losing its embarassment when playing before spectators.
When the meets take place there should be no cases of "stage f r ight " for
the admiring glances and faint cheers of the track boys are excellent training
for this common malady. A prospective schedule has been arranged and various
schools have designated their willingness to encounter us. These schools include:
Manhasset, Great Neck, Baldwin, Rockville Center, Oyster Bay, and Westbury.
An offer to engage with us in golf was received from Baldwin High School. Are there any volunteers to uphold the honor of the school?
M . Lang, B. Shontz, D. Davenport and M . Wheeler have been asked by Miss Maher to play i n the Long Island Interscholastic Tennis Tournament to which our school has been invited. We hope Mil ly Lang won't feel too insignificant wi th three Seniors along. Don't worry M i l ' they were Sophs once too. Inciden-tally Miss Lang can whack a mean ball . Dorothy "Helen Wil ls" Davenport is well known for her ability to play tennis and Marge Wheeler and Betty Shontz have got what i t takes, too.
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Chester Jasinski Wins Scholarship
Some Drawings Retained For Museum Exhibition
Chester Jasinski , whose F r e s -col painting of a local water-front scene recently received first place in a Frescol E x h i b i -tion at Rockefeller Center, has won a scholarship of free tui-tion for one year at the Vesper George School of Art , Boston, Massachusettes. He was a w a r d-ed this scholarship for his Port-folio which was submitted to the scholastic competition.
Drawings were also sent in by Willy Knudsen and Beatrice Talmadge. A number of the drawings were retained for the fal l exhibitions of students' work in the American Museum of .Nat-ural History. Among these are two
I advertisements, a stil l life picture, a Frescol of the Mc Girr homestead, and p. sheet of cartoons by Chester Jas-inski. an oil painting by Willie Knud-sen, and a Frescol drawn by Beatrice Talmadge.
These pictures wi l l also be divided into smaller groups and sent to var i -ous high schools for observation. There wi l l also be some drawings submitted for the Federated Council of Art Ed-ucation Scholarship Contest held i n New York in the Squibb Building on May 7 and 8.
Vocational Guidance Forum Held Tuesday
This was the second of a series pf Vocational Guidance Forums to be held at various high schools on Long Island subjects of this meeting were divided into two classes: one, professions for men; and two, the professions for women. The men's discussion con-cerned general business, advertising, and the writ ing profession; while that of the women's beauty culture, dress-making, textiles, and food trades.
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