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Vol . X I I . No. 17. Port Washington Senior High School, Friday, February 14, 1936 Pr ice : Five Cents

Circle Admits Vew Members

Init iat ion T o Be He ld Next Meeting

Ait the bi-tnionthly mieeting of the Circle, held Monday night in the teachers' cafeteria, the names of nine candidates wen offered for membership. These were selected on the usual basis of one hundred points earned in high school by par-ticipation in outside activities and a good scholastic average.

T h e membership oomanittee, com-posed of Robert Lamberti , Jean Lowry and Robert Van Allen, after carefully examining the records of al l seniors and upp;r juniors who might ha,ve the necessary credits, found that the following nine peo-ple are eligible to became memlbers of the Circ le : Thomas Keates, Gor -don Lewthwaite, John Linder, R a y -mond Mazur, Jenny Prooelli, Doro-thy Sohauer. Eve lyn Shirk . James Wilkie and Robert V a n Name.

T h e new members will be pre-sented their gr:en ribbons and cer-tificates in assemlbly today. At the next meeting the initiation will be held in the teachers' lunch-room.

T h e present memlbers include John Anderson, Margaret Baomeis-ter, Arthur Cornell , Mavis Pre ;man. HeiUTT Harrison, R i ta Hennessy, Roger Kavanagh , Eloise Jenkins, Andrew Johnson, Arthur Johnson, Robert Lamberti , George L ien . Svea Olsen, Anna Romeyko, R u t h Shontz, Gordon Sttulbbings, Dorothy Su|y-dam. George Sweeney, F red T u r k -ington, Robert Van Allen and W i l -l iam Weber.

Coming Attractions

Tcday—Assembly ait 2:32. Today—Senior Gir ls ' T e a for

College Representatives at 3 p. m. Tcnighiti—^BasikeHbaal Game : G len

Cove vs. Port at 8 p. m. Thursday, February 20—Gir ls '

Biasikeibball Game: Manhasset vs. Pcirt at Port G y m at 4 p. m.

Friday. February 21—Boys' B a s -ketball Game : A lumni Club Vs. Port at Port a t 8 p. m.

Fr iday, February 28—^Boys' B a s -ketball game. Grea t Neck H ^ h School vs. Port at th« port Wash -ington High Stehool gymnasium, at 8 p. M.

Saturday, Ma rch 28—At 9 P. M., Retort-Celerity Dance.

E s say Contest Opened T o Schoo l Students

T h e Beacon Theatre announced an essay contest for the students of the Senior High School last w«ek. T h e essay is to be written on the picture, "A Tale of Two Cit ies. " I t may be a review of the picture, a comparison of the cha r -acters as in the book and the p ic -ture, a contrast or comparison of the entire book to the picture, or an interpretation of the historical background. The paper must be limited to one thousand words.

T h e pioture will be shown c n February 16, 17, and 18 at the local theatre. The judges must receive the piapers on or before February 24. The wnnnsrs will be announced at the Saturday matinee of February 26.

The prizes will be a silver loving cup, a five dollar wrist watch, and a month's pass to the movies.

Parent-Teachers Holds Meeting

Mrs. M. A. Haley Is The Guest Speaker Of Day

The monthly meetaaiig of the Flower m u Parenit-Teaohers' As -;cciaiticn was held on Wednes-day afternoon, Febru>ary 5, in the building of that school. Mrs. Mol-ly Anderson Haley of Mantiaeset made the address.

Mr J . Haley, who has had many vclums.3 of her poetry publisiied. entertained the aw=fiembly members cf the Assooiaticn by reading seleotions from her works. Her pmT>ci3e was to influence the par-

I ents to interest their children in verse. She painted out that it was in the power of present day mothers to make tiie younger generation a happier one, and that an intensive study of poetry would csntrtbute much to this. Mrs. Herbert E . Carrico delivered a Founders' Day iaddress.

Mrs. Charles M. Guilford was awa.rded a Ijfe membership to the New York State branch of the National Ccngreiss of Parents and Teachers. T h e presentation was made by the Parent-Teachers' Asscciation and was a contri-bution to the Student Loan' Fund.

A committee to nominate of-ficers for the coming year was appoinited. Th i s consists of Mrs. J c s e t h Schaad, Mrs. Herbert E . Maitz, and Mrs. R. H . Cheseldine.

Band To Play At Mineola

Two weeks from today the Port Washingiton High School Band will play at the MinsoJa H igh School. T h e band played a.t Mineola last year and due to a huge success they have been invited again this year.

The band will play several pieces, and the Clarinet Quartette, the Hern Quartette, and several folc-isits wi l l play. T h e band play-ed last year and was received very enthusiastically.

L o c a l Ar t Students ' Drawings Chosen

Binney and Smi th Company, which recently manufactured a new art medium known as "Fresool," had a conference a few days ago to choose five drawings from several hundred submitted to be used as examples to procure a patent.

The judges had great difficulty in selecting the five b;st and finally decided on six, a l l of which were done by art pupils of the Port Washington Senior High Stehool. Two drawings were made by V i r -ginia Utz and Eugene Oglethorpe, the other four drawings were drawn by Wil ly Knudsen and Chester J a -sinski. These drawings with the art medium, "Fresool," wil l be sent to Washington for inspection bifore the jjatent is procured.

Dramatics Club Elects Officers

Red Domino Changes Date Of Spring Production

The Red Domino held a meet-ing last Thursday afternoon, Feb-ruary 6, in Miss Hawtthome's room, The meeting was held for two purposes, to elect new officers and to make fuitiher plans for the spring production.

Because of the fact that Brown, the former president, le: school, it was necessary to elect a new president. Mary West, who was the secretary-treasurer, was elected to the vacant position. Th i s advancsmenit oif offiosrs nec-essilatsd the election of a new seoretarj-. For ttois office Antoin-ette Keaney was chosen by the vote of the club.

The publicily staff for the "Blue B i r d " consists of Margaret Bac -me^sicer and R u t h Guilford. Doro-thy Bohn is in charge of news-paper publicity. Many ideas for aidverlising were prciposed 'by the memibers.

The date for this Red Domino prcducticn has beftn changed be-cause of varioiUs 'conflioting fac-tors. Instead of March 13, the performance will be given on the 24;h of April. At the meeiting, a prcpo£ial was made and approved to give a n extra matinee the fol-lowing Saturday afternoon for the children of the grade schools.

Student Broadcasts F o r Scientific C lub

Robert Van Allen, president of the Retort, broadcast over a coast-to-ooast hook-up last Wednesday, February 12. The broadcast came from Radio City and was sent over station W E A F and relayed across the nation on an N B C network. The monthly program on which Bob appeared was that of the Student Science Club of America. He was chosen by the organization to rep-resent this section of the Island.

T h e Students' Science Cluib ctf America consists of six hundred seventeen clubs. Including the R e -tort. Bob, and one other who was selected from another part of the United States, gave a two-minute spsech on the activities of their re -spective organiaaltions. Bob also gave a report on a chemistry course which he took, as a n honor student, at Neiw York University, in New-York. He was chosen out of twen-tyjfive boys because of his out-standing ability in science.

G i r l s ' C l u b s Represented

In Assembly

College Delegates W i l l Attend T e a

T h i s afternoon's assemibly will be

a representative one for the benefit

of the women coming from the va r i -

girls' colleges for the tea to be

given after the program.

Among the organizations repre-sented will be the Home Economics Department, the Circle, school hon-or society, the Celerity, the Gi r l s ' Glee Club, the pantomime classes and the High School orchestra. A n -toinette Keaney, speaking for the Home Economics classes, will ex-hibit a dress which she recently made; Mai^aret Baomedster, invet-erate Circle memiber, will give a short talk about that club; Eloise Jenkins will represent the Celerity; the Gir ls ' G l se Club wil l sing two songs; Mary Colbath, Berna Deane Purgett, Natalie' and Dorothy P^ost, Helen Bott, Mary West and Carol Yetter are going to represent the Pantomime groups with a Valentine number, and the orchestra will play two pieces, "Moment Musicale" by F ranz Schubert, and "Praise Y e the Fa the r " by Charles Gounod.

Colleges Represented Adelphi win be represented by

the registrar. Miss Harley; B a r -nard by the secretary to the com-mittee on admissions. Miss Litaby; E lm i r a by a graduate who was an assistant i n biology, Mrs. Heron-deen; Goucher by the professor of romance languages. Dr. Bearsley; Hollins by a graduate who lives i n New York, Miss Turner ; New Jersey by Miss Clark, assistant In admis-sions; New RochsUe by a graduate who lives in Great Neck, Miss I j a -ressy; Russel l Sage by the director of admissions. Miss Crockett; S k i d -more by a graduate of last year's class, Miss Hurley; Kather ine Gibbs School by the place secretary. Miss Hayward; Sweet Briar , Converse, and Packard Schools have not yet designated who will represent them.

Joliet H i gh Schoo l B a n d T o P lay At Conference

The Joliet High School Band, in the last W'eek of March and the first week in April, will journey to New York City. T h i s band holds the National Championship in Class A this year and for four preceding years.

Mr. V a n Bodegraven is planning to take the members of our High School Band to the city to hear this •band. On Thursday, Apri l 2, the •Port Washington High School Band will play at the Conference.

D r . G ibson Addresses Teache r s ' Association

Dr. W. B. Gibson, Nassau Colle-giate Center archeologist, addressed the members of the Nassau County Science Teachers ' Association in a meeting hsld here last Monday on "The relationship of geology and prehistoric archeology."

At this meeting. Dr. Gibson ex-plained certain new theories, the cause and origin of glaciers and their relation to the early occupation of North America and Europe. Dr. Gibson studied at the University '^f Madrid and is an authority Oi the archeology of southern Spain.

Twenty schools belong to this association, making- a membership of fifty scientists. The Port W a s h -ington representatives are Nina A r -mour, Ste l la Brazeau. Mildred Rees, Olga Sherman. Charles Markle, E a r l Hilflker and Edward Pickett.

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^ ^ e n e n -T h a t were

uuraiy BOOKS TOT weeKwia use are instructed to obtain them dur-

isicMt. especially tne seniors, to pay as soon as possible as the dance is

ing the school day for the Library scheduled for October. School Inaugurates Ninth Year in New Building

ooms and assembly, aerations made in the

en removed, ovides more nent. Other she repaint -3f walls and J ie repairing , i n the c lass -

and the a l -shops.

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The Port Weeklv

Published weekly dur ing the school year by the students of the Port Washington H i g h Schools, Port Washington, N. Y . Subscription r a t e : $.60 per school year; $.35 per semester: single copy, 5 cents. By m a l l , $1.00 per annum.

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EDITOR I N CHIEF Associate Editors

A r t h u r Cornell , Margare t R inehart News Edi tor Frederick T u r k i n g t o n Features Copy Desk E d i t o r . Sports Editors

D. Davenport , E. Jenkins, R. Mazur, B. Van Name.

Music Edi tor Business Manager Circu la t i on Manager

R i t a A. Hennessy Contr ibutors :

L . Bacmeister, A. Jones, D. Weltzner, M . White , C. Wil lets , A. Johnson, A. Woelf l .

- M a r g a r e t Bacmeister j off ice Stan and Typ is ts : - M a r j o n e G n f l e s ^ ^.^^^ ^ ^^^^^^^ ^̂ ^̂ ^̂ ^ ^^^^^

F. V i l l a n i , A. Pray, J . Procell l , E. M u r -ray, A. Massucl.

Facnity Advisers Senior H i g h H . Curt i s Herge

Local Boy Scouts Have Opportunity To Show Off Cute Red Neckerchiefs

_ J o h n Wi lk i e -Evelyn Shirk

J e a n S m i t h Junior H i g h - (ineela Mal lon

V O L . X I I . NO. 17 F E B R U A R Y 14, 1936

A n Analogy

•vy 7 E D N E S D A Y , F e b r u a r y 12, Vv w a s the b i r t h d a y o f the

Gieait Emamcipaitcr, Abra jham L i n -co ln . H i s genial s p i r i t , l ov ing n a -t u r e a n d love o f personal l i b e r t y have been oontemiporari ly p a r a l l -e l led b y only one p r o m i n e n t per -sonage, His late Majes ty , George V. c f E n g l a n d . T h e t w o were veiry sJmilair i n m a n y respects, a n d m u c h t h a t could be said o f one cc'Uid also be appl ied to t h e other.

H i s Ma jes t y served t o the best cf h is oapaoitty t h e roles of K i n g of E n g l a n d and I r e l a n d , Emperor c f I n d i a , a n d Sovereign of C!ol-oniss a n d Domiinions Overseas. He d i d tihat a n d more. He rel ieved any straiins t h a t exisited between t h e aristocracy a n d the people a t the per i cd c f his accession. His presencs i n the f r o n t l i n e trenches i n 1915 dad muich t o bolster the morale of h i s trocps a t a t i m e w h e n i t was a t i t s Icwest ebb. He was no led f o r h i s phdanithropic act iv i t ies and h i s attendance at chari 'table funot i cns . H e was k in ' g -Emipercr , soldier, h u m a n i t a r -i a n , p h i l a n t h r o p i s t , a n d states -m a n . He was a l l t h a t , b u t great -est o f a l l , he was a man.

L i k e w i i e , L i n c o l n d i d more t h a n merely o a r r j ' out the dut ies o f President. H e initiaibed r a c i a l equa l i ty i n t o th i s c o u n t r y . D u r i n g ',he da.rk days o f the W a r of Secession he was a m a j o r fac tor i n susitalning the s p i r i t of the N o r t h .

T h e i r l ives should serve as a r-cdsil f o r anyone asp i r ing f or s p i r i t u a l greatness, a n d a l t h o u g h t h e y were o f d i f f e r e n t c e n t u r y a n d n a t i c n . a c tua l ly t h e i r lives were closely e n t w i n e d .

Our 'Projects''

• i - y r H Y is i t t h a t w h e n t h e W teacher says " P r o j e c t " the

cla.ss heaves a sigh? I n most cases, ones a person

h a ; ccnoeived a n idea t h a t pleases h i m , t i m e doesn't boither so m u c h . Yas, lack of ideas is t i i e worst trciuble. Doss t h i s mean t h a t our school c h i l d r e n have been so few t imes asked to move for ' them-•selves, t h a t w h e n th e y are given a free r e i n t h e y don ' t know w h a t to do w i t h i t? Or does i t m e a n t h a t pro jects , o r g i n a l l y in t roduced f o r var ie ty , are beoo'ming such an eld s tandby t h a t a.ll the good ideas have ibeen p i cked t o t h e bone?

Seme, bel ieving the l a t t e r , say t h a t b y ibhe t i m e you ha-ve f igured ouit somath ing o r i g i n a l to do, i t i sn ' t of a n y rea l value anyhow.

B u t i f you have a rea l ly good idea, y o u work i t out ca.refully, h a n d i t i n , and i t i s d u l y ap-prec iated ; n in e t imes c u t of ten . the teacher adopfts i t a n d y o u r

w o r k is go.-e f r o m you forever. T n e n , a few years la ter i f you re -t u r n t o the room, you w i l l f i n d a h u n d r e d sloppy, t h r o w n - t o g e t h ; r copies c f your lovely pro jec t t h a t you t c c k so m a n y pains w i t h , most of wihich received good m a r ks be-cause " I t was a good idea."

Perhaps Itiie we j l -worn "Oo-cp-eaat icn" between the t w o part ies , w o u l d help .

P O R T P R O F I L E

Dot Schauer Outstanding I n P. W. H . S. Despite Handicap of

B i r t h i n Manhasset

C a p t a i n D o t Schauer, of hockey fame , mads her f i r s t vars i ty a p -pearance 18 years ago i n the t o w n of Manhasset . Despite t h e rules of the game she crossed the l ine and established residence i n the home field a t a n early age. Since t h a t t i m e she has been a n a r d e n t s u p -p o r t e r o f P o r t activiti£s.

T h e grade school he ld no p a r t i c -u l a r b r i l l i a n t s cor ing chances for D o t a n d she p layed her pos i t ion steadi ly b u t u n e v e n t f u l l y . Howsver, w h e n t h e po ints were a i l checked up I » t stood h i g h scorer w i t h one. S a m Shi ley , also of spor t ing blood.

Participates I n Activities-

I n the second h a l f o f the educa-t i o n a l game D o t began to show i n h e r t rue colors. She got off to a flying s t a r t o n t h e whist le a n d has been pJaying fas t and h a r d ever since. T h e score board shows t o her c red i t hookey, basketbal l , base-b a l l a n d archery s t a r d o m a n d i n t h e closing moments o f the game she was elected hockey c a p t a i n . W i t h her recent admiss ion t o the c h a r m -ed Circ le o f h o n o r students a n d post as pres ident c f the V a r s i t y C lub , she m a y indeed be r a n k e d as a t e n -goaler. D o t should be h i g h l y con -g r a t u l a t e d on t h e f ine p l a y i n g she has k e p t up a n d i t is remarkab le to note the t i m e - o u t s she has t a k e n . She has aooomplished m-em-bership i n L a T e r t u l i a , Celer i ty , a n d V a r -s i t y d u b , h e ld endless class offices, a n d represented the s p o r t i n g side of the school o n T h e P o r t Weekly .

Associates With Sportsman

H e r fine s h o w i ng cannot be a t -t r i b u t e d t o l a ck of g u a r d i n g as the more v a l i a n t sex o f local teams have t a k e n e x t r a precaut ions i n w a t e h i n g t h i s menace since her ear ly scor ing on S a m . O n l y once has Miss Schauer 's p lay been pure ly de -fensive a n d i n t h a t casa i t took a l a d o f m i l i t a r y t r a i n i n g to t u r n the t r i c k . She insists t h a t i t was the fine s p o r t i n g tact ics r a t h e r t h a n t h e u n i f o r m t h a t was responsible f o r t h e smash ing of the records. H e r press agents have recent ly t u r n e d the a t t e n t i o n o f her publ ic t o her teammate i n t h e present l i n s - u p , who is also a c a p t a i n , also a basket-b a l l star , a n d possessed of a n ex-ceedingly c o m m o n last name.

Rank and Vile

Piarties a t A r t Cornel l 's are praotica.l ly weekly a f fa i r s now, b u t t h e one last F r i d a y seems t o have been especially w o r t h y o f m e n -tOon. Those presenit fimaily w o u n d up cooking eggs a t Utz 's about 3 a. m .

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Plans are already being l a i d for tibe Betcc^.-Celerity dance, t o be h e l d M a r c h 28. I t ' s going t o be very super-super w . t h s o m e t h i n g special i n t h e way c f decorations a n d a snappy orchesitra. I f a l l goes wel l , i t w i l l be h e l d i n t h e gyim. G e t your dates ear ly .

T h e Y . P. P. h a d a r a t h e r e x t e m -poraneous danoe Tuesday evening. T h e y d i d n ' t decide t o have i t u n t i l Sunday n i g h t . I t ' s too ear ly now to know how i t t u r n e d out, b u t w i t h the admission a mere four b i ts there should have been a good crowd there.

A l l t h i c u g h m y h i g h school career, i t has been one o f m y ain-_bitl,.ns to see t h e beg inn in g of a h i g h school dance and know who was t h e firisi: to a r r i v e . So I'i&i S a t u r d a y n i g h t I managed .0 get t o the school a t about 20 minutes t o n ine , figuring t h a t t h a t w o u l d be l o n g before anyone else get the:re. I was surprised and a l i t t l e shocked to find a p p r o x i . mgitely 26 people a lready there , i n -e luding 25 scphcmores (19 boys a n d 6 girls>, a n d Georgie L i e n , who was suppor t ing the d i g n i t y of the Senior Clars i n the s h i n i n g splendor of a t u x . T h e orchestra finally a r r i v e d a n d spent a s u r p r i s -i n g a m o u n t of t i m e t u n i n g up , c o n -•ildeiing the r e m i t s obta ined . A t n i n e o'clock t h e orchestra s w i m g i n l o the f a m i l i a r s t ra ins of the openiKg number , I misremember w h a t i t was, j u s t now. Every -body seemed t o be a f r a i d to be the f i r s t one t o da.nice so we d j s h e d of f i n search c f our dates.

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T h e spc'tlights helped a l o t w i t h the dsoorations as i t ' s sor t o f h a r d t o make the ca feter ia lock l ike a n y t h i n g b u t a l u n c h - r o o m . T h e hearts a n d streamers stayed p u ; a l o n g wh i l e , too, b u t whe n they s t a r t ed c o m i n g d o w n t h e y disappeared i n a h u r r y . T h e or-chE,;itra d id p r e t t y we l l , even t h o u g h i t d i d lock l ike a b i t c f graijt w h e n the chadaman of the c'ar.'ce committee cho;e a n o r -chestra t h a t his b r o t h e r plays i n . They only p layed " T h e Mus ic Gees D i ; w n a n d B o u n d " once, abcut 10:45. S o m e t h i n g t o boast about.

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A Sophomore's v i e w p o i n t on t h e danoe:

Moat s u r p r i s i n g couple: Peggie VarUe a n d Eddie K r a f t .

" O l d F a i t h f u l s " : D r i n a R i c h and A l a n G o u l d .

A n o t h e r surpr i se : M a r y Red-field ( p u l c h r i t u d i n c u s Soph.) w i t h Pat "Boy Scout" I j o r d (Senior ) .

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T h e beau c f the ba l l t u r n e d out to M r . M e r r i l l . Janie C lar k a n d Marge Gri f fes , r emember in g t h a t t h i : is Leap Year , asked h i m to da,n!Oe w i t h t h e m , a n d a f t e r con -siderable t h o u g h t he d i d , w i t h Miss Gri f fes first, t o the audib le c h a g r i n o f Miss C l a r k .

B y M A R G A R E T B A C M E I S T E R

Ha,ts off to the Boy Scouts. W h a t d i d we have againist t h e Boy Sccuts anyway? T h i s be ing Boy Scout Week a n d i n v i ew of the fac t t h a t l i t t l e Georgiie L i e n is net w e a r i n g h i s tiniiiform we w i s h to ex tend our welcome to these woBthy lads. A t t h i s p o i n t le t i t suftuce to say thait G. L . ' s u n i -f o r m is i n the wash, a n d seems to <be i n f o r a l ong a n d arduous d u c k i n g .

A p p a r e n t l y the school mates c f t h e honored d a n are going f o r t h Wfjth the t rue s p i r i t c f the event. Gocd deeds are rampanit . Bo b V a n Name w h o is also m i n u s t h e prescribed a t t i r e , p e r f c i m e d h i s for M o n d a y by e x t r a c t i n g , a t Zech's request, f irom Ji immie, the la t ter ' s whereabouts f r o m -midnight t i l l 2:30 S a t u r d a y n i g h t . Scme-bcdy else was a l l exc i ted aibout J o h n Greig 's b roken hdp b u t calmed dc.wn w h e n they d i roov -ered t h a t w h a t t h ey used for a sJiing was on ly M r . Greig 's m e r i t badge bel t .

Weber Mourns N. Y . U . As the gccd deed f o r t h e

whole school al low us t o ex-tend our h e a r t f e l t s y m p a t h y a n d sincerest regrets t o B i l l Weber on the passing of h i s dear f r i e n d s and comrades, the undefeated N . Y . U . basketbal l t eam. I f N o t r e Dame w i n s (this w-eek we m a y be m c u r n i n g c u r Span i sh a th le te also.

M a y we suggest a l i s t of good deeds for prospective Boy Scouts or those w h o have belonged so l o n g t h a t t h e i n i t i a t i v e has de-p a r t e d :

1. F i n d D a n n y a chess p a r t -ner.

2. F i n d J o h n WUkiie's u n i f o r m — he said he lost it .

3. W r i t e t h i s c o l u m n . 4. G e t M a j o r Bowes i n r i g h t

w i t h Keates. 5. JFind someone A n d y Johnson

can beat a t p i n g p o n g ( th i s is re ferred to the Circle miembership comimiittee.)

6. B u y the Beacon a r e a l ser ia l w i ; h a l i t t l e exc i tement i n i t .

7. TeU t h e bestJooking boy i n t h e Sophomore class t h e Scout u n i f o r m s aren ' t being w o r n t h i s seaecn.

8. Suggest t o the a u t h o r i t i e s t h a t a l l the p ictures i n T h e P o r t L i g h t be X -Ray= .

9 Prevent W o e l f l f r o m desert ing the home produiot f o r E l m h u i s t i r a n u a c t u r e on t h e occasion c f the R a t o r t dance.

Sophs T u r n Out I t isee-ms thait c o n t r a r y to t h e

gccd o ld custom the Sophomores a l l came to t h e i r own danoe, i n fact t o such a n extent t h a t t h ey made n i n e bucks f r o m t h e m -selves. H a r r i s o n wants t o k n e w w h y t h ey d i d n ' t j u s t col lect the d o u g h a n d n o t bo ther w i t h the danoe.

A l t h o u g h ithe l i t t l e boys t h a t belong t o the Sccuts c l a i m i t ' s the wort.hiest o rgan iza t i o n go ing outside o f the I . W . W . we have disiocvered t h a t ifche m a j o r i t y of the s tudents don ' t beicng. 'When a research wais conducted o n t h i s subject they discovered the f o l -l o w i n g th ings . A r t h u i - W o e l f l is a f r a i d he's being confused w i t h thie G i r l Sccuts. Char l i e L i n c o l n t h i n k s the u n i f o r m s are too duU. Keaitss lacks interes t a n d besides there 's always Weitzner , and A r t i e Moore wants h i s evenings free - f r o m Scouts) .

February 14, 1936 T H E P O R T W E E K L Y Page 3

Written and Edited by the Students of the

Junior High School The Port Junior Charlotte Stephenson

Student Editor

Is Romance Dying?

B y P A U L W O O D Good old S a i n t Valentine would

probably twitch in his grave today, this day of " h e a r t s , " i f he could have a peek in the "boy friend's " vest (or is it best) pocket a n d see some of Woolworth's valentines.

W h a t a contrast between the missives of today and those of father's time -when he sent his girl a home-made heart with a n arrow piercing it. How lovely were the concoctions of mid-Victorian l a v e n -der and old lace with sentiments gushing al l over them!

Woe to me! I suppose in another fifty years or so they will disregard Valentine's Day entirely. I must make a study of the good saint's horoscope to find out whether or not it is doomed to utter oblivion.

Abraham Lincoln

T h e recent celebration of the birthday of A b r a h a m L i n c o l n r e -minds us once more of the humble start in life and poor chance for education that this great m a n had. He had to struggle for his knowl-edge and his education, while it is served to us on a "s i lver pQatter" with t h 3 teachers thinking up schemes to make the lessons " tasty . "

M a n y times we abuse the l u x u r i -ous manner in which we obtain our education. I don't believe that we should a l l be expected to lead the life of hardship w h i c h L i n c o l n led, but i n thinking of h i m and his €axly schooling we can be thankful for our present-day schools and make the most of our opportunities.

Traffic Squad Organizes

Mr. Hulbert Faculty A d -viser; Odd Hope A c t -

ing Captain

T h s oew traffic squad has just been formed under the leadersbip cf Mr. Hulbert. T h e graduaiting SB's left many vaxjancies to be filled. Therefore, there are many new officers who have just taken pests. T h i s year the squad stuould have a successful season under Mr. Huiberfs guidance.

A captain has not yet been aip-poinitsd but at present Odd Hops is fUldng that position. There are now 29 officers on the squad. They hope to be able to keep the lines i n perfect order, and this task can be accaraipllsihed with your co-operation. ...̂

Squad Members

T h e members cif the squad are as follcws: Wil lard Baker , J o h n Bcrict t i , Robert Carney, J o h n Duf-field, Arthur Duffy, Ernest P a -gicla. Henry Frost , Odd Hope, F r a n k Hunold, Bryce K i r k , Geo-•rgs Lawson, P l u E i p McKenna., E r -n s s ; Mazur, B u m Miller, Tony Mcnzicne. Charles Neulist, James Renson, G c r d c n Ross, C a r l R u r -oede Albert Salerno, Bert Shauer, J i m m y Scobbo, F r e d S m i t h . John Smith , George Tiseerand, Ernest Tcnrmeire , James Vi l lani , Spsncar Williams and Gordon Zwerledn.

Notice, Homeroom Reporters I

A l l pupils who were elected to the position of homeroom r e -

porters are asked to notify their E n g l i s h teachers of this fact. T h e i r weekly report for the Port Jimior is to be handed to the Engl ish teacher, who will grade the work so that the p u -pil may be given credit for this work. A l l reports must ibe h a n d -ed to the teacher by noon on F r i d a y . T h e material must be handed to Miss Mallon on the following Monday.

Girls ' Sport Council Revises Constitution

Interclass Games W i l l Be P l a y e d ; Midget T e a m

Planned

H O M E R O O M S E L E C T T E R M O F F I C E R S

Interviewing Mr. Valentine

I was interviewing Mr. Valentine, yesterday, and he gave me all the dope about a l l the young Romeos. H ; seems to be getting good busi-ness. Here's the lowdown:

B . S . B seems to be rushing F . Parker (they even dine together), Jane H . will as usual be sending J . A. a big red heart.

Su D. will send a token of her love to C. H . (going i n for big things, S a l l y ) . D . C. will send one to O. H . a n d E . L . to S . W. Well , that's al l that's fit to print.

P S.—Woolworth's was crowded the other day.

M u c h to the aB - l ' s sorrow, Henry Pepper was transferred to the 8B-2. Too bad, " P e p . " T r y hard and you wiU come back to us.

7 A - l ' s Added To Staff

T h e heme room eleoticns were held last week and many worthy, up and coming politicians were discovered. T h e offices that were voted for were: president, secre-tary, council member, class re-

> porter. girl cashier, and boy cashier. T h e elections as a whole were hotly ccotested. Many were ties and had to be r i m off several times before a final decision was reached.

T h e new class officers seem to be able to r u n the home-room meetings very efficiently and that is a gO'Od thing because the class me&tings are not always conducted properly.

T h e presiidenits cf the home-rccrns are as follows:

7A-1, Bi l ly Helfr ich; 7A-2, Mar -guerite Demtcn; 7A-3, Frances Kuczynsika; 7A-1, Ryder Amithor: 7B-2, Chester Malevitoh; 7B-3, R i c h a r d T e n n s c n ; 7B-4. F r a n c i s Wooley: 8A-1, J e a n R a n k i n ; 8A-2, K e n n e t h Pul len ; 8A-3. Walter G o l -den; 8B-1, Jeian Starkweatlher; 8B-2, Henry Peper, 8B-3, Madeline S h e s h a n ; 9A-1, Eleanor Jenkins ; 9A-2, Odd Hope; 9A-3, Arthur H c r t s c h ; 9B-1, Rembert B r i m m ; 9B-2. Phil ip M c K e n n a , 9B-3, Ernest Fagiola.

L a s t week during girls' gym classes, Miss Crampton explained to each class the new, sports consti-tution, the running of the sports council, the point system and how to join the sports organization.

No girl will be eccepted for m e m -bership until she has written a com-position of at least 50 words telling why she would like to join. She must also have earned 25 points in individual sports, such as ping-ping, skating, hiking, skiing, horseback riding or some similar activity. A copy of the new sports constitution is posted in each homeroom.

Interclass Games Since the intersquad games are

nearly over, plans are imder way for girls' interclass games. A " M i d -get" team is also being planned for all the short girls who indulge in the sport.

Maryjane F o r d and Donald Pierce of the 7A-1 homeroom have been assigned to positions on T h e Pert Junior staff. Members of the 7A who have news to be pub-lished may get i t to the staff through these two representatives.

A R U M O R B y some devious method we have

found out that J e a n Preston is ro -mancing with R a y F i n l a y . Watch out, R a y , this is leap year!

Japanese Exhibit In L ibrary

I n the library thiere is a n excel-lent Japanese exhibition. I t con-sists of pictures and mounted figures. T h e figures were sent to Miss God'firee directly from an aorit company in J a p a n and they are exaot images of the people in that coimtry today.

There are seme verj- interest-ing facts about the display which Miss Godfree wUl tell you about upon request.

Impressions Of A 7A Pupil Upon Entering

Junior High

B y M A R Y J A N E F O R D Boy ! Was I scared when I entered

here, B u t I held up my chin to hide my

fear. We climibed a n d climbed 'til we

reached the top, I , for one, was glad to stop. We reached the room numbered 308, I n I walked trying to be sedate. I glanced a t the " k i d s , " then at the

teacher, I wondered if she would be a

preacher. She was rather nice, and told us

the rules. We al l listened like little fools. T o things we've heard from our

first school day. F o r every teacher seemed to say : "Keeip to the right as you pass i n

the hal l , Have a sense of responsibility first

of aU, Do things right or they won't prove

worth-while ; Do your work each day and don't

let it pile." Well, we heard the rules and then

covered our books. We passed through the hal l and

peered in all nooks. T h e school seemed so big and we

so small . (There's nothing more to say ; I've

said it a lL)

Subscription Drive Closes

9A-2 Has Highest Average ; Drop Of 71 Reported

T h e Port Junior su'bscription Campaign w h i c h has been going on in Junior High for the past two weeks has not been nearly so successful as that of last ieirm.

Subscription Drop T h e total of 125 new, added to

56 fuU-year suhsoripticms, makes a total of 181 pupUs and teachers who are supporting their school paper. T h e total registration- in Junior High School this term is 608. T h e total number of sub-scriptions last term was 252. T h e drop of 71 in circulation inddmtes to the staff that -the school as a whole is not interesited in the eohciol paper.

Percentage Ratings O f ithe 95 7A pupils assigned to

Miss Oaiey, Miss Rees, and Miss Sherman, only 13 subscribed for their school paper. T h e staff re-gards this as a very poor showing for beginners in our school. T h e 9A-3 homeroom, which is super-vised by Miss Mallon had the higthesit subscription percentage. T h e i r room had 21 subscribers out of a total of 31 pupils, givinig them an evareg of 67-7 per cent. T h e 9B-1 homeroom, under the supervision c f Miss Ma-ndigo had a, ratiinig of 63 per cent, and Miss Armer's 9A-1 attained an aver-age of 60 per cent.

School Rat ing T h e percentage rating of the

e-ntiire school is 29.7 per cent. Al l money for orders must be turned in to the office by February 24. A few single copies of the paiper will be on sale i n Miss Mallon's room at 5 cents per co-py. T h e business staff announced that i n -the future the papers will be dis-tribuited i-n the hcmeroomis ait the close of school instead of the be-ginning of school.

Lamberti Team Wins Intersquad Basketball

Tournament

T h e final round of the boys' bas-ketball tournament was played last week with Joseph Lamlberti's squad as the ohamipions. T h e y defeated McCarthy 's team, 24-17. E a c h boy on the winning team wil l receive numerals.

Prior to this game, McCarthy 's team beat Monzione's (boys, 21-9, and Markland's team was licked by Lamlberti's squad with a score of 24-17. G r e a t interest has 'been dis -played in this squad games, which have been arranged by Coach H a -ron.

When varsity practice was cal l -ed on Monday, February 10, the follow;ng :boys reported as regu-lars and substitutes: Wi l l iam M c -Carthy , " R a l p h Greoco, Joseph Lamiberti, Donald Harshba-rger, F r a n k l i n Marldand, David Wy-song, Phd-lip McKe-runa, WiUard Baker. Lewis Lige-ri. Harold M a r -ro. Albeit Salerno, Wil l iam E f -fertz, Gordon Zwirlein, E r n e s t Tonsmiere, Henry Frost , Tony Monzicne, Spencer Williams, Mich-ael Cherry, E d w a r d G r e z j k a , and Harold Pcole.

T I or nurary rxx5Ks l o r weeirena nse are instructed to obtain them dur-

asKca, especially tne Heniors. to pay as soon as possible as the dance is

tag the school day for the Library scheduled for October. School Inaugurates Ninth Y e a r in New Buiiaing

e n -,t were

en removed. — ovides more

nent. Other :he repaint -j f walls and

•^1^;;^;^;;;^ -he repairing - _ in the c lass -

^SHIj^ assembly7 and the a l -cerations made in the shops.

Page 4 T H E P O R T W E E K L Y F e b r u a r y 14, 1936

JMineola Five Tops Varsity

Korf , Mineola Forward, Outstanding Scorer

B y B O B V A N N A M E T h e ibasketlbaJl legions of Por t

W a s h i n g t o n l a i d siege t o t h e M a -r o o n g y m last F r i d a y n i g h t a n d were beaten back by the accurate f i re o f the M i n e o l a defenders to the t u n e o f 27 t o 21. For the f i r s t q u a r -ter , the lads of t h e B lue and W h i t e a n d t h e home t o w n boys b a t t l ed neck a n d neck, b u t i n tha second per iod the s tory was d i f f e rent . T h e accurate a n d sensational shots of K o r f p u l l e d the c o u n ty seaters away f r o m the v is i tors , to lead a t h a l f t i m e , 14 to 9. T h e t h i r d per iod was m u c h t h e same as the second w i t h the close gruarding of M i n e o l a keep-i n g t h e P o r t forces i n submission. D u r i n g t h e second a n d t h i r d periods P o r t made 4 po in ts whi l e Mineo la r o m p e d away w i t h 11. I n the m i d -dle of t h ; last per iod , t h e P o r t a t -tack f i n a l l y got m o v i n g a n d w i t h the a i d o f August ino ' s spectacular, b u t belated, l ong shots the P o r t forces were able to p u l l u p to w i t h -i n six po in ts of the leaders before t h e i r efforts were t h w a r t e d b y the g u n .

Augustino Scores K o r f , t h e M i n e o l a r i g h t f o r w a r d ,

was w i t h o u t question the o u t s t a n d -i n g m a n o n t h e floor, c h a l k i n g up 13 po in ts f o r the home forces, i n -c l u d i n g h i s 16th consecutive f o u l toss. H i s spe£d a n d p i v o t i n g c o n -s t a n t l y p u l l e d the P o r t defenders out of pos i t i on a n d paved the way for h i s teammates ' shots. Joe A u g u s -t i n o l ed the P o r t q u i n t e t w i t h 10 po in ts by v i r t u e o f f o u r field goals a n d t w o free tosses.

T h e two teams were evenly m a t c h -ed w i t h the except ion o f K o r f . T h e of f ic ia ls were n o t t h e best we've seen t h i s season. Toward s the e n d o f the game m a n y h o l d i n g i n f r a c -t ions went i m c a l l e d ; however, the o f f i c ia ls were i m p a r t i a l .

T h e J . V.'s, as usual , w o n t h e i r game, t h i s t i m e by a 23 t o 17 count . T h i s r u n s t h e i r w i n n i n g streak u p t o seven, i n c l u d i n g five league t r i -umphs . T h e y d i d n ' t w i n w i t h o u t a f i g h t , however; f o r go ing t o t h e m i d d l e of t h e las t per iod they wsre f o u r po in t s beh ind . S h o w i n g the qual i t ies of a good t e a m by coming t h r o u g h i n the t i g h t spots, they scored 10 po ints w h i l e the opposers got two . T h e i n d i v i d u a l h i g h scorer was We ismante l , the M i n e o l a r i g h t f o r w a r d , w h o n e t t e d 11 po in ts f o r the los ing cause. T h e P o r t honors w e n t to " E d d a h " D u m p s o n , w h o oontr ibutHd 10 po in t s t o t h e v i c t o ry .

Mineola (27) G F P

Korf, rf . 6 1 13 Craft, If _ 0 0 0 Backel - 2 0 4 Zinzer, c . 1 0 2 Latham 1 0 2 McGown, rg _ 1 2 4 Hausmann, Ig 1 0 2

Totals 12 3 27 Port Washington ( 2 1 )

G F P Smith, rf 0 2 2 Rogier, If 1 0 2 O. Petersen, c 1 0 2 Dumpson _ 1 0 2. Augustino, rg 4 2 10 Shiley, Ig 0 3 3

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A oommcn hcpe in the hearts of al l the basketball l a s : e ; is for a n undefeated team. Hope is the paramount feeling, not expectation. No one is fooling herself about her own or the team's ability. Port has h a d a great degree of luck in a l l of its encounters and luck doesn't always hold. T h e games the s i l l s are planning for are those with G l e n Cove and Westbuiy, both away from home. These two games p r e m i e to be the h a r d -est of the season with the possible exception of Manhasset. Both have been beaten before but they have been beaten when playing away from heme, and both games were very close and in the return game our score may be close to zero.

Th 'S G l e n Ccve t e a m has proved a n e n i g m a to P o r t . T h e y iQ-it on ly one p layer by g r a d u a t i : n t o Fort ' s five a n d p r e i c n t s d t h e ,jame t eam this year as last w i i h one exospitlcn. Last year t h e y defe ; t£d us i n one game, ye; th i s year our t e a m prcved the vicitcr i n w h a t locked l ike a n easy w i n a t h a l f - t i m e . I t seem; in-.pr:ibabls 'that t h e i r team^ could f a l l down t o such a n extsTj; as to be beaten by a P e r t t e a m i n f a r i c r to last year '3 t e r m . Port ' s t eam is a n imprcv i sed aggregat icn b u t net o f any great b i i l l i a n c e .

The Westbury game was slower and easier than the Glen Cove game. T h e Blue and White was in the lead a i l the way. s;cmetimes by as much as tzn pcints. M c K e n n a of Westbury must have had a n off day for she didn't acc-cunt for a single point which was disastrous to Westbury. She is their star forward, but left the burden of play on the captain, who proved alir.Oj^t, if not quite, able to turn the tide single-handed.

T h e game w . t h Mianhaiset next T h u r s d a y is gcir .g to be a ' c o r k e r . " P o r t was on ly able t 3 beat t h e m bv t w o pc in ts lasit mcnith a n d they wiU be out f cr revenge dn a big way. Mairan -geUo, t h e i r £itar f r w a - d , is able ts &'nk a basket f r o m a n y con-ceivable angJe c r disitance, for a female player, a n d the other t w o scorers a ie no slouches.

T h e Oytter Bay g?me shruld be a walkaway. Oyster B a y has no defense and no signal plays, that work, on her of-fense. Unless a miracle has been wrought she should not give the Blue and White much trouble.

B O Y S ' B y R A T M A Z U R

P l a y i n g two games this week, the B lue a n d Wihite has a chance to imjprove its league srainding. Last Tu:£day's game was wKii Manhasset but because of h a v . n g t o go t o press M a n -day, no acccunt ol the gamie can be made. T c n i g h t ' s encounter w i l l bs staged a t G l e n Cove against " P a t " Rooney a n d C o m -pany. I f P e r t c a n p lay the same fine game they showed a ; the last G l e n Cove game a n d provided the breaks favor C a p t a i n S m i t h a n d the beys t h i s t i m e , a sorely needed v i c tory m i g h t be secured.

One of the greatest upsets cf the whole ping pong tour-nament was staged at 3:30 last Friday afternoon. " H a n k " Sinkinson, recognized as one of the favorites to place in the finals, was soundly trounced by " B i l l " Bischof, hitherto un -known, by the score of 21.19, 21-19. By virtue of this upset Bischof advances into the third round. F ive first round and two second round matches were played in the l^st week. Wright, a seemingly goc>d player, triumphed over G . Keates i n an easy fashion by scores of 21-5, 21-8. Other results of first round matches were: M c K e n n a defeated S. Shiley 21.7, 21-6; H . Sink-inson defeated Norange 21-12, 21-7; Bcr ioUi defeated EUiston 21.18, 21-15; J . Rinehart defeated D. Smith in a hard fought match 15-21, 21.19, 25-23; and R. Ake defeated D. Lord 21-11, 21-6. Results c f other second round matches show that Arthur Johnson defeated brother Andrew in a hotly contested gams by 21.17, 21.11.

T h i s a f t e m o c n , the P e r t H i g h g y m n a s i u m w i l l be the scene of the a n n u a l Inter-c lass I n d o o r T r a c k Meet . T h e event i ; spon-sored 'by the V a r i i t y C lu b a n d promises to be one of the best ever a t t e m p t s d . Seven events are l i s ted w i tJ i a gold medal t o be g iven away t o t ^ e w i n u e r of eaoh evernt. T h e events are as fcUciw;: 100 y a r d d a : h . 220 y a r d dash, 440 y a r d dash. 880 yard r u n , 1 m i l e r u n , r u n n i n g hdgih j imnp, a n d the s t a n d i n g broad j u m p . T h e interest is r u n n i n g h i g h w i t h b a t h the Jun io r s and Sophomores eager to dethrone the seiiiicirs winners of tihe meet lasi!; year. Candy w i l l be sold as a side a t t r a c t i o n a n d a large c r c w d should He on h a n d to witness tIhe meet.

Varsity Downs Westbury Six

Sophie Slaska Is High Scorer For Winners

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T h e g i r l s ' sextet w o n i ts f o u r t h

successive v i c t o r y of the season by

de fea t ing W e s t b u r y on T h u r s d a y ,

le^eibruary 6. T h e f i n a l score was

24-19.

T h e second team contest r e s u l t -

ed i n a 13-10 v i c tory f o r P o r t .

T h e P o r t g i r l s gained the lead early , w h i c h t h ey k e p t u n t i l t h e very e n d by v a r y i n g marg ins . D u r -i n g the first h a l f the P o r t f o rwards made careless passes w h i c h w«re t o Westbury ' s advantage. A t the h a l f t h e scoreboard read 10-13 i n favor o f P o r t .

P o r t resumed i t s lead place i n the second h a l f , a n d the p l a y i n g was a n i m p r o v e m e n t over t h e first h a l f . W e s t b u r y t h r e a t e n e d to overtake the B l u ; a n d W h i t e , b u t P o r t suc-cessfully r e t a l i a t e d , 11 po ints were scared by P o r t i n t h i s h a l f , wh i l e Westbury m a k e 9 po ints .

Sophie Slaska was h i g h scorer w i t h 14 po ints t o h e r c red i t .

P o r t has so f a r defeated every opponent. W i t h th i s v i c tor ious record t h e prospects for the M a n -hasset game n e x t T h u r s d a y look promis ing . However , Miss M a h e r says, "Manhasset has proved our most f o rmidab le r i v a l . " Pos. Pt. Washinston (24) Westbury R F Jenkins. E . Magnus L P Slaska, Sc , McKenna CP- Alexander, O, Agres

Brown — Gannon

C O JCurejwo, P. R G Schauer, D. L P Davenport, D Dysko

Substitutions: Muro, Seaman, Hansen, Brown, Referee: Sanchez, Scorers: Hesse and Kosolsky. Timekeeper: Poslllico.

Port Aggregation Tops Manhasset

I jast Tuesday n i g h t P o r t a d -minlEtered the most s t u n n i n g de-feat seen c n local courts t h i s ?ea?on t o t h e lads f r o m M a n h a s -set. T h e Blue a n d W h i t e qu inte t , led by Joe August ino , whacked the T o w n K a l l e r s t o the tune o f 46 to 8, T h e score is a t rue i n d i -ca t ion cf the difference i n the t w o teams. T h e F o r t five got cff to a 8 to 0 lead a t the f i rs t quar ter and was never headed, Manhasset was hopelessly outolatsed i n every depantmer-it as was shewn by the fac t t h a t Manhasset d i d n ' t make a single field goa^ i n the second h a l f a n d made good only two free tcsses w h i l e P o r t was m a k -n g 27 po ints .

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