Atlantic Highlands High School - Atrecall Yearbook (Atlantic Highlands, NJ)

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l FOOTBALL 1936 First Row - Koch, Koehler, Nelson, Herbert, Naylor, Coleman. Sec6nd'R6w - Cottrell, Johnson, Loux, Delaney, Mendes, Eldredge, Kurau, Morrlsy Emerson. Third Row - Mchowell, lllo, Bedle, Mr. Egidio, Dempsey, Keyes, Pleasant, Brittingham, Coach Truex, Minor, Posten, Gardner. IfOR THE first time in a good many years' Atlantic Highlands could boast of a football team that was above the average, when the whistle blew ending the Toms River game it climaxed a season of six victories and two defeats. Among our victims were Point Pleasant, Matawan, Rumson, Asbury Park Junior Varsity, Leonardo, and Toms River. We lost to Freehold and Manasquan. when the season opened we were presented with the problem of filling th.e shoes of such fonner stars as Herb Pos en, William Loehn ng, Edmond Dorsett, Rob- ert Brown Charles Rich, John Romandettl and Sonny Vaughn. Mike Mendes was shift- ed from his old tackle position to an end and Ed ardner was converted from a halfback to the other end position. The tackle positions were filled by two inex- perienced but aggressive boys, Bob Kurau and Al ert Loux.. The guard -was taken sick and VanNess ldridge very capable nsubned until he recovered. The other guard position was gillgd by walgeg Dilangy, a convergedbhaigpacg. Tgedcenxer pos tion was occup e y e ve eran o er o nson. n e ac ev we a .0 ve erans Jim Keyes at fullback and Abe -Pleasant at left halfback. A freshman, VBoon1en Keyes,tg1tEed nicely at right halfback and Louis Poppa, Ed Pitts, and Thomas Minor sp e me a quar er ac . This line up scored 148 points while holding our ogponents to 45. we were the highest scoring team in the Shore Conference and had t e honor of placing Jim Keyes and Abe Pleasant as the individual high scorers of the conference. Our final rating was third place. Lakewood and Mahasquan finishing ahead of us. Our otllook for 1957 seems very bright. Mike Mendes Robert Kurau, and Van- Ness Eldridge are the only seniors tha will be lost to the team. Let's hope for an undefeate season. For the first time in the history of our high school a banquet was given in honor of our athletes who had participated so creditably in Football and Basket- ball during the past seasons. The dinner was given by the local Lions Club at the Log Cabin Inn on Ocean Boulevard. A turkey dinner was served after which Dr. Thomas Mcvey called for short talks by Herbert S. Meinert representing the High School, Wil iam Fehlhaber, representing Highlands, Arnold Truex, representing t e athletesg and J. Wilder Taskar, Head Coach o Football at Rutgers University. we hope the banquet will become an annual affair for the high school athletes. - By Bob Kurau '37

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PRESS CLUB 1rHE Press Club in its fifth year of existence was organized and in running order early in September. Under the guidance of Mr. Everet Rudloff, representa ive of the Asbury Park Press, Alyce Janus, editor and Ruth Hauser, assistant editor, the school journalists for the year of 1936-1937 were soon poking their noses into ev- eryone's business. This year the lecture plan as had been previously tried, was continued. How- ever, the group was this time selective rather than compulsory. Instead of requir- ing journa ism of all seniors, the club opened its portals to any students who were press minded. Seniors, for the most part graced the ranks. Twenty-two asp1ra11ts clambered for seats but the ensuing ife of the regorter dwindled the numbers to fourteen and finally eleven. Meetings were held on onday, period four. In October four of our number: Alyce Janus Ruth Hauser, Eleanor Rowan, and Mary Porsklevies accompanied by Miss Haight attended an instructive all-day con- ference at Rutgers University. The principal point stressed at this gathering was the tremendous influence which High Sohoo Journalism plays. nJournal1sm molds thought and should not be able to be boughtu were the words of Mr. Laurence B. Johnson, Managing Editor of the New Jersey Educational Review. The afternoon meet- ings were given to special topics. Our representatives attended meetings on F1- nancing The Year Book Creative Writing, The Short Story, ways and Means of Devis- ing Ma erial for the Year Book, and Covering the News. Our group activity of visiting the press plant at Asbury Park was undertaken one fine afternoon while the Juniors were giv ng their dress rehearsal of nwatch Your Step, W1lton.n The operation of the plant, the morgue, the telatype, the linotype operators, typesetters, regorters and the various phases of the newspaper well 1 lus rated several points of r. Rudloff's talks. The fourth annual convention for Monmouth County press students and advisors was held this year at Asbury Park on April 6. Representatives from our group in addition to the editor and assistant edi or were Eleanor Rowan Alice Sorenson, and Charlotte Frimpter. This all-day conference presented an interesting slant on school journal sm. Dr. H. F. Green, headmaster of the Pennington School, was the speaker of the day. His theme was: G-goodnessg R-reading CWYoucan't eat garlic in rlvate and not smell in ublicubg O-order, W-work CCo lege bred doesn t mean a our year loafjg I-ideals, -newness, G-gladness. nRest, rust and rot is nota.goo ? B d policyu said Dr. Green. The May awards found the following: Certificate and pin for two years service, Charlotte Frimpterg Certificate and p n for one year service: Ruth Hauser, Alyce Janus, and Eleanor Rowan, Certificates: Veronica Bauer, Katherine Bedle, Albert Daust, Dorothy Hartigan, William Kanovsky, Mary Porsklevies, and Alice Sorenson. This activity was under the direction of Miss Mildred E. Haight.

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BASKETBALL 1937 First Row - Oakes, Paddack, Herbst, Johnson, Bell, Stokes, Kozak. Second'R5w - Kantarian, Poppa, Janus, Dimiceli, Morse, Pleasant, Brittingham, Keyesj Posten, Coach Truex. 1FHE 1937 edition of Atlantic Highlands Basketball teams was one that will be re- membered for a number of years. The team was composed of three veterans, Louis Poppa, Robert Morse and James Keyes.. The two new comers Abe Pleasant and James Pos en completed the Quintet. In the course of the regular season thirteen games were played. Atlantic igh winning nine and losing four. In the past season our- nmmn. We ogened the season by defeating Matawan 30 to 14. Keyport was next and they gave us t e first of three defeats that we suffered at their hands during the sea- son. The next was a pleasant hard fought victory over Manasquan 29 o 27. We continued on the winning side of the ledger defeating Rumson 30 to 9 but then suff- ered our second defeat of the year at the hands of Neptune, 30 to 18. A fine game winning streak followed starting with our ancient rival Leonardo and including Rumson, Manasquan, Red Bank, the first in a few years and the second victory over Manasquan, which was the first time an Atlantic Highlands Basketball team had defeated this opponent twice in the same year. A thriller at Keyport fol- lowed with Atlantic fina ly succumbing 26 to 22 after a bitter struggle. In the remaining two games on the schedule A lantic beat Leonardo for the second time but lost the final of the regular season to Red Bank 30 to 22. On the basis of our season record, we were invited to play in the Shore Con- ference. Our first-round opponent was Freehold. We were successful and easily trimmed them 38 to l8. The ollowing night we met the Keygort High School team for the championship. Keyport won t e game 31 to 22 but tlantic took the second place cup and left as though we had made a good account of ourselves. The following week we met gSouth Amboy in the first-round of nament. After a bitter battle we won 35 to 31. A week later at Convention Hall we lost to Neptune High School 53 to 29 and thus from the tournament. Our season record, including the past season the State Tour- the Asbury Park were eliminated games, stood at ll victories against 6 defeats. The prospects for 1938 are very pleasing. Jim Keyes is the only veteran lost to the team and several junior varsity players have s own promise of filling his shoes. Let's look for another successfu season next year. By Robert Kurau '37