Bristol High School - Green and White Yearbook (Bristol, RI)

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THE GREEN AND WHITE 19 nounced. Those chosen by Mr. Condon to Morris Levy and Fabio De Cristofaro. represent the school were Leon Kenney, Clifford Keating entered as an individual for Miss Frances Horton, Miss Sadie Giorgio, the special prize. So much has been said about athletics in the Colt Memorial High School that further praise is out of place. At the beginning of the season the spirit of foot ball was inflamed in the heart of every pupil in the Colt Memorial High School. With the assistance of Mr. Eastwood and Mr. Condon a team was soon rounded into shape and two games played. One of the hottest contests ever witnessed took place on Bristol common between a team composed of the “Freshies” and Juniors, and another of Seniors and “Sophs.” End runs and line plunging by Rinaldi, the varsity fullback, resulted in a victory for the “Freshies” and Juniors. From this game our coaches picked a varsity eleven to represent Colt Memorial High School on the gridiron. Football is again revived after a ten-year lapse. Our football schedule to date for next year is as follows: Sept. 10.........Colt at Durfee, Fall River Sept. 26.......... West Warwick at Bristol October 3 ........... Colt at Central Falls BASKET BALL After five seasons with no team to repre- sent our school in the “gyms” around Rhode Island, a basket ball team is now formed, of which every pupil of the Colt Memorial High School should be proud. Though it was organized rather late in the season it showed that Colt Memorial High School must be placed on the map in basket ball. With the assistance of our coach, Mr. Condon, a schedule of eight games was arranged, of which four were won by the team, while the other four were lost by only a few points. During the basket ball season school spirit seemed dead. Something had to be done to renew the spirit of athletics. It was Mr. Strong that helped the Athletic Association very much by frequently addressing the student body, on assembly mornings, concerning the results of games, the necessity of athletics in the school and school spirit. TRACK Our track team at this time deserves a great deal of praise, because of its hard work in preparing for the Kingston Track

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18 THE GREEN AND WHITE THE DEBATING CLUB OF THE COLT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL The Debating Club of the Colt Memorial High School met on November 7, 1923, and the following officers were elected: Sidney Makowsky, chairman; Norman Benard, vice chairman and treasurer; Miss Catherine Fay, secretary. The business committee was Charles Serbst, Miss Barbara Tucker, and Norman Benard. The club adviser elected was Mr. Strong, and the assistant club adviser, Mrs. Clark. The purpose of this society is threefold: “to develop the habit of independent and organized thought upon all important questions; to develop the ability to speak easily and convincingly upon such questions; and to convince others of the correctness and sincerity of the speaker’s views.” We then joined the Brown Interscholastic Debating League. The Brown Club offers to the high schools of Rhode Island a cup to be held for a year by the debating team winning the most debates determined by an elimination process. In the first debates of the series we were chosen by lot to debate with the Pawtucket High School at Pawtucket. We then planned to hold a debate in the auditorium before the pupils and faculty on the question to be debated in Pawtucket. Those who took part on the affirmative side were Miss Gertrude Grice, Miss Dilys Wall, Leon Kenney and Charles Serbst. The negative team was Norman Benard, Leo Nussenfeld, Sidney Makowsky and Miss Catherine Fay. The judges, Mr. Hobbs, Dr. Williams and Mrs. John Condon, decided in favor of the affirmative. Mrs. Clark and Mr. Strong, after much deliberation, chose the following team from those who debated in the auditorium, to take part in the debate at Pawtucket: Charles Serbst, Leon Kenney, Leo Nussenfeld, and Miss Catherine Fay as alternate. Mr. Robert K. Bennett, Superintendent of Schools in Central Falls, accepted our invitation to act as judge in this debate. The other two judges were chosen by Pawtucket. There was a great deal of hard work put in in preparation for the debate and we are greatly indebted to Mrs. Clark for her advice and assistance. On the night of the debate the members of the team and other members of the debating club, and of the school traveled by train to Providence. Here they were met by Mr. Kirschbaum, coach of the Pawtucket debating team. When we arrived at Pawtucket, Mr. Kirschbaum started us on the way to the school. After we had walked and walked till we thought we’d never stop, our guide discovered that he had lost his way. We turned around and tramped back and arrived rather late, but safely, at the Grove Street Grammar School, where the debate was to be held. The high school orchestra cheered us considerably with some very enjoyable music and finally everything became quiet and we started our first real debate. I can’t describe the funny feeling we all experienced when our first speaker stood up. We fought hard to win that debate but were defeated by the Pawtucket team. However,, we gained much more confidence in ourselves and useful experience in debating. As a result of this debate, we were eliminated from the Brown Interscholastic League. Hope High School in Providence was also eliminated from the league; so we challenged the club to hold a debate here in the auditorium in Bristol on the same Question. All plans were completed, and on December 18th, we held a debate in the auditorium. Judge Leahy acted as our judge; the second judge was chosen by Hope High, and the third by the Brown Club. We charged an admission fee of twenty-five cents and a large number of the townspeople attended. Our team again went down to defeat, but like the Freshman Fullback in the story, we “don't know when we are licked.” CATHERINE FAY, ’25, Secretary of Debating Club. -----o------ THE SCIENCE CLUB The first Science Club at our high school was formed under the direction of Mr. Condon, and chose for its officers: President, Leo Nussenfeld; Secretary, Madeline Koch; Treasurer, Thomas McGrath. Meetings are held every two weeks and the program committee, Keating. Nussenfeld. and Miss Horton, has arranged talks on Physical Testing, Chemistry, Fire and Explosions, Radio and Home Inventions and Problems. An open meeting was held in the audi-torum to which all were invited. Mr. I. F. Richardson, automotive engineer with the Vacuum Oil Company of Boston, gave a very instructive illustrated lecture on “Lubrication.” Another such meeting is being planned for the latter part of the year which will be open to everyone. -----o------ Our school sent one of the eleven teams that entered the First Interscholastic Chemistry Contest at R. I. State College on the morning of the Track Meet, May 10th. The silver trophy went to Rogers of Newport. Only the winning team was an-

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20 THE GREEN AND WHITE Meet. It entered in the inter-scholastics at Kingston this year, won second in the 100-yard (Remieres); third in the relay (Christensen, Pierce, Sheldon, Remieres), and Christensen tied for fourth in the broad ump. Of the eleven schools in class “B we were sixth. A triangular meet—Barrington, Bristol and Warren, is to take place at Sylvester Oval on June Ah. at 3 p. m. This should prove to be a great success. BASEBALL At the beginning of the season the spirit o: loyalty predominated over everything else. Xo matter where the team played, in town or out, there was always a group of “rooters” both boys and girls, who helped a great deal in winning the game by their cheering. Our team has not been able so far to obtain a victory, probably because of the fact that we lost bv graduation practically all our team last year, which made it necessary to form a new team this year. There are still the following games to be played and the boys expect to win a good part of them : May 26 ....... ...... Colt at Warwick May 23 Holy Family (New Bedford) at Bristol June 2 ............ Central Falls at Bristol June 6 ............... Colt at Cumberland June 9 ............ Tech 2nd at Providence June 10 —........ South Kingston at Bristol June 13 ---------------- Warren at Bristol June 17 .................. Alumni at Bristol WEARERS OF THE “C' FOR 1924 FOOTBALL. 1924 SERBST, Capt. MAHER F. REMIERES E. RINALDI KEATING LEAHY McGRATH WALSH BELMORE MORAN ROMANO L. RINALDI EISEXSTADT GAXGEME McHUGH MORRIS, Manager BASKET BALL, 1924 L. RIXALDI, Capt. GAXGEME LEAHY SHELDON BALFO.UR REMIERES BASSING PIERCE SERBST, Manager BASKET BALL, 1924, (GIRLS) A. HOLM, Capt. D. WALL E. ROBERTSON c. McGovern A. FAY E. MOORE J. EZIKOVICH M. HOLT C. HOYLE, Manager Captain this season, C. Hoyle. GIRLS’ TRACK, 1923 C. FAY, Capt. J. EZIKOVICH C. BULLOCK G. GRICE Captain next season—C. Bullock. Manager next season—E. Moore.