Brooklyn Technical High School - Blueprint Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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OUTING SPLASHES -By Silver The Library One of the most important addi¬ tions to the Library this term was the series of books entitled, Reading with a Purpose.” Each of the books deals with one branch of literature, such as physics, biology, sociology, etc. The contents of each book include a history of the type of book, to¬ gether with a brief resume of the more important treatises on the subject. By consulting these works, one may truly read with a purpose. Social Retrospection The Seniors believe as fully as anyone else in the truth of the old adage which prescribes play rather than work in the brightening of one’s disposition. Those who are inclined to be skeptical may look to the last Senior Prom for proof of the value of play. At this affair three hundred students and mem- (Continued on page 76) 24

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The Arista term. Prominent men spoke at the meetings. The first was ad- A. F. E. A. 1. Does Tech need a Field? 2. Does Tech want a Field? 3. Will Tech have a Field? And the A. F. E. A. has under¬ taken to translate the “Yea, Tech” that we answer to questions 1 and 2 into the dollars that are needed to answer question 3. The plan of the Athletic Field Endowment Fund Association has been pre¬ sented to the school and it seems to go 100 per cent strong. We’ll hear more of it next year. The officers of the Association are: President—Tyndall, Vice-Presi¬ dent—Meissner, Manager—Ba- hini, Asst. Manager—Vietheer, Advertising Staff—Muntz and Lidford, Publicity Staff—Dressier and Kampf. Parents Association The Parents Association of Brooklyn Tech which was organ¬ ized on January 12, for the pur¬ pose of promoting the interest of the parents in the work and activ¬ ity of the school, has met with great success during the past. dressed by State Senator Love and by Mr. Colston. The next was addressed by District Superin¬ tendent Dr. J. Tildsley, in charge of high schools, and by Mr. Colston. At the third, talks were given by Mr. R. F. Bach, of the Metropoli¬ tan Museum of Art, and by Mr. To¬ bin. Mr. Bach spoke upon the service which the Metropolitan Museum of Art renders to the public. Mr. Koch addressed the next meeting, choosing for his subject, “The Function Of The Group Adviser.” His description of a busy day in Room 405, was most humorous. When the As¬ sociation was invited to join the students on the Field Day Ex¬ cursion to Indian Point they “boosted” the project by under¬ writing tickets for it. The officers of the Parents As¬ sociation are Mr. Percy Barney President, Mrs. Minnie Nagle— Vice-President, Mrs. Stanley G. Tyndall—secretary. and Dr. George B. Germann—Treasurer. 23

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Baseball Baseball championships are get¬ ting to be quite common down here at Tech. Piloted by Mr. Tarantino our ball team has prac¬ tically clinched its position as the premier nine of Brooklyn for the third consecutive time. We’ve only turned out four diamond ag¬ gregations as yet. In referring to the Blue and White pill peg- gers it is quite appropriate or rather inappropriate to say, “What! no championship ?” Mr. Jack Fernandez is the moniker of the gentleman who pitched winning ball in practically all our P. S. A. L. contests. When our bludgeon wielders did hit the spheroid—this was often—a devastating effect ensued. The enemy pitchers were met by a barrage of base hits which often caused opposing mentors to de¬ cide that the cooling sensation of a shower would not do their flingers any harm. As we write, the ball tossers have won six out of the eight con¬ tests staged and have only to down Bushwick to practically clinch the title. The nine was managed by Humer and Geller and they de¬ serve a great deal of credit for their work. Following are the members of the team: Fernandez, p; Smith, p; Simp¬ kins, p; Johnson, p; Waldron, c; Saring, c; Halvorsen, lb; Hymes, 2b; Santora, ss; Crawford, 3b; Smith, If; Podaris, If; Styles, cf; Ayvazian, rf; Maucelli, rf. The scores: De Witt Clinton 1 .. Stuyvesant 5 . Tech 8. Tech 17 . Tech 14. Tech 12 . Columbia Frosh 2 . Tech 5 . Tech 9 .St. John’s Prep. 3 James Madison 4 . .Tech 2 New Utrecht 3 . .Tech 2 Tech 14 . .Boys 0 Tech 9.Alex. Hamilton 7 Tech 11 .Frank. K. Lane 3 Tech 12 .Thomas Jefferson 0 Tech 2 .Brooklyn Prep 2 Junior Varsity Baseball Because of the fact that Mr. Waring, last year’s coach, had no spare time this term there was no Intermediate Baseball Team or¬ ganized. To take its place, Mr. Tarantino, our own McGraw, has formed a Junior Varsity baseball team, composed of second-string Varsity players. The “Jayvees’’ play independent of the Varsity in games with other schools but practice with the senior nine. Louis Gottfried was. chosen man¬ ager of the team and he soon ar¬ ranged a schedule of about twelve games, including Manual, Eras- 25