Richmond Hill High School - Archway / Dome Yearbook (Richmond Hill, NY)

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T H E D O M E Page Thirteen rultrirxz g racy The Faculty Adviser THIS title was suggested to me as l listened to an inspiring musical program in a Friday morning assembly. The Orchestra, Glee Club, two soloists, and the school combined and showed an earnest interestedness, resulting in a pro- gram of high excellence. Wliat made this fine assembly possible? The students, their training and talent. But we must not for- get the teacher known as the faculty ad- viser. There are a score of student activities in the school just as important in their way as the one mentioned above. l won't list them. l might leave one out. You know them, and if you have had any experience whatever in any one of them, the teacher or faculty adviser of that activity stands out before your mind's eye. You students furnish the material, the faculty adviser, the guiding hand. For years Flushing High School retained the Tennis title of Queens. Year after year we came up to the spring schedule with high hopes. We wept for disappointment when the famous team headed by the Scovil brothers, Earl and Kes,', went down to defeat before Paul Jenks, F.H.S. aggrega- tion. Finally our faculty adviser, hir. Fin- nigan, began to lie awake nights devising ways and means for winning the Queens title. He instituted a preliminary open tour- nament to bring out the tennis talent of the school. After selecting his team he an- nounced a challenge scheme, whereby any student could challenge a particular mem- ber of the tennis team for his position at any time during the season and the team member must accept and defend. The re- sult is evident: two years of untiring effort on the part of the team and the faculty ad- visor have brought the Queens title to the biggest borough's central High School,- Richmond Hill. The strength of Richmond Hillls intra and extra mural life owes much, as you will agree, to the faculty adviser. VVouldn't you like to see this group of teachers all to- gether, say at a reception or something of the sort given in recognition of their ser- vices?-every teacher in the school con- nected in any way with a student activity? These faculty advisers get rewards. They live in an atmosphere charged with energy, courage, growth, and, above all, one of youthful friendliness. But of all these re- wards your friendship and your apprecia- tion is the greatest. The faculty adviser doesn't always lie on a bed of roses. Wliat a disappointment for him when the marking period comes around, and two, three, or even more of his best players have to be plucked from his and your team because of failure in their studies! Your studious effort means even more to him than your friendliness. lf you are out for a team, drive hard on your studies, for a scholastic quitter deserves no more sympathy than a quitter of any kind. Richmond Hill may well be proud of her students, even boastful of their achieve- ments. The continued successful growth of a spirit of cooperation among the students and between students and teachers depends largely on the proper appreciation of work done by both. lVlore joy to the faculty ad- viser, because of the loyal and generous helpfulness of all of you who reap the benehts of disinterested sacrihce of time, money, and laborious achievement. We all know you, appreciate you,-yes, and honor you, Faculty Adviser. On August 1, 1922, FRANK STEFFENS, of the present sixth term class, died at the Coney lsland Hospital as a result of an ac- cident while diving. He had been spending the summer with his parents at their bun- galow at Rockaway Point. Frank left a clean record in the Rich- mond Hill High School. His name was among those eligible for Arista this term. Students and faculty extend their sympathy to the bereaved parents.

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Page Twelve T H E DOME him fool me. Ya see, boys, Skinny saw me get th' apple. Balieve me, boys, I got even on Skinny an' he played me no more such tricks. We wuz th' best of friends after that. Here the clock struck ten, and the little party broke up by singing Si's a jolly good fella, he is, and Auld Lang Synef, Thus did the old folk of C- pass one of its wintry nights. Dora Glrzntz, l24. A Southern High School Almost every one of you have at some time wondered what the High Schools in the South were like. I have always won- dered What the Northern schools were like, and with Richmond Hill High School as an example I think Northern schools are in some ways better than Southern schools but in others not so good. I will tell you of the school I came from, and let you form an opinion of your own. Central High School of Birmingham, Alabama, has a very fine and wonderful school building. A German spy burned it to the ground during the war, but, as the Centralites say,- Fires may come and schools may go, but Centralls spirit lives forever. We were compelled to have school in churches. At last the school authorities found an old medical college to which they built annexes, The college was in a very unfavorable location, but we had to be content. It was behind a hospital, and the smell of ether and chloroform always penetrated the entire school. The building was too small to have an auditorium, therefore we had open air as- sembly. We sat on benches, and the speak- ers were on a platform. The programs were arranged by the various clubs. We often had famous and interesting men to speak -to us. Once a famous aviator, Jersey Ringle, told us how he learned to stand on the wing of an airplane while it looped the loop. Central has a hne collection of clubs. There are four girls, literary clubs, three Art Club, Pen and Ink Club, French Club, Spanish Club, Glee Club, Dramatic Club, Euterpean Club, the Good Speech League, and lVIirror Board. Important events of every year are the girls and boys' oratorical contest, the Club Debate, two operettas given by the Euter- pean Club, one Shakespearean play and one Senior play given by the Dramatic Club. These are held in the best theatre in the city. Central also has the Reserve Officers' Training Camp. The majority ofthe boys in the school belong to this camp. It is just like a real soldiers' camp. They wear khaki uniforms, have sham battles on the moun- tain, hike and drill. There are six com- panies, and a band of twenty-eight pieces. This is a very fine thing for boys, as it makes them healthy, strong, quick-minded, and fit to serve their country when they become men. Central has baseball teams, basketball, track and other athletics, but its specialty is football. Central is famous in the South for her football games. She was almost al- ways ahead, although she had one or two strong rivals. The strongest was Bessemer. The day before the game with this school the whole school paraded through the bus- iness section of Birmingham, cheering and carrying Bessemeris coflin and signs telling of her near defeat. Q11 the day of the game everyone was there. XfVe tried to out-cheer one another, and when we won we were the happiest students in the world. The school authorities are having a new High School built, and from the reports I have heard it will be one of the finest in the South. I hope that, from the things I have told you, you will form a good opinion of a Southern school. Garnett Lazzney. Uzzdiwidezl Attention Smith: How far fmeaning pagesj are they ? Jones Clooking earnestly at something from the windowj : Third inning, Giants bojfl-literary clubs, a Commercial Club, aheadf' If L. 'W' Wij7'J f sfo' e H l I

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Page Fourteen T H E D O NI E Q 9 EIN 'A N U . rg Q 'rp V ' A Sophomorefv Philosophy of Life Why is it that the High School student's life is beset with so many iridescently in- congruous setbacks? He comes into High School because he is too young to go to business, and he takes Latin because he is too young to know better. And everything happens just oppositely to the way it should, all through the course. When he is a freshman, the senior girls think he is just too cute for words, and when he attains his seventh or eighth term the freshwomen speak of him in awed whispers. If he doesn't do anything for his school, he is lacking in spirit' if he does it is to show off. If he has a sympathetic personality, he's a musher or a cakeg and if he is quiet and reserved, he must be stuck on himself. pass your work, you're a grind. donlt, youlre a dumbbell. ! I lf you If you lf you come early, you can't get in. lf you come late, you have to stay in. Therefore, what'n Hempstead is the use? The Psychology ofHu71zor Humor is a funny thing. 'VVe hold this to be self-evident. But why are some jokes funny? WVhy do we laugh? Do you appre- ciate your English teacher's jokes? At least you pretend to. Does she snicker at your sallies? What indeed is this subtle sense, sometimes almost sublime, more often silly, of which some people seem almost devoid while others are endowed with so copious a superabundance? Psycho-azzalysis for psychazzalysisj, the new school of psychology, has been tearing down old ldeas and replacing them with new ones, which may or may not be cor- rect. The pscycho-analyst theory of humor is something like this: Each of us has two minds. Many of us evidently do not realize this, since we are so careful not to overwork the one we know, or sincerely believe, we possess. These minds are called the Conscious and the Subconscious. Each action, according to the psycho-analysts, is traceable to the libido, or life impulse, and has its definite cause. Humor is in itself absurd, but it affects one so that, temporarily, the Sub- conscious mind gains control, causing a physical reaction or manifestation known as laughter. This brief rest refreshes the Con- scious, wherein lies the value of humor. A11 this, to quote a prominent member of the faculty, is as clear as mud. We do not doubt that psycho-analysis is correct. But if anyone asks us why jokes make one laugh, we shall reply, with evi- dent truth if not with originality, Because it's funny. Good news for the present DOME editor: Blessed are the Micks, for they shall in- herit the earth.