A B Davis High School - Maroon and White Yearbook (Mount Vernon, NY)

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The Spirit of Davis Top Row Center Bottom Row Up and coming celeb . . . Practice Makes Perfect. Setting the stage .... Look at the Birdies . . . Doyle's men will win again CP. S: They made it.D 69

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.A g K-.,,k v , 1 .yell .u n n 1 I THEREFORE CONTENDH U . . . that the facts 1 have presented prove that the League of Nations is our only means of securing peace in the future years. With these words the affirmative speaker Gnishes a debate and thus ends another meeting of the eighteen- year-old DEBATING SOCIETY. At every meeting a topic of national, international or local importance is discussed in arliamentary, yet fiery fashion. However, the open forum which follows the debate and' which is the time n the debaters are questioned by the members of the Society, is a period when arguing reaches a red-hot peak and parliament'ary procedure usually has to be dropped. Members of the Interscholastic Debating Squad debated with Iona Preparatory School and' Evander Childs High School, Last term, members of the society who were not on the squad had the opportunity of debating against inexperienced members of the Peekskill High Debating Society. IDENTIFlCATION- CTopJ Row l: P. Brown. R, Ludlow. M. Bernstein. G. Cohan. T. Zekov, G. Goodman, H. Knafel, F. Cooper, G. Forman. G. Burke: Row 2: A. Ziffer, H. Benwitt. M. Victorsohn. I. Marcus, D. Gottesman, R. Kingston, M. Veeder. R. Schwartz. IE. Laraja, B. McKean. Mr. Johnson, C. Sobel, J. Meister. M. Smilo, J. Reitano, L. Solomon. Stand by! We're on the air! . . . Who? Why, the WFAS DISCUSSION CLUB, of course. Every month at least two members of this progressive club meet with other Westchester high school students to debate and discuss current topics and problems. With just a twist of the wrist and a turn of the radio dial, we can hear the Davis master-minds in action. Just during this past year a group of student's from the club did the club and Davis right proud, when they were chosen to take part in a nation-wide broadcast on the Columbia School of the Air. . Keeping up the club, however, recently provided quite a bit' of difficulty, for the wartime shortages hit the Discussion Club when its former sponsor, Mr. Bartlett, became Lieutenant Bartlett of the United States Army. The club remained for a while without a sponsor. However, it takes a mighty thing to discourage a Davis man. and true to form, the students took up an energetic search for a new sponsor. While George Goodman tire- lessly petitioned various faculty members, Mr. Caville temporarily took charge of the group. Mr. Avery later assumed the permanent role of faculty advisor for the club, and under him, it is functioning, at present, efficiently and effectively. IDENTIFICATION- fBottomJ Row l: M. Veeder, B. Jost, G. Orsenigo. G. Seimas. M. Beacom. F. Chalmers, M, Reichgott. N. Galigher, Mr. Avery: Row 2: A. Zilfar, R, Mendelsohn, H. Bernstein. S, Greenfield. G. Meissner. B. McKean. G. Goodman, J. Wasserman. L, Solomon. 68 Fel. 1. ' If... CA okltl Cl QV

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T SHOOTING STARS The beauties and the marvels of the heavens have always provided a scintil- lating topic for the amateur astronomist. XVherever he goes. discussions concerning the prospects of life on Mars. Venus or Jupiter. or the distance between lfarlh and anyone of the numerous other plan- ets. nearly always arise. XVe all at some time have been bewildered by many ot' the deep mysteries shrouding these celestial bodies. and many clubs and organizations have been formed for the express purpose of delving more deeply Y into the fascinating subject. This has also been the purpose ol the Davis ASTRONOMY Cl.UB. The small group of students who are admitted each term have the opportunity to sttidy the ttse of various kinds of telescopes and they experiment on innumerable projects. So far. in the field of proiects. the difh- cult problem of constructing a Star globe has proven to be their outstanding in- terest. with the photographing ot' the stars a close second. Thanks to the untiring eflort ot' Miss Chase. the members of the Astron omy Club are finding a new interest that they may follow more closely in the coming years. ll7lfNTIlilt .N TIHN llbpl lltiu' l Xliss Kihase. ll. Sands. N. llnlwait Xl lliman K. Rotlritiuel, N lnrstavsoii. lion' I ti l'-erger. l. IM-ckerle N51-it-rsli ll lvans, N Nlct.indless. R. XYavnc: Row S .I Ilossuiig. R llaer. l. fktitlteivs. l Nclioentlieii, l-. Scauuell. Il Scliologan. ll. Soliu, ---iq., N PEERING INTO THE DARK The look at the Fmirdieu method of photography has been abandoned by modern camera lieutls. who employ entirely new methods. These methods and improvements are discussed in full at the CAMIYRA Cllll! meetings. The members exchange advanced ideas and knowledge of photography. and ttnder the supervision of Mr, Searles they learn to improve their own skill. Since photography is such an important and wide Held. the clttb members attempt to interest a wider group of students in il. They are a few of the many who have adopted photography as an important hobby during' the last decade or so. These modern camera bends. armed with such modern weapons as the pocket-sile candid camera. have produced amaling results. Their pictures record comical and natural sitttations as well as spectacular actions. The camera addicts at Davis display their photography achievements in the anritial contest which the camera clttb sponsors. ln viewing the entries submitted to this contest. we can easily see how instrttmental modern photography is in captttring beattty and detail which is often overlooked by the human eye. ll7lfNTlf7lCrkTlON-fholtoml Row l' Oppenheim. Row l: U. llaas. B. landau, ll. Bernstein. ll. Cooper, R. Small, R. Shologan, D. lioodkin Mr. Searles. IW. Shaw. TZ. lraton M. Billet. ll, llera. C. llabel. 70