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

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iw 1 O IIIIIC' is feeling Yes, time was fleeting and it's lucky that it did fleet before our opponents had a chance to rack up more points. BASKETBALL is another sport that the Davisites didn't exactly shine in, but our quintet was always fighting hard at the final whistle. As a matter of fact, in a game with Mamaroneck last season, the l-lilltoppers rallied desperately in the closing period of the tilt to come within three points of victory when the fi- nal whistle sounded. Oustanding among the Ma- roon hoopsters was Angelo Fuciletti, who led our section of the county in scoring, lt seems odd that such a brilliant forward and high scorer should be produced by a team with so few vic- tories to its credit. The squad got off to a quick start many times but almost always trailed at the half, and there were only a few times when Mr. Palombella's men were leading at the close of thcse court battles. Of course, there is always the future to look into, and with no one leaving, the outlook for next year is really bright. Looking back at last season though, I can remember those thrilling after- noons and evenings that l spent shouting my lungs out for the basketball squad of my dear old Alma Mater, only to watch them go down in hopeless defeat. One of the hardest fought tilts was against New Rochelle. ln the battle with the l-luguenots at the Davis gym one Friday evening, the Davis- Pagc sixty-six i 'llll l fig iii yi, gg A iv t MSM, LL Qi! V M I EOJ BASKETBALL TEAM lLeftl Row l: A. Fuciletti, A. Daniello, F. Tramontano, D. Ross, Row 2: S. Shal- let, l. Schroeder, D. Pearson, R. Bueh- ler, C. De Carlo, Mr. Palombella ites actually dominated the play for the first pe- riod and were leading l O-8 at the bell. Then some giant of about six feet six inches stalked out on the court for the New Rochelle quintet and the rest of the game was for the birds, or, in sim- pler language, it was massacre. This boy, it seemed, could take everything off the boards. The junior Varsity wasn't exactly of cham- pionship caliber either. l-lowever, they did man- age to obtain one brilliant victory over Mamaro- neck. This proved that there was some good var- sity material for future years.

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just as the National Honor Society and Tau Epsilon Pi signified the tops in scholastic ratings, so the NATIONAL Tl-IESPIANS signified the honor society for dramatic students. A national organization, its members won their laurels by appearing in different plays, working backstage, or performing other necessary tasks. Davis is very proud of its own National Thespians-Rich- ard Clark, jane Gazverde, and Mariana Weidt. Members of the National Thespians did their dramatic work in school through the Dramatic Society, presenting several plays a year in addi- tion to the big annual presentation. They aided 6.1 'lV 31 s -ig' . ' - -'29,-ju 4, 3 ' 151.1--3':'::-f pta ,O l I 5: A K I C . . I, . f 5' Zi. E .N X . .41-' . 11 nl 2. 1:K:x. l 'Qing- .- -. f -.--.-.'ff:2E' f Miss Lewis' Home Room Advisors' Dinner by giving a short comedy skit, and often they pre- sented plays at the junior high schools in the city. This past March they gave i'Tvvo Crooks and a Ladyn at Washington junior l-ligh. The Dramatic Society also worked in conjunction with the P.T.A. by presenting evening enter- tainment for one of their special meetings. Of course, all the year's activities were di- rected toward the evening production which, last December, was the ever-popular Gilbert and Sul- livan operetta Trial by jury. The plot was of a young man, Edwin ljay Eolgerl who, tiring of his sweetheart Angelina lLois Livingstonl, fell in love with another. l-lis jilted sweetheart went to court and sued Edwin for breach of promise. ln court, she captivated all the men present, Edwin proposed various solutions, but in vain-he of- fered to marry her if he might marry his other sweetheart later, but her lawyer iMorty Aroni objected. Finally, the judge lTommy Watersl, disgusted at the objections and eager to get away, married Angelina himself. The National Thespians, together with Miss Dorothy Eeaster and the Dramatic Society, have worked hard to give Davis the top quality dra- matic productions it demanded and deserved Their untiring efforts were always appreciated, and the excellent work which they did will al- ways be remembered by Davisites. NATIONAL THESPIANS lLefti l. Gazverde, R. Clark, M. Weidt, M155 Feagfer Page sixty-five

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