Albany High School - Prisms Yearbook (Albany, NY)

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THE GARNET AND GRAY Betts- Pearle A HAPPY OMEN Although the skies are gray and drear, And north winds shrilly sing, The world's all right, for he is here, The Prophet of the Spring. From twig to twig I watch him hop, A tiny ball of brown, And hear him cry, Cheer up, old top, I'm not a bit cast down l p LEONARD DIPACE, 'Z6 MYSELF AND ME I'm the best friend I ever had, I like to be with meg I like to tell myself Things confidentially. I often sit and ask me If I shouldn't Or if I should, And I find that my advice to me Is always pretty good. I never got acquainted VVith myself till here of late, And I find myself a bully chum, And I treat me simply great. I walk with me, I talk with me And I show me right and wrong, I never knew how well myself And me could get along. I've made a study of myself And compared me with the lot, I finally concluded I'm the best friend I've got. Ex- The Ottowa Campus Will the coach be given a letter P If Of course! Didn't he make the team ? Rock-a-bye, Seniors, in the tree top, As long as you study the cradle will rock But when you stop digging, the cradle will fall- And down will come seniors, diplomas and all ll 51

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THE GARNET AND GRAY 13 His father before him was clever In his little amature way, Cards was his style, an' he laid by a pile As a dealer in ol' Santa Fe. But he shuffled just once too often, They caught him one night with the goods, An' although he was hung, we are proud that he swung From the prettiest pine in the woods. An' so if I say, as I shouldn't, I come from a famous ol' line, So you'll understand, why this morning I stand At the foot of a wide-spreadin' pine. They got me fer stopping the mail coach g Yes, jest once too often fer me. But dad an' his dad when they see will be glad That-I swung from the ol' family tree. MOSTON HATHAWAY, '24 SCARLET BLUES O Father! O Mother! My fearful card has come! My brain had weathered every test, the day, I thought was won. The time is near, their joy I hear, my parents loud imploring, Who long to see the nice high marks, the figures blue and soaring. But, oh! What! What! What! Oh the flaming sight I dread There on the card my markings lie, Fallen, low and red! O Father! O Mother! You'll smile to see my marks. Oh come! For you I labored thus, for you I cut my larks, For you I toiled and studied hard, the midnight candle burning, although for pleasure yearning. Look Father! Look Mother! These marks of sky-like blue. I open up the envelope, Behold a scarlet hue. At first they do not answer, their voices, mute and still. I know 'tis calm before the storm and through me runs a chillg And then the silence breaks, and I, tho' I like murder yell Am taken cross my father's knee and whaled, oh, sad to tell! Exult, oh world! and ring, oh bells! But I with mournful tread, After eating off the mantle shelf Am on my way to bed. CHARLES ROOT, '24

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THE GARNET AND GRAY 15 SCHOOL EVENTS BASKETBALL 1922-23 After a period of severe preliminary practice and much trimming Mr. Yavits placed his 1923 basketball team on the floor against Edison Draft- ing School of Schenectady. During the ensuing season we played the fastest and most prominent quintets in eastern New York. The score tally is a list of victories broken only by three defeats. Poughkeepsie became champion of Southern New York. We beat them both at home and away, making ours the favored team in the race for the cup. In the semi-finals at Union the Albany five displayed an excellent sys- tem of pass work, perfected by hard incessant drilling throughout the year. The beating Schenectady received was the most decisive ever given them by a high school team. The following evening we met Rensselaer for the fourth time, only to be defeated by the team who had taken the short end of three scores from us. Friday, March 23, the players will meet Plattsburgh in Northern New York. The season, as a unit, has been a success. We played 26 games with a total of 561 points for Albany, against 413 for opponents, and missed the championship of Eastern New York by but two points. HUBERT V. MILLER, '23 BASKETBALL 1922-23 ISADORE Yfxvirs, Coach KENNETH EMPIE, Capt. HENRY PERLE, Manager Score A. H. S. Opp. Dec. 2 Edison Drafting School .... .... 2 1 8 9 Drury' ...................... . . . 24 17 10 Pittsfield ...................... . . . 22 Z1 18 Christian Brother's Academy .... 19 6 18 St. Joseph ..................... . . . 32 9 22 Poughkeepsie' ................ . . . 29 24 Jan. 6 Troy ....... 24 12 10 Cohoes ......... . . . 35 14 12 Glens Falls' ...... 41 18 17 Albany Academy . . . . . . 39 9 19 Johnstownd' ...... . . . 35 15 20 Union Froshd' . .... 13 29 26 Schenectady .... . . . 14 15 Feb. 2 Glens Falls ..... .. . 41 12 3 Lansingburght ...... . . . 25 19 8 University Club ....... . . . 15 14 8 Law School Reserves .... . .. 23 9 19 Gloversvillef' ......... .. . 31 25 23 Schenectady? ....... . . . 28 27 24 Rensselaer 21 13 Mar. 2 Troyd' ............. ... 19 16 3 Poughkeepsie ................. . . . 31 19 9 Rensselaer at R. P. I. ............. 23 19 11 Christian Brother's Academy' . . . . . . 33 27 16 Schenectady at Union ........... 25 13 17 Rensselaer at Union .......... 14 16 Total points ............ ..... 5 61 413 ' Away from home.