Ardsley High School - Ardsleyan Yearbook (Ardsley, NY)

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7 x GIRL SCOUT ACTIVITIES The G1rI Scouts of Troop I h0Id thelr meetlngs every Thursday after noon ln the Iunchroom of the hugh school Troop OEICCTS are elected every three months On September I5 the troop took part ln the supper hxke glven by Mrs Walter ln honor of Gertrude who was Ieavmg for coIIege the next day On October I3 we went on another hlke On November IZ we gave a Father Mother Dinner WhlCh was well at tended After the bount1fuI supper in charge of Helen BertheIson the Scouts put on a pageant called the Spxrlt of the G1rI Scout Laws The G1rI Scouts made approximately S25 on the Kater Duo Entertalnment of Novem We had a Chrlstmas Party at Captaln S1II1rnan s house on December 21 where we exchanged smaII glftS and had a rousmg good tlme The Parent Teachers Assoclatlon asked us to put on the pageant before thelr meetmg on January I6 Many people do not know about our Ardsley Troops and the idea was to show them what Scouting means to us On February 22 cltlzens of LXrdsIey who were lnterested ln the Scout movement took us ln cars to Washmgton s Headquarters ln Whlte Plams After a tour of mspectxon they brought us back to Spram Road where we cooked our lunch and passed tests on Woodcraft When school opens ln the faII we shall be glad to welcome any g1rI of ten years of age who wishes to Jom our troop The members of the troop at present arc as follows I'IeIen BertheIson Patrol Leader May Berthelson Patrol Leader Ixathryn IeweII Corporal Dorothy Canavotto CorporaI CIa1re Swanston Ehzabeth Secor Margaret Mcwhlrter Pearl WITSOH Edith Waldemar Margaret Scott Grace Woodruff Edith Morse Ruth Mathews Patrol Leader Gene Scott CorporaI Ahce Woodruff Florence Stymus Vlolet Guden Helen PT3CtOIlUS Mrs Helen S1II1man Captam Mxss Elmor C Buell I7xrstI..1eutenant Gertrude Walter Honorary Scout Ruth Mathews 10 1!I.,N .fl PHS 1, lfY-1 N ber 22, the profits of which were shared by the Boy and Girl Scout Troops.

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ORQHESTR X 'NOTLb Perhaps no other school or anlzatlon has shown more provress than the Ardsley Hx h School Orchestra vvhlch hai enjoy ed a most successful and pro htable year with hfteen memberm under the dlrectxon of Wlr N Koen: Qn February tenth the orcheetra ue 1 concert whlch about four hun rlred people attended The courteoub ccnduct of the many chlldren con cerned ae well as the cheerful coopelatlon of the members of the faculty mad this event a high Spot long, to be remembered The unlor chorus conslatlng, of about one hundred grade pupils contrlbuted greatly to the success of the concert while ames Abrams Cornet sololat and Fdward Aim Vlolln soloist pleased all Art one of the numerous meetm 5 held durm the year the followln HICS S were elected President DOUIIHIC Paoluccl be retary ohn Teller lqreasurcr Ldward XIIH Every Weclnesdxy ind lrxday at orchutrx practice ohn Teller Secre tary takes the roll On March twenty ninth the orchestra went to Dobbs Ferry Hrgh School where they entertalned the mornmf assembly ln accompllshmt, so much durln the ye lr the orchestra has set 1 new record and a hx h stand 1rd worthy of 'X ll S Besble Robertson BOY SCOLTN lrvmg, Webtlake bcout Master Stuart lxamlce Xsslstant Scout Vlaster Robert Bertheleon unxor Asslbtant Scout Master Raymond Wlllsea Senior Patrol Le Beayer Patrol Qrcw Patrol Dtanley Trane Patrol Leader Ronald You nsend Patrol Leader Robert Mathews Xsslstant Leader VU esley Brown -Xss1stant Leader Paul Waddell Xvxlllam C-oehren Robert Vvm ate Rlchard Bullock Donald McPhee Edward Storms Iames x1CWhlTtCT Chrlstopher ChadW1Ck Lawrence Chadwxck LeRoy Fountaln Stanley TFBYIS lil fN ,l l3l1Nl,l-,'l'.1,Y U . I A 5 X V, ' ' V V 15 A 3 ' N V V ' A M ' V - ' ' t 1 . . . V . K gi V 4 E V ' , - V Q , V J V ' - x 1 -f D V F. . . , ., 'K ' - Ar . J ' , 'x I 7 , . v ' ., ' l Cf' . C7 . KY A ' 57 T1 V 51 o 1' : . C - - I K lv y - 1 Y' .V A ' J 2 ' z ' ' 1 ' 2 ' , J , . - , ' . I - . K ' 1 3 . 'S ' L, A. ' V .Z . -. V L V ' ' 'gg ' ' 2 ' f . '. . . Y N N i . , A . 1 , . A - y J ' f 'N I V x. ' h '. . V . ,V . v . U . f,

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1999 4PDSLLl AV THE VICTORY BALL The thlrd annual Vlctory Ball was held on Friday evening March 30 1928 ln the old audltorxum The program was started wlth a foul shootmg contest ln the gymnaslum The contestants were the members of the Glrls and Boys teams Marjor e Longmulr proved to be the Girls champion with a total of twenty baskets out of forty elght shots Ruth Mathews captured second place wlth nineteen ack Teller captaln of the Boys team was the boys champlon wrth a total of thlrty five baskets Domlnlck De Nardo came rn second with thlrty two baskets When the contest was over all went to the old audltorlum Mr and Mrs Sllllman led the grand march and thls was followed by the Nantucket The Club Royal Orchestra promlsed to the school by Mr Horend was unable to come due to the ram but a combmatxon of the best talented muslcrans m the school took thelr places and provlded music for danclng At ten o clock refreshments were served m the lunchroom Whlle the Introduced the speakers of the evenlng Captams Matilda Hunmk and Jack Teller gave very lmpresslve speeches MISS Wllloughby the girls coach told the assemblage of the wonderful Splflt of the girls and expressed the deslre that they should have the same splrlt through all their llves Mr l-lorend the boys coach related the accompllshments of hls boys and said that they would contlnue to do thelr best Followlng the speeches athletic letters and monograms were awarded to the members of both teams ln addltlon to last year s track contestants The permanent basketball cup was awarded at this time by Mr Horend Several surprlse awards were also made Mlss Willoughby and Mr Slllrman presented Matllda Hunlnk Gertrude Brown Marjorie Longmurr and Dorothy Lackman wlth sllver basketball pms ln return MISS Wllloughby was grven a slmllar gold basketball pm by members of the Girls team After a few more songs and cheers the teams and their guests returned to the audltorlum While the upper classmen danced the Freshmen boys slt tlng on the sldes and armed wrth elastlcs and plns proceeded to shoot the balloons down that decorated the room Mr Bryant came to the rescue however when he told them that they could have the balloons at l l 30 lf they stopped shooting them Everyone agreed that lt was the best Vxctory Ball we ever had Robert Berthelson . N1 - L , Al 'Y T - room still resounded with the school songs that we had sung, Mr. Silliman