Ardsley High School - Ardsleyan Yearbook (Ardsley, NY)

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K THE VENETIKN GLASS BLOWERS Frxday ex emng September 23 1977 there came to the Ardsley Hugh School a Reo speed wagon bearm two men who were Icnown as the Venetlan Glass Blowers Mr Burke and Mr Cross presented an enjoyable entertalnment Whrle Mr Burke lectured Mr Cross produced some very beautlful artlcles from glass A few pupils were called upon to asslst on sex eral occasions Barbara Frlschmann THE SUNSHINE GIRLS On Saturday evenmg October I 1927 the Sunshine Glrls made up of Miss Marjory acques reader and Impersonator Mlss Alxce Seamans VlOlll'1lSf and accompanist and Miss Marlon Watson a concert artlst with a clear rlng mg soprano volce and also leader of the group entertamed our school There was a small audxence so small that the Glrls Basketball Team under whose ausplces lt was glven rncurred a small hnanclal loss Perhaps the reason for thus was because Saturday IS an lnconvement nlght Alvme Knell THE JAMES KATER COMPANY The james Kater Company otherwxse Mr and Mrs gave a varled and amusing program m the new audltorlum on November Z2 I927 Mr Kater mystxhed many by slelght of hand tr1cI-is and Mrs Kater sang and played the plano and accordlon Both are artists of note and the rumor of thls speclal attractlons ln Ardsley brought out a very large audlence They were not dlsappomted ln thelr expectatlons and all went home happy DADDY LONG LEGS An auclrence of three hundred greeted the Chicago Players ln Daddy Legs a comedy success m four acts on Monday ex enmg December I2 I927 rn the new I-Ilgh School Audxtorlum Thxs play was sponsored by the Senlor Class of 28 1n an endeavor to ralse money for thelr trip to Washlngton All who attended the play agreed lt was a great success Lrllxan Walker ROBERT PARKER MILES On March 7 1928 Robert Parker IVIlIes famous lecturer and edxtor came to Ardsley to give hls very lnterestmg lecture Tallow Dlps Mr M1les gave hls personal experlences wlth Roosevelt Blsmarck Glad stone Klng Edward and many other notable men m a very mterestlng and pleasmg manner When those who had not been present at the lecture heard the wonderful reports of lt they wlshed that they had been there to meet Mr Miles per sonally 12 I!! ,JN A I' Il S L If IQ13' I - l g . , . . . I . ' 1 1 1 I A 1 1 1 ' ' L 1 1 1 - l 1 1 I I 1 , . 1 - -s . 1 - . . , . . . . 7 . 1 - - . U 11 . . 1 1 I 1 . . 1 . 1 1 I 1 ' , - - - - 11 . 11 1 . . , . . . 1 , , - , 1 1 1 . . -

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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

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I 9 N j LEAGUE SPEAKING CONTEST The Greenburgh League lnterscholastrc Pnze Speaking Contest was held ln the audltorxum of the Dobbs Ferry Hugh School on May 2 l928 at 8 I5 o clock The Ardsley group It seemed was grven the place of honor as they were asslgned to the middle rows of seats dlrectly m front of the stave Before the contest opened the Dobbs Ferry Orchestra played some se lectxons After Mr MCGIHHCSS had corrected some embarrassing mistakes ln the spelling of some names on the program the contest began Marjorle Longmulr our candldate was the Hr t speaker The qualxty tone and ferver of her volce 1n deln ermg Klpllng s poem Boots astonished her audlence After she had finlshed she was applauded heartlly Each contestant then came to the platform without any announcement and gave his or her piece The majorlty of the selections were ln prose or play form As an lntermxsslon IH the middle of the program the Dobbs Ferry Or chestra agam played After the second half of the program had be un a slight uneasmess was shown by the audlence at txmes A motion was made by many that Dobbs Ferry approprlate money to cushlon the chalr seats Mlllard Mldonlck was the last speaker on the program ln delxvermg his selectlon The Pamter of Seville he showed hrs ablllty to gain the attentlon of hrs audlence by hls oratory and not his acting As he left the stage he too was applauded reatly rlhen the nerve strammg tlme came durlng whlch the Dobbs Ferry Or chestra trled somewhat hopelessly to keep everyones attentnon away from thmkmg what the Judges declsrons would be lVl1nute after mmute tlcked away The Judges were stlll deadlocked It must surely be close' At last Mr lVlcG1nness and one of the judges Mr MOIYISOH came to the platform As usual the Judge kept everybody an suspension so long that they were almost frantlc At last after glvmg the audience the process by whlch the judges had reached their decisions he declared that on the first ballot Marjorie Longmulr and Catherine Porter had been tled However on later ballots the Jud es gave the Hrst place to Catherine Porter of Dobbs Ferry and a very very close second to Marjorie Longmulr But he then declared they had no dlfflculty IH choosmg Mlllard Mxdo nick as wmner of the boy s cup Wlth true Ardsley Splflt the Ardsley group gave thelr school cheer led by Clare Bohllg Much credit IS due to both Marjorne and Mlllard for thelr untlrmg efforts ln preparlng the selections for the League event and also to lNf1ISS Elinor Buell who coached them on toward vlctory 1,l,, .' A If I S L L' Y A X 13 'r A . . . - , : . 1 , . Y . . . D l . ra a ' . . . v . , S I . , . . . . . . , .. H . 7 A V 7 . , . , - g y . . 1 A4 I - lv - . . . . . y v , - y - 1 g . , - . . . . , . , . - y . . . ' . . . - v , g 1 1 f y Q Y Y - . . . Y Y I y