Ardsley High School - Ardsleyan Yearbook (Ardsley, NY)

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THE BOARD OF EDUCATION The puplls of Ardsley Hlgh School wrsh to thank the Board of Education for all the favors that they have bestowed upon them the past year We thank them especrally for the wonderful school f3CIlItlCS These have enabled us to reach the hexght at whlch we are now ATTENDANCE CHAMPIONS At the tlme the ARDSLEYAN goes to press the Semor Class has com pleted thlrty weeks of perfect attendance The seventh grade has had nlneteen weeks of perfect attendance and the flfth grade IS creepmg up on their trall vslth seventeen weeks We hope such good attendance wlll contmue the rest of the year THE JUNIOR CHORUS One of the newest school orgamzatlons IS the umor Chorus made up of about flfty members selected from the slxth seventh and elghth grades Re qulrements for membershlp are the possesslon of a good volce and a record of satlsfactory scholarshrp The chorus adds much to the soclal Slde of school llfe On Parents Day lt made ltS hrst public appearance and was much enjoyed At a Chrlstmas Assembly lt sang ln costume from behxnd a chancel rall wlth lovely effect Its good work IS a credlt to lts dlrector lVI1ss Adellne Russell lVIus1c Supervnsor GIRLS BASKETB XI L NOTES Thxs year s team drd better than that of any other year by tymg with Irvmgton for first place m the League The tle off was played at I-lastmgs March 6 but Irvmgton proved to be the better team glvmg us second place ln the Creenburgh League We played seven League games and won flve Of the slxteen games played durmg the season we won twelve and we nearly always competed agaxnst larger schools and players Although the team loses four of lts best players three forwards and a guard this year a great many new candidates are expected to fill their places next year and we wlsh them the greatest of success throughout the season Never gxve up tryxng but succeed Kathryn Brooks Manager 14 IUJN -4 HIJSLIJYA 3'

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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

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1928 ARDSLEYAX I5 T ly Wlutcs Stu lc GIRLS BASKETBALL The team this year consisted of Mlss M Wllloughby our patxent and encouragmg coach who wlth undy mg efforts brought the team to thelr hngh rank m the League Ruth Lawrence has been Mascot for two years leadmg the gurls out on the floor and conducting the final cheer after each game Matilda l-lumnk Babj captam forward and guard fought her own way and helped the other team members to do their best toward vlctory Dorothy Lackman fTeddy was the star forward and center thus year Marjorie Longmulr fRedJ was an alert forward whose quick playing helped the team to vrctory Gertrude Brown erry star guard was always alert to get the ball lf It came wxthm ten feet of her Elizabeth Oaks Lxb was a sxlent guard always on the Job Not many balls got past Lrb Mary McConnell fscotty our only Eighth Grade player presents excel lent trmber for future teams Keep up the good playmg Scotty Beatrxce Bell fBettyJ was a substltute guard who dld her best when she got a chance Ruth Mathews was a substltute forward who will probably work up to full membershlp next year Alvme Knell was a substltute forward always ready and wlllmg to step ln and do her best Kathryn Brooks manager deserves much credlt for the wonderful way m which she performed her duties smce thxs was her first year as our manager Plump r' Y 1 ,A :l': l ' , scoring almost double the points of any other player. u u 9 y, ' ' . -J n u . Q -