Ardsley High School - Ardsleyan Yearbook (Ardsley, NY)

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INII GIRLS BASKETBALL NOTES Another season has closed ln ex ery gam played the girls showed thelr school sprrxt to an outstandlng degree Although our gurls drd not brm home the cup thls year they deserve a great deal of credxt for the hard fight which they put up partlcularly towards the end of the season Mlss Wlllou hby and Mr Brown the Coaches trarned the glrls so that they are continually lmprovrng rn technlque They are now m fairly good condrtron and better prepared to face the next baslcetb ll season because of this year s experlence The followlng are members of the team Elizabeth Oakes Captam Louise Slcllrano Guard Anna Delmerlco Forward Conchetta DeRosa Forward Beatrice Bell Guard Mary Moccna Guard Mary McConnell Guard Frreda Welch Forward Ruth Mathews Forward Bessre Robertson Guard Lrllran Walker Manager Helen Berthelson As t Manager Llllran Walker deserw es much credrt for the way ln whrch she handled the busmess affairs of the team and encouraged the gurls when defeat seemed to prevail 1.1- 9 -1 Rl .' , z' YA .V I3 I I -H ' ' I'I1ur-I I-y Xlfhite Studio - . . ' L A Q . B . - O . . - - O . . U . . V . 3 1 . . - ' . v . . . . a A S .

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7 ' f J ,N LOCAI SPI: AKIING CONTEST The hrst local speakmg contest the wxnners of whlch were to represent our school ln the Crreenburgh League lnterscholastlc Speaklng Contest was held nn the Ardsley Hrgh School audxtorlum Wednesday ey emng March I3 at elght o clock A small tax of ten cents was asked from each per on to buy prlzes for the wmners of the contest The people were greatly ama7ed at the ablllty of the speakers and they were proud of the students for therr ambxtlon and work ln preparlng thexr se lectxons Ex en the Judges were overcome wlth surprlse so that they dld not know who should get the first prlze Howeyer Mary Moccla and lsldore Verch won first prlzes five dollar gold pieces The second prlze went t ames Trans and Ruth Mathews whnle Wesley Brown and Louxse SlCllldI'lO were awarded thrrd Everyone enjoy ed the speaking contest and thought that Ardsley Hlgh School has somethm to be proud of for they are workmg up a reputatlon IH publlc speaking Thrs year s lnterscholastrc PYIZE Speaklng Contest was held ln the audl torlum ofthe lrvmgton Hlgh School on Friday April 76 1929 Each contestant gave his or her recltatlon wlthout any announcement They were for the most part prose Mary Moccla our representative for the glrls was third to speak She had the entlre attentxon of her audlence dur mg her excellent rendltron of The Whnte Hands of Telham Thus mter estlng and excxtxng selectxon was one of the best on the program and Mary deserves much prarse for her hard work ln preparmg xt so well lsldore Verch was slxth on the program He used Patrlck Henry s Address before the VlYglDla Convention and hrs dellvery of lt mnght have equalled even that of Patrlck Henry himself The audience enyoyed xt yery greatly as was showr by thelr generous applause The repertoire of the orchestra was not greatly taxed at the end of the contest because the Judges arrlyed at a speedy declsxon Their yote was unammous for ooth Arndrew Verdln of Dobbs Ferry who had given Eulogy of Lmcoln a md Ruth Kllne of Creenburgh who had recnted The Famme an extract from Hlawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Judges gaxe SPCCIBI commendatlon and honorable mentlon to lsldore Verch 'Vlary and lsldore deserves much praxse for the splendid preparation of thelr selections We must not forget Mlss Buell elther for she gave many hours of her time to coach them I2 1 9 .. .I A I I I I, If Y --I X T . . 3. ' . . T ' ' o CREENBURGH LEAGUE SPEAKING CONTEST

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e A HLETICSSN The Bovs Varsity team of A H S for the year of l928 l979 was composed of some veterans of precedm years as well as new players thl year and they fought gallantly for the Greenburgh Cup The team was coached by C W Horend assisted by Qaptaln D Santore Although the team was somewhat handxcappecl by losmg some of last year s players they were fortunate rn havlng strlvmg energetxc substltutes to take thelr place They drd not come out on too but played a ood Sportsman llke game from begmnm to end Xrdsley won the Sportsmanshlp cup for the least number of per onal fouls made durm the entlre Lea u Basketball season Baseball Votes At the present tlme the baseball season has barely opened But there haxe been many workouts up at Vvoodland under Mr Horend s capable dl rectlon The hrst game of the season was play ed against Greenburgh and our team mamtamed a lead from the be mnnn Domxmck Dexlardo again as sumes the rlght to the Pitcher s Box with an alert team to back him up Many of the old veteran team are back at their old posts and the places of those 'vacated by those who haye left school or raduated haye been taken by others Captaxn Domrmck Santore Mana er Edwm Bruce Asst Edwm Braem Coach C W Horend It 1929 .llfll-Vl,lfl'.lX e as lr- N 1 Q-1 f I D lN'7g .it .g , t s BOYS' BASKETBALL NOTES