Ardsley High School - Ardsleyan Yearbook (Ardsley, NY)

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l I 511 TROOP 3 ARDSLEY Mr Harlan Thomas Scoutmaster Ronald Townsend Asslstant Scoutmaster Notes The Boy Scouts of Ardsley have had one of their most successful sea sons during the year Whlle at Camp Slwanoy the Ardsley Scouts had the prlze wmmng tent for the month It seems that even after the Scouts returned home they kept up thexr good work After they were home from the camp about one month Mr Bell gave the Scouts thelr annual corn roast This IS sald to be the best party of the year for the Scouts The month after that they started work on their cabin They received support from many orgamzatlons and prxvate people lf they hadn t had thus support xt would have been impossible for them to finish the project thus year The troop has been havmff an Inter patrol contest and the Beavers are now m the lead The Boy Scouts know that they will contmue to prosper under their new Scoutmaster Mr Thomas and that the people of Ardsley will keep up thenr vreat support Richard E Barr Scribe I!l.'lI .I If llVl,l3'l'.l ,Y 11 .M ., V, l'l1uI1v by Xl'hilf- Q'I11l'H

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..'I , ,,' 1 1 , V . Q TROOP I ARDSLLY Captain Mrs George Armstrong First Lleutenant Mlss Flo 'Vlay Berthelson Patrol Leader Grace Woodruff Corporal Dorothy Lanavotto Kathryn ewell Ednth Morse Clalre Swanston I -XTROL lll Vlolet Guden Patrol Leader Carolme Warren Corporal Ruth Coggms Dorothy Groth Margaret MacD1arm1d Helen Praetorxus lna Robertson Alice Woodruff rence Bennett Edith Waldemar Patrol Leader Ellzabeth Secor Corporal Dons Addyman Florence Stymus l ATROL IX Myrtle Travis Patrol Leader Elizabeth Keane Corporal Gladys Cannmg Vlrgnnla ulllerat Gertrude Koenlg Ruth Lawrence Helen Morse eanne ulmby Honorary Members Helen Berthelson Gertrude Walters The Annual Mother Dinner was glven to the mothers on November 73 1929 The dmner was cooked by the older scouts Mrs Hagerman and 'Vlrss Pruyn were our guests The Glrl Scouts gave a play called Wrrtnng of the Laws at the anu ary meeting of the Parent Teachers Association The play was a great success Dorothy Canavotto ll! l'lpl llfllSllllX l'l1nlu hy XYIxiIl- . llllliu PATROL I PATROL II 1 , ' , u l . J Q . 1 i . I . . . . I ... . . J -

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L ..pl,i S L,',A' POLICIES OF THE ARDSI EY HIC-H SCHOOL Responsibility, Service and Recognition Responsibility service and recognltlon are the keywords of the ad mmistrative policies of Ardsley l-llgh School Unly by going into the water does a youngster learn to swim but the old method of tossing him into deep water probably fostered fear of the water more than swimming ability The Ardsley policy is to start with small re sponslbilities at first and when they are mastered to Give larger responsiblli ties The ultimate ideal is to have the pupils run the school with the r teachers as advisers for only as pupils increasingly learn to govern their affairs in school will they be able to take their proper places as citizens of this 1 reat self governing country ln the Ardsley School ex ery grade has elected class officers or com mittees who handle much of the routine formerly managed by the teachers The class presidents form the Student Council which cares for student affairs and finances conducts room inspections and advises with the Principal on matters of school policy The Honor Society Effort Club Audubon Club orchestra band Junior chorus athletic teams Boy Scouts and Curl Scouts re all voluntary organizations largely self governing and several home School is more attractlxe nowadays because pupils are gn en more lib erty But liberty without responsibility is anarchy Ex ery privilege entails a responsibility Only as responsibilities are recognized can privileges be extended lihe privilege of early entry to the school building extended to the non residents umors and Seniors entails the responsibility of quiet work in the home rooms The noon prnilege typing priulege library prnilege and Senior lunch privilege have equal responsibilities Seldom has a prnllege been withdrawn because the responsibility was not respected Further prixi leges now under consideration mvolxe the unchaperoned use of the carpenter shop and sewing room by pupils of superior scholarship in their vacant perx ods the extension of high school subjects to qualified pupils of Grade El hr and of conference periods to the Seniors in place of study halls SCYXICC IS another form of responsibility Fortunate are the boys and girls fthough they may not recognize it now who have certain definite re sponslbilitles at home The daxs of the empty woodbox and the kerosene lamp have passed Home is no longer the family work shop where even the children haxe duties that consume all their free time The pendulum has ll 19 ll'lI.'l,l'llX rooms have learned to function on their own initiative. . . , Y y N . H Y. Y . 1 . . M. . . . Q V r . . . M . . 5 . A