Ardsley High School - Ardsleyan Yearbook (Ardsley, NY)

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an-Qefuasxanwntwomwcmwawn-cnwcxwnwefunwaunveunwunwswunnwnxanqgngarwg W A A Under the guidance of our new gurls physlcal ID structor Mlss VITUIUIH Vaca the Women s Athletlc Asso clatlon of Ardsley Pllgll was founded last fall at a mass meetmv of the hugh school glrls who chose for their student leaders Lons Ann Banlster President Kay Baker Vlce presldent Amta Heller Secretary The hrst undertaking of the Board was the devls mg of a polnt system whereby all glrls who were truly mter Ps, ested mlght earn an award not only the star athletes as - prevlously ThlS system has thus far proven qulte satlsfac tory and seems to be lmprovlng with tlme The sport season was officially opened last fall by a hockey game at lrvmgton where our gnr s pent a very enjoyable afternoon as guests of the Irvington Hlgh School Physical Ed Department the hockey season faded out the girls turned their energles and mterests toward badmmton volleyball pmg pong and shuffle board Of the badminton group Elmor MacLeod proved to be the most skxllful capturmg the smgles champlonshlp She and Llly C-ubler subdued all OPPOSIIIOH ln the badmmton doubles tournament emerglng undefeated at the end of the season The King of pmg pong IS none other than Ex elyn Eaton and the wlnners of the shuffle board encounters are une Elsenhauer and ean Van Dusen Then came the most popular sport of all basketball Judging from the great number of the falrer sex who attended the practices even Kay Baker came out and she proved to be qulte asset to her team too' An extenslve mter class and mtra mural schedule was drawn up This pro vided a number of excltmg games for the student spectators Of the four mtra mural teams namely the Screwballs Musty Bears Puny Putrld Petunlas and the lgnats the PPPS conquered the banner and were honored wlth a game agamst the faculty This latter team was composed of star col lege athletes and starred Pop Brown as Raggedy Ann Chuck Horend as Mae West Wxld Bull Duke as Shirley Temple and Maestro Vmcent as Sally Rand fwoo' woo' But their clowmng dldn t fool u No slree They certainly had to put up a Hght against those Battllng Beauties Serlously this game provlded a great deal of wholesome amusement for a record audxence of pupils Thus ended a most successful basketball season To Kathleen Gorman went an A plus for the efflclent manner ln which she executed her duties as manager A vitally needed posture class was organized and recelved with great enthusiasm by an eager group of glrls who were anx ous to xmprove thelr h alth and appearance Hedy Szekely and A D Paoluccx 1111111iiiiiiinifixiiiiiiiiii 1 . . . . . . I ' 3 5 f . T Y Y Y - , . 1 y , '. S . As - . Q , , . Y . Dv ' Y u v ' x V J , A , f , an ' - . ' , ' ' 1 , , , . , . s. x - ' 1 . 5 . . Q

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111111111111111111111111111 YS V Tl BASEBALL Once agam the call for candidates for Varsity Baseball has gone out The return gf five letter men Nlcky Macn Douglas lVlcK1rgan Richard Mader Carmine Palermo and LOUIS Caporale rs the basrs around whnch thus year s team wrll be built It IS hoped that the abxlrty of the many promlsmg Freshmen and Sophomores will carry the school to the same heights as that enjoyed by the Varsity Basketball team of l940 4l INTER CLASS BASKETBALL Each year the Physical Education Department sponsors an mter class basketball league Here all future varsity stars perform for the honor of thelr respective classes Exciting games are held each afternoon At the present trme wlth one game to play there IS a chance for three classes to tre for first place PING PONG BADMINTON SHUFFLEBOARD The wmt er session found actlvrty centering around these socral games Many outstandlng players were developed thus year m Table Tennis Champlonshlps are stlll to be played off SOFTBALL Each fall and sprmg intra mural games are enjoyed on the playground Srxty boys partrclpated ln the league last fall and many rnterestxng games were played GOLF Each sprmg Mr Horend takes charge ofa group of boys mterested rn golf Several matches are played wxth neighboring schools TENNIS-Several students who like tennis for recreation -.:f ' have found the new court an added attraction Cp U5 X It rs hoped that some day we shall be able to de X velop a team for competmg wnth nexghbormg schools 2 X . a E s Q46 CB .Si iiiiiiiiliiiiiifiiii1111111 BO 'ATHLETIC ACTI I ES , ' A if Ts fn! - .1 7 N . . . . r Q 1' ' , X xxx no XY' ' 'F' 'W r ll D: Nfl, ' , , S. U. ll 1 I, jf ll QW -

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