Ardsley High School - Ardsleyan Yearbook (Ardsley, NY)

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ww' wr c reffw M CHRONOLOGY April ll After a glorlous and unforgettable tnp to Wash tngton D C the Seruors arnve home t1red but happy m the wee hours of the mornxng Apnl 18 W1th the usual solemmty the annual Second Degree lnxtlatton IS held wtth Honorable Walter Seely pre sxdmg Apnl 23 Under the dlrectxon of Mr Harry F Taylor the annual concert of the Mustc Department rs held Apnl 25 The orchestra gxrls chorus and four solotsts tn cludmg Elxnor MacLeod Dorothea Frlschmann Ruth Carroll and Nancy Wxlbur 1ourney to Kmg ston New York for thelr annual partlclpatron ln the State Musto Festxval The gxrls chorus recexve a one ratmg for the1r outstandmg performance Apnl 28 Ratlomng commences at Ardsleyl People pour m by the dozens to secure cards for sugar Teachers ISSUG more than 2400 cards May 8 W1th the usual fun and gay spmt the annual Boy Scout Cxrcus 1S held June 5 Mr Frank Kluge enlxsts for Coast Guard Reserve Offxcers Tralnlng School at New London Conn June 5 Lots Ann Ban1ster IS awarded the PTA scholar shlp June 15 A senous and qutet arr pervades the school as exammauon week commences September 9 Very much refreshed everyone ts back agam at school to begm another successful term' September 25 Rosma Mantello IS elected Presxdent of the Honor Socxety and Emerson Vtrden Jr V1ce prestdent October 2 he Student Counc1l elects Llly Gubler Presrdent October 5 e annual Honor Soctety pxcnrc IS held A plentt ful supply of hot dogs IS emoyed by all October 12 At last a day of restl October 23 Judge Walter Seely ts honored at the Fxrst Degree lT1lllQllOYl of the Honor Soclety for rendermg 20 Years of loyal servlce to the orgamzatxon November 10 Emerson Vxrden Jr Ltly Gubler and Charles Van Brunt broadcast from Statron WFAS on V1ctory Corps Program November 13 150 o1l ratton appltcatxons are ftlled out at Ardsley Hxgh School November 20 Plans are made for a monthly war servxce plcture supplement for our boys tn the servlce November 29 The school IS saddened by the sudden death of Robert Hennmg December 8 At last a paper for the h1gh school puptls The f1rst 1ssue of the Torch IS pubhshed ed1ted by Emerson Vlrden December ll Basketball season commences at Ardsley w1th a vlctortous game agalnst Elmsford January 7 Lieutenant M1tchell C Vlncent pays a brtef vxstt to our school on hrs way back from dehvermg a plane January 8 The frrst soldter plcture supplement IS publxshed January 18 Books are pulled out of dusty corners as mldyear exams commencel January 22 Enszgn Frank Kluge USCG pays a vrstt t our school February 2 Gtrls don a bow and boys proudly wear Jackets as Ardsleyan pxctures are taken February I5 War Savlngs Stamps and Bond contest begmsl A patr1ot1c alr f1lls the h1gh school as all puplls do their share rn buylng defense stamps and bonds March 23 The puplls of Ardsley Htgh School feel keenly the loss of Ted Marquxs a fellow comrade March 26 The ABDSLEYAN goes to pressl Apnl 9 Seniors present Best Foot Forward ROSINA MANTELLO ' is h E N lt P ' ., in ' JL! V jg - , , 4 -' , r , KV F X u ' , ' '- X,-I t A fvgf, f- f'-frfz' -. f 1 I - . . . 1 I ' ' . , , . , . , . . . ., ' ' 0 . , . . . ,

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5 V' T: .gf w'5 '?- EDITORIAL Not only have our parents and grandparents stated that the younger generat1on IS gett1ng soft that 1t does not know what hardshlps are but the d1ctatorsh1ps have loudly denounced the flabby and 1neff1c1ent people of the decadent democracles The older people d1d not see how we could ever run World affairs rntellrgently when 1t came our turn We would certalnly plunge the world 1nto m1sery w1th our frxvolous ways We havent had that chance and posslbly we never w1ll unless present d1ff1cult1es are settled sat1sfactor1ly We the younger generat1on are pre sented w1th the great temptatron to retort Who s golng to ruln the world? but we des1st not knowlng 1f we would have done d1fferently Young and old ahke we are 1n thts to the end and we w1ll see 1t through to that end Here IS a tallor made opportumty to prove that we are worthy of our hen tages We can prove and are provlng that we are not soft that we can take xt Graduates of not too anc1ent a vm tage are tn there punch1ng and most of us are looktng forward to 1t At home we are makmg the best of short ages of obyects we once belleved 1n dlspensable We real1ze how lmportant 1t IS that we prepare ourselves at some future date 1t may mean the d1fference be tween l1fe and death For that purpose we are dorng our best tn our usual s hool GCl1V1l19S as well as those added dunng our Vtctory Program perlods Bas1c m1l1tary courses phys1cal fitness class home nurs1ng nutntron f1rst a1d Spamsh and home defense have taken equal rank wlth Latln French h1story and geometry our Vlctory Program also We serve as messengers control room workers and a1rplane spotters we sell War Stamps and Bonds work for the Red Cross and part1c1pate fn salvage campalgns Although we may fret at the seemrng fut1l1ty of such acttons when others are g1v1ng the last full measure of devotxon we are patlent for we know that our turn w1ll come We feel certa1n that we can prove that we are Amencans of whom Llncoln Wash1ngton and Iefferson could well be proud The Arnerrcan f1ght1ng Splfll has gr1pped us we w1ll do our best to add to the glonous h1story of our land . C . . . - ' - - - V Community service has its part in I ' I A . - I ' .F'l ' , . -F, .rf

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