Ardsley High School - Ardsleyan Yearbook (Ardsley, NY)

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JUNIOR P From perhaps the very first day of school this year we all seemed a little older more qui t and resolute for we at last realized the gr ve seriousness of this terrible war we are fighting But in spite of war school has not really changed much except that we do miss the familiar faces of so many of our friends now hghting in all the far corners of the earth for what we believe is right America, returning it to its pre-war peace and security wresting it from the difficulties which war has brought upon our fair land And it will be we of this younger generation who will have the major part in the forging of this new Ameri ca for out of this dreadful war will come the hopes the plans and the ideals for an utterly new country Yes we are growing up now perhaps a little faster than we might have in peace times but we are learning fast and well and will be able to take our share of work and responsibility in the mighty job ahead of us Lets all hope that a glorious Victory will come soon so that we may get started We here at school are doing our very best to help in our countrys war effort We are taking all kinds of special courses such as Aeronautics Home Nursing Induction Physics First Aid Physical Fitness and many others to help us to do our part on the home front and to prepare us for the mighty job of rebuilding Mary Lou Neylan JUNIOR R Another year has sped by in modern tempo ARDSLEYAN the years project appropriately We of Junior R while enjoying another year choosing as the theme the topic uppermost in with Miss Robbie went all out for victory We were proud but secretly sorry when Raymond Pearce left us for the Navy Several members of the class worked on farms during the sum mer and as a whole we retain 100 member ship in the Victory Corps and wholeheartedly support the war stamp booth on Wednesdays with members of the class occasionally taking charge In September we commenced work on the all our minds The Peace to Come and the World of Tomorrow A large percentage of the class took part in musical organizations scouts clubs and sport activities with six of our boys on the Varsity and Junior Varsity basketball teams Another successful year has passed but unlike last year one filled with renewed hope Betty Hatfield SOPHOMORE Our class is a group of average American boys and girls This is a brief outline of what we are doing in school so that we may help to build a better America Most of us attend classes in some branch of stitnce utxj d ay Here wc arc acquaintmg our selves with many new discoveries We study and discuss matters relating to aviation radio and electricity Some pupils enjoy mastering Latin Spanish or mathematics Others go rn for typing short hand and bookkeeping or operating machines such as the lathe Participating in sport activities helps to de vclop leadership and fair play In our school we are taught to play fair and always do our best at all times We are working and preparing so that when the day of peace dawns we shall be ready to help in the reorganization of a new world where peace will be everlasting Robert Cammack FRESHMAN In September forty eager anxious Freshmen entered the confines of Ardsley I-Ilgh School Early in the year we welcomed Evelyn Meenen to our class Although busj with school work we have found time to win five dollars in the subscrlp tion camp ugn haxe a boys intercl ass basketball team and have seven representatives playing Junior Varsity basketball At the start of our high school careers we herein resolve to make the most of the oppor tumties offered to us and hope its benefits will lead to a full and useful life ahead Carmine Mobilia 9 7 1 e , . 8 . . . . . ' y . . - 7 ' 7 O Y 4 1 - 7 . 5 V I Q I y ' A Y . 1 y , , . . . . . . , . , h V , - . '7 . , - . U l 7 V f . , . . . - s ' ' . , . ' and dreams of a brighter future to come. ' , , . . ..', - ty,-f Lv' sv ,f f' ' , -- . , I 7 Y . . N . , , v v' N. C - ' ' . . , - n 4 Y . , 1 v' v v . A

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-'Lx -, 1 'vo-1' 'L JUNIOR R Top Row: Harold Carpenter. Frank Conover. Stanley Benedict, Treasurer: joseph Cleary. Dick Dunbar, Geoffrey Pollock. Robert Edmunds, Vice-president: William Blasberg. jr. Second Row: Francis Young, Virginia Brown, Ruth Agnano. Jean Garthwaite. june Brinkerlioff, Carol Meyer. Third Row: VVilliam Bor- chers, Edith Holscher, Anna Fatone, Florence Con- tant, Jean McGregor, Bernice Crowley, Mary Ann Cimino, Ethel Yottes,' Eugene Grandolfi. Bottom Row: Patricia Launer, Betty Hatfield. Secretary: Lila MacLeod, Presidentg Virgina Lynn, Esther DeNardo. FRESHMEN if Top Row: john Crisi, john Cimino. William Keehan, Ernest johnson. George McCormack, Edgar Bunch, Richard Walker, William Lefurgy. Second Row: Theodore Schmidt, john Hogan, Presidentq William Hauptman, Basil Spano. Peter Emerick, William Brennen. Louis Pascone, Biagio De Astis, Robert White. Third Row: Robert Carpenter, john De Rocha, Evelyn Meenen. Mayo French. Edwin Stone, Gerald Maloney, Carl Montaruli, Robert Fuchs, Jo- seph Petruzzi. Fourth Row: Joyce Petrone, Elinor Speicher, Vice-president. Front Row: Constance Cal- tabellotta Carolyn Stohr Frances Nannariello Marie Raab Lester MacLeod Treasurer Carmine Mobilxa, Reporter Albert Garthwaite Barbara Cleary, Sec retary, Margaret Williamson, Bernice Boice 9

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