Bronxville High School - Bronco Yearbook (Bronxville, NY)

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our school. The girls were given their choice of playing hockey, badminton, or soccer, and a considerable number of girls turned out for each of these sports. Girls were given other recre- ational opportunities in the forms of clubs in hiking, track, and bicycling. By the end of the third week of school, a prom- ising fall sports program for both boys and girls was well under way. Evidence of the great activity of the school during the first three weeks was the first edition of the news-crammed Mirror, which came out on September 29. Naturally, we all turned first to the Reflections column, but after further perusal of our periodical, we were pleasantly surprised to find a new fea- ture called Cactus , in which were to be found more clever quips and digs,' about our fellow students. We were all very much pleased with this first edition of the Mirror, and were very much indebted to Editor Linser and her hard-working staff for their good work. The following Friday night, we were all on hand for the first pep rally. The rally was held in the big gym, because dimout regulations would not permit the building of a bonfire. The gym proved very satisfactory, however, since we could make twice as much noise there as we could outside. The band had an opportunity to practice a couple of new numbers, be- cause nobody could notice the mistakes on account of the ter- rific echo. After a few lusty cheers and songs, and speeches by Messrs. Moffett and Fitzpatrick, we all joined in a snake dance which wound through the village, causing confusion and merriment everywhere. When our pep rally ended, we could hardly wait to come out and cheer our team on to a glorious victory. We were not disappointed in our hopes, and on Saturday afternoon, October 3, we all turned out full of pep to see our mighty heroes upset a favored Gorton squad 13-6. Although the boys from Yonkers made the first touchdown, Dick Trapp made up for it by scoring twice on a series of spectacular end runs. That was, indeed, a weekend of upsets, for two days later, the St. Louis Cardinals, taking their cue from the Broncos, of course, took the World Series' honors away from the New York Yankees. All we had to say to that was, It's about time somebody put those 'Yankees' in their place. The Thursday before the Gorton game, the religious educa- tion classes began. This year, the registration in these classes was not so strong as it had been last year. We did have our good points, however, and one of these was our interest in current affairs, and especially in the war. On October 5, we seniors turned out in large numbers to hear Taubie discuss our aims for 1942-43. He told us that our most important goals for these two years were the winning of the war, and the establishment of a just and lasting peace. He also urged all the voters of Bronxville to register. He was evidently successful in this plea, for, at his next forum, two lt's mine now The pause that refreshes As the backs go tearing by Come on, Bronxville. Hit 'cm hard. Walking long? Clear the floor ,..,.. I 1 X 'Q' ' ,A if Page eleven