Bronxville High School - Bronco Yearbook (Bronxville, NY)

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3 Q91 0 , Pfzgr' fwclzfc weeks later, he told us that 94222 of the voters of our commu- nity had registered. On Friday, Cctober 9, we left school for the Columbus Day week end, our first three day holiday. Big things were to happen that week end, and they started happening on Friday afternoon, when our soccer team returned victorious from its first engagement by defeating Riverdale, 4-2. Saturday after- noon, we saw our football heroes carry off their second victory of the season, when they defeated Blessed Sacrament High School of New Rochelle, by the not too meager margin of 18-6. On Monday night, October 12, we Seniors capped off our long week end by holding our Senior Sing at the Grants' house. That was an evening we will long remember. We were in such a musical mood that we sang lustily every song that was flashed on the screen, and some that were not, even when we didn't know the tune. On some of the numbers we really showed quite a lot of talent, and this may be accredited to the practice we had had one day when we went down to Mr. Pirnie's room to sing during advisory period. High spot of the evening was Mr. Moore's renditions, on his guitar, of several old favorites, especially The Girl Friend . Cider and doughnuts were then distributed, and we teventuallyj returned to our respective abodes, satisfied with our first long Week end, which had given us a victory in soccer, a victory in football, and a lot of fun. The very next night, there was more excitement to be had in the form of a lively discussion at the first Westchester County Student Forum. At this affair, we all imagined that we were members of Congress discussing whether or not to draft the eighteen year olds. The final decision was that we should draft them, but it took some snappy argument to reach it. On Thursday of that week, while we were having our pic- tures taken, the first goal period came to a close, and we seemed settled in our school life and activities, resigned to the fact that we had to go through five more goal periods of the same sort. We found many things at school the same as they had been last year, but we realized that there was something about this year that was different from any other school year we had known. This year we were starting school while our nation was at war. There were evidences of it everywhere-in the halls, where piles of scrap metal and old rubber were to be found, in the lack of cars on Tobacco Road, in the class rooms, where little boxes were placed on the teachers' desks to receive old keys, in the dimmed out streets of the village. The Junior Red Cross was working diligently to send as much aid and comfort to our soldiers as it could. Several boys were taking a pre-flight aviation course to prepare them for military ser- vice after they graduate. Mr. Lynch had organized a group of Junior Commandos who did all sorts of exercises to build up their bodies, and thus to prepare themselves to be good soldiers. At the end of the first goal period, the entire Senior High School was preparing, under the direction of Ned Con- way, to make a collection of scrap metal all over the village. Thus, with all this activity, there were few of us who did not have some activity to take our minds off our regular school The iron hand in the velvet glove ' Your move Peace reigned before Cutie went out for a butt The Monday Luncheon Club

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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

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