Concordia Preparatory - Concordian Yearbook (Bronxville, NY)

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The SCCHUIENIFIEILD GYMNASIUUM

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jf' 1-rf 4 ,s,,,..w'P' Wm. fuuxfixvt hi sip Vet 1 FT f- l- ' li ,CI '7aw!z Rumlelecf A truck tumbled by on the highway outside. My umbrella, prop- ped up in a corner of the room, slipped to the floor, and the handle hit with a sharp crack, waking me from my day dream. I was back again in the bare room with the four steel beds. And I was not pleased. I left soon afterwards, walked the length of the long hall, de- scended the stairs to the damp basement, and turned left into the blacker darkness of the short tunnel that dug its way from Bohm Hall to the gymnasium. A short time later I had emerged from the tunnel, paused for a moment to examine the trophy case in the main hall of the gym, and proceeded on through the big doors into the gymnasium proper- big, damp, and cold. The rain was beating a tatoo on the gray sky-light. Atop it the ventilator rattled noisily. I walked over to the wall. Then lean- ing against it, I tried for a moment to forget the wind, the rain, and the rattling ventilator. And I think I almost chuckled to myself when I remembered. . . 30

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1 If I rs , it X ' H rfffv' ,f ! 'N' j N HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALI, TEAM Wlho had a fairly good year and a fairly good team . . . . . .Under the wing of Coach Elmer Dobberstein . . . And Captain Dick Duerr . . By making the best possi- ble use of their main asset, height averaging well over six feet . . . Using what in the technical jargon of an en- thusiast was the Big Three Triple Post Offense and Two- two-one Zone Defense . . . All of which got them a spot in the Westcliester County Pri- vate and Parochial Schools Tournament . . . And that's not bad. , Oil: Keyhole and Bas et COACH VINCENT OLSEN Wliose otlicial capacity was Director of Physical Education . . . In which he coached high school football and col- lege football basketball . . . Wlieii he was not playing bridge . . . Or hustling some work out of an innocent new- comer . . . Or babbling on about any Subject whatsoever. 'nd-'-f I . ,I5-uf 'we-Z .,-t il vi 'V 4' ' n 1 rl U ul hu X ll COLLEGE BASKETBALL TEAM ei XXlhose season was average -fc, . . .For lack of a more definitive adjective . . . It took lots of self-persuasion to get in there and fight some of those times . . . But New York State Tech took a beating . . . Wlieti the team was hot . . . And Weyer- mann,put in thirty-four points . . . Virus X put all but six players in bed just before one conference game, even Cap- tain Fred I-Ieineman . . . But Coach Olsen, assisted by school nurse Petts and the Olsen Blue Bus, always pulled them through . . . In some condition j . . . And so the season went.