Hasbrouck Heights High School - Coronian Yearbook (Hasbrouck Heights, NJ)

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-.. l .LLL f H R but A U PRIZE SPEAKING CGNTEST, 1920 The lfleventh Annual l'rize Speaking Contest was held May 17, in the Franklin School Auditorium, under the auspices of the Senior Class. The contestants, four girls and four boys, who had been chosen from the large number who had entered the prelimiifary contest in March, showed ability and careful training: The judges awarded the gold THE PASS The Passing Show of 1920 was held Friday evening, April 23, in the Franklin School Auditorium. This enter- taimnent was unanimously pronounced the best ever given in lfranklin School. The cast was unusually large, includ- ing over one hundred high school pupils, the songs were catchy. and the scenery and the costumes most pleasing. I medals to Henrietta l.ist, '20, and Russell fiokey, '2O: the silver medals to Llewellyn Lansing, '22, and llscar Schwi- detzky, '22. The contestants, as well as Miss Ifspy and Miss Diercks, who trained them. deserve great praise for the success of this contest. The auditorium was suitably decorated for the occasion. NG SHOW Financially the entertainment was a great success, the receipts being 95263.40 This amount was presented to the Athletic Association. Miss XYalker, who directed and coached the show, and Miss lispy, who acted as business manager, well merited the praise which was nnstintedly bestowed. II'l1l1I'l'l'Yi'l'l'l'l'I'I'l'TI'Y'l'l'l11'l g 'lTY1TfTI1ifTl1YTTTITflTY11I 'l TI'l ll'l

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gym'- S . l.l.l.l.Q,l.l vn -I-,www , GIRLS' BASKETBALL The gymnasium of the Pioneer Club was obtained for the teams during the basketball season. Much enthusiasm was shown by all classes making the practises most inter- esting. Margaret lleales, '20, arranged an excellent sched- ule for the year. Fifteen games were played, of which twelve were with league teams. Altho the schools played were larger, the majority of the games were victories for Hasbrouck Heights. Miss XX'alker, coach, deserves much credit for the effort and interest she put into her work. The senior girls who received their letters were: Mar- garet Beales, Marion Ratt, Ruth Coyle, Mima Stevens and Henrietta List. The seniors were most successful in the interclass basketball events, defeating the juniors by a score of 15-4. As a result, they received the silver trophy cup, on which their name has been placed. 1920 INTERSCI-IOLASTIC DEBATES A big victory of the year was the winning of a silver cup in recognition of having defeated all other schools in our group in the Rutgers lnterscholastic Debating Contest. The first debate was held March 19, at Ridgefield Park. Our team, consisting of lleter Cohen, '20, rebuttal leader: Russel tiokey, '20: Carl lillllllllil, '203 and Michael llilas. '20, alternate, upheld the negative side of the question: Resolved, that the United States should establish a pro- tectorate over Mexico similar to that over Cuba. Our debaters proved themselves superior to their opponents in knowledge of the subject, logical reasoning, and refutation. The next step was to meet North Plainfield. winner of the North Plainfield-Bound llrook debate, April 30, in the High School Auditorium. This time it was our task to prove that immigration to the United States should be prohibited for a period of at least tive years. This was done so successfully by our debaters, Peter Cohen, '20, rebuttal leader: Marion Raft, '20g Carl J. Lalumia, ,2O, and Michael Bilas, '20, alternate, that Hasbrouck Heights was again victorious. At both debates the school backing was strong, and the cheers and songs vigorous. The members of the team, and Miss Loosen, who coached them, are to be congratu- lated for bringing this victory to Hasbrouck High.

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SENIOR DAY Senior Day, as given by the Senior Class of 1920, on the afternoon of May 27th, was in many ways different from those which preceded it. This, of course, is no more than could be expected as the class does things differently whenever possible. An entertainment, prepared by the class, was presented before the rest of the High School and a number of interested visitors. The entertainment began with a parade of the Seniors around the auditorium. To the accompaniment of inspiring music, the class entered, a long, straight line of boys and girls, the boys interspersed and almost lost among the girls, little girls, big girls, pretty girls all, all forming part of the center of attraction and therefore all in their element and presenting smiling, happy faces. But-who were these girls? Surely they Weren't the Seniors! XYhy, no one ever saw such short dresses, such beautiful big sashes, so many faces surrounded and almost hidden by masses of brunette, blond or auburn curls only partly restrained by big red ribbons, in the Senior Class of a high school. They must be Freshmen! Yet the dresses were white and the ribbons and sashes red. These were the real Senior colors. And there was the crimson and white banner at the head of the line. The line divided and the little girls went into the row of seats usually occupied by the grown-up Senior girls and the boys into another row. They turned around and faced the audience. The girls were the Senior. W , So the successful parade was followed by a successful class song and then by the old class cheer- Pep, Pep, Pep, a-plenty, Hasbrouck High School-1920! Hardly had the applause stopped when the class presi- dent, Francis Dominick, mounted the platform and an- nounced the next number on a program which was full of fun from beginning to end. Senior Day Program Parade by Seniors. Class Song. Class Cheer. Selection by the Senior Trio. Reading of Class History. Reading of Class XVill. Selection by the Senior Orchestra. Teterboro Special, a comedy in one act. Reading of Class Prophecy. The Class Prophecy finished the entertainment and left --A ' W 1