Mattituck High School - Reflector Yearbook (Mattituck, NY)

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Once the seed has been cut and treated, it is time to plant. The Eastern Suffolk farmer uses certified seed and harrows the ground carefully before planting in order to maintain the high quality of Long Island Potatoes. So it is with the student. He needs more than routine class instruction. The opportunities for growth and development found in music, art, drama, and other extra-curricular activities furnish him with a means of personal expression and growth in many fields. WE INTRODUCE THE PLANTERS. . .

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Assemblies

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SEPTEMBER 2 Meeting Faculty 3 School opens — Don’t look so glum, chum! 5 Magazine Campaign opens — Terry Downs gives his first fight talk. 17 Faculty Party 20 Soccer: East Meadow (away) MHS 6 — Opp 1 22 Magazine, campaign closes — Mattituckians quit jobs to read magazines. 25 Soccer: Hauppauge (home) MHS 2 — Opp 2 29 Soccer: Southold (away) MHS 4 — Opp 0 OCTOBER 1 World Series — Yanks take series after losing first 3 games. 2 Individual pictures taken - in color this year - real Hollywood stuff. 2 Soccer: Islip (away) MHS 8 — Opp 0 3 District Teachers Conference — kids are happy — teachers suffered for a change. 6 Soccer: Center Moriches (away) MHS 0 — Opp 6 8 Interim reports issued — Dad warms up the paddle! 9 Soccer: Central Islip (home) MHS 4 — Opp 0 9 College night — Riverhead 7:30 p.m. 12 Columbus Day — school closed — Yeah for the Santa Maria, Pinta and Nina 16 Soccer: Bayport (home) MHS 12 — Opp 2 17 Zone Teachers Conference — school closed. 20 Soccer: Bcllport (home) MHS 6 — Opp 2 23 Soccer: Sachem (away) MHS 2 — Opp 0 27 Soccer: Kings Park (home) MHS 6 — Opp 0 29 High School Assembly — Mr. Muir — “Peter, Peter, cigar eater. 29 Senior Pictures — Central Photographers — girls give glamour. 31 Hallowe’en program — you needed a program to tell the witches. NOVEMBER 4 Pep Rally. 4 Soccer: County play-off with Center Moriches at Sachem MHS 6 — Opp 2 (all Senior goals). 4 Election Day. 8 Soccer: County play-off with South Huntington at Sachem MHS 7 Opp 0 11 Veterans Day — school closecT— former fighting faculty find flabby figures faultily fit WWII uniforms. 12 Quarterly reports issued — Oh Daddy! I’ll meet you in the woodshed. 13 Minstrel Show Matinee — yelling youngsters yowl success. Show a hit! 14 24th Annual Minstrel Show — full house — loud applause — much mullah! 19 High School Assembly — oratorical contest — Frank Gumper wins — talks MHS to victory. 26 High School Assembly — 11:15 a.m.—Thanksgiving Program. 26 School Closed — Thanksgiving recess — “Tom Turkeys take trouncing.” DECEMBER 1 School reconvenes — parents procure peace. 2 Eighth Grade tours New York City. 3 High School assembly — Film “Gateway to the Mind”. 4 HS Assembly — Atomic Energy” — reactions made hair stand on end! 5 Basketball: Southampton (away) MHS 70 — Opp 50 8 Basketball: Bridgehampton (away) MHS 68 — Opp 47 10 Oratorical contest—quarter finals—It’s Frank Gumper, again! 12 Basketball: Easthampton (home) MHS 60 — Opp 45 13 Basketball: Doubleheader: Clarke HS 68—Southampton HS 49; MHS 65 — Westbury HS 45 16 Basketball: Bridgehampton (home) MHS 75 — Opp 53 17 Interim Reports — no more TV. 18 Christmas Carols — 7:30 p.m. — “Tree trimmers tuck tinsel- caroling children thrill audience.”