Mineola High School - Signet Yearbook (Mineola, NY)

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A L 0 E N I M M. H. S. Wins Rutgers Cup In a debate with the Lynbrook High School team on March 24, Mineola won a unanimous victory, thereby earning the Rutgers College Cup for intercholastic debating. The subject was: Resolved that the United States government should adopt a separate unified air force. This is the first in- terscholastic debating team that Mine- ola has ever had. It is composed of Joseph Gramer, captain; Mildred Wiencko, Arthur Gersbach, Lillian Katz, alternate; and Miss Rooney, coach. JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Class Officers President—Benton E. Warner, Jr. Vice President—Harry Sill. Secretary and Treasurer—Ethel An- derson. Class Motto—I press toward the mark. Class Colors—Blue and White. Class Flower—White Rose. A one-act sketch, entitled “Ted’s Chum” and a cantata, entitled “Rip Van Winkle” are being prepared for the Junior High School Commence- ment program. The graduates are: Fred Brinkman, Elizabeth Bryant, Gladys Burt, Evelyn Cronn, Viola Dean, Catherine Druck, Mary Drury, Englebert Enstasser, Kathryn Fisher, Muriel Florence, Arthur Hausen, Richard Huber. William Jones, Walter Kanvy, Hilda Katz, James McGuire, Myrtle Munson, William Nash, Stella Pegusky, Harold Sauer, Ernest Schlawiedt, Harry Sill, George Snyder, Stanley Stepkoski, Grace Robertson, Eugenia Tworkow- sky, Eugene Zaiser. Ethel Anderson, Lewis Beaton, Maybelle Caddick, Florence Davidson, Frank DeBrava, Clifford Decker, Jack Derounian, Frank Dilzer, Aaron Faivus, Ethel Frank, Gwendolyn Har- vey, Donald Haycraft, Samuel Holmes, Beatrice Kirkham, Rudolph Klein, Edward Kuntz, John Maser, Kenneth Mellon, Regina Meyer. Cleveland Monroe, Lillian Payne, Thomas Roche, George Roppelt, Lois Sinclair, Esther Slaten, Irwin Smith, Charles Snugg, Marie Snugg, Dorothy Sokolowsky, Jack Thornet, Claudine Tillotson, Benton L. Warner, Jr., Carol Webber, Hedwig Wolsky, Elmer Zapp. ANCIENT HISTORY (Revised) By the famous Professor John F. Boles, B.A.A., B.S.A. Earliest man underwent many diffi- culties that resemble those that our grandparents with their hoop skirts, high wheel bicycles and polkas under- went without the help of the short skirts, the “flivver” and the Charles- ton of today. Man in this early stage depended upon nature for his food and clothing, sometimes as vainly as we depend upon Congress. But he was clever, and it is not long before we find him in an advanced age, help- ing Egypt build herself up for the British to conquer. (To me the pho- netic signs resemble shorthand, be- cause I can understand neither). Metal was discovered by an Egyptian, smelling copper burning in his fire. Since then copper has been known as a scent. The Pyramids were started at this time, and according to ancient tales, it took a hundi’ed thousand men twenty years to build one. Which all goes to prove that, the bricklayers belonged to a union and struck now and then. Boats were built in the cities near the sea, and they had to depend on the wind for locomotion, because gas- oline had not been introduced as yet. The ruler, or Pharoah as he was known, owned a town house, several country estates, several carriages of high horse power and many fine ships. He probably went south in the sum- mer to escape the heat, as the remains of a castle have been discovered within two hundred and forty-three miles of the South Pole, and it shows unmis- takable signs of the work of Egyptian bricklayers. The tombs of the dead rulers were built and hidden so that it would be impossible to find them until, or shortly before, the Florida land boom that astrologers of that period predicted. The idea of this was that the discovery of these tombs would raise the price of Egyptian real estate. The decline of Egypt began when the horse was introduced. The foreign “bookies” soon broke the Egyptian populace, and Egypt never fully recovered financially. Many new kings ruled, and then Alexander in far away Greece, hear- ing of the vast amount of undeveloped real estate in Egypt, made plans to

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News otes ibblmgrs The Seniors Another Senior class, after coming up from the ranks, is now ready to go out into the world. Their smiling faces will be seen no more about the halls; their brilliant record will never more be equalled; their athletic at- tainments will never again be paral- leled, but such is fate. You can learn a lot about what they did by reading the Senior “writeups” and other news items. Here is only a short summary, a calendar of the year’s doings: Oct. 22, 1925—Birthday dance in the afternoon. Great success. Nov. 24—Invitation dance. Large crowd attended. Feb. 15-16—Theatre benefit, Century Theatre. Entirely unnecessary to say it was a success. Feb. 23—Social dance. Just another success. March 27—Senior play. Best play ever given by a Senior class in Min- eola. April 8—Seniors left for Washington, D. C. April 9-10—Seniors visited points of interest in the nation’s Capital. April 12—Seniors returned to school. May 5—Birthday dance—still another success. And now we have the class day exercises to look forward to, on June 19. On Tuesday, June 22, we have our diplomas handed to us, and on Wednesday we shall be the guests of the Juniors at the Junior-Senior Ball. Junior Notes On May 20, the members of the Junior class held their Spring picnic at Long Beach, where an excellent time was enjoyed. The class has begun arrangements for the Junior-Senior Ball in June, which promises to exceed those of previous years. Sophomore Notes We regret to state that our Sophs are still in their dormant state and their only accomplishment since the last issue of the ALOENIM was a theatre party at the Hempstead The- atre on May 6, where they saw “Oh, What a Nurse.” Sunset Supper As a new means to raise money and have lots of fun, the members of the Gii-ls’ Athletic Association held a “Sunset Supper” on the playground, east of the school on Tuesday even- ing, May 18. All courses of the sup- per were sold on the grounds, and each person cooked his own meal over the several fires built there. This affair added quite a sum to the treasury of the association, and everyone enjoyed himself. We regret to say that our music teacher, Miss Tinkham, was compelled to withdraw from her musical instruc- tions here, due to illness. Mrs. Ingles has taken her place, and is proving herself an excellent substitute. Senior Play Just a few days, after the last issue of the ALOENIM came off the press, March 27 to be exact, the Seniors gave their play. Its name was “Barbara Makes A Splash,” and its character was a comedy drama. Unlike many school plays, this one had a good plot. Due to the coaching of Mrs. Clendenny, it was a huge success. Just a little too late for the last issue of the ALOENIM, we received some interesting news of a former graduate of Mineola. Edgar G. Smel- tzer, Jr., of the 1923 class, earned a diploma in March from the State ] Institute of Applied Agriculture. Ed- gar had a high average in studies and athletics, winning the William Wen- I nick Athletic Trophy cup. 12

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We wish to acknowledge the fol- lowing exchange, and hope to hear from them next year. “The Focus”—Rochester School of Optometry, Rochester. “The High School Patriot”—Hemp- stead H. S., Hempstead. “The Whisp”—Westbury H. S., West- bury, L. I. “The Parnassian”—Passaic, N. J. “Homespun”—Somerset, Ky. “The Skirmisher”—Bordentown, M. I., Bordentown, N. J. “The Voice”—Colbleskill, N. Y. “The Broadcaster” — Central City, obrssks “The Chronicle”—Wright H. S., New Orleans, La. “Ink Spots”—Sea Cliff, L. I. “The Oracle”—Jamaica, L. I. “Spice”—Norristown, Pa. “The Oracle”—Plainfield, N. J. “The Dickinsonian”—Wm. L. Dickin- son H. S., Jersey City. “Dome”—Richmond Hill, L. I. “The Echo”—Tenafly, N. J. “The Comet”—Hicksville, L. I. “The Lawrencian”—Lawrence High School. “The Clarion”—Lynbrook, L. I. WE SAY— “Spice”—Norristown, N. J.: “Your literary department is very good and your jokes, excellent.” “Oracle”—Plainfield, N. J.: “Your paper is well arranged; but why not have an exchange department. “The Chronicle”—New Orleans.: “We are very glad to hear from you again and have realized your ambi- tion to have a good school paper. Keep on the way, you have begun.” THEY SAY— “Spice”—Norristown, N. J.: “Your editorial “Be A Booster” was just fine, and we certainly do enjoy your jokes.” secure it to develop it because he was a realtor. After many moons Alex- ander expired, and Ptolemy grabbed Egypt and built up the empire. Then he waited for someone to conquer him, and when no one did, he died of a broken heart. Then came Cleopatra, the one only, (none genuine without this signature). She was a member of the Interna- tional Booster Club and got lots of publicity for Egypt. It was she who introduced Nile green for stylish clothing, and Paris green for rejected lovers. Her press agent wrote a book entitled, “Let the World Know” and this has been the text book of press agents to this day. Cleopatra did wonders for the world. She became a synonym for the word ‘vamp.’ With- out her, Shakespeare could never have written “Anthony and Cleopatra.” And whom would the beauty adver- tisements have to offer as an acme of beauty if she hadn’t been? Think it over. Answers to “Who’s Who and What Of It?” These are the answers to “Who’s Who and What of It?” published in the March issue of the ALOENIM. How many did you guess ? 1. Ray Kelmel; 2. L. Katz; 3. L. Emig; 4. B. Jones; 5. R. Kelmel; 6. W. Petersen; 7. B. Jones; 8. L. Green- stein; 9. W. Berryman; 10. W. Peter- sen; 11. E. Brown; 12. A. Fagerang; 13. W. Petersen; 14. E. Gilligan; 15. E. Warner; 16. M. Rode; 17. E. Gilli- gan; 18. E. Warner; 19. Steidinger; 20. L. von Oehsen; 21. Steidinger; 22. E. Brown; 23. J. McLaughlin. 14