New York Military Academy - Shrapnel Yearbook (Cornwall on Hudson, NY)

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Ufffsw me LIFE AT BARD HALL By A. Bardballer E BARD HALLERS are, to us, the most important and promising company on the Post. We have a unique advantage in that we are the smallest fellows. This, we figure, is an advantage because some day we little fellows will be big-but you big fellows can never be small again. Ranging in age from eight to thirteen years, in height from under four to nearly six feet, and averaging 92 pounds in weight, we participate in every Academy activity, just as the big fellows do. Bard Hall's sports record is something to be proud of. Immediately after the Academy opens in the Fall, we start on football and soccer. The younger Bards play soc- cer and touch football with all the enthusiasm of varsity men, our Intra-Hall Soccer League provided many thrill- ing games. And our own Varsity Football squad, led by Captain Ken Heitman, came out on top with six victories in ten encounters during the past season. As winter comes, we turn to skiing and sledding on the Parade Grounds hill, to skating on the tennis courts, and to basketball in the Gym. Basketball was a major win- ter sport. We had one league for our older boys, and an- other for the younger and less experienced cadets. And as the winner in each league was promised a Feed in Can- teen, the season was a hard-fought one. Finally, Fox, S., and his cohorts triumphed in the Tit-for-Tat League, while Russ Dunham's five were victorious in the Round Robin division. What a Feed that was! Table tennis was great fun in poor weather. Soon we had organized a tournament, in which Jerry Pohle won among the juniors, and john Ruzzo captured the senior title. As Winter passed, you could feel the rising excitement about the Golden Gloves Boxing Tournament. After many bouts, we arrived at the Finals, on the Evening of Spring Furlough. It was a tough light, but three fellows received the coveted award. Don Daly slugged his way to the top in the heavyweight class, John Ruzzo triumphed over the other middleweightsg and Lewis Dunham won his Glove among the lightweights. The tourneys were notable for the good sportsmanship displayed all around. After Furlough, the pugilists reappeared, but armed with a different variety of gloves-and baseball was king. Our Varsity Baseball team, captained by catcher john Ruzzo, with Heitman and Dunham, R., pitching, faced the same teams they had met on the gridiron, and emerged with seven wins, a tie, and four losses. We all learned much about the great American sport, taking victory and defeat with the same spirit. But sports are much less than half the life of a Bard Haller. We prize memories of occasional days at the Farm --games, outdoor meals and grand informality. We will remember our Hallowe'en party, and the good fun despite spooks and whatnots. XV e had our birthday parties, celebrated in great style, with songs and enormous cakes. We had our movies Fri- day and Saturday evenings--if we didn't have too many Bad Conducts against our names. We even liked dancing class, and when a Hop came along, there we were, as proud of our partners and our ability as any Faculty member or Senior Captain. We took several interesting trips, notably to Newburgh, to see the submarine chaser, and to the New York World's Fair, Page One hundred eighty-seven

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'Q MTRAPSHOOTING Coach .......,........................................................... Mr. Gillette Captain ....... .......,.............................,...... .............. C a shin THE SQUAD Bohny Cashin Fairclough McKittrick Casey Clark, T. Iandoli Murphy, A. Dickison Leonhardt THE RECORD Shooter Broke Hdlep. Score McKittrick ....... . 94 .... 94 Cashin ............... . 93 .... 93 Murphy, A. ..... . 89 ..,. 89 Leonhardt ...,.. . 75 .... 75 Iandoli ...... . 64 10 74 PON THE CLOSE of its third year as a sport at N.Y.M.A., trapshooting has produced a number of excel- lent marksmen of national reputation. During the favorable months of September and October, a large number of cadets entered the trapshooting squad and began practicing for ensuing, competitive meets. By the end of October Mr. Gillette, the trapshooting coach, felt secure in entering the shooters, Cashin and Murphy, in the annual fall shoot at Travers Island range. Due to a strong wind, all scores were comparatively low, Cashin, however, managed to place second with a score of 89x100. Although losing much practice during the severe winter, by spring the N.Y.M.A. shooters were in suliiciently good form to twice defeat the Powelton Club by twenty birds or more. Heartened by the scores of his pupils, Mr. Gillette con- fidently entered four cadets-Cashin, Leonhardt, McKit- trick, and Murphy-in the American Amateur Trapshoot- ing Tournament held at the Travers Island range of the New York Athletic Club. The confidence of Mr. Gillette was well founded. Leonhardt took second prize, a beautiful sterling silver bowl, with a score of 189 out of 200 in class E.', Cashin took first prize, also a sterling silver bowl, with a score of 188 out of 200 in Class UD. McKittrick and Murphy did well in shooting scores of 178 and 173 respectively. On May 14th the annual trapshooting meet was held at the N.Y.M.A. Farm. Cadet McKittrick won with 94x100, while Cashin placed second with 95x100. Soon after this meet the members of the first team were awarded shooting jackets by the school in recognition of their fine work and sportsmanship. Mr. Gillette is to be congratulated on his trapshooting team, as its sucess is due chiefly to his fine supervision. Page One hundred eighty-six

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We ,I t i xg' where we displayed an excellent show of guard mounting to visitors from many nations. The gala event of the year, though, was our Christmas party. Then we dined out, some of us at the home of Cap- tain and Mrs. Pattillo, the rest with Mr. and Mrs. Palmer as our hosts. After that we joined for music and entertain- ment, and our own semi-dramatic offering, with half of us as giggling girls in the dresses called for by our parts. This year we started a new project-The Bard Hall News. This was a paper issued five times during the Acad- emy year, just before each major holiday. It was written and published entirely by us as part of our class work, and each boy, in the grades from second through sixth, con- tributed something to it. Summer, Winter, Spring and Fall, we think Bard Hall best of all. Carefully guided by the wise experience of Mr. Riley, ably assisted by Messrs. Morrison and Ramsey, and cared for by lovable Mrs. Riley, we march along. Whether in class, on the drill field or doing time on Guard Squad, the Bard Hall cadet lives up to the spirit and objectives initiated by the Founder of N.Y.M.A., fifty years ago. BARD HALL DRILLS AT THE WORLDS FAIR Page One hundred eighty-eight