Port Jefferson High School - Crystal Yearbook (Port Jefferson, NY)

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THE CRYSTAL -Ed Burke a 192S'er writes from Union to congratulate us on our Parrot -The' Tennis Club stages a court revolution. Reason-T0ny S1n1 declared he had four more games to play after hav- ing been watched from the sidelines for all of two hours by the Ebert-White-Dreyer trio. Mr. Sini was removed to the St. Charles Hospital. The young ladies' racquets are being restrung. -The boys' Glee Club engaged in some boisterous gleeing. -The old locomotive! Hip! Hip! Let's go! P-O-R-T J-E-F-F-E-R-S-O-N! The season's on! Port Jeff. goes to Center Moriches. The girls christen their season with a 28-15 victory and the boys 31-9. 20-The Senior play makes its usual triumph. Booth Tark- ington's Seventeen, is the production. The players are all in the neighborhood of seventeen, so you see they have little difficulty in their roles. -Center Moriches at Port Jefferson. We did our best to be good hosts but gave them a licking just the same. 38-8 fgirlsl 3 70-11 fboysj. December -The Purple Parrot staff announces mammoth literary con- test for two five pound boxes of candy. Everyone be- comes excited. -Port Jefferson defeats Lindenhurst at home in the first league game of the season. Lindenhurst assists in con- suming cocoa and cake. Old tradition, you know. -Mr. Davis tells us about some real livrx Injuns what he seed in the West. -Athletic organization holds its firsf meeting. Wilfrid Harth will hold the reins this year. -Port Jeferson at Smithtown. Two more victories for the purple and the white. Girls, 27-1? and boys, 40-6. -The Senate gets together for their first meeting. They feel their responsibility, as manifested by their high-handed demands for student ticket money. -We entertain Babylon. The girls win 50-17 and the boys 22-17. -The entire student body pays tribute to old St. Nick in the auditorium. Xmas trees and a gorgeous brick fireplace lends atmosphere. All voices are lifted in praising the Yuletide. The editor of the Purple Parrot presents the candy to the Misses Stevenot and Holgerson. There is plenty of excitement in the air. Everyone is busy pre- paring for the visit of that old fellow with the red nose, and vacation comes tearing in.

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THE CRYSTAL 3 Oh, well, anyway they're going to have a tournament with a cup and everything. October We haven't reached organized football as yet, but we sin- cerely trust that no one suffered more than the loss of shirt when the Squarehead,s and the Boneheads gamboled on the green this afternoon. Mr. Kisseling ap- peared in a uniform of rather doubtful origin-tho' very appropriate considering the damage he did. 1927 launches their first class effort in the form of the Pur- ple Parrotf' It appears in the Times and the Echo, and promises to be a real record of high school news. -Gaynor and Harth tells us about their trip to Riverhead to attend the Interscholastic Basketball league. Even the mention of that great old sport makes us glad we're alive. And, speaking of sports the Senate listened to the World Series by radio today, due to the extreme kind- ness of Mr. Griswold, our local radio man. -The Port J efferson High School music-makers organized today. Miss Lawrence prophesies great things for her musicians this year. -Basketball practice starts. You know, it's a good world after all. Now that the old school ship is fairly launched, it seems mighty good to be back. The crew is going to make its craft cover a lot of miles this year. -The witches and goblins presented us with a dandy Hallo- we'en party-much to see, much to eat and much to enjoy. Mr. V ndermuelen was a fierce-looking goblin, and there w 'e certainly plenty of weird appearing creatures in tie gym on that October night when the ghosts held sway. -Gym Night proves a huge success. Port Jefferson turns out in full force to see their respective sons and daugh- ters assume queer postures and make themselves gen- erally ridiculous. There were black cats and sailors, the high school boys piled up and piled down, turned somer- saults and performed back flips, while the audience looked on in wonderment. There were statues, studies in white which were perhaps the most impressing of the evening's entertainment. Oh, it was a real Port Jeier- son affair, executed in real Port Jefferson style. November 9-Tag Day claimed its toll. Ask the Port Jeffersonites how fast their high school students can run and how excellent their eyes proved to be in times of need. The Washing- ton trip is just 33211.55 closer to coming true.

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1- - - -Y 1---.2 THE CRYSTAL -The young bloods gave the Alumni a bad licking during the Xmas holidays. They had nice suits. January I -There are imposing piles of galoshes in the cloak room, and loud neckties and terrifying sweaters in the study hall. Every one knows the exact minute for the passing bell, 'cause We all asked Santa for a wrist watch so we would know. Hen Tooker wears a tie, undoubtedly the fond gift of some doting relative. It is green with pale orange dots. He grins and wears it. We suifer and bear it. -The basketball teams go to Islip, and add two more impos- ing scores to their already fine record. Girls, 53-15 boys, 31-13. -And some more basketball. Port Jeff. and Lindenhurst with P. J. on the right end of the score. Girls, 34-233 boys, 15-10. -The Regents loom in sight. It's odd how things quiet down. Shh!! We're studying! -Amityville, the proud and haughty suffers defeat from Port Jefferson. Their teams are good and they worried us a little for a while. Scores, 30-29 and 32-24. -We frolicked through Regents. Now that they are a mat- ter of history there is much noise and monkey-business again. -Smithtown at Port Jefferson. Tunes, girls 47-16, and boys 45-10. We have run out of expletives to express our pride. February -1927 organizes. Mr. James Gaynor finds himself president of the class, the class that old Port Jeff is going to be proud of. -Amityville didn't treat us so well when we went to call. In fact, her girls were very impolite. 14-26 was the dis- tressing score. While the boys took a 23-25 defeat, a sporting one anyway. We have tasted the dust, so now its time to hit the clouds. -The cheer leaders became excited today and demanded noise. We gave them some-cheering is our stock in trade. -Islip at Port Jeierson. Back with the old Port fight. The girls Win, 71-26, and the boys 39-16. The Seniors are getting excited about their class ring. Only Miss Denman's tact saves the day. Wolf Harth says Onyx cracks, the girls think onyx is just perfectly darl- ing! But then I suppose every Senior Class has its troubles.