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

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ll l Ill fnffalllll ISO! 'Our soccer team shutes across the station Field due to a pour- ing rain. However, in spite of all the handicaps they defeat Bay Shore in a I-0 score. gThe boys win their first football game of the season. Sayville is the victim and succumbs to a score of I2-6. kThe cast for the High School play, Tweedles , is picked. From all reports We expect many chuckles. November -Our treasury swells. Crowds attend the opening of the Port jefferson High School Theater at our annual Gym Night performance. All star cast sketches having every class in school represented delight the audience. g-The football team again scores a victory. VVe travel a long way to gain it, going to VVesthampton Beach. The score is 19-7. Our parents view our work. The annual school-night is held. Lessons are excellent fas usualj. -f'There's Music in the Air . The Girls' Glee Club holds its hrst meeting to practise the Christmas Cantata. 23+The High School Play is produced. No one will forget Dorothy Lee as demure VVinsora who gains the love of Julian Castlebury. Nor will Clyde Melendy be forgotten. His speeches draw many laughs. December eflasketball season opens. Roth teams bow to East Islip. The games are won with decisive scores. -Girls' Glee Club has charge of the Christmas exercises. They give a most pleasing rendition of the cantata Chimes of the Holy Night . Vacation begins with a beautiful day. -The Phi Delta Sigma dance is held. Very few attend but a good time is had by all . Alumnae and alumni are seen glid- ing under colored lights and joining in the crowd around Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus Cotherwise Clyde Melendy and Irene Newburyj, who have gifts for all. -Alumni basketball games. Our varsity rules supreme. 22

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I lli ll vw-Illll ISO! ll September 4-The clan reassembles. XVe are impressed with the good appear- 16-23 ance of the school. During the summer a new roof has been put on and new plaster on the walls of the second floor. At assembly members of the Class of ,ZQ make a few remarks. Ruth Anderson and Irene Newbury charm us with a duet and Mr. Vandermeulen announces that the Plant Hotel prop- erty has been purchased. We shake the walls with shouts of applause because that means an athletic Held. -Annual subscription contest is held. VVe sell magazines for both the Curtis and Crowell publishing companies. The school is divided into two teanisg the Blue Eagles and Red Flashes, captained by Douglass Bartow and William God- frey. Salesmen surround and attack the country and after a thrilling week, the Blues win. About 830 subscriptions are sold. 29-The football season opens. Our boys play well although Hunt- ington succeeds in defeating us with the score of IQ-0. October 4-Our girls' soccer team travels to Bay Shore and wins the Hrst game of the season with a score of 2-o. 8-The soccer team is not as successful when they encounter Smithtown, who defeats us I-o. 12-Boys and girls both suffer defeat at the hand of Patchogue to the tune of 24-o in football and 2-I in soccer. Igmolll' girls hold Smithtown to a scoreless game. XVe play ex- ceptionally line soccer! I -The football team once affain tastes the dre TS of defeat. This 9 rs is time Amityville is our conqueror to the tune of 26-6. 22-Qur regular Thursday morning assembly is turned into a nom- inating convention. Many students are nominated for the offices of the Student Organization. Those finally elected by secret ballot are: President, Ernest Hopkinsg Vice-President, Clifton Leeg Treasurer, NVilliam Millerg Secretary, Dorothy Lee. 21

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l ll l llll4T'2..'f'1llll ICM january CIQSOD 6-Islip defeats both our teams. Scores are: boys 35-19, girls 21-16. I0-XYe again succumb to defeat. This time Smithtown is the vic- torious party. I7-Girls' basketball team is the conqueror. Very exciting game at Babylon which ends in a score of I6-IO. Boys are defeated. 24flioth basketball teams suffer defeat. Lindenhurst proves too much for us even though we light and cheer lustily! 28-The Boys' Glee Club is organized. Very good reports are heard and much is expected from the boys. 28fXVe begin our lessons in thrift. School Savings System is in- augurated With Miss Thomson in charge. livery Tuesday we deposit pennies and dollars. The candy sale suffers but next summer's vacation will benefit. 30-Chemistry and Physics students have a special treat at Assem- bly. Mr. James gives a demonstration on liquid air. VVe will never marvel at sword-swallowers after seeing Mr. James eat liquid air! Boiling Water on ice and making ahammer of solid mercury are examples of his tricks. February 4-New Purple Parrot staff takes up its duties. They issue a very creditable paper. 6fStudents are instructed in parliamentary lawg the classes are ' organized and meetings are forthcoming. 6-The girls defeat Islip at basketball on the home court. The score is I6-II. The boys are defeated. 11-The most exciting games of the season are held. The girls defeat Babylon and the boys' game is very close. Many beau- tiful shots are made and the rest of us return home too hoarse to speak. 17-The cast for the new play, Shl Not So Loud , is selected. This second play will take the place of the annual Novelty Night. I9WThe Crystal board is chosen and Work begins immediately. Potential newspapermen and Women are getting excellent practice. 23