Rye Neck High School - Scraps Yearbook (Mamaroneck, NY)

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- WELCOME On behalf of the Senior Class, I would like to welcome the parents and friends of the class here this evening. I am also very happy- to see many of 'our Alumni and I hope they will sympathize with us as they have alf readyfound 'out' how tit feels to be up ont' this stage for' the last time. I would also like to extend a cordial welcome' to Mr. Belf lows, the members of the Faculty and the Board of Education. According to the law of averages, there are are always a few flaws in everything that seems perfect. But may I add that our Class has defied this law at that all members of our Class are both' intelligent and dignified stuf dents. This may sound a bit exaggerated but it really is not. Look into the sunny' and smart faces of all of us and you can see for yourself, that we are all we say we are and perhaps you will see some remarkable characf teristics in us that we have not discovefedf If so, please do not tell us because we area already weary from being praised so much. Of course we are modest and wonitiadmit it but the praise of our fine work will reach your ears from lips ofiothers. Although ive have attained all bf our'honors through our own. ability, we don't desireito be too selfish' so we will thank Mr. Bellows and all :the members of the Faculty for their fine work in aiding us throughout .our high schgol careers. , , t It is my very sad duty to inform you that there will probably be no Class Night next year or if there is any it wo,n't be worth seeing. You wonder why? Well, I'll tell you. Those who are juniors nowg and will be Seniors next year,if they pass their exams, have never done, anything successful. How- can they ever expect to measure -up to,,Aus,, As I think back over our remarkable record, how wcll we have accomplished everything we have attempted, I also think of the ppor struggling Juniors. Where, we have succeed' ed they will ,fail. ,Oh Juniors, the pitfalls before you are all too numerous for aclass of your meager ability. Let our banner ever be your guideg ,take care of it, look up to itg andplast but not leastgrememberithat we, the Class of '30, are your mental and physical superiors and that you are ,trying to follow in our footsteps. Of course it is my natural supposition that you will fall far short of your mark, but all we can do is to wish you the best of luck and warn you as to what hardships you will have to encounter. In closing I would like again to thank Mr. Bellows, on behalf of the Class, for his fine and untiring efforts in helping us along through our four years of high school work. I would also like again to thank the Faculty who were ever on our heels to see thatour work was always prepared and to give 'us little bits of advice that helped put the finish' ing touch on our high school career. Class President ,-l,..Li- HISTORY or crass 530 , i Of the twentyfseven members of thelclass of 1930 who are graduating this year, thir- teen started with Rye Neck in the kindergarf ten to continue right through the Senior year-a course of Qthirteenfyears. -These old standfbys are: Francis Beecher, Judson Benjamin, Gertrude Guthrie, Audrey Hare, Everett Houghton, Herbert' Houghton, JFS, Rushmore Houghton, Madeleine Houpert, Edith Meyer, George Ockershausen, Ernest, Ortiz, Clemana Parker, and-.,Martha.Truesf dell. , . - t ljoining us inthe first grade were Vernon Church and Adrian Reed. In the second grade appeared two more, Florence Kelsey and Albert Langworthy. Doris Offermann joined us in the fourth grade and Raymond Clarke in the seventh. ' ' From the Parochial School in the fresh' man year of 'High School came John Don' nelly, john Ehrbar, james Fee, and Victoria Maxwell. In they 'Sophomore year Mary Quintavalla was added on. Across the seas came Jeanne Egger from France' and George Fitzroy from Ireland to join our Junior class. Our newest member, Edward Pratt, has been with us but from the beginning of the Senior year. i ' A ' I Altogether, the twentyfseven of us form the second'-largest graduating class Rye Neck has ever had. A E 1 Herbert R. Houghton, Jr. Page Twenty

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xi CLASS NIGHT SONG RYE NECK, OUR STAR Oh, Rye Neck High, we honor thee Above all schools t.here are, For we are ships upon the sea, And dear Rye Neck, our star, To guide us through each trough and crest Of every wave of work, For breakers high there are to breast, Great tasks we cannot shirk. And graduation is the port To which the star does guide, We'll have, to act as our escort In this large 'world and wide, A passed from old Rye Neck High To lead to life a-new, With this we know that we'll get by Our thanks, Rye Neck, to you! Clemana Parker Adrian Reedw-'7Skinny 'i A Gym team' '30 ' - He that is of merryiheart hath a continual peace. ' . - - Goodfnatured V ' A ' ' Madeleine. Houpert- Mad , Tennis 'zaisg ' Genteel' in personagef' Frank' ll' KFN . y .- , ,t SONG. .,, I. ,543 t When first we entered,you,,, 'A Our thoughts would not allow f . .?,,,fQThat we wouldeier -get throughfg' ' But that was then, and now-1 - ' Our days with you, Rye Neck, are almost over, f ' ' ' ' The time 'has come for'us to bid you good- there'1l remain within our hearts forever Sweet mem'ries crowding! withutmanyfgay pleasantries, p ' Y. ,QQ T Rye Neck Highj K , T A. A Q We wandered through your halls, 35 -So very happily, 4 Q 'We did not notice timeg ' But now we're forced- to see-4 f Our days with you, Rye Neck, etc. Herbert R. Houghton, jr. Page Nineteen

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PROGRAM ECCE AURA Introduction ..A... ,.... ......,........ Son g ...,,.,,... Welcome ........ Songs ......... Class Groups ......,.... ...... Characteristics, ...........,,....... . Alphabet ,..,.,........... Inseparables ........,............ . The Class ......,..................Parker ...........The President Beecher Maxwell ...........Doris Offermann George Ockershausen ......,,....r.Vernon Church Hare The Class of '31 ......,.,. ..........., V ictoria Maxwell Song ......,...........,.. ...,,,.,.,...,...........,.....,,...,......... H are Response of '31 ..,,....,........,.., The President of '31 Song .............rr,,,.,.................,....,,...,...........,....r, Beecher Black Jap Iris ....,,............,,......,............... George Fitzroy ECCE AURA-IRIS .,...' ,....r....,..,........ E dith Meyer ' Song ........... ....r,...,.,.., ............... H o ughton, Jr. Souvenirs ....:.....,. ..,.,................ T he Class Song .A........................ - .......................r.............. Beecher THE IRIS Of all the groups of flowers found in both the cultivated and wild forms, the Iris is perhaps the most truly democratic and yet the most dignified. The word Iris is the Greek for defied rainbow or robe of many colors and is certainly no misnomer when applied to the Blue Flag or Fleurfdeflis which is the most common of the family. It shows a fine, appreciation in variety of tgue colors, texture and beauty of blossom. The Fluer' deflis which is the flower of chivalry, says Ruskin, has a sword for its leaf and a lily for its heart . , The longest cultivated of all flowers is the Japanese Iris which flourishes in Eastern Sif beria and Japan. The colors of this particuf lar member of the family- run mostly from white through the purples to the most un' usual and yet the most astounding of all, the Black Jap. When the young and pious Cru' sader, Louis VII, adopted it for the emblem of his house, spelling was scarcely an exact science, and the Fleur-de-lis soon became corf rupted to its present form. Doubtless this Royal flower was the white or black Iris but since li is the Celtic for white there is still room for another theory as to the origin of the name. But let us not ponder on the name and the flower itself, let us rather investigate its significance in mythology for this is what its sight and name convey to us. I If we retrace our steps in literature to the works of Homer, we find Iris represented as the messenger of the gods, the attendant of Juno and the mediator between God and man. The Ancients looked upon .her as the guide and an adviser, They believed that the rainbow, the brilliant trail left in the sky by her many colored robe, was her sign. It was Iris, they believed who charged the clouds with water from the lakes and riverg and when her bow appeared, they welcomed it as a sign of rain to quicken their crops, and they saw in its splendor the reflection of her presence. George Fitzroy CLASS ALPHABET U A stands for Albert and Audrey-oh my! B is for Beecher-you needn't ask whyg C's for Clemana and Raymond Clarke too, D stands for Donnelly who seldom is blue. E is for Edith and Edward-ah melmqi Q ,- F stands for Florence and Fitzroy and Fee. G is for Gertrude and Georgie, our star, H is for Houpert and those Houghtons there are. I 'is for interest still hanging on, J is for Jeanne and for Judson and John. K stands for Kelsey who Dodges around, L's for Langworthy, our business hound. M is for Mary, all covered with smiles, N begins, Never will we be Carlyles! O is for Offermann who's travelled abroad, P for Patrick who rides in a Ford. is for Quinta with valla tacked on, is for Reed, our class historian. Q R S is for Something, we don't quite know what T is for Truesdell, who knows quite a lot. U is for Ultra, our modern class, V hopes that Vicky and Vernon willpass. W's wasted for lack of a name, X is still missing, forever the same. Y is lost with it, which, if we don't ind Z will bring zero with something behind! Herbert R. Houghton, Jr. Page Twenty'one