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

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GYM TEAM EXHIBITION The Rye Neck Parent'Teacher Association was entertained on the evening of April 16th, in the Rye Neck High School gym' nasium by the school's gym team directed by Coach Sherwood. ' The athletic program included: marching tactics, free hand drill, 'horizontal bar, box' ing clog, by George Ockershausen and Rob' ert Ranking tumbling, torch drill, in which the lights in the house were extinguished and the Indian club illuminated on the ends mak' ing a very effective drill, and pyramids. , 'The program was varied by a piano duet by Violet Gee and Violet Alcorn, a violin solo by Elliott Harris, and a vocal solo by James Johnston. M The performers were: Captain Francis Beecher, George Ockershausen, Charles Pratt,. John Farrell, Walter Hains, Elliott Harris, Hubert Mosely, Samuel Egger, Rob' ert Lux, Herbert Houghton, Edward Farrell, Harry Moore, Robert Williams, James Reed, Richard Gainey, George Fitzroy, managerg and the Misses Violet Gee and .Violet AI? corn, and James Johnston. - 1 'James Fee . GIRLS' A. A. NOTES ' -f l The .Rye Neck Girls demand praise lfor their excellent turnouts in sports this year. The first sport in which they entered was hockey, playing their one game with Rye. The basketball season began in January and the gameshwere won as following! n I Rye H .here - , won Rye there lost Valhalla here won Valhalla .there won Harrison here lost Harrison there lost Mamaroneck .here . . lost Mamaroneck there , won As time will not allow this year, the tennis tournaments will take place in the fall. Hockey emblems have already been awarded to those who played on that team. Basket' ball emblems will be awarded to the two teams in June. I '. . Edith V. Meyer Page Forty UNDERCLASSMEN JUNIOR ACTIVITIES The Junior Class '31 of Rye Neck High School has twenty'four members. The Presi' dent is Richard Gainey, and the other officers elected are, Nancy Reinke, Vice President, Charles Pratt, Treasurer, and Josephine Oc' kershausen, Secretary. 4 , On the evening of April eleventh, the an' nual Junior'Senior Party was held in the gymnasium. The gym was attractively de' corated in green and yellow-and was called The Green Dragon Inn . The Junior boys gave a ballet dance which was greatly appre' ciated. A four'piece orchestra furnished the music and dancing was enjoyed until eleven o'clock. . On the tenth of- May, the Juniors went to the Metropolitan' Opera House and saw John Faust, Phd. It was presented by the Mask and Wig Club ofthe Universityiof Pennsylvania. In the evening, they visited the Aeroplane Show at Madison Square Garden. I ' ' A ' Thel Quidnunc is published by the Third Year,English Class,.which is composed, chief' lyjlof Juniors. In this, one may read all the current. 'activities of the High School and other articles on literature and science. 1 The ,Juniors are represented in the school orchestra, 'furnishing an violin, ,a saxophone, andadrhandolin, the girls' and boys' basket: ball teamsf the football team and the girls' hockey team. W . , , 1 K Josephine Ockershausen . LAKE O' THE,,WOODS Standing on the -shore of' Lake O' the Woods, .one can see but three 'thingsw bright blue sky, towerng trees, and water, blue with. the reflection of the sky above. The forest has grown to the very edge of the lake- and- one 'tree was bold enough to make its home in the very center of the lake. -The lake is on private property and for that reason none .of the trees surrounding it have been cut downvin recent years. The small stream which enters the lake at one end is of purest spring water. In summer the frog chorus rehearses in its 'meeting 'place .on the 'nine

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BOYS' 'ATHLETICS '30 If we judge the success of this year's sports by the teams victories, it was not such a great success, but if we judge it by the im' provement in the teams, it was a tremendous success. I i A' Because of lack of material and the' fact that Basketball requires the fewest players, this sport has proved the most successful in past years. But, this year, due 'to graduation and other causes, Coach Sherwood has had to -build -new teams inall three sports 'with nothing' but green material to 'work with. Considering this, the year has been a great success from thestanding oft gameswon and an even greater success 'if the differencein- tne 'teams' at 'the beginning of the -seasons and the end of seasons are considered. A i In football we played six games, won two, tied one, and lost three. We played our old rivals, Harrison, .Erst,f and were set back pretty badly, butafter this experience we hit our stride and tried Scarsdale in,an,,exciting game. The next week, we won the ,iirstliootf ball game in three years when we played Roger Ascham: In the last quarter, with the goal very close, -the Bronxville game' was stoppedibecause of darkness. On,Qecoration Day we looms hard game to Harrisonvrland closed the season beating' Chappaqua, zofv. 1 J ' In Basketball we averaged theisame as in Football, Lloofzi. The following are 'tho scores: ' ' iR.Nf Upp. Dec. 10 at Valhalla ,.,.,,... 1. ............,,i 16 20 jan. 14 Greenburg here .-..-... ........,.... ' .19 Ian. 17 Scarsdale here .,.,,.,.... .......,,..,,l 1 7 Jan. 24 at Eastchester ......... ......l. .... 1 5 Jan. 28 Valhalla here .............. ,........,.,.. 4 3 Jan. 31 at Roger Ascham ,SB Feb.- 7 Harrison here ...... -i.-.l.f.11.-.Q . Feb. 14 Eastchester here ...............,,.......a 1 0 Feb., 18 -Greenburg here ...., - ...,....,,....... Z8 Mar. lat Harrison ......,..,,,..........i.......,.,.,, 16 This year Baseball has proved' the most successful sport in standing of games won and lost. Of six games we won four and lost two: We :started the season in an exciting slugfest at Valhalla which we won, 14f11. Then we took our worst' beating from Har' rison, -16f3. The same- week,,,we won a wet game from Pleasantville, 5f4. We lost our hardest game to Harrison, 6l4 which proved to be the most exciting of the season. We shut out Valhalla 18f0 and outhit -Pleasant' ville acquiring 19 runs to their 3. This end' ed all school sports for 1930. From 23 .games played, we won 11, lost 1.1,N,and -tied-1. The 1930 Boy's A. A. has broken all past A.-A. reeordsibioth in membership and finanf cialibusiness. 'Sixtyfnine boys of the 'school joined and twentyfnine received recognition for playing in oneqor more sports. A ' The only changes in the letters over last year will be an larger monogram for three' letter men. I The gym team and Junior Var' sity Basketball teams: will ireceive emblems and J. V. letters, respectively. These 'players received their letters the Annual A. Banquet held at Conrad's Inn, 'june 7. Four members have earned.-their letters in three 'sports and havelreceived sweaters. - They are: Vernon'.'Church, Albert Langworthy, Robert Rankin,-.and George Ocliershausen. 'The following. have 'received letters also: John-Farrell 2, .john Ehrbarl, Raymond ?IL.3i polla 2, Edward. Woodl2,'Charlie Rigano 'Z, Elliot'-Harris 2, Anthony Rifgano, Walter Spuehler, Sidney Slifstein, George Fitzroy, John Armstrong, Olin Boom, Judson Benjaf min, Manager. The second Annual BoysgA. A. Banquet was held at Gonrad's Inn at 6 P.. M., june 7. After many rousing songs weresung, the chicken! dinner was. served. Toastmaster Fitzroy ,then announced Mr. Gedney, Presif dent of the Board of Education, who gave an excellent speech. He said the Boardfof Education was 10022 behind athletes in Rye Neck and it was 'now up to the boys to do the rest. This made a great impression on the boys who 'at the toastmaster's suggestion gave three rousing cheers, as thanks to the Board for their support. Mr. Kuhn 'made a short address and pref sented the 41 'emblems and letters. Mr. Ayres, Mr. Bell, Mr. Howe, George Ockersf hausen and flvlr. Tyson all- spoke in order bringing. out 'different 'points of interest. Coach .Sherwood then .closed the evening with a short emphatic speech. Having had a very enjoyable-time, everyone went home talking of the coming successes in 1931. - ' George Ockershausen. Page Fortyfeight

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roots of the tree in the center of the lake. To a nature loving person theirs is a beautif ful song. In the forest surrounding Lake O' the Woods are many ideal camping spots, al' though few people know of this fact. There are no No Trespassing' signs to be seen for the owner of the land has a beautiful belief inhuman nature. It would be a pity if some careless camper destroyed it. Helen Fredericksf'3 3 THE SOPHOMORE CLASS SPEAKS The class of '32 prides itself in having the largest Sophomore class in the history of the new High School. Altogether, there are now 53 dashing Wise Fools in dear old Rye Neck, and the accomplishments and records of this class deserve no little men' tion. This year's Sophomore class was the sec' ond in Rye Neck to put out a Soph magaf zine, and the first to put out more than one issue. Three issues have appeared during the school year, one in February, edited by Harold Davies and Henry Koch, another in May edited 'by Edward Wood and john Frascellag and the last in the 'latter part of june edited by Constance Pratt and Margaf ret Henderson. In' sports, the class of '32 outranked all the other classes in football and basketball pdints. Bob Rankin scored more points than any other person on the Basketball team, and Rankin, Ed. Wood and Johnnie Farrell were prominent Hgures in both football and base' ball. While it cannot be expected that the Wise Fools be as intelligent as their Senior and Junior brothers, yet in scholarship, the sophs have held their own. These are some of the accomplishments of the present Sophomore class. After reading them, perhaps you will sit back and exclaim, What a wonderful class , and 'then again you may not. But we challenge the present Freshman class to try to do better next year. Harold Raby-'32 Freshman: What are you looking at? - Senior: Oh, nothing. . THE DOLL'S HOUSE By HENRIK IBSEN When I had read a certain portion of the Doll's House I yawned and thought, I know how it will end, the way it always does. But I was really surprised, to tell the truth, I was a little upset, because the play had caused me to think. In this play a woman dared for the first time to really think and act as a person of ordinary intelligence would. And to add to that, the play did not have the conventional happy ending. The woman really dared to set aside the ordinary procedure in plays of this type. She did not swoon into her husf band's waiting arms, he did not murmur sweet nothings and tell her not to trouble her pretty head with such things next time, she did not look up prettily into his face, they did not embrace and the dawn did not come. Instead the woman turned away from her husband's waiting arms, she sat down and discussed with him their married life, much to his surprise, the audience's surprise and I must confess, mine. I went over in, my mind the things Nora had said to Torvald, her husband, and ref alized that she was right. When he declared she was above all his wife and I heard Nora's answer, That I no longer believe. I be' lieve that above all else I am a human being, just as.much as you are, I applauded vigor' ously, but I still had a faint feeling that be' fore the end of the play she would be ref conciled with her husband and remain a doll in A Doll's House . But the vibrations of that slamming door could not be passed over or forgotten. Ibsen had presented the first problem play. All over the world in the immediately folf lowing years the stages shook with the vibraf tions of many, many slamming doors. Milf lions and millions of Noras left their Torf vald's, declaring, I am above all else a human being. It took time, of course, to impress the the' atre goer that a play with an ending of this kindgwas perfectly permissible even though it did not comply with his plan of ideal end' ings. He also got accustomed to the original idea of thinking. Page Fifty