Southold High School - Snuffbox Yearbook (Southold, NY)

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Echo Staff accordance with the customs of the Echo, a new editor, Helen Hunter, was chosen for the second half of the year. She replaced Betty Silleck. The associate editor for the year was Agnes Gadomski. One of the new features of the Echo this year is the “Who is it?” column, which gives the description of pupils and faculty members, with each sketch ending “Who is it?” And in order to keep up with the ranks of our servicemen, an insignia column has been added which describes and illustrates the insignia of the various branches of the armed forces. A fashion column also illustrates how well some of our pupils can think of new “stunts”. One of the greatest things the Echo staff is doing nowadays is publishing a newsletter to our boys in service. The purpose of the “Servicemen’s Letter” is to keep the boys from SHS in touch with the news of their school. Many interesting letters have been received by the staff from all parts of the globe from the fellows telling how much they enjoy the “Servicemen’s Letter”. Helen Hunter, Agnes Gadomski, Betty Silleck, Rose Kroleski, Miss Haweeli and Margot Schmitt were delegates to a press conference at New York University in October. The main event was a talk given by Mary Margaret McBride, noted radio speaker, on her experiences in the journalistic field. After the talk the delegates went to various forums dealing with year-book lay-out, advertising, and other phases of the work connected with school publications. The members of the Echo Staff are: Helen Hunter, Agnes Gadomski, Rose Kroleski, Evelyn McAslan, Betty Silleck, Priscilla Young, John Moffat, Dorothy Young, Joan Newbold, Madeleine Donahue, Ellsworth Fisher, Helen Krukowski, Anne Terry, Lois Price, Richard Castor, Barbara Silleck, Richard Youngs, Eleanor Billard, Berneice Grath-wohl, George Pontino, Cathleen Doroski, Nancy Horton, Jean Newbold, Josephine Terp, Barbara Dickerson, Stella Doroski, John Dawson, Bruno Swiatocha, Robert Rothman, Spencer Petty, Margot Schmitt, Helen Sawiski, Jean Grattan, Vincent Morris, Dorothy Miller, Teresa Sledzieski, Joyce Terry, Barbara Grathwohl and the advisor, Miss Haweeli. Twenty-three

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Sophomore Class .The Sophomore Class has been well represented in the field of sports this year. Carlisle Cochran, Bill Borkowski, Joe Papurca, Dudley Newbold and Antone Rysko were on the baseball team. Carlisle Cochran, Frank Sanford, Dudley Newbold, Dick Wirth and Spencer Petty represented the class on the basketball team. The boys’ intramurals claimed Joe Papurca, John Blados, William Grigonis, Bill Borkowski, Antone Rysko, James Kane and Winfield Bedell. Teresa Sled-zieski, Helen Krukowski, Madeleine Donahue, Marie Donahue, Carolyn Mlynarczyk, Lois Price and Olive Davison were on the girls’ intramurals. Frank Sanford, Ellsworth Fisher and James Kane were members of the track team. After reading “Silas Marner” the class saw a movie based on this novel. They also saw a movie on “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” Several members of the class were in the band, glee club and on the “Echo” and “Snuff Box” staffs. Others were in the Latin Club and Bachelor’s Club. Freshman Class J7he Freshmen elected officers on May 1st. They are as follows: president, Marjorie McCaffery; vice president, Robert Baker; secretary, Jean New-bold; treasurer, Charles Gagen. The Freshman class was well represented in many fields this year. In basketball a good many of the Junior Varsity were Freshmen and on Eighth inuring the school year the Eighth Grade has accomplished many tasks which have aided the war effort. Besides breaking the record set last year of War Bonds sold, they have donated their spare time on Saturdays and holidays to collect paper and scrap for scrap drives. Their officers, elected early in the year, are: president, Martha Cochran; vice president, Jack McCaffery; secretary, Seventh -- he Seventh Grade has enjoyed its first year as members of Southold Junior High School by changing classes and the addition of new subjects such as Home Economics and Shop. In Social Studies the grade made a detailed study of the early days in Southold and the part this community played in the history of New York State. Early in December Mr. Wayland Jefferson spoke to the class, his topic being “Southold 100 Years Ago.” Maps and graphs were also made to Ping Pong This year’s ping pong tournament was very quickly narrowed down to the two semi-final winners, William Beebe and John Dawson. That these two were very evenly matched was shown by the fact that they had two tie games, one 29-29 and another 32-32. However, John Dawson won the fifth game and became the ping pong champ. Southold had no games with other schools this year. occasion some played with the Varsity. They were also well represented in baseball, some being on the regular team. Some of the Freshman girls have taken a great interest in music this year. In the all-girl dance band ten of the fifteen girls playing are Freshmen. Grade Phyllis Baker; and treasurer, Virginia Lytle. In their art classes they have done many posters on victory gardening, loose talk, and War Bonds, besides doing several cartoons. This summer many members of the grade will help toward victory by working on gardens and farms, thus relieving the manpower shortage. Grade illustrate various phases in this geographical and historical development. The history of improved modes of travel were shown in eight murals completed in art class. December 22 was the date of the Christmas party at which time gifts were exchanged. During the course of the year the Seventh Grade purchased $150 in War Bonds and $90 in War Stamps. The girls in Home Economics class made duffel bags which were given to the Red Cross. Horseshoes Horseshoes this year was started a bit late and most of the games still have to be played. Of the 16 contestants, Steve Swiatocha, Thomas Shalvey, John Norklun and Antone Skwara show the most promise and one of them is likely to become the champ. twenty-two

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Latin Club J atin Club was divided this year, as it has been before, in two groups, Latin I and Latin II. Early in the year Latin I elected the following officers: consuls, Marjorie McCaffery and Robert Goldsmith; quaestor, Emily Kaelin; scribae—notes, Jean Newbold; publicity, Berneice Grathwohl; cenatrix, Joan Albertson. The Latin I Club held a one-dish supper on St. Patrick’s Day. Each member brought a guest to this party. After supper there were games and dancing. Latin II Club elected the following officers: consuls, Betty Silleck and Kenneth Castor; quaestor, Jean Grattan; scribae-notes, Priscilla Young; publicity, Margaret Flynn; cenatrix, Dorothy Miller. Latin II Club held a social to which each member brought a friend. Games, dancing and refreshments combined to make a pleasant evening. The annual initiation of the Latin Club I members took place on May 8 and 9. No one who took part in this event or was a spectator could fail to recall many of the amusing stunts at initiation. Assembly Program J ery welcome indeed to a student is an assembly program, partly because it means skipping a class and because an enjoyable and educational forty-five minute period follows. One of the first assemblies was held this year when “Caveman” Russell Neville told the students of Southold High School of his experiences in his work of exploring caves. He spoke especially of Carlsbad, Mammoth and Saul’s caves. Cave-exploring is not all fun. This work is very dangerous and this was illustrated by Mr. Neville when he mentioned that two friends had died when caves collapsed. Mr. Neville illustrated his talk by showing colored slides of the caves and the famous and beautiful rock formations found in them. In November, Mr. Liu Liang Mo, a Chinese, spoke to the students of the high school and upper grades. Mr. Liu had spent three years with the Chinese army teaching them marching songs. He closed by singing “Chi Lai”, a beautiful Chinese marching song. Mr. Liu urged closer understanding and cooperation between the United States and China, our ally. Early in the year Mr. Barrett Lefferts spoke to the high school boys on seamanship training. This is a new course, not connected with the government in any way, but designed to give boys training in such things as signaling, knot-tying and handling small craft. This knowledge will enable them to advance more quickly when they jcin the Navy or Coast Guard. Classes of this type have been organized in fifteen different states. T wenty-four