Townsend Harris High School - Crimson Gold Yearbook (Flushing, NY)

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f 1 Oro estra RACTICING mcessantlv, and playmg at all school affarrs, from the rn formal assemblres to the pompous commencements, the Orchestra has become the true servant of the school Under the leadership of Professor Nerd lmger, and then of Professor Wrlson rt has Grown from a small group of vrolmrsts to an able and competent ensemble NW 1th the addrtron of wmd rnstruments and the drums, the orchestra was able to present more drffrcult preces than ever before And holdmg two re hearsals a week the orchestra has been able to greatly mcrease rts repertorre The peak of the year s accomplrshment was the presentatron of several selectxons at a meetrng of the teachers of the major hrgh schools of the crty The offrcers of thrs organrzatron are PAUL BAUMAN P1 erzdenz HENRY ELLISON S ecretaf y l , , . 7 . O IRVING DODES ...........,................,..................,........................... Vice-President Page One Hundred Fourteen

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Sports HIGH schools fame IS greatly enhanced by the prowess of her teams In thrs respect, Townsend Harrrs Hall frnds herself rn a dual posrtron For a number of years, her teams have been gradually growrng fewer, the materral of her squads, scantrer, and her athletrc reputatron, weaker In fact, so far as her standrng rn sportdom rs concerned she has been slowly descendmg rnto total obscurrty Nevertheless rn sprte of the deprecratron rn her sportrng realm Harrrs, to her rrvals remarns aloof, elevated on a pedestal of reverence, the cynosure of questronrng eyes How can a Hrgh School, such as Harrrs, where sports are of professed unrmportance, whose teams lack the professronal coachrng so apparent rn therr opponents turn out athletrc aggregatrons at all? What fountam of perpetual sprrrt anrmates her representatrves on the freld of competrtronp These and srmrlar querres contrnue to puzzle outsrders, yet we see them answered term after term Durrng no other perrod has Harrrs looked upon such drastrc changes rn her sportrng framework as have taken place rn the last three years It has wrtnessed the last stand of a Harrrs Basketball team It has watched the Baseball team drop from an envrable pos1t1on rn the PSAL to a menral one rn the Prep School League And further st1ll rt has seen the Track team once an outstandrng rrval of the Crty Champrons go through a season wrthout garnerrng a srngle pomt In former years, Harrrs athletrc aggregatrons were wont to ascrrbe the glory of therr VICIOIICS to the 1nebr1ant sprrrt anlmatrng the school rn general Now however, they may wrth more proprrety, attrrbute therr degenerated con drtron to the lack of rnterest, and to the sluggrshness so notrceable among the students In addrtron to the dont care attrtude drsplayed by the students, the proposrtron of equrprng the teams has always been one of great concern Due to the fact that the student body IS comparatrvely small, and, as a consequence the source of revenue, the teams have been handrcapped by rnferror equlp ment Furthermore, a convenrent place for the physrcal development of the teams 15 hkewrse lackrng Therefore rn v1ew of these varrous obstacles to be overcome by our athletes, rs rt not httle wonder that they are almost completely overwhelmed? Strll Harrrs goes on, always puttrng out teams that go down to defeat coverrng themselves wrth glory by the rndomnrtable and never say dre sprrrt teams that have never experrenced the rnvrgoratrng thrrll vshrch contestants realrze when they hear the encouragrng plaudrts of therr schoolmates, teams that week after week, struffgle for the fame and recognrtron of a school that fergns rgnorance of therr endeavors and that shows no acknowledgment of therr sacrrfrce To these men we heartrly extend our prarse hoprng that rn so dorng, we may awaken the student body to a realrzatron of therr task X , . f a ' a I . . . 7 7 7 7 ' , . , , , A , Q 9 ' -- U , H - - . . ' a 7 e . . . . U .,, 7 7 D ' 7 Pagf Our Hnnzdrcd 51.116011