Weldon E Howitt High School - Hi Life Yearbook (Farmingdale, NY)

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Qf T Christmas time, thoughts of de- fense give way to the mellower mood of the season. The Amateur Hour, presented through the combined efforts of the grades and High School, is a grand success, enjoyed by the contestants as well as by the audience. But sports are not forgotten. The Farmingdale girls certainly can give Babylon High School a taste of how volleyball should be played. The com- petitive spirit flourishes side by side with our ideals of good sportsmanship. After the games are over, our girls serve refreshments, and as the saying goes- A good time is had by all . It is the Christmas season. The French Club meeting is bright with holiday cheerg red can- dles, Christmasy food, and and even a grab-bag. Then there is a little play about the unselfish spirit of the day. But best of all, they sing Oh Holy Night -even lovelier in the French than in English. There's something about carols that makes us all love them. Why, even Girls' Lead- ers' Club forgets gym for a few hours of song! It's a Fri- day night with dark streets and bright windows when they set out. They stop first Charlie Butehorn in- troduces little Rosalie Sanders. here, and then there, offering with the best of their enthusiastic ability renditions of those carols we all love so well. Tonight, the twen- tieth of December, the Latin Club holds its first Roman banquet. The guests enter the dimly lighted room to the strains of soft ff fr The curile magistrates, viri togatig Anne Glass, Katherine James, Jack Carroll, Marina Prajmovsky, Betty Ann Margot. music, and before the altar, the pointi- fex maximus gives the sacrifice. All then take their places, while at the head table sit the officials in the robes of the ancient Romans. Now--to a fanfare of trumpets-the Janet Huntemann does her part to win our volley ball game with Babylon.

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Hr-Q5 God Bless America . maintain watch all day to pick up air raid warnings. We are somewhat confused, but de- termined. High school students, we know, must play a vital part in winning this war-just show us the way. At the next assembly we are told of the types of war work that we will be able to do. Morale is high, but little Gregory Carmen of the kindergarten outdoes us all with his unforget- table God Bless Amer- ica. First aid classes are organized for girls under the direction of Mrs. Baker of Amityville, and for boys with our own Dr. Forst. The students are both earnest and apt. We can expect efficient first-aiders from these groups. Arrangements a r e made for the sale of de- fense stamps, and the number of purchasers rises with each week. .ffl Mrs. Baker demonstrates a bandage to the girls' first aid class. The Red Cross sponsors a drive for the general war fund. There is friendly competition between tht Angels of Mercy fthe girlsj and the stretcher Bearers fthe boysj to raise the most money. Miss Roberts and Mrs. Ketch- am organize, in connection with the Red Cross, a work room where baby blank- ets are made from scrap material, and knitting is taught. The boys of the Manual Arts depart- ment are busy making miniature air- plane models. These models must be pre- cise to the nth degree or they will not be accepted. They are painted black, dis- playing no insignia, and at a certain dis- tance they will appear like combat craft in actual flight. A number of our seniors enter a course sponsored by Republic Aviation, to prepare them for positions in defense plants, The fellows are putting in a lot of time every night after school with Mr. Charles Peschik, who instructs the class. Page fifteen

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