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

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M. Come on, Farmingdale, let's fight! clones who deserve a cheer themselves for their boundless pep. The team does not fail them. Two regulars, Joe Szybillo and C. Scherzer have returned, and more than one hundred fellows have turned out for the team. Of these, twenty-five have been chosen for the varsity and junior varsity, while the rest were shi tgduto an intramural league, The season is a successful one. The varsity, composed of Capt. J. Szybillo, C. Scher- , M .1 zer, B. Owens, G. Ihlenburg, O. Devine, J. Kunz, J. Mazes, W. Vogel, R. Specht, and R, Randazzo, comes through with nine losses and seven victories. It is interesting to note that they are the only team to stop Van Winkler of Hicks- ville High. Bowling' is a popular winter pastime. l l The freshman and sophomore g i rl s' basketball teams. The senior and junior girls' basket- ball teams.

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Qtraighl. Shooters -- Kill Club his I ss their scores. 'c 7 mem 1 x 1lS- Sometimes lights are set up, and the members, posing for one another, spend an afternoon working on portraits, At . . Tfllaifl other times experiments are conducted illustrating the effect of light on film, and the reactions of the exposed film with developer and hypo. Speaking of pictures, of course you have already noticed the new projector with a sound mechanism which our school has been fortunate enough to ac- quire. But it is more important now than ever before. We are being in- structed by a movie as to what to do and what not to do in the presence of incen- diary bombs. Afterwards we go out- doors where Capt Bedell gives us an ac- tual demonstration teaching us how to control the burning magnesium. In winter time, as always, sports play an important part in our life at school. Down in the cafeteria, the Nimrods of our rifle team practice at their new range, and in spite of their many de- feats, they can well be proud of the im- provement they have made this year. Up in the gym, the cheerleaders are urging the basketball team to victory with theiryellsg green and White cy- Thc bomb is extinguished. and Mr. Howitt 1-xamincs the remains with Capt. William H. Bedell. Page nineteen

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The Girls' Imam- i . 1 fin I . M if Q' T3 il' ft ' e. mis up V P 1 if 4 1 3 i xx Tino... .Q . The junior varsity has won twelve out of fifteen games. Next year's varsity will be composed of at least two J. V. wringers. E. Kau- fold and Ill. I-laldwin will be given a chance to repeat their performances. The girls play too. Almost every one ol' them is taking basketball in class or after school, and some are members of the four excellent teams. The Boys' Leaders' Club is a newer groupg nevertheless it demonstrates its high degree of efficiency at the second annual Boys' Sportsnight. The blare of trumpets ushers in some two hundred boys taking part in the program, based on Physical Preparedness in War- time . The events, including entrances, tournaments in seven fall sports, com- edy, and presentation of awards, run Basketball, like all gym activities, owes much of its success to the Leaders' Clubs. The girls, under the direction ot' Miss Dietz, have been organized for five years, and President Virginia Russell is holding an of- fice already replete with tradition. Wrestling' is a new activi ty, but it has been enthusi- astically l't'L'K'lVl'tl. T ers' Club. i ll Page iwenly one The Boys' Lead-