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

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A new snort, boxing, has made its rlcbut through the efforts ol' Mr. Galvin. At Fziriningdale we have our own weuthermen - the Science Club pi-cclicts our rain and shine. off with clock-like precision before a capacity crowd. Enjoying major sports, bowling, wrestling, boxing, or taking part in the many other club activities of Farming-- dale High, we find the winter months long, but never monotonous. Q And our own publicity zigcnts-tlie worlrl knows of our school through the work ol' the Press Club. Priya' fll'f'Ilfjf-fIL'l? M-.wi

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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-

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1,-,,.. L--I xfffllly Z CVC? I March, Friday the tl1ll't66Iltll. The curtain swings back, revealing a scene of lurid lights a11d shadows. A dark figure creeps across the stage. The senior play Midnight l1as begun. Our 1 ! 1 Stars of tomorrow-- M u 1' i 1- l McCullough, Chet EI'lf.l'V2l.ltlS0l1, U0- lina llingnian, Warren Johnson, Robert Spa-cht. Mrs. Gardiner. .lean C a rr i ga 11. Al Cavanaugh. Katharine James, Charles Prey, George Tschudi, Vir- ginia Mangiapane, and Ruth Ludwig. aa' actors and actresses are practically stars. Katharine James, as Ellen. screams, Celina Dingman is carried i11, an almost lifeless heap, and A11sel Gere, as Leonard, the black and superstitious chauffeur, presents an unforgetable performance. If we can judge by the laughter and applause of the audience. our first mystery-comedy has been a success. And now the last tern1 officially be- gi11s. We have become a little restless. Day dreaming out the windows in his- tory, staying out longer before school. trying to get home earlier, we feel the spell of the spring. M1 Grossman, Barney the Cop , alld his famous smile. Fl '7' lui ,I W 1' tsl 'im Woop's bus pulls out for the holneward journey. All aboard for Bc-tlipagel Page fu'f'11!y-flirt-1'