Westfield High School - Prospectus Yearbook (Westfield, NY)

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BOYS' BASKETBALL Left fo Right Charles Motch Ralph Meyers Harold Holbrook Seymour Beckman Theo lore Peclf Standlex Perdue Wnll am Schra der Thomas Barnes Alan l-larter Robert Kelley Coach Nr Koostanty When the basketball team turned out for nts first pracuce last fall, the prospects of a good season looked small mdeed Only two letter men were rcturmng and the thlrd game was with amestown But many long practlce sessnons and several hard fought games placed Captain Harry Perdue and h1s grape prckers at the top of the county A heap Only two defeats at the hands of Dunklrk prevented the Blue and Whlte from taklng top honors rn the AA league Westheld Westheld Westheld Westheld W cstheld Westheld North East amestown Dunkxrk Snlver Creek Bemus Pomt I redoma We-sthcld Westheld Westfield Westheld Vu estfielel Westfield Ftleoner Rxpley Dunkirk Brocloa Sxlver Creek Fredoma . x . I- . 2 H ,, 36 V ' 31 37 '. ' Wcstheld 38 , Bemus Point 31 Westheld 45 Jamestown 30 J 28 42 ' - ' 30 I 31 V ', 38 l m x YH V r mu u x A 7 35 ' ' 37 'li' ' 28 ' 50 ,, , , I l 32 35 ' ' 30

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION MR KONSTANTY Coach MRS PLUMLEY G rls Phys cal D rector The Boys Physucal Educatuon Department of Westfield Hugh School was streamluned to meet the Physucal Futness Program as set up by the New York State War Councul Ofhce of Physucal Furness Standard whute unuforms were adopted for gymnasuum wear A T shurt wuth a blue bunch of grapes and the words Westheld Hugh on the front added color to the gym suuts More unterest was shown un physical educatuon thus year than ever before All the boys classes were uncreased from two to three peruods a week and some of the fellows even came to gym classes durung free peruods Condutuomng exercuses occupued a mayor part of the program Stress was placed on clumbung uumpung vaultung droppung tumblung and obstacle courses The boys were taught boxung the art of self defense After the funda mentals were mastered the fellows pured off and experuence the best teacher took over Every boy un school receuved has share of punches and luked rt Volley ball relay games socual dancung and softball rounded out the class actuvutues From the result of last year s Physucal Furness Index test eleven boys wuth low scores were selected for specual classes After three months of specualuzed work the annual un 1943 Members of the armed forces home on furlough praused the hugh school physucal edu catuon program because of the adx antage un condutuonung whuch they receux ed vuhule at school The Gurls Physucal Educatuon Department also followed the accelerated program sug gested by the State War Councul Office of Physical Futness The gurls dud more xugorous marchung and calusthenucs than ever before They were also admunustered the physucal futness tests un whuch many made admurable showungs However ut wasn t all work and no play As usual there were the games and darucung of other years and unstructuon un square dancung as well After mud year the gurls really organuzed themselves A sports councul was elected and extra currucular actuvutues got under way In the wunter months the glrls bowled after school at the YMCA Class basketball teams were chosen and a serues of untra mural games played In the sprung volley ball and soft ball were the mam unterests The credut for such a successful year goes not only to Mrs Plumley but also to Mrs Herbert Thompson who punch hut untul january when Mrs Plumley arruved 29 u ' u u u U I r - .v . , . , , . . . . . ,, ,, 1 . . Y , . . Q . . , . . , . , . , . , ' . I , '. - s s , 1 ' ' , 1 , . s ' ' ' s ' ' 8 r 7 s . y , . . . , P.F.I. test was given and the boys showed an average score from 93.8 in 1942 to 99.4 , , . . l I I l ' X . l 1 V. ' Y

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