Clibe lDott weekly Vol. VII. ' Po1tWVashington High School, Wednesday, March 18, 1931 Room 107 Sets ‘No. 21 Port Weekly Wins (the llbort weekly Published weekly during rlie school year by wudents at xlie Port \X/asltington High School. l'nrr \V:x.hinglon. New York. THE STAFF Editor-In-(lluel Winifred E. Crouclicr. ‘:11 Associate Editor Louis R. Kent, '3] Circulation: Manager Frank Jenkins, '30 Faculty Adviser Ethel 1"}. Prohst ‘ l.ist of contributors———Robert I.’-irch— all. Lysbeth Tnrkington. George Mar- golin, Marion Mchan. Dorothea Rose. Margaret Augustine. Thomas Lucy. Robert Grelg. Carmine DlGiac.omo. Robert White. Oliver Margolin. l Member of Columbia Scholastic Press Association Editorial Comment After the American people are shown how, they do things well. This was the statement made by the uni- versally celebrated George Bernard Shaw. Shall we accept this‘? Shall we meekly agree that we have no inge- nuity or initiative of our own? No! was it a doggml and mechanical peo- ple that. chafing under the leadership of a. foreign nation. rebelled. and ded- icated a new Republic to the ideals in governmental control to which all free thinking people and nations aspirc? O11r aggressiveness in athletics cannot be challenged. The Olympic Games, of which we are invariably the victor, prove this. But does this statement pertain to us individually? Are we doing our part in preparing to uphold the in- tegrity and premier position of our nation? Certainly we have every op- portunity. Our country is the leader in conmulsory public school education for all. It only remains for us to take advantage of the opportunities so liberally offered us in education and noble precedents. There remains one attribute in which we are out-ranked b_v many—-— that priceless attribute of sportsman- ship. it is here. as a standing tribute to the inestimable gallantry of others. as so clearly portrayed by Sir Thomas Lipton. that America ought to be content to follow where better footsteps have led. Enviable Record After report cards for the first six ;weeks of the second term have been ‘issued. a, few computations on the re- sults are in order. From the total enrollment of three hundred nine- teen, one hundred ninety-one are on the self reliant list. This is approx- imately sixty per cent. Again the 12B-1 section has the ‘highest average. there being no fail- iing marks in this section. This is a record which they have kept since September as they have had no fail- ing marks this year. The records show that no one in this group has ever had a failing average through- out his high school career. while the number of failing marks is negligible. The 11B-1 group is next in line for honors, there being 35 honor marks with only two failing marks in this section room. This is a splendid record which the upper classmen have set and is a goal toward which other groups may well strive. 0 ‘ Work On Mikado ls Progressing Day By Day Work on the “Mikado" is progress- ing rapidly. The production is scht-,duled for Friday eveninz. March 27th. Settings, scenery and costunms are being arranged in an unusual and attractive manner. The entire cast is rehearsing daily, during the eighth period and after school. in addition to the regular Glee Club periods. Mr. Patof .o local violinist. is‘suD— nlemr-nting the orchestra at all re- hearsals. Both Miss Hawthorne and Mr. Bergan, as well as the Glee Clubs. are striving to make this production "something to remember" Port by. in the light of Port's previous ac- cmnnlishments, great confidence is felt for the success of this enterprise. 0:... Library Adds Latest Volumes To Shelves Spring has already arrived in the library in the shape of bright colored posters. They are extremely gay and festive pointers to the different class- es of books. “Mickey Mouse." who shows the way to go for animal stor- ies. is irresistible. A great deal of credit is due the art students who designed the posters. Furthermore, the library has re- ceived a great many new and enjoy- able novels and biographies. Below is a list of some of the best: \Vhitney———-“Pigeon City" Vi1liers——“Falmouth for Orders” Winkler—“William R. Hearst" Jones——“Down the Fairway" Broster——“The Gleam in the North" Tilton—“Cap’n George Fred” Sullivan——“Our Times” Johnson——“Andrew Jackson" Ludwig-“Napoleon" Asbnry—~“(‘arry Nation" The Columbia Scholastic Press Conference was held Friday and Sat- urday March 13 and 14 at Columbia University. The delegates from Port Washington High School. represent- ing The Port Weekly, attend the ex- hibition of high school‘, and junior high school newspapers and maga- zines, which was held in Casa ltaliana, one of the buildings belong- ing to Columbia University. The Port Weekly’ was awarded fourth place in Class 1). Class I) in- cludes papers from schools with an enrollment of less, than 500 ‘pupils. _The ratings 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th designate the quality, of Work of the ‘paper. V . . In 1929 the Port Weekly won third place, while in 1930 it was not rated, and altho a higher rating was hoped for this year ’the\ fourth place rank was awarded. - It is interesting to note that “lnk Spots". the Sea Cliff High School Paper gained third place in class I), and the Manhasset “Cub Reporter" was awarded a place similar to the Port Weekly. The Chatterbox, Dan- ville, Virginia, and the University School News, Cleveland, Ohio . won first place in Class D. The Guide Post of Great Neck High School won the splendid rating of second place in Class C. _ The Port Weekly feels justly proud that the Columbia judges awarded it a place since it was thefonly two page paper given a ratin.g in the contest. However the goal for next year will be first place. ___4,_. Gay Crowd Entertained By Celerity At Dance ' Last Saturday evening the high school gym was the scene of the an- nual ‘Celerity Dance.‘ The hall was decorated in green, in keeping with the season. while each of the dancers wore a small sham- rock given to him as he entered. With the possible exception of tho: orchestra, the affair was a succes.-'. both socially and financially. The sparkling punch and «lainty cakes were more than, “A pause that refreshes.’ Mr. and Mrs. Merrill, Mr. and Mrs. Dimmick. Mr. and Mrs. ’_,'o_I:mv.-iii zunl Mr. and Mrs. Rich cnaperonml the dance. ——~o Jr. Red Cross Invites Delegates A few days ago Mr. Merrill receiv- ed a letter from the Junior Red Cross, asking him to send at least one girl and one boy to their meeting at Mine- ola. .Although there is no chapter in this school, the school belongs to the ‘organization. Each year a collection is taken up and sent to them for fur- thering their work. It is probable that Herbert Irwin. Nancy Lowry and Chloe Helfrich will be sent as repre- fsentatives nf this: hinrh csnhnnl Award In Contest ‘
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Clibe lDottweeklyVol. VII.
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Po1tWVashington High School, Wednesday, March 18, 1931
Room 107 Sets‘No. 21
Port Weekly Wins
(the llbort weeklyPublished weekly during rlie school year bywudents at xlie Port \X/asltington High School.l'nrr \V:x.hinglon. New York.
TH E STAFFEditor - I n- ( llue l
Winifred E. Crouclicr. ‘:11Associate EditorLouis R. Kent, '3]
l . is t of contributors———Robert I.’-irch—all . Lysbeth Tnrkington. George Mar-golin, Marion Mchan. Dorothea Rose.Margaret Augustine. Thomas Lucy.Robert Gre lg. Carmine DlGiac.omo.Robert White. Olive r Margolin.
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Member of Columbia ScholasticPress Association
EditorialCommentAfter the American people are
shown how, they do things well. Thiswas the statement made by the uni-versally celebrated George BernardShaw.Shall we accept this‘? Shal l we
meekly agree that we have no inge-nuity or init iat ive of our own? No!was it a doggml and mechanical peo-ple that. chafing under the leadershipof a. foreign nation. rebelled. and ded-icated a new Republic to the ideals ingovernmental contr ol to which a l lf re e thinking people and nationsaspirc?
O11r aggressiveness in athleticscannot be challenged. The OlympicGames, of which we a r e invar iablythe victor, prove this.But does this statement pertain to
us indiv idual ly? Are we doing ourpart in preparing to uphold the i n -tegrity and premier position of ournation? Cer ta inly we have every op-portunity. Our country is the l eade rin conmulsory public school educationfor a l l . It only remains for us totake advantage of the opportunitiesso liberally offered us in educationand noble precedents.There remains one a ttr ibute in
which we are out-ranked b_v many—-—that priceless attr ibu te of sportsman-ship. it is here. as a standing tr ibuteto the inestimable gallantry ofothers. as so clearly portrayed by SirThomas Lipton. tha t America oughtto be content to fo l l ow where be tte rfootsteps have led.
Enviable RecordAfter report cards for the fi rst six
;weeks of the second term have been‘issued.a, few computations on the re-sults a r e in order. From the to ta lenrollment of three hundred nine -teen, one hundred ninety-one are onthe self relian t l ist. This is approx-imately sixty per cent.
Again the 12B-1 section has the‘highest average . there being no fa i l -iing marks in this section. This is ar ecord which they have kept sinceSeptember as they have had no fail-ing marks this year. The recordsshow that no one in this group haseve r had a failing average through-out his high school career. while thenumber of failing marks is negligible.The 11B-1 group is next in l ine f o r
honors , there being 35 honor markswith only two failing marks in thissection room.This is a splendid record which the
upper classmen have set and is a goaltoward which other groups m a y wellstrive. 0 ‘
Work On Mikado lsProgressing Day By Day
Work on the “Mikado" is progress-ing rapidly. The production isscht-,duled f o r Friday eveninz. March27th. Settings, scenery and costunmsare being arranged in an unusual andattr active manner. The entire cast isrehearsing daily, during the eighthperiod and a fte r school. in additionto the regular Glee Club periods.Mr. Patof .o loca l violinist. is‘suD—
nlemr-nting the orchestra at a l l re -hearsals. Both Miss Hawthorne andMr. Bergan,as we l l as the Glee Clubs.ar e striving to make this production"something to remember" Port by.in the light of Por t' s previous a c -cmnnlishments, great confidence isfelt for the success of this enterprise.
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Library Adds LatestVolumes To Shelves
Spring has already ar r ived in thelibrary in the shape of bright coloredposters. They are extremely gay andfestive pointers to the d ifferen t class-es of books. “Mickey Mouse." whoshows the way to go f o r animal stor -ies. is irresistib le. A great deal ofcred it is due the a r t students whodesigned the posters.Furthermore, the library has re-
ceived a great m a n y new and enjoy-able novels and biographies. Below isa l is t of some of the best:\Vhitney———-“Pigeon City"Vi1liers——“Falmouth f o r Orders”Winkler—“William R. Hearst"Jones——“Down the Fairway"Broster——“The Gleam in the North"Tilton—“Cap’n George Fred”Sullivan——“Our Times”Johnson——“Andrew Jackson"Ludwig-“Napoleon"Asbnry—~“(‘arry Nation"
The Columbia Scholastic PressConference was he ld Friday and Sat -urday March 13 and 14 at ColumbiaUn iversity. The delegates from PortWashington High School. represent-ing The Port Weekly, attend the ex-hibition of high school‘, and juniorhigh school newspapers and maga-zines, which was he ld in Casal ta l iana, one of the buildings belong-ing to Columbia University.The Port Weekly’ was awardedfou rth place in Class 1 ) . Class I) in -cludes papers from schools with anenrollment of less, than 500 ‘pupils._The ratings 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th
designate the quality, of Work of the‘paper.
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In 1929 the Port Weekly won thi r dplace, while in 1930 it was not r a ted,and a l tho a higher r a ti ng was hopedf o r this year ’the\ fou rth place rankwas awarded. -It is in teresting to note that “lnk
Spots". the Sea Clif f High SchoolPaper gained third place in class I) ,and the Manhasset “Cub Reporter"was awarded a place similar to thePort Weekly. The Chatterbox, Dan-ville, Virg in ia, and the UniversitySchool News, Cleveland, Ohio .wonfi rst place in Class D. The GuidePost of Grea t Neck High School wonthe splendid rating of second placein Class C. I __The Po rt Weekly feels justly proudthat the Columbia judges awarded ita place since it was thefonly two page
paper given a ratin.g in the contest.However the goal f o r next year will
be fi rst place._ _ _ 4 , _ .
Gay Crowd EntertainedBy Celerity At Dance
' Last Saturday evening the highschool g y m was the scene of the an-nual ‘Celer i ty Dance.‘The ha l l was decorated in green, in
keeping with the season. while eachof the dancers wore a small sham-rock given to him as he entered.With the possible exception of tho:
orchestra, the affair was a succes.-'.both socially and financial ly.The sparkling punch and «laintycakes were more than, “A pause that
refreshes.’Mr. and Mrs. Mer r ill , Mr. and Mrs.
Dimmick. Mr. and Mrs. ’_,'o_I:mv.-iii zunlMr. and Mrs. Rich cnaperonml thedance. ——~oJr. Red Cross Invites DelegatesA few days ago Mr. Mer r il l receiv-
ed a l e tte r from the Junior Red Cross,asking him to send at least one girland one boy to their meeting at Mine-ola. .Although there is no chapter inthis school, the school belongs to the‘organization. Each year a collectionis taken up and sent to them f o r fur-thering their work. It is probablethat Herbert Irwin. Nancy Lowry andChloe He lf r ic h will be sent as repre -fsentatives nf this: hinrh c s n h n n l
Award In Contest ‘
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‘(the lbort ‘weekly
The FratryColumnThis Friday evening, March 20 th .
at the Flower Hill G y m the AlumniA. C. will sponsor an athle tic showfeaturing i ts s te l la r basketeersc hamps of a few years ago, in a ba t -tle with the strong Va l ley Stream A.A- A preliminary contest, wrestlingand boxing, will round out the pro-gram.Remember the tr icks of Wiry T om
Leyden and Lofty Jack Leyden,011I‘1y-headed Frank Jenkins in theforward l ine, and Dan Sull ivan andJoe Teta in the r e a r lines? Well,this same quintet will undoubtedlyenter ta in you as of yore. That i s,they Will positively send everyoneaway extremely contented.
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Perhaps if Mr. » Mer r ill wouldchange the rules for passing throughthe ha l ls to the effect tha t we aresupposed to run through the ha l ls onthe l ef t hand side and that we a r esupposed to make a l l the noise tha tis possible, we would see the studentbody quietly walking down the ha l lson the right hand side.
___}'>____,At the Fratry meeting las t VVe(l-
nesday, John DeMeo sta ted verymodestly that he was too busy dur-ing the we e k to give a treasurer ’sreport. '
No doubt John has been very busyaround Room 103.
PAfter dinner comment~—That girl
eats just like a canary-—a peck at atime. >
P“Peg" l)eMeo will soon be carry-
ing a portable glass around with him.“Peg” was seen the other day de-liberately turning on the waterfaucet so that a certain femme couldget a drink.
pmNow we know w h y “Chip" flunked
his advanced algebra test. Ask himwhat he was doing in Sea Cliff on aschool afternoon with that Blonde.
' . :‘ .' PNo, Nellis didn’ t run i nto a bedpost
in the dark. He was just harmlesslywalking along the street when heventured upon a furious gang war,and our Nellis was the innocent vic-tim, of a stray snowball.
p_.._.Bob Read says that if Mr. Merrill
would lower the honor mark to 40,he might get two or thr e e stars.
PSteve Aylward has the chess bug
so hard that he carries two pawnsaround with him a l l the time. Healso attributes his being sel f-r e l iantthis month to the brainy g a m e ofchess.
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Schedule For The WeekFollowing is the schedule for the
week of March 23-28, 1931.“Monday, March 23 Aviation‘ Club.Tuesday, March 24—‘Retor t.Wednesday, March 25--La Tertulia._Thursday, March 26-—Red l)omino._Friday, March 27-——THE"MIKADO.
Matinee at 3:00 for‘ junior highschool. Public performance’ at 8:15 .
F. Jenkins LeadsList of Scorers
An analysis of the boys’ basketballseason shows the following individualscores.
G. F. P.F. Jenkins 29_ 2] 79Enscoe 22 4 48E, Jenkins 7 12 26Polk ‘
15 8 38DeMeo '
5 4 14(‘urtin ' '
7 5 19De l l
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1 0 ,2Karazia ’
0 2 2Palmenteri 1 0 2
Total..................... .87 56 230Por t’s tallies. as compared with
those of her opponents, are as f o l-lows:
Pts. Pts.P or t Vvashington 16 Alumni 5“ 26 Glen Cove 18“ 17 Manhasset 15“ 27 Great Neck 16
The boys’ interclass game betweenthe juniors and seniors resulted in awell-earned victory for the juniors.
Although the battle was close attimes the juniors held the rulinghand throughout the entire game.Beautiful fi eld goals were ma de bythe respective teams am o n g which“Turp" Te r r e l l led. The defensive ofboth teams was, at times. very loose,but the juniors proved more capablew h e n serious matters presentedthemselves. The junior classmenpresented quite a smooth attackthroughout the entire af f ai r . Thecombination: Terrell, Bronner, Bar-bieri, Birchall, and Lausen scoredenough points to beat the combinede ffor ts -of the seniors, Williams, Lan-man. McLoughlin. Valdetara_ E.Vvalker, Messenger andMcCarthy bythe score of 24-12.
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Sophomores TriumphLast Tuesday in their second meet-
ing this year the sophomore girls tr i -um ph e d over the juniors by a scoreof 10 -8 . In the first encounter thejunior -girls were victorious to ‘thetune of 6 -4 . ‘
In the g a m e last week the juniorss ta r ted of f in the lead and, at the endof the fi rs t half, were ahead‘ by twopoints. Soon a f te r the beginning ofthe third quarter the sophs forgedahead and, as the final whistle blew,the score stood at 8-8 all-. An0VeI‘-time period waslplayed in which thesophs, by virtue of two successfulfr ee shots from the foul line, won thecontest.
‘ .On Thursday the sophomores a g a i n
defeated the seniors by a Score Of18-13. ' '
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Colorful SeasonEnds for Port
, Title Eludes LassiesThe defeat of the Port girls onMarch 6 ended a most co lo r f u l and
interesting basketball season. Al -though the championship was snatch-ed from their hands by the Manhassetsix the season was most successful.When Coach Burnett issued the
ca l l f o r candidates about 30 girls i n -cluding a l l but one member of the1929-30 varsity turned out. Withsuch good material at hand it wasevident that a successful team couldbe expected.
F irst Tilt. to Va l ley StreamAfter a few weeks’ practice the
girls opened their season wit h ValleyStream, a new non-league rival w h ounfortunately defeated them by anarrow margin. Undaunted by thisstar t the team journeyed to GlenCove and easily triumphed. The fi rstg a m e a f te r the Christmas holidayswas played with Manhasset who evenat that early date had shown them-selves to have a rather formidableaggregation. Never theless, Port o v er -came them by a score of 26-15. Thenfol lowed a row of more or less easyvictories ove r Great Neck. Mineolaand a non~league ti l t with Sewan-haka.
Manhasset Wins ChampionshipThe second half of the season was
practically a repetition of the fi r s t.P or t overcame Valley Stream and reg-mained undefeated in the league un-t i l the second meeting with Manhas-set. At this point Port bowed to heropponents by a narrow margin of 4‘points.Thus affairs stood, with Port and
Manhasset tied, for the’ championshipat the end of the season. When thetwo teams met f o r the 3rd time onthe Roslyn cour t both put up a stiffbattle but in the end Manhasset cameout the victor . .
Every member of the team fromCoach Burnett and Captain Alexand-er down deserves a great dea l ofpraise f o r the season's work. Cer-tainly the results are ones of whichP or t High can be justly proud.
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The Archery GirlsStart Early Action
A surprising number of the f o l-owers_of Diana, the goddess of thehunt, turned out to the fi rst meetingof the Archery Club this season. Themembers decided to f o l low the sameplan of procedure as that of las t year.As formerly, each class of" girls"hasi ts o w n manager. Peggy -Augustin,seniors; Frances Cornwall, juniors:Martha Messenger, sophomores.The c lub plans to have inter-class
meetsevery two weeks. Gradually,archers will be selected to r epresentPort Washington in inter -scholasticmeets. 0
The Weather Forecast .
With the increasing warmth’ ofspring there will be battles 'on thecour ts , a shower of p i l l s. over‘ the“diamond, and a whirlwind on thecinders.‘ ' I
