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' "acuity Adviser? Senior H i t h

H . Curt is Herge Junior H i g h W m . Alien

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V o L X I V , No. 20 March 25, 1938

A Thought for the Future Once more spring is here and summer is just around

the corner. The first robin of the season has been seen building his nest; and along the garden walks , crocuses are pushing their colorful sturdy heads above the ground to claim their share of the glorious sunshine. Enthusiastic gardepers are feverishly studying seed catalogues and dreaming of rare varieties of blossoms to exhibit at neigh­borhood flower shows. Students are beginning to realize that the dreaded Regents are only a few, short months disease, spring fever.

But with the first week of spring opening a season of new pleasures and thrills , pause a moment and go over the events of the past year. Have you accomplished every­thing you set out to do? How about those New Y e a r ' s Resolutions that you m a d e — a n d broke?

The past cannot be changed, but give a thought to the future. Don't attempt to carry too many resolutions which wil l be difficult to keep, but develop your character and personality by sticking to a few simple rules that wil l be of great benefit in the future.

A new season is before you with al l its unforseen events, so enjoy it to the fullest extent and make the best of everything that comes your way.

In Sincere Appreciation The pupils of the journalism class wish to take this

co-operation of four eminent journalists that so graciously opportunity to express their sincerest appreciation for the consented to speak to our future eminent journalists.

Mr. Phillip Swain began the series of talks three weeks ago. Since Mr. Swain is the editor of the '^Power magazine, his constructive talk centered around maga­zines and the duties of an editor. The following week we were honored by the presence of the former editor of " A m e r i c a n Druggist " , Mr. Howard Stephenson. This last week on Thursday, the embryonic journalists attentively listened to Mr. Forrest Corson and on F r i d a y we again listened to the much needed advice of Mr. Reginald Cleveland, automobile editor for the New Y o r k " H e r a l d Tr ibune . "

Yesterday afternoon, the Superintendent, Paul D . Schrieber, talked to the class on a subject in which he is well qualified, because of his experience preceding his posi­tion as an educator.

F r o m the talks that have been given and wil l be given, the students wil l be expected to derive much benefit and inspiration which can be used later on in the course and in editing " T h e Port W e e k l y . "

We acknowledge the fact that these men have given much of their valuable time and effort in providing the concept of journalism that is much more accurate than if it were obtained by reading books.

X-Changes B y M A R Y B U T T E R W O R T H

As a result of a successful financial season, the A t h ­letic Association of Patchogue High School has purchased a n electric score board for their home basketball games. T h e score is posted by pushing a button at the bench, and as each quarter is played, its score is lighted.

Patchogue High School Today a contest, open only to students of Great Neck

Senior High School, is inaugurated. The Lawrence Motor Sales Company, in collaboration with Guide Post Business Staff, has decided to present a 1931 F o r d DeLuxe Roadster •ws a prize to the high school student who secures the great-^ m b e r of gasoline customers by June 10. We< — " T h e Guide Post , "

Book Shelf Have you ever longed to be able

t o discuss w o r l d events a n d n o n ­c h a l a n t l y reel out i n t e r e s t i n g facts a n d argue as t h o u g h you were a n a u t h o r i t y on those subjects? Per haps you've envied t h e b r U l i a n t r e ­partee j u s t before a test between the class in te l l e c t , who , i n c i d e n t l y , hasn ' t s tudied l i i s lesson for once, a n d a teacher on some c u r r e n t t o p ­ic, w h i l e a l l you could do was to gasp a t h is stupendous knowledge.

A l l t h e s igh ing i n t h e w o r l d , h o w ­ever, w i l l n o t make your forehead bulge w i t h a melange of i n f o r m a ­t i o n concerning t h e latest o n A u s ­t r i a , I t a l y , or the U n i t e d States as you probab ly real ized a n d t h e t h o u g h t o f d igg ing u p t h e facts i n books gives y o u " t h e creeps"; you l iave a m e n t a l p i c t u r e of yourself p l odd ing t h r o u g h huge ug ly books f i l l e d w i t h words t h a t w o u l d baffle Webster w r i t t e n i n t h e t i n i e s t p r i n t possible so you n a t u r a l l y decide to sk ip t h e whole t h i n g a n d r e m a i n as c omfor tab ly i g n o r a n t as you can. I f you t h i n k you are a good example of t h e above-ment ioned , here is a l i s t of books a n d art i c les Miss P e l -t o n has chosen f o r y o u r benef i t (One or t w o of these, however, are more advantageous to t h e " a l m o s t " class Inte l lec t .

Here is t h e l i s t a n d comments o n t h e books a n d magazine ar t i c l es :

"Democratic Governments in Eu-ope"—Bueli:

A n a u t h o r i t a t i v e d i s c r i p t i o n of democratic governments I n Europe w i t h t h e challenges of democracy care fu l l y expla ined . "Inside Europe" by Gunther.

Personal studies of t h e wor ld ' s d i c t a t o r s : H i t l e r , M u s s o l i n i , Dolfuss, S t a l i n , a n d associates, under l ings a n d r iva ls . A very l i ve ly book! 'Neutrality" for the United States"

—Borchard. A systematic a n d i n t e l l i g e n t ac ­

count of the pol icy n e u t r a l i t y es­tab l i shed a n d m a i n t a i n e d by t h e U n i t e d States. "When Labor Organizes"—Brooks ' I f you w a n t to f i n d out about t h e C. I . O., i t s present s t r e n g t h a n d p o ­l i t i c a l changes, t h i s is t h e best book y o u can read. 'Dictators and Democracies"—Hoo-

•"er. W r i t t e n by one of the most care ­

f u l s tudents of European pol i t i cs , ,his book gives a p e n e t r a t i n g a n a l y ­sis of c u r r e n t trends . 7 r o n , Blood and Profits"—Seldes.

A n exposure of the w o r l d - w i d e m i m i t i o n s racket i n w h i c h t h e a u ­t h o r charges t h a t "no reason for w a r remains except sudden pro f i t s f o r t h e m e n who r u n t h e m u n i t i o n s racket . " "Big Navy" in Fortune.

U n t i l recent ly U . S. cit izens c o n ­sidered t h e i r navy a glamorous ex­travagance. T h e y are now b e g i n ­n i n g to regard i t as a $550,000,000-a-year necessity. "We Lose the Next War" by Elmer

Davis in Harpers. H o w can the U n i t e d States best

keep out of w a r — b y a pol icy of iso-a t i o n or of "co -operat ion"? M r .

Davis studies t h e possible results of each pol icy w i t h impressive t h o r -)ugtmess—and votes f or i so lat ion .

I N Q U I R I N G R E P O R T E R

What Won't They Doodle Next; Ancient A r t Exposed

B y A N N R O S S With my pen in hand, I settle down to work, futilely

racking my brains for some uninteresting subject which I haven't already written about. Idly gazing alternately out of the window and at my blank paper, and thoroughly de­ranging my hair, I utter a number of audible sighs and

unconsciously s t a r t t o "dood le " .

T I D B I T S B y T H R E E W I S E M E N

Gloria Copp, a junior, h a d a for­m a l party Saturday w h i c h turned out to be a great success. I t seems as though everybody who wasn't i n ­vited was there. T h e party's start was dull, but it ended up by being a first class party. Some of the out­standing things that happened were Pussy Markland's reading fairy tales to Gloria ' s youngest sisto- (cfcn't leave his baby d a y s ) ; L e n n i e R o -magna's riding around i n his car all A L O N E a n d the rest of the u n i n ­vited guests pushing the furniture everyday t h i n g s as l ines , circles, odd

!_ I j jgyjgg_ Other vague a n d u n i ­dent i f i ed scribbles. Personal ly , I have a weakness f o r stars , a n d many of m y f r i ends are c o n s t a n t l y c o n ­s t r u c t i n g such car toon figures as D o n a l d D u c k a n d T h e Seven D w a r f s .

T h e n a n idea pops i n t o m y head a n d I fever ishly begin to w r i t e w h a t y o u now see before you .

I suppose everyone has h i s o r her pet doodle a n d probably our t e a c h ­ers have been very m y s t i f i e d by some of our a r t i s t i c a t t e m p t s . Some of us have a h a b i t of d r a w i n g fishes or houses on every b i t or scrap p a ­per t h a t we have, a n d most of us l i k e t o beaut i fy test papers w h e n we have some t i m e l e f t over. T h e g i r l s are usual ly f o n d o f d r a w i n g faces a n d heads, w h i l e boys t e n d to construct sc ient i f l ca l a n d n a u t i c a l objects. However , we o f t h e less ta l ented class can o n l y s t i c k t o sucn

out on the front l a w n via the w i n ­dows. T h i s shows what careful p l a n ­ning can do for a party.

Alex Wilkie finally summoned enough courage to formally invite a girl out. The "lucky" girl was Shirley Thompson of the North Bayles Avenue Thompson's. Alex got\ rj,^^^.^ ^ ^ ^ ^ pecul iar beings, a refusal but no excuses But no- j ^^^^^^ ^^^^ hing daunts the great Wilkze for he j.ggjgj doodl ing w h e n t h e y are t a l k -

finally asked a senior girl. At the^^^ telephone. I have r u i n e d Senior party they played "Going to Jerusalem" and that senior flash •Butch" Urich won the game. Alice

, Palmer, in the excitement of a po-; tato race, threw her leg out of place

again. (.The party must have been rough).

Some seniors instead o f a t t e n d ­i n g the p a r t y w e n t t o t h e Wheat l ey HUls T a v e r n a t Westbury . Some of .hose couples w h o were there were : H e n r y Fros t a n d P h y l l i s W a r r e n ,

so m a n y telephone books w i t h m y doodles t h a t M o t h e r has t h r e a t e n d to h ide the new one. A l l o f us l i k e to decorate t h e backs of our pads w i t h queer doodles, a n d t h i s h a b i t is w h a t accounts f o r some of the strange designs a d o r n i n g o u r t e x t ­book covers.

T h e more i m a g i n a t i o n y o u have" the better doodler you are , so t h a t is perhaps w h y w r i t e r s usua l ly make excel lent doodlers. Sometimes i t Buzz Thomas a n d N i n a Cox, D i c k j^^jp^ ^ ^^^^^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Croucher a n d M i l L a n g , K e n n y I v - doodle, a n d yet, i t d i s t rac t s others .

T H E Q U E S T I O N What do you think of having a

dance with girls acting as escorts and stags?

R i c h a r d Croucher : a senior, hes i ­ta ted a m o m e n t a n d t h e n r e p l i e d : " I t w o u l d be nice f or t h e g i r l s , b u t i t w o u l d be very bad for some of these R h e t t But l e r s fiying loose a r o u n d t h e school. T h e y w o u l d soon find i t doesn't w o r k t h e other way a r o u n d a n d w o u l d be sadly n e ­glected."

He len A l l i n g t o n , a soph, rep l i ed f r o m beh ind her d a r k glasses: "Even i n leap year I w o u l d t remble a t t h e t h o u g h t . Since w h e n are the g ir ls so h a r d up? "

B u d d y (Speed) Zwer l i en , h u r r i e d ­ly answered: "Swel l idea! I t w o u l d give the g i r l s a break. T h e y need i t . "

E m i l y S t r i n g , a sophomore, r e ­p l i e d : " I t h i n k i t ' s a swell idea be­cause t h e g ir ls can show the m e n fo lk where to get off ."

Jack Y o u n g , a J u n i o r , scratched his head a n d t h e n rep l i ed : " I t h i n k i t w o u l d be a good idea because t h e n the g ir ls w o u l d have to foot t h e b i l ls , a n d t h e n maybe they w o u l d n ' t be so fickle."

E t h e l B r a l l a , a sophomore beamed a l l over a n d t h e n sa id : " S w e l l — w o u l d n ' t t h e g ir ls love t o give t h e fellows a f r u i t f u l once over ! "

B u t nobody can seem t o he lp i t . A doodler's c lub o u g h t t o be f o r m e d to compare d i f f e rent types o f dooa-l i n g . Y o u ' d c e r t a i n l y be surpr ised a t some of t h e queer t i l i n g s people do (and dood le ! ) .

A f t e r dood l ing f o r f o u r p a r a ­graphs, I l a y d o w n m y pen w i t h t h e slogan of t h e doodler : .

L o n g l ive t h e Doodler w h o can Doodle a n d say:

" I ' m a D o o d l i n g Doodler w h o Doodles a l l day . "

erson a n d V i r g i n i a Gale , and a b u n c h of stages. Eddie K r a f t , J a c k Y o u n g a n d Ray F i n l e y were asked to leave by t h e manager , but A l a n G o u l d made h imse l f so obnoxious t h a t he was escorted out by the doorman.

Four students of the high school ; have formed a gang called the " F o u r Vic's." T h e purpose of this group is to maintain respect for Seniors in the high school. Things came to a head recently when three sopho­mores threw some water on top of some seniors. T h i s deluge came from the boys' dressing room. As a reta l ­iatory measure the seniors took the three sophomores out for a ride in the country. T h e Seniors in this high school don't want to be regard­ed as gods but they do not like these impromptu baths.

Our assembly program last Wed­nesday was for the purpose of ad­vertising Miss ti\)thome's latest dramatic effort', "The Road To Yes­terday". Most of the student body didn't seem to get the point of it L u c r e t i a 3acmeister , s a l u t a t o r i a n Mr. Scherer showed his great en-' of t h e class of '38, was b o m o n M a y durance by holding his hand up for 5- 1921, i n T o u l o n , I l l i n o i s . A f a v o r -

A Port Profile S alutator ian's Success;

L . Bacmeister F r o m Toulon T o Port

ten minutes, but he wasn't permit­ted to leave the room. Miss Pelton the living Mercury, put on a great act. What a Mercury some ther­mometer missed!

H e n r y Fros t took Peggy M o r d t over to Jones Beach Sund. iy a f t e r ­noon. They h a d a very good t i m e w a l k i n g the whole h a l f - m i l e of the boardwalk . Just practise f o r w a l k i n g home f r o m dates.

Jarvis Adams and his F o r d coupe have been taking out J e a n Lewis lately. We wonder If J e a n fell for the car or Jarvis .

Tommy Elliston, editor of the 'Merionite", a Pennsylvania publi­cation, has stopped correspondence with people around school. He used to write to Shirley Warren every week, but as she hasn't received a otter for two months, we think that Tommy has found a blonde that can't be matched in Port. We hope a Tommy reads this he will resume his correspondence with some of our beautiful co-eds.

i t e h a u n t of the Bacmeister c h i l ­d r e n i n t h a t v i c i n i t y was a n anc ient w i l l o w tree.

I n September, 1929, t h e Bacmeis -ters b i d T o u l o n a n d t h e wiUow tree a f o n d fa rewe l l a n d moved t o P o r t W a s h i n g t o n , where t h e y established t h e i r home. L u c r e t i a entered f o u r t h grade a t F lower H i l l School a n d s tar ted to pave t h e road w h i c h r e ­cent ly w o n her the class s a l u t a t o r -i ans h i p .

I n h i g h school, L u c r e t i a has l i m i t ­ed her outside act iv i t ies to the p u r ­su i t of music. H e r greatest a m b i ­t i o n is to p lay a solo w i t h a n o r ­chestra accompaniment . I f she c o n ­t inues w i t h her past success, t h a t desire w i l l surely become a r e a l i ­ty .

I n the summer , l i k e most of t h e students , L u c r e t i a p r a c t i c a l l y lives at t h e beach. Besides s w i m m i n g , basketbal l is a sport she p a r t i c u l a r ­l y l ikes.

I n school, L a t i n a n d physics are „ , , , „ her f a v o r i t e subjects. She c e r t a i n -

M r . Predmore t h a t popular S p a n - j ^ j g ^ g ^^^^ ^ scholars w h o prefer S t u d y H a l l to o ther sub­jects.

B u t , l i k e most of us, she does have her pet peeves. She declares t h a t her b ro ther is the bane of her ex-

Ish teacher of last year, has h a d a blessed event i n his f a m i l y . W e hope t h a t his son w i l l grow u p t o be as fine a m a n as h is f a t h e r .

J o h n Mahoney (pronounced M a -hiney) told his friends that his . . ^ 4 . - , 4 . . , name hadn't been mentioned in the 'l^^']':^:^^!^^^'!^. w r i t l n g _ r a n k s w i t h social column since he entered High School. J o h n has been taking lessons on how to cut out paper dolls from

music as her pet past ime. H e r f u t u r e plans are most i n d e f i ­

n i t e , a l t h o u g h she does w i sh to go B a r b a r a Templin . Through these to college. Her successful career in lessons he has become quite a n a u - school should win for her this a p -thority on the subject. Last week portunity^ J o h n gave a talk on cutting out p a -per dolls i n Mr. Dimmick's Engl ish Propaganda: W h a t to think, class. Educat ion : H a r d to think.