Ellie ifiort weekly Vol. X, No. 22 Port Washington High School, Friday, March 9, 1934 Price Five Cents Lowry Sisters Win Senior Honors Robert Lamberti Gets C.S.P.A.Meets In Great Will Go To At North Valedictory Annual Convention Applause Will Be Shore Contest Ruth, Nancy Salutatorian Eminent Men To Speak The North Shore Division of the Solo Contest was held at the Roslyn Numerous Eastern Schools High School on the evening of March Rest Of*G_raduates 1st. The two winners were selected by Send Representatives the judges to compete in the final Listed Order tryouts with those from the South In On Thursday, Friday and Saturday Shore of the Island. of this week the Columbia Scholastic The contest was held for the pur- The senior class was classified ac- Press Association, of which Port pose of determining those three solo- cording to scholastic standing fol- Washington is a charter member, is ists who will play at Hempstead with the of the cal- holding its tenth annual convention. the All County Orchestra on March lowing completion This association, which was organized 24th. The four finalists will each be culation of individual averages early Lt- by a group of New Jersey highschool awarded twenty-five dollars tor their this week. The two highest stu- ed paper editors ten years ago, has a work by the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, dents, Ruth and Nancy Lowry, will in membership of 836 high schools, jun- which is sponsoring the whole affair. be the Class Valedictorian and ior colleges, junior high schools, and From the ten schools contesting, FIB elementary schools. Friends’ Academy gained first place Salutatorian, respectively. It- The delegates, representing these by a piano solo, and Manhasset second Ruth Lowry, with the honor av- >rt schools, will be addressed by some of with a trumpet solo. No names were erage of 92.4%, led her sister for the most given to the soloists the outstanding journalists, representing high position by more than two writers, and publishers, including the various schools. editor of the “New York Herald Tri- Due to the variety of instruments points. Nancy’s average was exact- ill bune Magazine”; editor of the New performed on, the three judges ‘based ly 90’/rt. William Berges was a close York Herald Tribune Book Section; ..eir decisions on musicianship, inter- third with 89.7%. The remainder of Dean Carl A. Ackerman, of the Co- pretation, tone, tecnnique, or, in the the ten highest students and their lumbia School of Journalism. case of a singer, diction, intonation, respective marks are: Natalie Rose, and for vocal A Alan Lewis Lin- English Writer To Speak selections, style. 89.5%; Ardis, 88.9%; maximum score of ten points for each demuth, 88.8%; John Shanahan,87.9%; Tomorrow morning the students item could be awarded, with a final Marvin Harrison, 87%; Emily Aus- themselves will hold round table dis- possible score of 150 per cent iroin bury, 86.9%; and Albert Brown, 86.8%. cussions at the university. In the the three judges. Ranked B'y Class Average afternoon, they are to attend luncheon Robert Lamberti, playing de Beriot‘s The class has been divided into four at the Hotel Commodore, where Sir ‘ violin selection, “Scene de Ballet”, re- the of Wilmot Lewis, Washington correspond- quarters, according to averages ceived more applause than any con- all marks the stu- ent of “The London Times”, will be received during testant. dent's school class aver- the principal speaker. career. All ‘5- 0j_ the first term the The C. S. P. A. was organized in an ages through of senior to creative in Port year are considered in ranking g- attempt promote writing Students Gain Places school newspapers -and at the same the graduating class and in award- [5- the and time to discourage stafl members from In County Orchestra ing Valedictory Salutatory honors. all believing that they are finished jour- nalists. The first rehearsal of the All 58.5 per cent of the graduating 11. Those who are Port Orchestra was held at class of 106 students have averages representing County Hemp- above Washington at the conference are: stead on Thursday March seventy-five per cent, and twen- afternoon, students are in the first Mr. Herge, John Stuart, John Thomas, 1st. General practice followed ty—six quar- by try- ter. At the other end of the bracket [IS Charlotte Dean, Donald Dillenbeck, outs for the woodwinds composed the two students have received less Rosemary Sheehan, and Marjorie Utz. major part of the rehearsal under the only direction of G. Porter Smith. than the sixty-five per cent school O mark. Natalie Rose, Robert Lamberti and passing Twenty-Eight In Top Quarter Regents Department Accepts Frank Witmer from Port Washington secured positions playing first violin The names of the students in the All But One Paper parts, while the first two named were first division whose marks range from placed in their accustomed seats as 92.4% to 82.1% and their individual The Regents report from Albany concert master and assistant. In the (Continued on Page 4) was received here last week and 91.2% cello section, Nancy Lowry and Jeanne of the papers marked were accepted. Smith were ranked as numbers two South American Trip Taken Of the 365 regents papers which were and three. written and sent to Albany, 364 were In the woodwind section, Marvin By History Teacher passed by the Regents department,one Harrison was selected the best flutist being rejected. among those present. Henry Harrison, Miss Catherine Sammis sailed on As a result of protests from vari- the one and only bassoonist, was high- Saturday on the liner S.S. Rotterdam ous other state high schools regard- ly praised for his work by the direc- for South America. Miss Sammis is ing the Geometry regents, the passing tor. accompanying her father and also her grade was lowered from 65% to 50%. Robert Corrigan was placed in class mother, who is recuperating from a Thus every mark in this subject was A among the many cornetists, and recent illness. raised with the exception of Arthur tryouts for both he and Jack Shana- During Miss Sammis’s two weeks Johnson’s, which received 100% on han in the brass and percussion sec- absence Miss O’Connor will substitute the original marking. tions were held Tuesday, March 6th. in her classes. I The Port Weekly -March.9, 1934 Cllhe finrt mreklg Published weekly during the school HIGH TIDE-INGS year by the students of thePort Wash- ington High School, Port Washington, New York. Subscription rate, $1.25 “Laughing At The Funnies” per year, or 5 cents per copy. Shades of Rube Goldberg and Per- Printed the students in the by cy Crosby! Who would have thought Senior High School Print Shop. that I would have to turn to the John Stuart funny sheets for High Tide-ings’ in- Associate Editors"IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII"I6§é'£i{ y Sheehan, Marjorie Utz spiration? But who would have EDITORIAL BOARD thought that the Murdock twins are Features .......... .............................................L. Butterworth, R. Forbell, L. Haynes, J. Norton -eally the Katzenjammer Kids? Of Copy Desk ......................................................J. Thomas, J. Roberts, M. Moore course we all know about Boob Mc- D. Watson, E. Cudd, G. Johansen, Nutt being in our midst. N. Lowry. I don’t mean to be Always Belit- Exchanges ......................................................Virginia Church. tlin’ the around this Reporters ........................................................A. Stein, J. Lowry, M. Wood, M. Pal- people school, minteri, G. Erb, R. Hennessy, P. Rine- but I have noticed some striking re- hart, M. Freeman, A. Mascofian, E. semblances between the members of James the student and the characters BUSINESS body BOARD of the comic sections. I Business Manager ............................... — Donald Dillenbeck suspect that Circulation Manager Frank DeBlois Ruth Lowry is the original Tillie the Typists ............................................................A. Duflield, J. Blichars, Jean Hewett Toiler and if Barney Iselin isn't real- FACULTY ADVISER-S ly Barney Google then I’m Peter Rab- Curtis Carleton Pierce H. Herge ........................................................................................ bit! Volume X, No. 22 March 9, 1934 Bringing Up Father Merrill again, I want to remind you that It’s Papa. AN ORIGINAL DANCE PLAN Who Pays and that Pa‘s Son-in-Law, Count Screwloose Corrigan, has been Ever since the various classes and of organizations this school have been buying things for Dumb Dora (1 don’t giving annual dances, there has been a certain group of people which has dare name her) at Dave’s Delicatessen. never attended them. ’ If you want to see some Reg’lar Fel- These have reasons for their non-attendance. people given many They lows just attend a Fratry meeting, but have said that were unable the admission that are they to pay price, they Daug'hter—0h! is in the Celerity not good dancers, or that they had no “decent clothes”. A certain tim3rous— where they’re all Just Kids. Polly and ness seems to have pervaded. her Pals be found in our Thimble It would dislike seems nearly impossible that anyone really to attend one Theatre any day at 3.19 where they’re of the six social which are held the affairs during year. rehearsing “The Romantic Age”, and It with these facts in mind that the Circle has decided was probably to Puddinhead Capra will probably be stage a novel type of informal dance. The option of games or dancing has under a drum in the music room. been offered the that those who do students, so not like to dance may engage Little Orphan Annie Seaman still likes reduced admission offers excuse those who in games.