Newspaper Clippings

Newspaper Clippings

Two newspaper clippings, "The Talk of Southside," and "Putting Their Best Foot Forward."

1940-10-04

The Long Island News and The Owl

Jean Colley Scrapbook. The Phillips House Museum, Rockville Centre, NY.

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English

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Rockville Centre, NY

Rockaway, on their field, should schools.
prove a thriller. Both teams have
a n equal chance, but South Side's D' k K - t . 1 .
line looks t he stronger. According IC re er 1S t,,~e fiercest lad
to last week's scrimmage, Dick Ion Allen field. '... ~ he McMullens
Kreter is doing much of the r un- arne already tak.mg odds on Colgate.
ming and passing, and also the 0 e would thmk they owned the
~ }r a i n work. The Cvclones seem to
;be using more brain than brawn
this season, so keep your eyes
peeled, The kickoff is at 2 :30
sharp, and Coaches Guyer and
Blanchette, along with the team,
s hould be well repaid for their
w ork with a rec ord attendance.
Here's the line-up of drum majorettes and
band leader for outh ide high chool's marching
musical organization, as it makes ready to
perform at the outh Side-Malverne football
game, tomorro v, The game will be the fir t home
orwar
contest for South Side, and the baton twirler
are in fine hape, Left to right, they are: Dorothy
Grandin, Hazel Gast, Maril~' Candidu,
Isabel Schroed r and Allen Dill.
Re lew-Star Photograp eo!'
Pu ting Th Best
Coach Ottman has been loaded
d own with hard luck this season',
h aving not enough men for even
:two full teams. The first two socc
e r games were rained out, and
(th er efore we open against the
h ardest foe on our schedule, namely,
Sea Cliff: The team is very
optimistic though, because 11 of
t h 16 men on the squad are letter
men. one of those will return
mext year. A little support would
give the team a lot more spirit,
e ven though it is unusually high
t his year. .
or a bunch of non-vot ers, the
:p itical buttons sure do pred orna:
te the fall f ad . The prize for
o ri gi na lit y g oes to Mor tv Sh or wi th
hh "Draft Hoover" pin on one
l a el and "McKinlev for President"
10 the other. Ju. t as long as Mr s.
K ing doesn't see a Willkie button,
n or Mrs. Sloane a Ro osevelt pin,
;the wearers are safe.
To make sure that all pupil can
ing- the Star Spangled Banner' in
(lUI' assemblies, the whole school
G1as been assig ed to learn it . That
an y ex plain the origin of those
ij)eaut iful tones swelling throug h
the halls from Mr . Rose's history
class, This sud den splurge of pa triotism
i timely and it's a shame
l3.11 our citizens can't he given the
same assignment.
Each week we will attempt to
give you an idea of the various
dubs functioning in South Side.
['his week it's the dramatic club.
, ince 1927, when it started, "The Tha lia ns " ave steadily advanced
t o the point where, today it is an
e ergetic or-zanization with ' 46
members, headed by officers Ruth
La Bounty, Patty Ann Mill er , a nd
Dewitt Reinecke. Miss Vi r gilyn A.
Nic kerson ably acts a s their advisor
an d play direc tor. This group
of bud ding actors and actresses
produces three plays a year, namely,
the annual Thalian play, the
Christmas play, and the Tournament
play. The latter is staged
Tomorrow's game with East each year in competition with other place ... Charley Richards loses
a pound a mile in that der by -racer
of his ... Mr. Rose's motto, "Be
Definite," ha been hanging in . his
homeroom ever since he came to
Sout h Side ... Bill Kreger, former
water boy, has changed uniforms
and is now working out -with the
team.