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16 • NEW CASTLE NEWS, FRIDAY, MARCH\ 16, 1951 WHAT'S DOING IN THE SCHO High Notes From Kisco (Editorial note: the Allied Youth meeting recently held at Horace Greeley had repercussions as far as Mount Kisco, as this column from our Mount Kisco high school correspondent attests. It is interesting to compare reactions at the two schools, though this column does not purport to record reactions specifically.) One day a while ago, M.K.H.S I lie 40 Hour Week At Greeley didn't have school and Greeley did. A friend and I went down to see some friends in Chap.;a- qua. They asked us to come to their assembly on Allied Youth and we gladly consented be cause the indulgence of in toxicants by youths seems to be a popular fad all over. First we all went to Mr. Mile.;. He was terrific! I always thought our principal, Mr. Sanborn, was tops and Mr. Miles seems to bo quite like him. Mr. Sanborn and Mr. Miles are both interested \n Fellas like to drink and be \one of the boys\ but they don't like to take the responsibility of shouldering the blame or shame. Many times you have heard people say, \Jerry is a nice young man but once he gets some liquor in him, he's mean\ ' I should think that if Jerry knew the effects of intoxicants on him, and the way people get the wrong impression so fast, he would want to cease his drink ing. It seems so many young people, both girls and boys, look to Greeley has been buzzing again this week. We gather from the mad pace that spring fever has not yet set in. Monday saw the return of THIS WEEK'S GREELEY plenteous food, appreciated the unique floor show and generally many eager souls to the school enjoyed ourselves. The 6th grade the drinking by youth and the dririkm g f 0r enjoyment. I Allied Youth. They both seem to be understanding and willing to help. In other words, they are regular \Joes\! Mr. Miles said it was all right if we wanted to go to the assembly so we secured passes and went with our H. G. friends to their class to await the assembly. We enjoyed oui- selves immensely with the class and Miss Murphy, the teacher Assembly time came and wt went down to hear the speaker, a Mr. Breg, talk about Allied Youth. Truthfully, I didn't know much about the purpose of this organization when I first went into the assembly. After the talk, which was brought down to high school kids level so we could understand the talk easi ly, a group stayed to ask Mr Breg questions. The discussion was very interesting and educa tional. The answers to the ques tions asked of Mr. Breg were very helpful. The students as sisted Mr. Breg in answering some of these questions. At ths conclusion of the discussion, my friend and I felt that we had learned a lot that afternoon. The Allied Youth is an organ^ ization that I wish we had in our school. I t would be an asset to the students because they would learn all about liquor; its effects, its calories, etc. In one of my columns a while ago, I wrote on drinking, per taining to friendship. Gads' Did I hear comments on that co lumn! \My father read that and he's getting ideas!\ \I hope my parents overlooked that co lumn!\ \My mother and father are too busy to worry about me drinking!\ \If my parents every knew I drink !\ \What they don't know won't hurt them!\ These reasons and many others, among which were quite a few humorous ones, were related to me in one way or another. That, really made me laugh! NANCY wouldn't say-don't drink at all- but I just can't see why kids go out on week-ends and get ine briated. There may be a reason they love. There were many peo ple who came early and stayed late to make up for the lost time. \It really isn't worth being sick; you gei so exhausted doin^ make-ups later,\ was the general cry. We are duly proud of, and wis.i to congratulate, our new mem bers of the National Honor So ciety. The new Seniors are Bar bara Coleman, Nancy Laughrey, Carolyn Miller, Daisy Roach and Barbara Stahl. The Junior class contributed Sally Bell, Donald Beuoendorf, James Burns, Lind say Butte, Anne Davin and Joan Klassen. These kids had a lot to such as home life, school marks, i • 4. or a member of trie oppose sex,' f^^^ZS^ must have outstanding charac but none of them can be helped by drinking. As a matter of fact, the farther av^ay from drinking you get, when your reason is one of these, the better off you are. I could go on and on and on forever and tell you why you shouldn't drink and what I say won't have any effect on you. Just think, though, some night because you are too proud to ad mit you like a certain girl, you drink quite a bit, and this girl ! and her date see you; hair dis heveled, clothes wrinkled, eyes looking as though they had had the once-over-once too often, j and disposition as mean as can be. The girl will loose her respect for you and who knows, maybe she secretly liked you up to chat night; you never can tell about females. You will have ruined your chances witn the girl. An other infantile thing done by people is; if a girl gives a boy a raw deal, as some do, he sits around and drinks because of it. This either satisfies the girl or disgusts her. That surely isn't the way to get on the right track. You should take out another girl who you think is fun and maybe someday she will take the other girl's place. If you drink because of school marks or home life, you will just continue to have troubles. Your parents Vvill get angry with you, especially as you had Dad's car last night and you came home quite druni. Your school marks never profit from drinking because you can't think accurately and your mind doesn't function properly. Some day, when your children start wanting to drink, you will be faced with the same problem that many parents are faced ters; they must have done a lot for the school, (offices held, re sponsibilities carried out, and work on committees); they must be leaders in their classes or homerooms, and finally, they must maintain an average of 88%. We honestly agree with the faculty council that these people deserve their honors. To follow up on the Honor So ciety, there has been much talk of late about setting up an hon or system at H.G. I & might be the way to cope with the problem of controlling study halls. If it could ever exist, it certainly would add to the prestige 01 the school! Being of sou .id and curious mind, we found out finally, that \The Thing\ was a midway. Greeley auditorium was com pletely transformed for this big 8th grade show, and hardly rec ognizable. We played games, ate with now. Wouldn't you like to be the parent who can tell his children how he overcame the habit of drinking in his teens either through his own work or through the care and under standing of parents, friends, and the Allied Youth? I suppose that even though Mr. Breg, the writer of Greeley's co lumn, scads of other writers, and I write or speak on drinking, it won't stop the kids from doing it, but at least we hope that it makes a person think, before he takes another one, about the co lumn he read the other nignt, or the discussion he heard the other day when he iound out a lut more about drinking than he ever dreamed! Because the new school gets \christened\ this Sunday, thought that the opinions and ideas of the high school woulda-ae appreciated by the town. None of us has seriously thought 5^' thing through. We're all being practical-minded about it, but the thought of really being \free\ hasn't yet penetrated. Our question was, in general: \What have you to say about the new school? Do you approve of it and what of its advantages are you looking for ward to?\ Here are the answers, typical of \dozens more: Teddy Banning—Nov^ tf«hejpe,2j| be more room for oi'^Oi-^f kids, specifically my LsJ^ \'\' h ther. I'm all in favor. • . > Ann Bates—At last vi able to have a Latin class v>i ^ out being taught home ec at the same time. Maybe we'll even get a decent-sized room instead of tiny 217. Little Doug Grafflin—No com ment (he's being diplomatic). Gayle Mueser—Our study halls should be quieter at least, »!£ having a BIG library will really be George! Barbara Anderson—Ah, abso lute freedom! Goody, goody gum- drops, hey! Cynnie Miles — At least it'll eventually untangle the confu sion over 5A lunches and gum class. I definitely approve. Barbara Nardozzi—There'! argument that it's a good tl but I hope they do have separl G. O. for the younger kids. They' never have a chance to say any thing otherwise. Besides they have different interests. Guy Fowler—I wish we were going up there. Plenty of room, neat school. Barbara Coleman — Now we have peace of mind and soul! Lee Fingar—Maybe now kids can park on the school grounds. Sandy Parsons—The set-up at the new school is much better. They should hold the Open Houses up there (there's a rifle range, you know). Anita Ehrman—But it'll be aw ful having to walk all the way down to the Junior lockers from rooms upstairs. Now I'll never^Ket to class on time. has proven itself to be an ingen ious and energetic group! We are really sure that spring is rapidly approaching when we find out that track practice will start on March 15. There has oeen much conversation about coordination and such among the boys who all seem very eager to get \into the running\. Last Friday we had a doubly interesting auditorium program. Mrs. Rose Weiss from the West chester T.B. Center came to tell us a bit about T.B. and to show us an interesting case history movie on the subject. Also, those many panic-stricken souls were put at ease by the atomic bomb movie. We learned what to do in any type of attack and what the results of a bursting bomb are. We quickly tucked away our \complete annihilation\ theories and became our own optimistic selves once more. Saturday night brought us an Open House, complete with roller skating, -basketball, movies and refreshments. There have been many well-understood comments on the lack of attendance at these things. We have dug up one explanation for three of our Greeleyites. R o n n y Carlson, Sandy Parsons and Jacques Mitchell were on their way to Open House when they heard the fire whistle. Because they are normal and American, they went to the source of excitement. Be fore they knew what was going on they found themselves fight ing a forest fire. This is certain ly one case of natural curiosity really becoming useful! There will be a missing link at school on Monday. Bill Judd is going away to Pennsylvania. As the Spanish so aptly put it, buena suerte, Bill! This week we were suddenly overtaken by that frantic feeling of having so much to cover be fore June. Everyone seems to have caught this fever. \A\ FOR EFFORT A teacher was slightly in doubt as to what mark to give the boy on his answer in an examination to the question \What io a will'\ The boy's answer* \A will is a written document in which a person tells how he wants his property divided among his er rors.\ Was Too Close The stranger brought his car to a halt, and addressed the tall, raw-boned cowboy leaning against the corral. \Does Big Joe live near here?\ he asked. \Nope replied the cowpoke. \Well inquired the man, \where can I find his neighbor, Long Sam?\ ™ \I'm Long Sam,\ drawled the cowboy. \But protested the stranger, \they told me that Big Joe lived within gunshot of you!\ \That's right,\ came the calm rejoinder. \He did!\
