Alexandria High School - Alecko Yearbook (Alexandria, VA)

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ALECKO Spanish Club SPANISH CLUB During the session of 19‘2T-28, Aliss Carmen Andnjar, the Spanish instnictor in Alexandria High School, formed a Spanish Clnl), the first known in the history of the High School. (Officers elected were: Frieda iMendelson, President; Gilbert St .Clair, ’ice-President ; Alary Bnddin. Secretary; and Martha Baggett, Treasurer. A constitution, containing laws that we saw fit to make, was drawn np. One of them is the eligible law, which makes a student of Spanish a member when his grade is a “C” or over. The object of this club is to create a greater interest and appreciation for the Spanish language and customs. Onr programs always have some Spanish con- nection — a song, a dance, a poem, or a reading. AA’ith the dues we collect we hope to leave some books to the Library. (dnr meetings have been well attended and the membership has increased nearlv one-half of the original number. We feel that the clnb has been a success and hope that it will continue. • !( I‘aiie Seventy-two

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he ALE CKO THE PEP CLUB The first meeting of the Pej) Clnl) brought almost every girl in school who had bought an athletic ticket, into its membership. It boasts of the largest meml)ership it has ever had, the total number being IKi. The first business transaction was that of electing officers, who were : Caro- line Kreuttner, President; Mary Saunders, Vice-President; Evelyn Pickett, Treas- urer; Nellie Ridgely, Assistant Treasurer; Lena Shapiro, Secretary; Frieda Men- delson. Assistant Secretary; and Nina Bassist and Jane Norford, Cheer Leaders. The next event in the Club’s activities was the initiation of the Freshmen, who were required to wear their dresses backwards and to how at the snap of an old member’s finger. Some of the Rats enjoyed this immensely. (So did the old members.) The most important occasion on the calendar of the Pep Club social activities is the football supper. This year our annual hanc[uct was held at the Lee Camp Hall amid maroon and white festoons of crepe j)a]rer and red candles, and the High School Alumni Orchestra, . gnes Kelley, Chairman of the Entertainment Committee, deserves praise for her work in arranging the program. The only flaw in the event was the fact that the clock insisted on working over-energetically. Page Sevenly-one

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he ALECKO Latin Club LATIN CLUB The strong in Life is strong in Death.” ’ho dares to say that Caesar, Cicero, and Virgil do not live, that Latin is a dead language? ( )ne glance at these wide-awake students, and your convictions die a natural daath. As Caesar triuni])hantly entered Rome, so we triumjdiantly completed a suc- cessful year in our cluh. ' I ' he members have shown interest in our prcjgrams hy their willingness to participate in the meetings and hy their faithful attendance. We have discussed such writers as Cicero, ’irgil, Caesar, and Horace. ’e have devoted several meetings to the di.scussion of myths dealing rvith legends of the ancient civilizations. But we should like to kee] foremost in your minds the de- lightful and most fascinating accomplishment of our term, our Latin magazine, to which all members of the cluh contributed material. The enthusiasm of the workers gave pep and reality to long ' -famous personages and made them immortal in our memories. ( )fhcers for the year were: Dorothy Richtmeyer, President; iMercia Cash. vSecretary-Treasurer. Miss Cobbs’ untiring efforts aided us greatly in launching a successful year. We are hai)py that we had so many jdeasant times together. Although manv of our dear chums will say good-l)ye in June, we determine to work with renewed vim to keep our standard high in the years to come. 4 |[ Page Seventy-three