Alexandria High School - Alecko Yearbook (Alexandria, VA)

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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

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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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I he ALE CKO Thrift Club THRIFT CLUB This year the best project ever known was started — the “Thrift Club.” At hist co-operation was easily gotten, but althougb enthusiasm died for a while it was soon revived. The teachers were right behind us, and at various times a good ])ercentage was obtained. ' I ' be Seniors were the largest depositors. They realized the need of money for graduation, and were only sorry that they had not a chance to begin when Freshmen. Mrs. Elgin was supervisor of our club; her position was a verv responsible one. She is to be thanked for her interest, co-operation, and labor in launching this project. One member out of each room acted as cashier. As their job was no easy one, they also deserve much credit. W ' e feel as if this club has done much to encourage us to .save. W’e ho])e that before school closes one hundred per cent of the students will be depositors. • |[ Page Seventy-four ]!«•