Allentown Preparatory School - Alprescho Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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WIC AND BUSKIN CLUB OFFICERS Tntus Muller President Wnllnam Fox Vnce Presldent Margaret Afflerbach Secretary Helen Smith Treasurer Sylvla Sontag Dramatic Dlrector Mr Carl Knauss Faculty Adviser The actlvutles of the Dramatic Club have been handncapped to a certam lt was a modern verslon of Romeo and julnet Both the Englush and the Negro forms were employed The play was guven In the gymnasium as part of a program for the parents Several plays were studved with the purpose nn mnnd of enactnng a three act play An allegory on educatuon was presented at a meetlng of the Muhlenberg Auxllnary Fnlbur Kuhns and Frank Welskel had the leading parts lt was a comparrson of modern educatlon wlth that of the past ages Thus was wrntten and durected by Mr Raymond Waller l extent by the illness of Mr. Knauss. They presented one play during the year. l A L P R E 0

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NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY MEMBERS FRANK WEISKEL TITUS MILLER CARL DREW FREDERICK KUNZ FRANCES LEONARD LOUIS VILOTTI Mr L F Hackemann Mr G W De Lawter Mr R L Waller Mr E C Arner Mr Carl Valedlctorlan Knauss Faculty Advlser The Natuonal Honor Socnety ns a scholastuc group correspondmg to the collegrate Phu Beta Kappa Thus as nts second year of exrstence Only a certam percentage of the upper class men are ellguble In the final evaluation of a candudate s record scholarship as not the only thang consldered It IS expected that the stu dent should represent an mdnvudual who had partlclpated nn the malorlty of the schools actlvltles It us also required that this student be regarded by the faculty as possessnng those necessary qualities which makes for character Faculty approval rs necessary for admnsslon to thus group I N v V 'X I ,L x .I I - . . . . . .. . . . .

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NATIONAL FORENSIC LEAGUE Wlth more than twenty students partucnpatlng un forenslc work the chool had the opportunuty to develop any possible talent A debatung schedule of thirty schools enabled thus number of students to partuclpate on the seven teams that were selected The hughllghts of the season were the two trips One had to be postponed durung the month of February but It was success fully completed durung the flood perlod The other trap Included a debating tour and the NFL State Tournament at Penn State College Throughout the eason the teams debated three questnons Soclaluzed lvledlcune League of Nations Entrance and the Lnmntatnons of the Powers of the Supreme Court Almost mndway un the season the school was host to the debaters of he eastern NFL region The Prep debaters and those of Lock Haven held a radio debate as the feature of the tournament All phases of forensic actsvn tees were available The same meetrng IS scheduled for the Prep campus dur :ng I937 The annual oratorlcal contest will be held during graduatlon week There wall be a sensor and a junior dnvuslon Last year Allen Stewart and Rod ney Arner were the prize winners In thelr respectnve duvnslons A o l 3 l It -4 ff' , N , M 5 . xx I . I km ,gf ' Q 1 tl.