Belmont High School - Blueprint Yearbook (Belmont, MA)

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' D o BROADEN the intellectual, moral, and social life of its members, and to he of service to the school,” in the words of the founder, Gertrude L. Miller, is the i)urpose of the club. Taking a prominent position in the school’s extra-curricula activities this year, we have attempted to fulhll this aim in the selection of the entertainment for club meeting ' s, d ' he speakers have included Air. E. P. Gates of the Belmont School Committee; Miss Nell Giles, author of “Susan Be Smooth”; Mrs. Jackson Yon Ladau, of the Jackson h)n Ladau School of Fashion; and Aliss Hilda Wdiite, a social worker from the Family Welfare As.sociation. Highlights of the year comprised a fashion show which was coml)ined with the annual tea and a formal dance in May. The othcers were President, Helen Mas.son; Vice-President, Ruthe Daniels; Secretary, ' ir- ginia Scollan ; and Treasurer, Ruth Abbott. [ 9 ]

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J%Enc(z dtulj XDER the leadership of Stuart Cleveland I as President, Audrey Cline as dce-Presi- dent, Ruth Abbott as Secretary, and Ed- mund Sullivan, Treasurer, the I ' rench Club enjoyed an active year. The meetings were conducted entirely in I ' rench, with ])arliamentary proceedings through- out. AuKJug the Club’s diversified activities were French games; an annual contest in written and oral I ' rench; a visit to Brookline High School to hear an address by Professor Henri Pyre of ' ale ; an address by Miss Genevieve Mayer of Radcliffe; and the isit of Ih ' ofessor .Andre Morize of Harvard. The “Cercle Francais serves as a means of furthering the students’ knowledge of the French language, country, and customs. W ith the leader- shi]) and inspiration of Miss Bridey, the Club may confidently look forward to a still more glorious future.

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Jlatin dtulj ILETE, onines et attendite.” a most famil- iar saying; to Latin Club members, opens every meetinsr of this clnlj in a friendly manner. The purpose of the organization is “the furtherance of an appreciation and clearer under- standing of Roman culture and literature.” Meetings are conducted with the officers wear- ing Roman dress approjtriate for their corres- j. ' onding offices. The club has been fortunate in having such interesting s])eakers as Doctors Herbert Magoun and Robert Greene, who are. among other things, jirohcient Latin and (ireek .scholars. I ' he officers follow: Consuls, Hillard Welch and Lois h ' ish ; Ouaestor Tabularum, Ruth Low- ery; Ouaestor .Aerarii. Kdward Dressier: Cen- sors, Audrev Cline and Xancy Lane: . odiles. |ulia Roper. Dorothy W hiting, Louise Lynch and Robert Moore: and the advisers. Miss Steuer- wald and Miss Xoreen. [ 10