Belmont High School - Blueprint Yearbook (Belmont, MA)

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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

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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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unLox i Junior Red Cross is composed of J fifty-five representatives of the student body under the guidance of Ruth Lowery, President ; Dorothy Penney, Vice-president ; Richard Flamand, Secretary; Ruth Stevenson, Treasurer; and Miss Onthank, Faculty Adviser. In response to the national emergency, the ac- tivities of the club were extended to include ad- ditional projects supervised by Miss Woodruff. The enterprises comprised the creation of articles of clothing- for children and the knitting of many sweaters and scarfs for soldiers and sailors. According to the usual custom, the club spon- sored Thanksgiving baskets, a Christmas party for needy children, a drive for funds, and an in- formal dance, which was held in April. The club was represented in the Metropolitan Chapter by Don Halloran, the senior representa- tive, and Isabell Kelleher, the junior represen- tative. Cj xo±± [11]