Belmont High School - Blueprint Yearbook (Belmont, MA)

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A regular nieeting- was held each month at which a pro«:ram was ])resente(l under the direction of a student committee. Instead of a three act play, the major i)roduction this year consisted of three one-act plays, produced under the direction of Mr. h. dmund M. MacCloskey of the school fac- ulty. Three plays. “Callino- All Cars.” “Four Hundred Xio-hts.” and “Heritaj e of W ' impole Street were a j reat success and marked the heo inninsi of “better dramatic productions” for the future. The cluh is £3:rateful to Mr. Arthur P). T.ord. Jr., and Mr. XMrinan Rrule for their fine assistance with regard to statue .settins s and technical direction. The officers of the cluh this year were Bonnie Sander.son, j)resident, and Hillard W elch. secretary-treasurer. [ 16]

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[Ifliz VIL i j ' UE Girl Reserve Clur, whose niember- y ship has increased yearly, has completed another successful season under the direc- tion of Miss Richmond, Adviser; Mary White, President: Gloria Le])ore, Vice-President: Felisia Raah, Secretary: cand Antoinette Spuria, Treas- urer. Among ' the many activities this year were a “W eenie Roast” at W ' averley Oaks, an annual Christmas Supper, a alentine dance and a mother-daughter tea. The guest speakers in- cluded Miss Doris Poland, who spoke on “Hair Styles and Make-up,” and Mrs. Jean Page, who demonstrated the latest dance stejxs. Tn service for others the girls ])repared and distributed eifts for the ])oor at Christmas time and gave magazines to the soldiers ; also they contributed to the Community Fund. Since the Girl Reserve Club is affiliated with the Y.W.C.A.. the girls of our club have had many opjiortunities to join in the actix ities of the Y. Y. C. A. in P)Oston. [ 15

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ORRECT ])arlianientary procedure, free f s])eech, and tolerance of opposing opinion were the ideals of the Public S] eaking Club which has completed a very successful year. Mrs. Hornsey’s excellent advice and sug- gestions turned the efforts of the nieinhership into the proper channels. Public forums by club members furnished the club with much opi)ortunity for individual tr ain- ing in platform speaking and ])roved informative by hrinsing out cross sections of opinion. The Club met with some success in interscho- lastic debates as evidenced by unanimous decisions in its favor in debate with two Concord teams. Another debate with Somerville, held before the Senior class at an assembly, was lost hut fur- nished opportunity for public appearance. Club officers: Hillard W ' elch, President; Ralph Coon, Vice-President ; Gloria Lepore, Secretary ; and Rhoda Pearlmutter, Treasurer. [ 17]