Belmont High School - Blueprint Yearbook (Belmont, MA)

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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]

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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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( ) F F I C !•: R S ; Frcsidnit W ' allik MruPMY Vice-Frcsidait Jack Hokack Secretaries Don ICvANs John McCokmu k Treasurer IiOH Hkakn uccESSFL ' LLv ct)nclu(lin the third year since its foundation, the Belmont HI-V forg ed ahead in 1942, uided hy its hig-h |)tir])ose and ideals. Among its activities were the promotion of a rally preceding the Watertown game, the forma- tion of a club basketball competition, attendance of many members at the State Conference at Fitchburg, and finally the Annual Bampiet. Featured at the weekly meetings were many prominent sj)eakers, group discussions, and movies. Mr. Flildreth and Mr. Storer provided facult} ' guidance and ably supervised the group. From a small group of seven members the club has now grown to a membership of forty hoys and bids fair to become the leading hoys organization in the scIkk)!. [ 18 1