Mynderse Academy - Myndersian Yearbook (Seneca Falls, NY)

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. Ll' nl .F Alia' A BACK ROW: Cappacci, Andrews, Cross, Spears, Traver, Challrer SECOND ROW: Salato, Pioli Ricci, Paddock, Check, Compson, Wilson WER ROW: Cardwell, Adviser, Warner, Wiley, Larzelere, Strong, Johnson, Adviser THE I-IEARTH CLUB One of the more recent clubs, The Hearth, was formed in l93l, having as its advisers Miss Cardwell and Miss lohnson. The motto which is followed in the club is We shall study not for school, but for health, home and happiness. This motto is carried out by the special study of all subjects touching on home life. This year the club decided to make a study of home crafts such as knitting and Crocheting. The club has had various activities during the year, the first of which was the initiation of its new members. This meeting was in the form of a Hallowe'en party, which was held in the home economics room for the occasion. Ruby Spears and Viola Schuster, chairmen of the committees, decorations and re- freshments, were responsible for the success of this party. During the month of December the club held a silver tea at which Miss Bessie Wickes was the guest of honor. Each Hearth member invited two guests to at- tend the tea. Mary Flynn was in charge of the refreshments, with Winifred Compson and Margaret Wilson on her committee. The room was decorated by Helen Lay and lanet Larzelere, while Nady Ricci was chairmen of the program committee. On February l5 a delightful Valentine's party was held. Some very clever ideas of entertainment, contributed by the members, made the evening enjoyable. Mary Flynn and Stella Antoniak were in charge of the food committee, and Wini- fred Compson and Nady Ricci of the entertainment. The membership of the club totals twenty-one. The present officers are Ann Wiley, presidentg Virginia Strong, vice-presidentg lanet Larzelere, secretary, and Elizabeth Warner, treasurer. The regular meetings of the Hearth Club are held in Miss Cardwell's room the first Wednesday of every month at four o'clock. 24

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BACK ROW: De Santo, Smith, Palumbo, Sullivan, Cooper, Kuney, Ort SECOND ROW: Lay, Deal, Lewis, L ncli, Rile , Adviser, Dombrowslri, Cluellce St o g Lowsn Row. Mom, dak, Hoffman, olmfmd, Peck, Minor LE CERCLE FRANCAIS The ranks of the French club were so thinned by graduation and completion of the French course that only eleven veteran members were left to report to the first fall meeting. The officers elected to carry out this year's program were Philip Olmstead, president, Genevieve Dombrowski, secretary, Ethel Bookman, treasurer, and Miss Riley, faculty adviser. A new idea adapted by the club limits the number of new members to be taken in at one time to ten in order that they may be more thoroughly assimilated into the activities of the club and have more concentrated practice and improvement in speaking the French language, a more comprehensive knowledge of France and the French people, and a happy association with fellow French students. In February the French Club's main activity was a library project, displaying the streets and buildings ot Paris. The Champs Elysees is the famous street around which the exhibit centered. La Place de La Concorde, the scene of re- cent riots, was skillfully interpreted. Among the important buildings were the Arc de Triumph, Notre Dame, Eiffel Tower, the University of Paris, and the Pantheon, which bears a sign over its door: The fatherland is grateful for its famous men. Later in the year a goodly number of old and new members of Le Cercle Francais went to Rochester for their annual banquet at the French Tea Room. A typical French menu was servedg and Miss Lillian Hull, hostess of the tea room, who has spent several years travelling and studying in France, lectured on French customs. One of the most interesting phases of work of the year was the use of films de- picting French life and customs at several of the club meetings. Miss Riley lec- tured during these periods, explaining the various pictures by telling the story behind each. 23

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SENICR BALL December twenty-eighth was the date chosen for the ball, that meant that an ac- tive senior committee didn't have much vacation for days preceding it while they were busy giving the gym a party taceg but the results more than repaid them for their sacrifices and the hazards ot the trips to the swamps tor the greens. Trees, trees and more trees were used to give a Christmasy look, and when the electrical work was completed, twinkly lightsered, green, blue, and orange gave just the desired effect. Holly and evergreen garlands testooned across the lower end ot the gym formed an attractive background for Charlie Cuthbert's Band, which furnished the music for the party. The night of the ball Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Mott, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vogel and Miss Iulia O'Brien received the seniors, and gave their usual gracious welcome to more than a hundred guests, many ot whom were college students at home tor the holidays. Miss O'Brien directed the committee which made the Senior Ball another suc- cess ior Nineteen Thirty-four. Those who assisted Paul Bracht, chairman, were Valerie Clark, Genevieve Dombrowski, Margaret Doran, lone Giannotti, Helen McCarthy, Olide Turri, George Sullivan, Philip Glmstead, Warren Mills, Frederick Clark, Robert Brower, George Semmens, loseph Sinicropi, Donald Knox, Raymond Gochenaur, Dominick Romeo, Briney Dombrowski, Robert Russel, Stuart Miller. In addition to the above, an unofficial floor committee worked atter the ball was over under the supervision ot Coach Baker to make the gym sate tor the Alumni- Varsity game, while the floor still retained evidence ot its polished days oi social splendor. To this secondary committee, the seniors express belated apprecia- tion. May we say, with apologies to Kipling, You're better men than we are, Gunga Dins ? 25