Newton High School - Newtonian Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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Officers Presidenl ..... . Hollis Wyman V' -P 'd I . . V h S f' DEBATING CLUB Slffeif. . i Bflfiofiriiig Treasurer .... James Horn Adviser . Mr. Frederick Holmes AGGRESSIVENESS, a valuable quality of modern youth, characteristic of Debating Club ........ Debating combines personality development .... training in self-control . . . . . . . . This season club attemptedaplan of debate . . . . less formal, more spontaneous .... permits audience to enter discussion ........ The four most important debates this year .... Is Mercy Killing JustifiedP .... Women are Human, with the English Club .... Radio versus News- paper, with the Microphone Club .... Roosevelt for a Third Term? with four Harvard students, formerly of Newton High ........ Under Mr. Frederick Holmes, faculty ad- viser, the Debating Club tries to give all members a chance for clear thinking and speaking .... p 100

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Officers President ....... Virginia Byrne Vice-Presidenl ..... Claire Halloran Secretary . . . Marjory Cavanaugh Treasurer . . Margaret Foley Clerk . . . . Eleanor Genna Adviser . . . Miss Marion Maguire THE Commercial Club, with Miss Marion McGuire, adviser . . . . founded before the three buildings were consolidated into Newton High School .... Originally for boys and girls . . . . now for girls only . . . . . . . . Develops personality by creating intelligent interest in business and social life ........ Club had two instructors from Arthur Murray Studios at meet- ings .... Conga and variations to standard dance steps were demonstrated ........ A quiz on radio stars and programs won by Janet Goldie .... Booklets about food and beauty culture read and discussed .... At the final party .... dancing .... refreshments .... games ........ The Commercial Club .... a time-honored organization .... 99

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Officers Presrkienl ...... Richard Warren Vice-Presidenl . . . . . Bette Brady Secretary . . ..... Jane Cooper D Treasurer ...... Alan Michaels Adviser . . Miss M. Louise Wetherbee MISS M. LOUISE WETHERBEE, club adviser, directed amateur theatre-lovers who make up the Drama Club . . . . helped club Executive Committee plan programs . . . . The Crimson Coconut,', one-act satire of international espio- nage .... A warning to the stage-struck administered hy Faye Roope, Broadway actor and director .... Description of experiences in a summer theatre by Connie Elrod .... Prob- lems of a semi-professional director discussed by Probert War- field, Director of Straw Hat Players ........ At last meeting, The Silver Candlesticks, based on Hugois Les Miserables .... All these, plus First Lady and Why the Chimes Rang, made correct by Drama Club Workshop under Mr. Charles Peterson .... 101