Newton High School - Newtonian Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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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

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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 ....... Mavise Hayden V' -P 'd l . . . , R' h d G ENGLISH CLUB Siffefaff. . r a Aliiiniiclichseli Treasurer .... John Fairfield Adviser . Miss E. Louise Richardson AN enthusiasm for literature .... Stimulating programs . . . . Appreciation of English outside the class room . . . . These are purposes of the twenty-seven year old English Club . . . . . . . . Meetings . . . . Mrs. Marjory Carlton speaks . . . . Information Please . . . . Faculty inline offire . . . . Gala party at last meeting ........ School Wide activities . . . . Essay Contest . . . . Poetry Contest . . . . Senior assembly with Rev. Herbert Hitt-hen reading modern poetry . . . . . . . . Service their aim . . . . Good times in serving their achievement ........ Juniors and Seniors invited to join ........ Enthusiastic leader is Miss E. Louise Rich- ardson .... Her efforts and the faithfulness of every member make the club what it is .... 102