Rockford High School - RHS Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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First Semester Elivabetli Stocking OFFICERS President Jane Greenlee V.-President Maxine Burritt 1 Jean Abramson Secretary Florence Kalen Hazel Robbins Treasurer Grace Grimmitt Second Semester X Roberta Davey STOCKING Le Cercle Francais KALEN tServiceJ The purpose of the Le Cercle Francais, which was reorganized a year ago last fall is, to create and promote an interest in French literature and customs. The club studies the present day condi- tions in France and also the lives of famous Frenchmen, which study helps them to get a clearer insight into French literature. To be a member of this club a student must have taken at least one semester of French and have received an average of eighty-five or above. At present there are about thirty-five members in the club. The meetings are held on every other Monday night. All the business taken up at the club meetings is carried on in French, even the minutes and com- mittee reports being read in that language. All of the programs are presented in French also. This fScho1arshipj is of great help to the student in his class-room, because he learns to express himself more fluently and to understand the spoken language better. The programs consist of French stories, musical numbers, presentations of French plays, talks on French customs, French songs and the playing of French games. Usually the programs are pre- sented by the club members themselves. This year, during the first semester, the French club sponsored an afternoon party. The event proved to be very successful. Another accomplish- ment of the French club in the past year was to buy two pictures to be hung on the walls of the French room: The Book Stalls in Parisi' in Miss Sylvia Brewer's class room and A Market Scene in Miss Helen Loveless' room. U 'M' ' .J AQ page nineteen

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First Semester julia Joslin Leola Carlson Arnold Liebling Arnold Lielrling Miss Julia Shafer FE OFFICERS President V.-President Second Semester Arnold Liebling Rose Kasinkus Secretary Dorothy Shull Treasurer Dorothy Shull Adviser Miss Julia Shafer tgjlfggfa, Fasces LIEBIfING 1Serv1ceJ The Fasces club is a Latin club whose name is derived from the Latin name, Fasces,l' a symbol- ism of Roman times. Its actual meaning is an axe and .a bundle of sticks which is significant of authority. The purpose of the club is to foster a greater interest in old Rome as well as in the Latin language through the Latin department. The mem- bership is limited to those students who are at the time taking Latin. The club was organized in 1926 and since then has steadily grown both in interest and numbers, until it now includes about eighty active members. Meetings are held every two weeks. The meetings this year have been especially in- teresting. Some of them included a study of the ancient buildings in Rome: Coliseum, Pantheon, an Arch of Titusq incidents of the World VVar, Ro- man VVomen, Saturnalia, and Ides of March. One important meeting was a meeting to commemorate the Virgil Bimilleniumg at some others Roman dinners were held and a style show of Roman dress. One meeting was in the form of a broad- casting station. The Station was SPQR, broad- casting from the Palatine Hill, Rome. Romulus and Remus were the participants who took the place of Amos and Andyf' There is usually one social meeting held during the year. The club has aided the library by purchasing several new books for the school. At Christmas time a basket was given to a poor family. page eighteen

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1 l First Semester OFFICERS Ri Second Semester Loween Conklin President Harlan Irke Lois Goldman V.-President Jean Abramson Frances Hoelsher Secretary Helen McNeany Martha Ryan Treasurer Burdette Osborne Miss Fl0Y Dentler Adviser Miss Floy Dentlcr commn Paint and Palette Club INMAN lScholarshipJ tServicel Members of the Art department sponsor the Paint and Palette club to induce a greater interest in Art among the students who are not associated with the department as well as those who are. Thus any student is eligible for membership. At the majority of the meetings the craft prob- lem, the application of enamel to glass, was dis- cussed and worked upong many shapes and sizes of jars and bottles were secured and painted in dem- onstrative designs with the lacquer. Members held a successful afternoon party in the boys' gym during the first semester. Roy's orchestra played for the affair, which was open to the entire school. The grab bag party held at Christmas time was open only to members. Each member brought a ten cent present, the gifts being placed in a bag, and the drawing of the gifts fol- lowing. On january Z4 the Art club of Rockford college gave an afternoon tea to which all the members of the Paint and Palette were invited. The College club presented a program of musical numbers and three living pictures, famous paintings posed by the members of the club. The tea was held at the college art studio. At a spring meeting a movie showing the life of Michael Angelo was shown. Several members of the Paint and Palette were in the spring assembly sponsored by the art dc- partment. The students presented a pageant which was planned to emphasize the use of color in life. . page twenty