Rockford High School - RHS Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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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

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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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Ri OFFICERS First Semester Second Semester Myrtle Kleekner President Myrtle Kleckner Mildred McEachran V.-President Juanita Hale Bertha Arne Secretary Lucille Bailey Marjory Talbot Treasurer Mildred MCE:-lchran Mrs. Mary Shumway Adviser Mrs. Mary Shumway KLECKNER SeC0 ARNE . cservice, 1Scho1arship7 In 1923 a group of Rockford high school girls met to form a club for furthering the interest in the study of Home Economics. It was decided that all girls in either sewing or cooking classes should be eligible for membership, and that a combination of the first two letters of the words sewing and cooking should form the club's title. In 1924, this organization became aiifiliated with the National Home Economics Association. Seco club has varied programs. At the begin- ning of each semester this year a formal initiation and a banquet were held for the new members. At Christmas time, each girl furnished a box of home made candy which was presented to the ladies of the Jennie Snow home. The afternoon party, staged on February ll, was a great success! and the club's evening party, an affair of the sec- ond semester, was also well attended. A tea was given in the spring for Junior high school girls, a custom which has been followed out for several years. Members of the club served at the Owl-Annual banquet on February 22. All programs for the club are planned to be instructional. Several commercial demonstrations have been given, and at the meeting on February 18, members dressed dolls. Many girls of the club participated in the as- sembly on November 18, which was put on by the Home Economics department in the form of a style show. Each model displayed garments which had been made by the girls in the department. E page twenty-one