Springfield Senior High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Springfield, OH)

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CLUB LEARNS ABOUT GERMANY Music, Movies, and Guest Speakers Highlight Meeting of German Group Among the favorite serenades in the German lang- guage is Du, du liegst mir im Herzenf' which trans- lated means, You, You Lie in My Heart, This is one of many songs sung by the German Club when they present musical entertainment. Other meet- ings consist of movies on Germany and guest speakers. Both are very interesting and furnish excellent information on the German way of life. One of the most interesting accounts of Germany was given by Franz Benjamin, a student at SHS, who formerly had lived in Germany. He told the students about their school system and pointed out some of the disadvantages that a poor boy has in gaining an education. Other information about the geography of the country and his trip to America was very interesting also, and was followed by num- erous questions from the members of the club. On another occasion Mr. Elmer Leffel presented his magic art and succeeded in baffling the students, especially two boys who were securely bound to- gether when they tried to escape his rope trick. To end the year the German Club will have a big outdoor picnic party, probably at Snyder Park, where all sorts of games will be played. During the past year the club has offered an op- portunity for the students in the different classes to become acquainted and get a better understand- ing of the language they are studying. German Club Action: Gene Durmnt, Paul Aldrich, Minton Brees, Marguerite Elliot, Nancy - Lewis, Mary Ellen Ramsay, Curtis Gibson, and Donald Neff.

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ENGLISH CLUB ENIQYS PLAYS Students Study Foreign literature i The English Club is one of the larger clubs of Springfield High. With an enrollment of approxi- mately seventy, they have many interesting pro- grams. Some of these are declamations by mem- bers of the club and others are outside speakers such as Mr. Eugene Hoak, returning speech teacher, and Professor Engerrand, a professor of language at Wittenberg College. The officers are: president, Phil Keppleg Vice president, Justine Carlsong secre- tary, Barbara Eueringg treasurer, Jane Hopkins. The English Club also studies American and English litearture. English Club group picture at top. English Club Action-This picture represents the characters one meets in literature. English opens a new world to students. Travel, new friends, adventure, all these are found through English. LITERATURE

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FRENCH CLUB ADOPTS GIRL All Meetings of Club Are Conducted in French French Club Action: Janet Newell, Bill Keifer, Ruth Birch, Jeanne Thacker, Margery Ward, Ronald Mezger, Judy Howell, Barbara Rewey, Carolyn Edwards, Richard Osborn, Joan Schneider, Jane Hopkins. Do you know what it is like to adopt a child? Maybe you don't, but sixty- three Springfield High students do! These students are members of Le Cercle Francais, the French Club, who have made a Hpackage adoption of a seventeen year old French girl named Madeleine Abeille. Two packages, containing food, cloth- ing, and little nicknacks, go each month from the French Club to Madeleine. This intensely interesting project is not only educational to both parties but also immensely helpful to a girl in a country where food and clothing are pitifully scarce. The French Club offers to its members, enrichment and recreation in French. The large picture on this page is an excellent example of how the French Club makes the classroom studies live in vivid and exciting action. For in- stance, in class, students study about Paris and famous Parisian couturiers such as Lucien Lelong. With various scenes, such as the one pictured on this page, the French Club has enhanced the ordinary conception of French life. Under the capable direction of Mrs. -..sal 98 Eg..- Nina Ladd, the club has prospered and now is one of the foremost clubs in SHS. The active executive body for this year is as follows: Jeanne Thacker, president, Carolyn Edwards, vice-presi- dentg Judy Howell, secretary, Jane Hopkins, treasurer. The membership of the French Club is sixty-three and there is almost a one- hundred per cent attendance at all meetings. To start out the year, the club had a Wiener roast at Snyder Park. Other meetings featured games, singing, and original plays written in French by the students. At the annual Christmas meeting the initiation of new members takes place. Also, the French Club has each year one outside speaker and a French movie. French Club Group .wld if 4 1 l 1 ,l 1 tw l. r l li 4 J. I 1. 'i li . 1 , l