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

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LATIN CLUB PROBES PA 'I' Study of Ancient Times Informs and Entertuins Club Members The Latin Club has met with success again this year. With Miss Ruth Fitz as advisor, and Miss Dorothy Kraut- water, and Mr. Clarence Smith as co- advisors, the club has had excellent direction. Elizabeth Raup presided as president and conducted the regular Latin Club Action: Robert Renner, Richard Shank, Gene Eakins, Damon Kaufman, Paul Peck, Randolph Deer, George Getz, Phillip Hanes, Ann Mellinger, Elizabeth Raup, Delores Sheets, Joanne Sallee, Virginia Phillips. monthly meetings of the club. This club carried out its purpose of giving background and entertainment to its members by a variety of inter- esting programs. At an early meeting slides relating to the life of Virgil and showing ancient buildings, Roman Latin Club Group dress, customs and furniture were pre- sented. Interesting and informative talks were given on the life of Virgil and a detailed account of the plot of The Aeneid, Virgil's great work. At another meeting stories about early Roman times dealing with the tales of the mythological Gods and their duties were told. At Christmas time, the club members witnessed the ceremony of the lighting of the Saturnial Candles. There was also a discussion of the Ro- man Christmas Customs and festive refreshments were served. In February, in keeping with the spirit of Saint Valentines Day, the members exchanged valentine cards which they had made and which contained verses written in Latin. The love stories of the mythological characters, Cupid and Psyche, Pyramus and Thisbe and Orph- eus and Eurydice were also related to the club members. Through programs of this type, the members were both amused and educated. 99 ie-

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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

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TUDENT 'l'El.l. OF CULCMBIA Traveler Shows Spanish Club Movies of South America Many students at Springfield High School, seeing a bright future in South America, are studying Span- ish. The Spanish Club was formed because stu- dents wanted to know mo1'e about South America and Spain than the language. Frequently guest speakers address the club and relate the life and customs of a certain country. Included in the clubs various activities are the singing of Spanish songs and the playing of Spanish gamesg the members enjoyed particularly group singing led by Arthur Clarke. Barbara Barth and Natalie Clark enter- tained the club at Christmas time with several Spanish songs, and refreshments were served in the cafeteria. Afterwards, Thomas Fails was victorious in a Question and Answer program. By a process of elimination he defeated all Challengers and ran off with the prize of war stamps. Senror Bernardo Trujillo, a student at Wittenberg College, told about activities in his native country, Columbia. Mrs. A. C. Link showed the club motion pictures of her trip on the Columbus around South America. She described scenes pictured with great detail and told of the native people. The Spanish Club has succeeded in arousing in- terest in the as yet virtually undeveloped resources of South America. They have heard first hand about the experiences of travelers who have gone from end to end of the great continent to the south. Music of these nations has been enjoyed by all and reports have been read about the activities in vari- ous countries. Although some geography and his- tory are studied in class, this club is devoted almost entirely to that. Mr. Clarence Smith and Mr. M. M. Racer serve as very capable advisers to the club. In the past years they have made the Spanish Club one of the best in the school. Spanish Club Action: Thomas Fails, Phil Kepple, Phoebe Diehl, Justine Carlson, Jonni Smith, Allan Gould, Marilyn McKenzie, Arthur Clarke, Carl Forrester.