Webb School - Princeps Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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Miss Hudson leads discussion of John Knowles' A Separate Peace. Literary Club Experiments With New Format The Literary Club, sponsored and directed by the What! Jeff Hodges makes a point. English Department, offers to its eleventh and twelfth grade members an opportunity to broaden their study of the field of literature. The books selected this year for discussion were primarily of the twentieth century, and included works of such authors as Albert Camus, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Knowles, and Dylan Thomas. The activities of the club this year were not, however, limited to reading and discussiong at the March meeting, the members took advantage of Hal Hol- brook's appearance as Mark Twain at the Civic Audito- riumg in May they took parts in a group reading of Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood. Other plans in- volving Thoreau and Flannary O,Connor were can- celled because of snow, epidemics, or other unfavor- able elements. In spite of the fact that these several meetings did have to be cancelled, participation in this club was especially strong this year.

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wife ta, Current Events Club Hears Many Speakers The purpose of the Current Events Club, sponsored by Mr. David S. Engle and Mrs. D. B. Lothrop, is to encourage student interest in and understanding of major issues. This year, the C.E. Club presented to its junior and senior members a series of programs on pertinent topics of local, national, and international concern, beginning with a discussion led by Dr. Waldo Heinrichs of the University of Tennessee History Department on that subject so important to the senior boys - the war in Vietnam. Other meetings were on Civil Rights and labor-management relations, and Dr. Hamid Mowlana from the U.T. Department of Journal- ism spoke on the Middle East situation, with special emphasis on his native Iran. At another meeting, area AFS students spoke about their countries and impres- sions of American life, and the club finished a year of excellent programs with a timely discussion of the political background of the 1968 presidential election. Mr. J. R. Rudder, chair- man of the Greater Knoxville Human Re- lations Council, who spoke on Civil Rights, and club members. Club Officers: Lindsay Young, secretary-treasurerg Dick Hickman, presidentg and Scott Southworth, program planner. Mr. Engle and members listen to Mr. David Yarnell, representative of Local 3805 of the Communication Workers of America.

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United Fund Drive Raises 1100 Dollars Webb's United Fund drive this year more than reached the expected quota, with a total student- faculty collection of eleven hundred dollars. To achieve this success, the Girl's School sponsored individual class projects, while the Boyls School He11's Angels invade Webb. Freak out! sponsored Dud's Day, probably the most creative and successful of all of Webb's fund-raising projects. Although the United Fund is the principle charity officially endorsed by the school, there were also smaller drives for the March of Dimes and the Heart Fund. Money for the March of Dimes was raised through class contributions, whereas the Heart Fund was supported through Webbls participation in the local Queen of Hearts project. it Typical scenes at Dud's Day.