A B Davis High School - Maroon and White Yearbook (Mount Vernon, NY)

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DEUTSCHE VEREIN EL ATENEO SPONSOR Mss Florence Leighfon 0790 El ATeneo, The Spanish Club TO you Americanos, and Der DeuTsc:he Verein, The German Club, are Two OrganizaTiOns which give Their members pracTice in Their languages as living Tongues raTher Than sOmeThing COnTined To books. EI fXTeneO presenTs plays in Spanish, OT course, and plays games, The mOsT exc:iTing being a Spanish PrOTessOr Quizz Program, AT The meeTings OT Der DeuTsche Verein, all business is cOnduCTed in German. IT, TOO, presenTs plays. Among Their OTher acTiviTies, The members Tell sTOries, play games and read magazines. All who join eiTher OT These clubs nOT only derive greaT pleasure and eniOymenT TrOm The acTiviTies enumeraTed, buT also are aided maTerially in The sTudy OT The language, and come To undersTand The habiTs OT The German and The Spaniard.

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I . Parlezfvous francais? Il you do speal4 French lhen Ca el La or Sans Souci is lhe place lor you. Ca el' La is Jrhe junior French Club for novices and admission lo Sans Souci is gained. aller lhe pupil has passed lhe Two year regenls wilh a marlc ol 85 per cenl' or over. The high spols for Jrhese clubs are an annual exchange of plays wilh lhe Pelham French Club. Bolh organizalions slrive lo imbue Jrheir members wilh a real feeling for Jrhe French land and ils Jrongue. French newspapers, magazines and boolcs aid malerially in revealing lhe Jrrue France lo lhe members, and in making Jrhem be++er acquainl- ed wilh lhe cusloms and life of Jrhe Frenchman. However, amuse- rnenlr holds a large parl in lheir meelrings. Games, plays, reading, slides, are some of lhe diversions. 0780 SANS SOUCI CA ET LA SPONSOR: Miss Alice Edwards

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ITALIAN CLUB LATIN CLUB To hear llalian as il is really spolcen, The llalian Club Traveled en masse lo an llalian molion piclure in New Yorlq. ln Iheir quesl Tor a real maslery of The Tongue, The sludenlrs presenl plays, engage in games, and read Iralian lileralure a+ Their regular club meelings. Trayelogs ol llraly were shown al one session. ' The Lalin Club journeyed Io Ihe lvlelropolilan lvluseum of Ari and sludied The special exhiloils Irom Crele Io The Tall of Pompeii. Thoroughly cognizanl wilh Ihe classics, The members ol Ihis organiza- Iion learned numerous mollos in The original Lalin. Al Iheir meelings Ihey play games. Three represenlralive members were senl Io Ihe annual Lalin Sighl Reading Conlesl al New Yorlc Universily. ogno