Alcee Fortier High School - Tarpon Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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NTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUB HE PURPOSE of the International Rela- tions Club is to foster a better understand- ing of the problems of peace and of foreign nations, thus bringing about friendly interna- tional relations. Twice a year the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, which sponi sors the club, sends free a supply of pamphlets concerning international problems. Meetings are held after school on every other Monday. At each meeting a member gives a report on one of these pamphlets, then general discussion of the subject of the pamphlet takes place. The International Relations Club was or- ganized at Fortier by Miss Olive MacKnight in the spring of 1943. Members are mainly from her history classes. Miss MacKnight succeeded in obtaining several distinguished guest speakers. Mr. Wang of the Chinese Consulate, Mr. Werner of the Norwegian Consulate, and Mr. Creighton of the British Consulate spoke to the club at three special meetings. At 'the last meeting in 1944, the present officers, Bill Holley, president, Alfred Mouledous, vice-president and james Hai- ley, secretary, were elected. This year several new members have been taken into the club. World peace has been the subject of discussion at most of the meetings held this year. A special meeting was held at which Walter Ascher, a native of Switzerland, now a student at Fortier, gave an interesting talk on Switzerland. Left to right, first row: Bill Holley, president, Stephen Ackerman, Todd Cm-roll, Perry Eckman, Weller Ascher, Meyer Kaplang second row: Jobn Clerk, Willianz Hiller, Julian Sims, Willis Foster, lVilliam Gemble, 'Frank Groves, George Foersler. Page Forty-eight

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THE EY CLUB HE Fortier Key Club, or- ganized in the Fall of 1943, is fundamentally a serv- ice organization for the school, started by, but not de- pendent on, the New Orleans Kiwanis Clubs. The Fortier Chapter consists of thirty-six members--nine ix lf: '-tx L , ' sophomores, nine juniors, and eighteen seniors. New members are selected once every term on the basis of scholarship and activities in the school. This year's activities have been numerous, in- cluding a dance on the steamer President. When the Sixth War-Loan Drive started, the Tarp club easily won in city Key Club competition by sell- ing 540,000 worth of bonds. Present officers are Alfred Evans, president, Hill Bonin, vice-president, Andrew Mays, secre- tary and Leonard Harmeyer, treasurer. The Club put over the March of Dimes Campaign and the Easter Seals drive. With the returns from a dance given on May 14, the Key Clubbers had a very nice banquet. Several boys attended a Dis- trict Key Club Convention in Rustong an Inter- national Convention in Florida was cancelled due to war conditions. Two district officers are members of The Tarp Chapter. They are Bill Gamble, vice-pres- ident, and Sidney Vail, historian. Left to right, first row: Joseph Caleyo, Chris Bosch, Todd Carroll, Stephen Ackerman, Alan Felger, Royce Fernandez, Beale Minturn, Leonard Harmeyerf second row: Julian Sims, Frank Groves, George Foerster, Richard Mills Sidney Vail, Walter Ascherg third row: Robert Pfister, Alan MclVhor-ter, Raymond Brubaker, Warren Brennen, William Hiller, Andrew Mays, Hill Boning fourth row: Edmund Pixhurg, Alvaro Hunt, Willis Foster, John Clark, Clinton Coulon, Bill Holley, Alfred Evans, president. Missing from picture are William Gamble, Ralph Wfashofsky, Simon Ball, Robert Collins, and Bolyn Wolf. Page Forty-seven

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UNIOR RED CROSS HE FORTIER CHAPTER of the junior Red Cross has had a very busy semester. Under the capable leadership of Gilbert Wade, Morris Phillips, and Ernest Broxson, it has achieved its goal in all sof the many activities in which it participated. Both the annual mem- bership drive and the war emergency drive were oversubscribed by the student body. At Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter the junior Red Cross gave gifts to the poor and needy families of New Orleans as well as a spe- cial gift to The Little Sisters of the Poor. Also this year waste paper drives were under- taken with great successg the winners for these drives were Leonard Marlborough and Ben Stevens who together contributed 5000 pounds of this vital war material. Magazines were sent to service hospitals with great regularity. Left to right, first row: Perry Eckman, Morris Gelman, Simon Ball, Calvin Cbenevertf Leonard Marlborough, Ernest Broxson, Alvin Pailet, Peter Mayerf second row: Morris Levy, Bobby Brooker, Robert Adolph, Norman Truitt, Benjamin Stevens, Milton DeBen, Morris Pbillipsg tbird row: jules Robert, Fred Weiss, Gail Preston, Roy Hoppmeyer, Gilbert Wade, Roy Jones, Frank Groves. ' Page Forty-nine