Arms Academy - Student Yearbook (Shelburne Falls, MA)

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JIJNIUIQ DIQIZE SPEAKING Although participation in Iunior Prize Speaking was voluntary this year, thirty-tive juniors entered the contest. Of these contestants who took part in the try-outs on March 15 and 16, eighteen were chosen for the semi-finals. Miss Flaherty, Mr. Miller, and Mr. Muir acted as judges with Mr. Watkins. The semi-finals took place on Friday, March 24. From the eighteen speakers ten were chosen to represent the Iunior Class in the finals. Those acting as judges were Mr. Watkins, Miss Chase. and Mr. Miller. The public exhibition was held in Science Hall on the evening of March 31 and was keenly enjoyed by an audience which filled the auditorium and balcony nearly to capacity. THE PROGRAM Music by the Arms Orchestra Buck Wins a Wager by lack London Lowell Brown Her First Ride in an Ottymobile by Walter Ben Hare Doris March Mothers of Men by Gordon Morris Betty King Dolores Defies the King by F. Marion Crawford Flora Walden Wee Gillis by Munro Leaf Olive Ware Music by the Arms Orchestra The Brown-Eyed Sheik by Kathryn Kimball Arthur Perkins The Soul of the Violin by Margaret M. Merrill Marion Riel The Genuine Mexican Plug by Mark Twain Arthur Gould A Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe Mary E. Reynolds The School Program by I. L. Harbour Ruth Lawless The judges were Principal Charles E. Vose of Sanderson Academy. Mrs. Belle Iohnson, president of the Conway Parent Teachers' Association, and Mr. Chester Osgood, a member of the faculty of Greenfield High School. The decision of the judges was: First prize Olive Ware Second prize Arthur Perkins Third prize A Ruth Lawless Page Tl-iivty-Six

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IZIQENCH CLUB 'fir-'-7-'S At the first meeting of the French Club, Entre Nous, the following officers were elected for the year: president, Barbara Peck: vice president. Olive Ware: secretary, Mary Meyers: treasurer, Henry Dandeneau: program committee, Mary Wood, Winfield Peck. Iacqueline Mockler, and Madeline Chamberlain. Miss Chase is the club's adviser. This year the program committee chose a special committee for each meeting, which consists of a business session conducted in French and a special program. In November we had the pleasure of hearing Mrs. Aileen Parsons Wilder tell about her travels in Europe. She also showed us many of the interesting things that she brought back from abroad. A Christmas party was held in Science Hall one evening in December. One of the interesting features of this meeting was the dramatization of 'Twas the Night Before Christ- mas. The poem was read in French from a translation made by the members of French III. In Ianuary, the movie, Twenty Thousand Miles By Motor Through Europe, was sponsored by the club, and a small admission was charged. Although the club did not gain great wealth. the members received much pleasure and profit. At the Valentine party, valentines with inscriptions and verses in French were made. A prize was offered for the best one, but il had to be divided among a large group of contestants who submitted clever and artistic entries. Everyone did something at the March meeting. Some made scrapbooks. while others dressed dolls or helped to make a creche or manger scene, such as is displayed in each French home at Chrislmas. The program for the April meeting aimed to acquaint the members with some of the folk songs and dances dear to French people. The year closed with a banquet in Science Hall. We are sure that all the members feel that the year has been both educational and enjoyable. Mary Meyers, '40, Secretary P q Th ty-Eight