Bacon Academy - Baconian Yearbook (Colchester, CT)

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THE BACONIAN CLUB NOTES SCIENCE CLUB The first meeting of the Science Club was held on September 16, 1929, with Mr. C. V. Howell, as adviser. As the membership was too large. Mr. Howell asked those who had not taken up General Science to withdraw. The group remaining numbered twenty-three. The officers who were elected at this meeting are as follows: John Gregory, Pres- ident: John Popek, Vice-President; and Fannie Wasnewski as Secretary. After the election of officers, Mr. Howell suggested that the members be divided into committees to take charge of programs and that each committee have one chairman and two mem- bers. At each meeting the various committees demonstrated interesting scientific exper- iments in the laboratory. Many instructive reports and talks on subjects dealing with science in everyday life were given. The first play of the club presented before the assemlly was entiled “The Flivver Family.” Those taking part in this were D. Riley, M. Turetsky, J. Bass, I. Miller and H. Falk. Later in the year the club was again asked to present a scientific play for the usual Friday afternoon assembly. This play was based on sketches from “The Life of Louis Pasteur.” The characters were A. Surwell, D. Raymond, W. Sullivan, J. Kor- man. J. Kurzel, D. Adler, M. Turetsky, L. Brown, and F. Wasniski. An excursion to the Williams Soap Factory at Glastonbury was planned but on account of cold weather it was postponed. FRENCH CLUB This year the French Club was reorganized by Miss Donovan. At the first meeting the officers chosen were Hyman Schwartz, President, and Secretary and Treasurer, Dorothea Gersten. It seems strange for such a small club to have a treasury but it really has. The way money is collected is very interesting. During each meeting a certain time is devoted to speaking French. Those saying any words in English are taxed one cent a word. The amount in the treasury is surprising. In preparing for their part of weekly entertaining in assembly, the members of the French Club have done very well. Two humorous plays were presented before the student body. Those taking part in the first, “The Cure-All” were Peter Hor.iinick, Doro- thea Gersten, Ruth Mintz, Joe Busel, Sam Berman and Anna Sigal. The other play was a dramatization of the French book “Colomba.” The play was written by various mem- bers of the French Club and the characters were:—John Gregory. Sam Berman, Vivian Cohen, Dorothea Gersten. Ruth Mintz, Joe Busel, Peter Hominiek. ACADEMY BACON Twenty one

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THE BACONIAN DRAMATIC CLUB The organization having the most members is the Dramatic Club. It is sponsored by Principal Goodrich. The President is Emanuel Greenblatt; Vice-President, Tessie Tynda; Secretary, Dorothea Gersten. For every meeting, a program has been arranged, in which the members read and discuss poems, plays, and dramatic work in general. During a recent assembly the “Lost Silk Hat’ was presented. The characters were: S. Horwitz, M. Chmiel, J. Tompkins, E. Greenblatt and I. Miller. This play was excellently produced. As a result “lie” is being rehearsed. The leading roles will be played by Vivian Cohen and Joseph Kursel. The work on these plays not only is a source of interest and enjoyment to the student body, but also gives the club members themselves very valuable experience. This year the Home Economics Club was continued under the leadership of Miss Tiffany. Officers were chesen at the first meeting. They are: Ruth Mintz. President; Dorothea Raymond, Vice-President; Gladys Kalmanowitz, Secretary; Edna Kashkin. chairman of assembly committee; Frances Hatt, entertainment committee. Girls of the club volunteered to help at a banquet given in Day Hall on April 24th. The proceeds will help to send representatives to the convention at Storrs on May 17th. The orchestra under the direction of Mr. Goodrich was organized in the fall. It has been playing at all school functions and for most of the dances after basketball games. Later irt the fall the orchestra sponsored the dancing class. At present it is practicing for graduation exercises. At the beginning of the year, a boys’ home economics class was organized by Miss Tiffany for the purpose of teaching the boys something of the duties of housekeep- ing. The class bought three white rats, and performed many successful experiments with them. The first half of the year closed with a very good chicken dinner, prepared by the bovs and also eaten by them. Because of lack of time, the class did not continue the last half of the year. It was a very successful venture, and the boys look forward to next year’s class. HOME ECONOMICS CLUB ORCHESTRA BOYS’ HOME ECONOMIC CLASS BACON ACADEMY Twenty-two