Bayonne High School - Yearbook (Bayonne, NJ)

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C IIKSS CLI'H Enthusiastic meml ers of the Chess Club enjoy this most diverting and intelligent game during their bi-weekly meetings. Moves of the various players are recorded and then analyzed in general discussion. The value of this intra-club practice and analysis was demonstrated in the five board match against St. IVter’s in which the Bayonne players scored three checkmates, one stalemate, and one loss. Adviser Charles Koren President Bernard Bernstein Treasurer Sarah Coder a DKBATIXG CU B As a member of the Xew Jersey Forensic League, the Debating Club, which meets even Monda afternoon in Room 113. is debating this year on the League’s topic: Resolved: that the powers of the Federal Government be increased. The members have debated with other schools, among them I eaneck and Rutherford. They also acquitted themselves admirably in the Regional C ontests for the State Championship. Adviser ..........................Jkxxjk I. DoucfiERTV President ..............................Artiii r Seilkr I 'iee-President Ri th CiiAR. jjf Secretary T. u O’Neill Secretary and Treasurer Flea nor 1 oti fifty-one

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A RTS AND C RAFTS CU R Samples of some of the work done in wood. day. and paint by the members ot this active group have appeared at intervals during the term in the showcase outside Room 30.?. I.rightly colored bracelets and beautifully decorated trays and jewel boxes especially caught the eye of interested observers. Weaving baskets is one ot their hobbies also. Adviser ............................... Ruth I '. Lawson President Soimiif. Ki.imowicz Secretary Ruth Hollander TIIK SPANISH C FCR Si. Senor, this is the new Spanish Club where a world of Spanish customs and literature is uncovered, and a thorough study is made of Spanish masterpieces in English translation. The members co-operate with our national Good Xeighbor Policy by corresponding with students in Spanish merican countries. Adviser Edward Thompson President Eleanoke PlaSKO.x Secretary ....................... Jeanette Pietruszki Treasurer James McNerxey Fifty

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DRAMATIC CLUB Most outstanding of the activities of this organization for the year 1940-1941 was the play Life Begins at Sixteen, which starred Wilma Spewak and Gabriel Colasurdo. It is hoped that •‘Highness , a one-act play to be presented at the Forensic League Dramatic Contest, will emerge at the top of the list. The Lights Went Out. a pantomime comedy, was the most popular of the kits which featured the Wednesday afternoon meetings. Adviser Jennie I. Dougherty President Ki th Kansteiner Pice-President Harriet Cronin Secretary ............................ Peake Eisler Treasurer .................................Patricia Martin TIIK FORTNIGHTLY DISCUSSION' CLUB Should you wish to hear the P». 11. S. solution to all the complexities of the world situation, just step into the meetings of the Fortnightly Discussion Club in Koom 208. There, in an atmosphere certainly not marked by surface decorum, our budding prophets settle any and all matters of current importance from the Near I ast to the Far East and back again. Topics are chosen by the members who select a new chairman to lead each impetuous discussion. Adviser ......................... John J. Josefowicz l:ifty-hvo