Bayonne High School - Yearbook (Bayonne, NJ)

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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

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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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HOSPITALITY CLI'B Every W ednesday. Thursday, and Friday afternoons in Room 314. a division of the Hospitality Club meets. (lirls from all courses may join the W ednesday or Friday groups, but the Thursday group is restricted to Home Economics students, (iraciousness in receiving and entertaining guests i the primary end toward which all their efforts move. Adviser Margaret Kelly Presidents Jeanette Pietriszki. Joiianna I )eLeo. Carol Feinisekg Til E LIHKAKY COI ( IE Membershij) in the Eibrarv Council i open only to those students who have a • average and have at least two study periods per week. With great gusto, the members perforin their work of collecting library slips, checking books, typing catalogue cards and carrying on other diverse duties tinged with a literary flavor. 1 his year the group entertained the Snyder Library Council, visited the New York Public Library, the Planetarium and the Museum of Natural History, and maintained its usual active interest in the Xew Jersey State Library Council. Advisers .Mary Ann Clark Eliza ret h Eagan Welsh President Theresa Schiavello Vice-President ......................... Lorraine Straith Secretary and Treasurer ..................Eileen McCarthy Fifty-three