Behrman High School - Bee Hive Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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1 1- 1 1 BEHRMAN D. E. PRESIDENT REPRESENTS LOUISIANA RETAILING STUDENTS AT NATIONAL DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION - CLUBS OF AMERICA CONVENTION? Mae Cunningham, Behrman distributive education student, was elected by the retailing students in Louisiana to represent them at the national Dis- tributive Education Clubs of America Convention held in Wichita, Kansas April 20-23. ' On Sunday delegaies from most of the states and one from Puerto Rico met at the Broadview Hotel in Wichita, Kansas, headquarters for the conven- tion. On Monday morning a public speaking contest was held. Those entered spoke on retailing. After this there was an inferesting talk on the theme of the convention, Your Future Depends on Youll Later in the day the representatives were taken on a tour through the city. Huge, modern schools, the coca-cola factory and the largest jet air force field in the U. SJ. were! among the interest- ing places they visited. Returning from the tour, the delegates witnessed dem- onstrations on selling and applying for jobs. Tuesday, after attending committee meetings, the delegates elected nat- ional. officers for 1952-53. Each candidate campaigned with much zest and or-- iginality. That night all attended a formal banquet and dance. Each girl dele- gate received a corsage to nihtch her dress. Awards for' the best manuals, dis- plays, essays, newspapers, scrapbooks and speeches were made Rt the banquet. Installation of the new officers at a candle lighh ceremony climaxed the convention. - - Last year Mae was elected treasurer of the citywide club and this year holds the office of Vice-president of the organiza ion. She is the president of thc Behrman D. E. Club. MBHSH -' SENIOR ENGLISH AND BUOKKEEPING CLASSES ASSIST NEEDY FAMILIES By Jo Ann Borne Where can we get a size 48 dress? We still need another gun and hols- ter set. How about those shoes you promised? -ZThese loud voicings emerged from Room 305 during the Senior English and Bookkeeping classes a few days before the Christmas holidays. Students could be seen popping in and out, carrying articles of clothing, toys, books, food, and just about everything imaginable. What could be going on? Christmas had a lot to do with it! Perhaps everyone was thinking about some poor or unfortunate family who would not spend a happy, or merry Christ- mas. At any rate, these particular classes decided to adopt families and ,help make their holidays happier ones. The Welfare Agency in New Orleans furnished them a list of families who were in need of help. The classes had asked for four families, but as things began to pour in, it was evident that many more families could be helped. They had a job ahead of them, and they set out to accomplish it. There were bicycles to be painted, skates to be oiled, dolls to be restuffed'7 and given a new face, clothes to be sorted according to ages and sizes -1-- Oh, so much, to be doneg but what fun they had doing it! The boys made them- selves useful and, in their spare time, did all the painting and oiling and fixing that was necessary. Of course, the girls had their share of the work and did a wonderful job in restoring the dolls to their original glamour. A few of them even got some of the stores in Algiers to donate games and toys that the kids of the families had asked Santa to bring them. The last few days before the Christmas holidays started were 'spent in sorting and gift-wrapping the toys that were brought in and in collecting last- minute articles of food and clothing. When the last box was finally packed and off to the Welfare Agency to be delivered, everyone heaved a sigh of re- lief--glad to be rid of all the bustle and confusion, but, not one of them would have given up that task-+the pleasure of helping make another's Christmans happier and one to be long remembered. 359

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TH E BEE HIVE 1 f 1 1 ' ' 1 if-1 19558 ACTIVITIES ABOUND IN DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION CLASS By Elsie Waguespack Enrollment in Behrman's Distributive Education class reached an all time high of thirty-eigt students of this year, it was announced by Miss Elvira Miranti, coordinator of the Distributive Education department of Behrman. In the picure above can be seen some of the students' class-room activities. The Distributive Education students in the foreground are recording a sales transaction. This is an i.mpor'ta.nt part of the course, because the recording is played back and each student is able to hear himself as others hear him. Con- structive criticism aids the pupils in their sales work. In the background is the display Behrrnan studenrt-s made and which won the city-wide display contest. This display was later sent to be entered in the National Distributive Education Convention in Wichita, Kansas. On the right is the moving-picture projector used so often by the Distri- butive Education classes. Selling techniques, advertising, display, textiles, and good-grooming are presented to the students through films. This year Behrman again won prizes at the state-wide convention which was held here in New Orleans ails the St. Charles Hotel. Shirley Harding won second prize for her merchandise manual on stockings. Iris Maxwell won third prize for her poster The Link Between Your Present and your Future. This poster can be ,seen in the right hand corner of the above picture. Because enrollment in Behrman's Disstributive Education classes was so large, Behrman was able 'to send two voting delegates to the executive couincil of the New Orleans Distributive Education club. The delegates were Marilyn Lassere and Marian Donahue. The alternate delegate was Loretta Pitre. Other activities of the Distributive Education club included parties for the graduating members, and three city-wide dances. This year a casual dance, a semi-formal and a sock dance proved enjoyable to all who attended. Those members of the class who were not present when the picture was taken are Shirley'CamJnack and Marilyn Lassere.

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STUDENT ASSISTANTS AID LIBRARIAN IN IMPORTANT WORK Linda Bragg and Barbara Porter Junior and Senior High School library assistants this year are helping with the re-organization of the Junior High School Library. The .above picture shows them at work processing the books. Roy Le- Blanc and Valence Hebert are checking' the. book order, Helen McCloskey is typing pockets and cards, and Carolyn Babin is cutting blurbs from booiksg Helen Coppola is pasting pockets and book plates in the books while Mary Lee Mann is stamping the books. Mary Wallace is entering accession numbers, Carol Lawrence is lettering call numbers on books, and Barbara Porter is shellacking them. These tasks are all necessary in getting books ready for circulation among the students of the schools and assist the librarian, Mrs. Evelyn Cormier, in her job of accessioning and cataloging the books. The room adjoing the Senior High School Library was formerly used as a work room and storage room, but recently it was converted into a smaller Work room with space for magazines and shelves to accommodate the Junior High School books. Students of both the Junior and Senior High School have the librarian's guidance in their research work and recreational reading. MBHS' I BEHRMAN COOPERATIVE CLUB WORKS TO AID SCHOOL By Ronald Windham The Cooperative Club, a club consisting of mothers of Behrman students, was founded in the year'1942. In the short time the Cooperative Club has been operating, it has accomplished much to make Behrman a better school. Never failing to live up to its name, the Cooperative Club is always will- ing to lend its support to other organizations formed Ito benefit the students and faculty. Both Junior and Senior High schools have benefited by the work of the Cooperative Club. Tacky parties and junior jumps were sponsored by the Coopera- tive Club for fthe Junior High students. Money to defray the expenses of the Senior Ring Party was raised by the Cooperative Club. In the past the Cooperative Club has accomplished many important things. Some of the tasks undertaken by the Club .were helping to raise funds to pur- chase the school bus, purchasing a tape recorder for the school and silverware for the home economics department. -if6O