Burke High School - Silver Lamp Yearbook (Dorchester, MA)

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, V l Biology Club The Biology Club, sponsored by Miss Bragan, has this year devoted its time to the scientific advancements of recent years. Some girls reported on work accomplished by women in the field of science while others supplied information concerning daily discoveries and cures through science. Still others helped to furnish an aquarium with snails, hsh, and ferns. During the April vacation the girls went on a Bird Walk through the Arborway and visited the Chi1dren's Museum in jamaica Plain. They saw in real life what they had studied in the classroom. The officers of the club are Janice Lavien, President, Constance Zopatti, Vice-President, Eileen Loughman, Secretary, Kathleen Fitzgerald, Chairman. JANICE LAVIEN, '44, page seventy-re1'en

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Spanish Club The Spanish Club is composed of fourth and fifth year Spanish students. The officers are Dorothy Durkee, President, Josephine Barra, Vice-President, and Sonia Vasquez, Secretary. l At the meetings, which are conducted in Spanish, reports of South Ameri- can heroes are presented along with discussions of current events about our Latin neighbors. On Little Christmas, January 6, a party was given to celebrate the day the Spanish children receive their gifts. On Pan-American Day, April 14, a radio broadcast was presented, Spanish songs were sung, a list of South America's great heroes was read, and the stir- ring speech of Simon Bolivar was delivered. Because we converse in Spanish at our meetingsand discuss the history, geography, and current events of South America and Spain, we are becoming better citizens and learning to become intelligent planners in the post-war world. DOROTHY DURKEE, '44, page .rewenty-.fix

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l i ' :A j Librory Club The Library Club, under the sponsorship of Miss Kingsley, has had an ac- tive and successful year. To start the activities oihcially an acquaintance party was held in the li- brary. Various activities of the club were carried on by the social, entertain- ment, book fund, and publicity committees. The book fund committee has been particularly active this year by first organizing the collection of a victory book fund, which was sent to the Merchant Marine Association in Boston, and then a book fund for our own school library. As a final get-together a farewell party was held jointly with the Dra- matic Club. The oflicers of the club are elected for the year, and they are as follows: President, Rhoda Cohen, Vice-President, Ileane Klimang Secretary, Anita Smith, Treasurer, Barbara Francis. RHODA COHEN, '41 page .rezfenly-eight