Central High School - Centralian Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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LE CERCLE FRANCAIS l,e Cercle Franca is, under the enthusiastic sponsorship of Miss Afines Engel, is the oldest departmental club in Central. The membership is open to all French students and the meetings, which emphasize French customs, manners, and history, are held the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Films and talks improve the students’ interest in. not only France, hut all foreign countries as well. Celebrating of all French holidays, especially the Mardi Gras. Poisson IVAvril. and Noel, affords the members much pleasure. From 1956-57 the club sponsored a small French school in Brittany, for which they received a memorial certificate from FNESCO. Initiating and promoting the A.F.S. program was the heart of the club’s activities for the years Central participated in the program. OFFICERS C. Herndon, S. Thurman. R. IMiraHenicid. It. Walton, M. Eden, P. Hill, A. Utirns, B. Cn ii, E. Etzenhouser. Bottom Hou Loft to Might: 11. Cum, A. Bums. S. Scott, P. Simms. Row Two: E. Etzenhouser. B. Walton; S. Thurman, R. DeGraffenreid, C. Herndon. C. Green. R. Henderson, S. Robertson, P. Hill. D. Smith. Row Three: M. Eden. E. Phillip, W. Vernon, S. Myers, V. Starr. S. Brown. G. Escoe. Row Four: J. McCreary, J. LaCour. R. Johnson, J. Burgess. Top Row: C. E. Herndon.

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DER DEUTSCHE VEREIN First Tahir, l.elt to Right: E. IQ. Buchan-nan. I). Wilson. L. Mr-Arn. Second Table: R. McCreary, C. Atlerhury, A. Moore. Third Table: J. Harris, M. Yerhy, P. Hunt, I. Ratliff. Fourth Table: M. Eden, R. To)-licrt, C. Herndon, R. Rodgers. Standing: R. Claudrr, I). Ziegler, Miss Engel. little German hand, minus mustaches, bay-windows. meerschaum pipes, and tubas meet twice a month on second Monday and fourth Tuesday of each month with Miss Agnes Engel, their sponsor, in 121 to spend an hour in der Deutsche way. The checked tablecloths suggest their most enjoyable pastime — eating. Sauerkraut and pig knuckles? Wurst and Pfannkuchen, Schwarzbrot ami l.imberger. pretzels and beer out of steins in the Heidelberg way? Hardly most likely cokes and cookies! Conversation in German, travel films taken by our Foreign Exchange student, Colin Alterbury. German folklore and records of German songs and operas make up the various programs. A.A.U.W. Hutlom How, Left to Right: V. Genslcr, J. Marklr, C. Herndon. Row Two: D. Ziegler, R. Weldon. Row Three: R. DeCraffcnreid, M. Eden, R. Claudrr, A. Kosmiski, A. Moore. T h e Association of University women each year sponsor one hundred high school girls, ten girls from each of the ten high schools in the city. These girls are chosen by the school counselors on the basis of their likeliness to succeed as university students. The Kansas City Branch appoints one of its members as a hostess-sponsor of the ten girls from each school. Mrs. Arthur B. Smith has been Central's sponsor for the last several years. This year the girls plan a |M t-luck supper at her home. The event that all the girls look forward to is the Holiday Brunch held in the A. A. U. W. Clubrooms in the Sophian Plaza. At this occasion the girls meet the alumnae, girls from all the other high schools, all its sponsors and the A. A. U. W. president, and eat!! Conducted tours to nearby universities to orient the girls in preparation for university life are taken several times during the year. 26

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How One: k. Abernathy, A. Kos-rniski, B. Verlr« esc. Row Two: L. Caruthers, H. Carney, Mr. Daniels, B. Counts K. Robertone. LOS TERTULIANOS Los Tertulianos is one of the large and active foreign language clubs at Central. Among other things the primary purpose is to try to motivate an interest in the foreign language department and the vital importance of learning such a language in an attempt to bring us closer to our neighbors, thus improving our international relationships. For we agree that the best way to get along with a people is to be able to understand and speak their language. To be eligible for and to maintain membership a student must maintain for two semesters an S average Bottom How, Left to Hi ht: Senor D. Dan iris C. Williams P. Caruth. K. Abernathy, I . Conley, L. Brady. . R. Carney, B. Counts, E. Washington. C. Powell. I). Chose, I.. Caruthcrs. Row Two: B. Anderson. I). Glass, P. Bard well. C. Bryant. D. C ooper, in Spanish. Should his grade average drop he automatically becomes inactive. The club meets on the second and fourth Friday of each month with their sponsor, Sr. Desmond Daniels, in room 101 for a program featuring T itin-American relations through talks by !,atin-American visiting students, films on customs and manner, and travel films of South and Central America: and special holiday celebrations. The climax of the year will be an assembly during Pan American week. 0. Rayford, M. Thixton, B. Dunson, E. Manfield, A. Robinson. Top How: P. McPherson, R. Robersone, B. Vertreese, B. Hazley, C. Perry, E. Hazley, R. Collins, L. Jordon, I). Crompton, H. Jacks. 28