Central Park School - Scrip Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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CLUBS School clubs play an important part in the curriculum of any iunior high school. They serve to bring together pupils with common interests and promote comradeship. SERVICE CLUBS The Student Council is the school organization of government teaching representative govern- ing. lt has sponsored many school programs. The Presidents' Club is composed of homeroom pres- idents, who become familiar with parliamentary procedure so as to conduct homeroom meetings more efficiently. The duties of the Scrip Club which has faithfully published the school paper are: Col- lection, correction, and publication of school news. A group of students, the traffic officers, officiate in the halls by escorting and welcoming visitors, guide newcomers, keep halls in order, and become ushers for school entertainments. Mrs. Steers teaches the Library Club to assist in the daily routine of the library. The Camera Club has developed and printed many pictures for which the school is indebted. The Art Club has taken care of the 9A Class advertising, and also helped with the Year Book. ACTIVITY CLUBS The students who ioined the Fine Arts Club learn to appreciate and make fine things. Collecting and classification of stamps is the work of the Stamp Club. The members of the Science Club experi- ment and explore many new fields of science. The Junior and Senior Dramatics Clubs promote inter- est in dramatics in the 7A, 8th, and 9th grades. The Junior Red Cross Club makes scrap books and sends them to foreign countries. The American Colonial Life Club teaches the history of colonial cos- tumes and decorations of that period. The aim of the Clippings Club is to teach the members howto make posters and scrap books. The girls in the Knitting Club learn how to knit, a pleasant activity in leisure time. In the Chess Club, the members learn how to play chess, an enioyable diversion for spare time. The purpose of the Dance Club is to teach proper conduct on the dance floor and the elemen- tary steps oI social dancing. A lover of music may ioin the Music Appreciation Club where he can study the life and works of famous composers. MUSIC The orchestra is one of the most active of the clubs in Central Park. It has played at every assembly and sincere thanks go to the members for their work. The Glee Club works to furnish music for occasions when group music is used, as, for example, in the Thanksgiving and Christmas Pageants. Mr. Tremblay has organized a band to which any pupil who plays an instrument may belong. This group has furnished some music for the school assemblies. BOYS' ATHLETICS Forty-eight boys' teams partici ated in the soccer league tournament this season. All members ofthe winning teams will receive athletic letters. There were seventy-two tennis players competing forthe school championship. George Biittner was the victor in the ninth grade, Jack Prendergast in the eighth grade, and Ray Levesque in the seventh grade. Thirty teams are now competing in the basketball league tournament. The results are not yet known. GIRLS' ATHLETICS The winners of the tennis tournament this fall were: Harriette Scheinzeit, 9Ag Ruth Collins, 93: Rose Clark, 8A, and J. Kamerr. Mrs. Miller's hockey tournament was won by Room 20I. The soccer tournament, sponsored by Miss Eighmey, was won by the 8B's of IOI . The 7B's from Room 2 were the winners of kickball. PIONEER BOYS' COOKING CLASS A new class organized this term is the boys' cooking class. Supervised by Miss Durand, these boys learn the value and preparation of different foods.

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Reading from left to right: Firsf Row: John Knight, Kenneth Maney, Audrey Keefe lsecretaryl, Robert McPadden lPresidentl, William Willcin lTreasurerl, John Hanrahan lVice-Presidentl, Robert Smith. Second Row: Dorothy Luplca, June Mattern, Thomas O'Malley, Mary Sewell, Dorothy Shannon, Alice Weber, Jane Duchaine, Edward Holland. Third Row: William Keenan, Leonard Everson, James Kelly, Vincent Woodward, Robert Mooney, Charles Brumaghim, Curtis Kling, John Clowe, Robert Hotaling. Sponsor-Miss Cohan. on or S1 Q. 69 3 cr li sie rzsidfzn s club L 52: Left fo right: E I l Firsf Row: James Crawford, Leonard Reuss, William Nichols lVice-Presidentl, Peter Weber lPresidentl, George Peck lSecretaryl, George Carta, Billy Walker. Second Row: Leon Giroux, Robert Fowler, Shirley Frumlrin. Doris McNamara, Beverly Daudelin, Ruth Kaplan, Margaret Scantlebury, Billy Gazeley. Third Row: Billy Fordyce, Robert Peabody, John Smith, Burr Roclcwell, Carl Settle, Ira Berrican, Marvin Fisher, Norman Teahan, Jaclc McGregor, Fred Wiesenger. Sponsor-Mrs. Fish.