Dana Hall School - Focus Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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GERMAN CLUB President eanne Hurlbut Vire-PreJ1'dml-Sniffing' Audrey Shippee The Dana Hall German Club was more active this year than lor some years past. VVe had a meeting each month which re- volved around a special theme: at one meeting the theme was lamous German scientists, and each member prepared a paper in German on the lite of one scien- tist. In addition to the regular theme, we sang German songs and carried on con- versations in German. Miss Blattner's fascinating collection of pictures and books from Germany added color and realism to the meetings. We also had several com- bined meetings with Pine Manor. At one such meeting we discussed the Rheinland, so vitally important in W'orld War II. af' X f as 5 Y WORLD AFFAIRS CLUB President Brenda Bowman Vim-Pmridezzt-.S'rrre!a1y Vicky Harington Treasurer Jeanne de la Vergne The NVorld Aflairs Club this year held its monthly meeting on Tuesday alter- noons at Greenlow. We decided to devote each term to discussions ol' a specitic topic, and these together with last minute cur- rent events reports madc up our meetings. During the lall we chose Russia as our main topic. Several girls read books on the Russian people, and to round out our findings we had two competent speakers on Russia, Mr. and Mrs. lidmund Stevens. The highlight of the winter term was the lecture by Hans Kohn on Perm? with Ger- mzupu. Our topic lor the winter term, the Far East, was continued into the Spring term. Belore we realized it May arrived, and we reluctantly bade larewell to our club and to Miss Gottfried, our ever willing and able guide.

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SPANISH CLUB Ijffllidfilf Grace Fletcher Vice-Presiden! Dorothy Evans Secretagz Nayda Valldejuly Trrafurer Dorene Schine The Spanish Club has had a busy and interesting year. l'Ve senoritas gathered once a month to chat informally in Span- ish and through native speakers and mov- ing pictures to become better acquainted with our South American neighbors. Two of our meetings were held with the Span- ish Club ol' Pine Manor. At one we en- joyed an amusing Spanish play, at the other we had a lecture by Raquel Eidel- man, a native ol' Peru. We gave a debate on the value ofthe Monroe Doctrine to the Western Hemisphere, attended by the World Allairs Club and the history classes, an indication ol' the expanding service ol' the club to the school. FRENCH CLUB PI'F.S'I'IZlt'IIf Frances Penrose Vice-Prandwil Anne Cobey Srmflazj' Nancy English Head QfIiAiIll'lIt'II Sylvia Woolworth Once each month the members of the French Club and their guests gathered for tea and an entertainment in French in thc cosy club room of La Nlalmaisonf' The series of plays presented this year, the thirty-ninth year of the Club's history, included i'l.e Vitrailfl given by the French faculty, iollowed by i'Le Poiluf' nLes Chandeliers de l,Eveque, 'lL'Ang- lais tel qu'on le parlef' and 'cLa Farce du Cuvier presented by the various classes. During the winter term we enjoyed the French film Sarajevo and a program of dramatic readings by Mrs. Lee. Many happy events have we enjoyed at La lN1almaison during our years at Dana, I ho j W

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MUSIC CLUB Prrsiderzt Barbara Flanagan Iiff-Presidm!-.S'm'rtary Mary Brink Treasurer Brenda Bowman At last, in its fourth year, the Music Club became a full fledged club. We continued to build up a collection of rec- ords of which we could be very proud and to which our members could listen at any time. In addition, we sponsored several guest artists for the enjoyment of the school. Among them were Miss Persis Cox and Miss Denise Bacon, a Dana Hall alumna, who gave us delightlhl piano con- certs. We spent many enjoyable Tuesday afternoons listening to records and some- times to guest performers. The high spots of this year were the movies that we gave. The most popular of these was The Great Mr. Handel. Under the able guidance ol Miss Conning this was a very successful year, and we all enjoyed it immensely. DRAMA CLUB Presiden! Nancy Taft Vice-Preriderz' ADH Dari' Secretary Nancy Dignan Treasurer Louise Lameyer This year the Drama Club was respon- sible for four somewhat pretentious pro- ductions. In December we gave our first performance, the combination of the tra- ditional Christmas Revels and the Christ- mas Play, HShepherds.,' In January An- toinette Lee and Barbara Alden, Dana graduates, entertained us with a series ol skits entitled 'Spotlight Miniaturesf, The spring play, i'The Romantic Agef' seemed to be enjoyed by the audience as much as we enjoyed giving it. Our Hnal perform- ance was the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta HPinalore, directed by Mrs. Lee and Mr. Chapple. The talent of old and new mem- bers made possible this very successliil year. 621