Eastern Mennonite School - Shenandoah Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

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Page Twenty-nine PHILOMATHEANS The meetings of the Special Bible Term literaries were held on Tuesday after- noon. The regular societies meet each Friday night at seven-thirty except the first Friday of the month. Each student has the privilege of becoming a member of one of these societies. On the first Friday of each month we have a public literary. Programs for these meetings are furnished by different classes or groups in the School. One program this year was given by the Special Term students, another by the Oral Expression Class, and still another was a reading contest among the college students. Literary at E. M. S. is strictly a student activity. We have our own organizations, prepare our own programs and render them. A Literary Committee of three Faculty members approves the programs and gives suggestions. They are greatly interested in literary work; in fact, the Chairman has been connected as student or otherwise with the literary activities of the School in some way nearly every year since the liter- ary work of the School was started twenty years ago. To the literaries we of the senior class now bid adieu. Probably some of our number will be back to participate in your activities next year. We who are leaving not to return must say we have appreciated our work in this field and give our best wishes to all future activities. —John M. Lehman. ADELPHIANS

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Page Twenty-eight SMITHSONIANS The Literary Societies Literary is one thing which is enjoyed by all E. M. S. students. Many are the fond memories which we carry with us concerning this activity. The literary activities of the School benefit us in two ways. First, they serve as a means of wholesome Christian recreation. It is a pleasure to listen to a good literary program after a strenuous week’s work. Our programs are not light and humorous, but they provide a change from the daily grind of classwork. They are not entirely religious either, but still they are kept within Christian bounds. Literary work also provides a means of training in public speaking and singing. The motto of one of our societies is “Training for Service” and that is what we really do in our literary work. We train so that we may better serve our Master in whatever work He gives us. There are six literary societies at Eastern Mennonite School. There are two for the Special Bible Term students, one for the College, two for the High School Juniors and Seniors, and one for the High School Freshman and Sophomores. The Society for the two lower classes in the High School department was just organized this year. Previously these students were members of the other two societies of the High School. ARMERIANS

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Page Thirty ASTRAL SOCIETY AVIAN SOCIETY NATURE SOCIETY