Elmhurst College - Elms Yearbook (Elmhurst, IL)

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them with experts and his fellow students. After the heat of lively discussion has subsided, refreshments are served and a period of fellowship is enjoyed. After having been inactive for a number of years the Sociology Club has been brought from its recent retirement and now meets monthly. Early in the fall an organizing committee met and laid the groundwork for the club. Its purposes and objectives, drawn up at that meeting, are as follows: 1) to further interest and endeavors in the field of sociology; 2) to further the fellowship with others in that field; 3) to see what practical applications may be made of the theories and concepts of sociology at the student ' s Sociology Club disposal. To achieve these purposes, plans were made for movies, speakers, discussions and forums, survey projects and field trips. The officers were Edward Brueggemann, president, Jane Garver, vice-president, Judy Niemann, secretary-treasurer, Harold Warehime, program chairman. Dr. Th. W. Mueller, faculty advisor. The German Club, otherwise known as the Goethe Verein, met monthly through- out the year. Two of the programs included talks about travels and experiences. The club ' s advisor. Dr. Wadepuhl, spoke of his past summer ' s travels in Germany, while Lygia Knopfmueller told of her experiences during the war and her coming to America. Members found opportunity to become more closely acquainted with German games, songs and activities than was possible in the German Club , „ -ijjt- t , 1 nis years orhcers mciuded Jnn Uoyle, president, Ed Goltz, vice-president, Evelyn Goltz, secretary- treasurer. Although all of this year ' s members of the Hungarian Club were students of Hungarian descent, the club is open to anyone interested in the Hungarian language and culture. With Greta Malasics, president, Dolores Babjak, vice-president, Betty Jo Nagy, secretary-treasurer, and the Rev. August Molnar, advisor, the year ' s meet- ings got under w ay with a dinner at Molnars ' . Subsequent meetings included Hungarian films and a program Hungarian Club illustrating the valuable collection of books and maps recently loaned Elmhurst by Franklin and Marshall College. Under the advisorship of Mrs. Jones, the Spanish Club officers, Max Jennings, president, Claire Ernest, vice-president, Grace Twente, secretary, Nancy Koop and Mary Mesenbrink, publicity chairmen, led the Club in a year of interesting activities which commenced with a talk by Dr. Wadepuhl about his summer ' s travels through Spain. Next on the agenda was a field trip through the Spanish settlements of Chicago. Then came the Christmas Party in which the Spanish Club joined forces with the German Spanish Club Club. Swirls of rippling crepe paper and tons of gaily colored confetti markeci their next venture, the Mardi Gras. The Spanish Club, which meets every second Monday in the month, professes its purpose to be to promote understanding of the Spanish people and their customs. jQlifeiQIIIItlBn ill jP U31 1101 MaM 26