Evanston Township High School - Key Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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Ja: nein: was willsT du haben'? These Tew words consTiTuTe The working knowledge oT The German oT The average American layman. BuT Those E.T.l-l.S. sTudenTs Taking German boasT a much Tuller knowl- edge oT The complicaTed Tongue oT The Rhine-- landers. And many who are anxious To learn To speak by speaking, Tlock To The meeTings oT The German Club To perTecT Their guTTural. AlThough The German Club is one oT The smallesT oT all The deparTmenTal clubs, iT invariably holds meeTings oT inTeresT. AT one oT This year's meeTings. The members Took parT in a discussion oT l-liTler's recenT rearming oT The demiliTarized Rhineland. The TeaTure of The German Club year was The movie which The local German deparTmenT spon- sored in collaboraTion wiTh Those oT New Trier and Deerfield-Shields. l-leld in The EvansTon Social l-lall in May, Emil Und Die DeTekTive proved popular wiTh members oT The Club as well as wiTh Their guesTs. This unusual evenT capped The year's acTivi- Ties oT The German club, whose presidenT was Parker Kaehler. Spanish songs, Spanish dances, Spanish laughTerl lT's The Spanish Club TiesTa. a glori- ous climax To a wonderTul year. Held This spring on May 2I. The TiesTa TeaTured an unusual evenT-a speech conTesT in Spanish. Proifessor Brenes, TaTher oT The club presi- denT..Flaminio Brenes, judged The speeches and deTermined The winners. ln greaTer numbers Than The oTFicers dared hope, Spanish sTudenTs This year flocked To The monThly club meeTings. Seniors again played imporTanT parTs in bringing abouT The year's success, and an execuTive commiT- Tee oT seniors sTeered The club acTiviTies. STarTled 'From Their assembly-period sTudy- ing by The unexpecTed enTrance oT queerly- clad invaders, sTudenTs ThroughouT The school were surprised by The TaciliTy wiTh which These guesTs shouTed and raged in a sTrange Tongue. Many were mysTiTied, buT Spanish sTudenTs undersTood and realized ThaT They were merely beholding a Spanish Club proiecT. These sTunTs in The home rooms were only one oT The many acTiviTies spon- sored by The Spanish Club during iTs evenT- Tul l935-l936 year.

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The meeTing will please come To order. The secreTary will read The minuTes oT The previous meeTing. Thus begins a program oT The Forensic Club, whose aim is To insTrucT inTeresTed pupils in The rudimenTs oT parlia- menTary law and oT public speaking. Public speaking is a modern necessiTy. The Teaching oT which is neglecTed in many schools. E. T. l-l. S. encourages abiliTy in selT-expression Through The Speech ConTesT and The Forensic Club Through iTs meeTings. This year broughT a new idea inTo The club rouTine. InsTead oT having The same presidenT. secreTary, and program commiTTee Through- ouT The year, These Tasks were TulTilled each week by a diTTerenT group oT pupils. The club members Thus goT more individual experience in The smooTh running oT a well-organized meeTing. Again This year The programs included diT- TerenT Types oT addresses. OraTions. exTem- poraneous Talks, brieT discussions oT currenT Topics, and debaTes made up The bulk oT The programs. lvlany sTudenTs had an opporTuniTy To display Their hisTrionic TalenTs beTore The Forensic Club disbanded, aT The end oT The TirsT semesTer. Hlvlessieurs eT Mesdemoisellesf' begins The presi- denT, and anoTher meeTing oT The French Club is under way. One oT The oldesT clubs in The school, Le Cercle Francais has as iTs purpose The en- couragemenT oT The use oT spoken French. A visiTor wandering unexpecTedly inTo The social hall during a French Club meeTing mighT Think he had dropped OTT inTo a dreamy sleep. Tor he would hear on all sides The nasals and muTe e's--yes, muTe e's can be heard - oT The musical French Tongue. This year The monThly meeTings again TeaTured many unusual programs. A Talk by Bill McAllisTer and an aTTernoon wiTh a French puppeT show were well aTTended and much enioyed. The aTTernoon oT bridge, played in French, also proved proTiTable, especially To The beTTer players. The highligl'1T oT The season was The romanTic Tarce, Le Francais Tel Qu'on Le Parle, presenTed by a TalenTed casT Trom The TourTh year French classes. And oT course each meeTing was Topped oTT by some Torm oT reTreshmenTs, never, however. French pasTry.

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From The wild WesT To The MeTropoliTan Opera The world has become musical- minded. Formerly music was reserved Tor Those who had paTience and TalenT enough To learn To play Tor Themselves, or Tor Those who had money enough To hire a band: now. radio, popular concerTs, and even The public schools have broughT Tine music wiThin The reach oT all oT us. OuTsTanding among Those E.T.l-l.S. pupils who noT only enioy good music buT are cap- able oT producing iT Themselves are The members oT The Musicians' Club. MeeTing once a monTh To hear The oTTerings oT Their Tellow members. They have sung and played TogeTher The greaT masTerpieces oT music. For The seniors, The highlighT oT The Musi- cians' Club season was The senior program presenTed on Monday, April 20. Here more Than a dozen seniors played and sang Their besT Tor The club They were soon To leave. As a side acTiviTy, The Musicians' Club This year presenTed The RochesTer Men's Glee Club. This program was open To The whole school, as were all The meeTings, and Through Them The school has come To know The E.T.l-T.S. Musicians' Club. Border lighTs up-house lighTs-curTain. These Terse orders Trom The direcTor and The acTions which TulTill Them compleTed, anoTher Drama Club play has sTarTed. This year again, The E.T.l-l.S. Drama Club, sharing The Wednesday lunch periods wiTh The Camera Club, presenTed a series oT shorT plays Tor The amusemenT oT Those diners who had suTTicienT inTeresT in The arT oT The sTage To parT wiTh ThaT TracTion oT Their monTh's allowance known as a nickel. The Drama Club is perhaps The only club in school wiTh deTiniTe requiremenTs Tor admission. Appli- canTs musT eiTher Take a wriTTen Technical examinaTion covering many imporTanT phases oT The sTaging, pro- ducing, and lighTing oT plays, or give an oral demon- sTraTion oT Their own dramaTic abiliTies. Once ad- miTTed. members are eligible To appear in The lunch- period plays or To assisT in Their producTion. Each year The Drama Club presenTs one longer play. This year iT was Gun-Shy, sTarring Parker Kaehler and George Slocum Trom The senior class. The playTul anTics oT The Gun-Shy casT made This play The highlighT oT The Drama Club year. Nwwf- - 'H mn,