Ferris High School - Wheel Yearbook (Jersey City, NJ)

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DEBATING SOCIETY Debating is ones best training for a successful life. When our members graduate and enter the outside world, they will profit from the training which they have received in our organization. In years to come they will travel far ahead in life, and, looking back, they will say that the Debating Society of Ferris High School was responsible for much of their success. Soon after our school was opened, the students who were interested in debate, public speaking, and parliamentary law, gathered together and formed the Senior Debating Society, with Mrs. Pinkham as their faculty adviser. Last year we debated Dickinson and Henry Snyder High Schools. This year we have arranged for a triangular debate among Ferris, Emerson and Dickinson, which will take place in February. President .......... .... Vice-President ........ Secretary .......... Treasurer ......... Parliamentarian Faculty Advisor Edward Tybus .......Clara Mazaleski Shirley Frushtick Franklin Glaser john Wasielewski Mrs. H. R. Pinkham Page Foriy-:even

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LITTLE THEATRE The words of Epictetus, Practice yourself in little things, and thence proceed to greater , have been the motto of the Little Theatre since its inception. Originally organ- ized on a small scale to give those students interested in the theatre an opportunity to display their talents as well as to foster in the school a liking and appreciation of things dramatic, it stands today fully developed. From merely a group whose expectations reached no further than interesting and instructive meetings, it has grown to be the main source of material for auditorium programs, not only supplying student speakers, but one-act plays for entertainment. The Little Theatre has adopted the one-act play as the most fitting medium for the expression of its aim. Such a medium allows the widest scope for dramatic talent, as well in the number as in the variety of roles. It affords the fullest opportunity for im- provement in stage presence, stage voice, and stage technique. How successful our endeavors have been may be evidenced by the reception afforded the plays presented at various auditorium assemblies, and the response to the shows given to support the various school activities. Our plans for the coming term are even more ambitious. President ....... Vice-President .. Secretary ........ Treasurer .......... Faculty Advisor Eileen Hennessy ....... Jerome Haggart Florence Hennessy Florence Weintraub Miss K. W. Martin Page Forty-nine