Fort Lee High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Fort Lee, NJ)

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k Hi-Y Club The Fort Lee Hi-Y Club was organized late in November under the leadership of Mr. Wardle, a county Y secretary. Hi-Y is a world wide movement which is represented in Bergen County alone by seventeen clubs. The main purpose of the Hi-Y is to a-id the school and community. In view of this purpose the local cha-pter took upon itself the task of decorating the gym for the Christmas party. No one was anxious to undertake this work, for a game scheduled for the preceding evening limited the time for preparation to one afternoon. The club also printed ca-rds for the first home basketball gameg and later each member pledged himself to sell at least five tickets for the play The Goose Hangs High. The last job of the club was to produce J, Caesar , a three-act takeoff on Shakespeare's play, to start a Bergen County fund which will defray the expenses of a foreign representative to the Hi-Y convention at Cleveland, Ohio. The membership includes Mr. Whittemore, faculty advisor, John Postel, presi- dent, James Carrara, vice-president, -Edward Doublier, secretaryg John Morrison, treasurerg Ralph Arnseth, George Coleman, Conrad Brieby, Cornelius Brodersen, Quentin Carrara, Philip Ciancio, Hannibal Cundari, Arthur Dyer, Augustus Falla-. tico, Joseph Howell, William Korker, Aloysius McManus, Albert Metz, Fred Oman, Francis Petrosino, Fred Rafanello, Theodore Schuman, Hector Zucchino. HECTOR ZUCCHINO '31, 49

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- -Y .----- Y V - f-- Debating Activities The seventh annual chapter of interclass debating in Fort Lee High School has been successfully completed. The proposition, Resolved: That interscholastic athletics in high school are preferable to intramural athletics, was heatedly discussed by Seniors and Juniors. The Seniors-Isabel Katz, captain, Robert Kurz, Dorothy Major, and Charles Ferrante-were victorious. The Junior team-Mildred Yach, captain, Hector Zucchino, Cornelius Brodersen, and Arthur Dyer--upheld the affirma- tive side of the argument. In the second interclass debate, the Sophomores with Katherine Krall, captain, Dean Grandin, Mary Calk'n, and Arnold Hough, defended the negative side of the question. The Freshman iteam, Jack Foley, captain, Vera Salussolia, Sidney Kahn, and Dorothy Naehrlich, -alternate, emerged victorious. The question was Resolved: That the development of talking motion pictures will eventually eliminate the speak- ing drama from the legitimate stage. The date of the final debate between the Seniors and the Freshmen was M.arch 18. The Freshmen advanced the aiiiirmative of the question, Resolved: That the thirteen month calendar is preferable to the twelve. In this final contest the Freshmen were proclaimed victors of the interclass debating activities of Fort Lee High School for 1930. KATHERINE KRALL '32. 48

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The Steno Club The Steno Club was organized in October, 1929, under the excellent supervision of Miss Nancy- Smith, a commercial instructorQ The purpose of this club is to pro- mote greater interest in stenography and secretarial work. It is composed of sixteen members, all of whom have completed or are taking Steno ll. Business and social meetings are held alternately the first and third Wednesdays of each month. The programs usually pertain to subjects of interest in the commer- cial world. At one of the meetings the origin of the Gregg and Isaac Pitman method of shorthand was discussed. , Members. of the Steno'I class were invited to attend a Hallow'en party given by the club, at which there was much gayety. . . In the near future the Steno Club plans to present a two-act play, Diogenes Looks for a Secretary . The officers are Edith Svanberg, president 5 Teresa Benedetti, vice-presidentg John Iasillo, treasurerg and Gertrude Lorenz, secretary. EDITH SVANBERG '31. S0