Friends Seminary - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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PHILOSOPHY CLUB TECHNICALLY AN exlra curricular aclnvuly lhe Phllosophy Club has nnlereslecl a number of semors wnlh Hrs more or less open forum where lhe unlellecluals can argue wnlh lhe emlnenl Dr l-lunler on The somewhal nncomprehensuble problems dealing wnlh everylhnng from lhe Onqnn of 'rhe Specues lo Relahvuly Mechanics During The course of lhe cluscussuons Dr l-lunler lrequenlly receives Jrhe mos? amaznng answers To hrs elemenlary queslnons l-lowever, The Philosophy Club affords an excellenl mecllum whereby lhe more lnleresled senlors can form a closer conlracl wnlh Ernsleun and Darwin I , .

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l Tl-IE CURRENT EVENTS CLUB EOR TI-TREE YEARS now Mr l-lunTer has been conducTnng a CurrenT EvenTs Club wherean The members oT The upper classes who wlsh To duscuss world aTl:alrs may under has guudance exchange vuewpounTs wuTh one anoTher on various maTTers oT naTuonal and unTernaTuonal 1mporTance Asnde Trom The regular discussion held every oTher weelc The club also Toolc League oT NaTlons AssoclaTnon The sublecT discussed dealT wuTh The varlous problems which musT be Taced aTTer The war On The whole members OT The club enloyed The discussions very much and recenved excellenT Traunung In The comprehension and nnTerpreTaTuon oT currenT evenTs which wull sTand Them In good s+ead In TuTure years when They musT read and evaluaTe The news Tor Thems Ives parT in an inTer-school meeTing, which was held under The auspices oT The

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LE cERcLE PRANQAIS ON MONDAY AFTERNOONS lhe Cercle Francais holds :ls Informal meehngs IH lhe French room under Madame Carman s dlrechon Now IH :ls Jrhvrd year ol exlslence The mam purpose of 'rhe Cercle Francaxs as slnll lhal of developing lhe sludenls ablllly lo converse IU French and of lncreasxng lhelr knowledge of French cullure The dues collecled during 'rhe year go foward hnanclng some oulsude achvlly Before 'rhe members of Jrhe Cercle are caughl In lhe whirlpool of hnal examsnahons lhe Ce-rcle plans, among olher 'rhungs lo dune al a French reslauranl and have a galherang whnch wall be purely social and 'rypncally French Thanks are agaln due lo Madame Carman for her guldance ln our ellorls , . I . . . , . . . 1