Highland Community College - Trail Blazer Yearbook (Highland, KS)

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'tBonjours and the strains of 'tLa Marseillaisen echo- ing down the corridor announced each meeting of 'tLe Cer- cle Francais , a group of petite mademoiselles and beaux messieurs who assembled regularly to chatter or to stammer over their teacups. ' At the first few meetings, Mesdemoiselles Sterz and Neale conversed fluently, each second year student brushed the cobwebs from his memory, and the new members ex- ercised their newly acquired vocabnlaries. The total of this renaissance was, Je ne comprends pas , tl do not under- standj, and Je ne sais pas , tl do not knowj. VVith time and practice their conversational faculties developed, and they turned their thoughts to amateur dramlatics. The first venture was the French version of 'tThe Gratchit's Christmas Dinner, accompanied by bread, apple- sauce, and Monsieur Bell's timely remark, Voila le tele- phone . After the club had struggled through its first dramatic enterprise, it felt sufficiently self-confident to make its brilliant debut. and presented for convocation the comedy, t'Pauvre Sylvie tPoor Sylviaj. A piano solo and Monsieur Booth's melodious interpretation of 'tMa Reverien further ornamented the dramatic triumph of the club. At the annual evening meeting a man of French de- scent., Mr. Ralph Delmare ol' Atchison, spoke of his youth- ful difficulties. Ftegular meetings, picnics, and luncheons furnished ample opportunities to improve fluency of speech, to pro- mote international understandings. and to enjoy friendly social contacts-the goal ot' Le Gercle Francais. French The French Club carols. Emblems. Horseplay in drama. Twenty-five

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Maurice Chilcote tBedford, Iowaj, dispenses drinks behind the Kennel Bar. Mary Jane Hanny Cllobinsonl, enjoys a sandwich. Now-let-me-see Stricker, editor of the Highland Vi- dette. The Highlander Staff. At work in the Printing shop. News The Htgf'Ifld'7'l!f87', the official college paper, is the oldest publication of its kind in Kansas. The first issue of the Num'-io, as The Highlander was called. was printed in 1857. Published every six weeks by a staff of t'top'i reporters and a sponsor who hold lengthy press conferences, wield pencils and assemble the news for the printer, The Highlamlei' has a wide circulation, You have probably seen a group ot' students rushing frantically about with notebooks and sharpened pencils in hand, jotting down choice bits of gossip, begging those Hon the inside for details oi' a front-page story or trailing the scent ol' a big 'tscoopf' Others may he seen parading up and down the streets, dodging into stores, graciously receiv- ing ads or desperately demanding copy and stories. Al- ways such commotion warned you, that as 'twas the Week for the school paper to go to press, the staff was putting on a last-minute sprint. Miss Sterz is the facility sponsor of the paper. The tol- lowing students assemble and write the news: Maurice Chilcote teditorj, Eugene Loyd, Neal Ukena, John Jo- hannes, Raymond Wfagner, Mary Jane I-lanny, Bette Ha- macher, Loretta Parker, Sheldon LaFollette, I-Ielen Powell, Lloyd Bell, and Mary Ellen Gilmore.

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Y. W. C. A. lvlerfs Club Twenty-six Campus Carnival Capers. Adeline Parker fHighlaudJ. Josephine Davis in the Y. W.'s most comfortable rocker. Henna Nawrocki fHigl1- landl. Tidy? Convention time at Wichita. The popular front stoop. Joyce Welsh fSeveranceJ. Billie Crabtree CHighla.ndj. Dinner at Hutch's. Robert Banner CWl1ite Cloudy. Charles Lyness CTroyJ. Norman Jones fTroyJ. Max Myers fwathenaj. Robert Hawks fHia- wathal.