Hopewell High School - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Hopewell, VA)

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SOCIETIES AND CLUBS—Continued Wednesday came (as it usually does). The stage was ar¬ ranged to resemble a school room and the President took charge. The minutes were called for, but as there were none prepared, the roll was called. Each person had to answer with the cry of an animal. Following this, some songs were sung in French. The tunes were familiar to us, but the words were not. The whole program was enjoyed by all. The French Circle is now working faithfully on a Hollywood Revue, which will be given sometime in the near future. It has not been decided who will represent the various movie stars. We are hoping that the Hollywood Revue given this year will be as successful as the one which was given last year. Also a fashion show has been suggested. We are hoping that a wide variety of summer clothes will be shown, as vacation time is almost here. :{« Commercial Club HE Commercial Club was organized this year for the pur¬ pose of furthering knowledge of the business world. The work has been enjoyed greatly by the members, e it is needed for becoming successful business people. Only students of the Commercial Course in Junior and Senior Classes were eligible. We had approximately fifty members, with Miss Bell, Miss Roberts, and Mr. Thompson as sponsors. A trip to Richmond was proposed, where a visit to the various business colleges was planned. The idea was enthusiastically accepted by the members. When we had charge of the program in the auditorium, we presented a faculty take-off, which was enjoyed by the cast as well as by the audience. It is amazing what a striking resem¬ blance exists between some teachers and pupils. The Group Contest for commercial students in this section of the State was held in our high school on April 25. We are very proud to say that on the final eligibility list we found eleven of our active members listed. Here’s to next year’s Commercial Club: much success in their undertakings!

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SOCIETIES AND CLUBS—Continued ident, Peggy Beveridge; Third Vice-President, Robert Juer. This, with the co-operation of every member, means a long continua¬ tion of our march of progress. Next year, the Sidney Lanier is expecting to add poetry in its line of successful achievement. Latin Club INETEEN THIRTY-ONE has been a “Banner Year” for the “Latina Societas.” It has been a year of changes in organization and operation. Until this year the club included only members of the Vergil Class, but last fall the Vergil Class consisted of six students. Consequently we de¬ cided to allow the Cicero Class to become members of the club and divided it into two parts, “Patricians” and the “Plebians.” The “Patricians” represent the Vergil Class and the “Plebians” the Cicero Class. The officers of the “Latina Societies” are: James Mallonee, President, and Eleanor Caperton, Secretary. One other change in the club is that the collection of dues has been discon¬ tinued, for we feel that each member of the club would be called upon to do his utmost in the support of the “Alipes Nuntius,’ which is the Latin paper put out by the Society. The staff of the “Alipes Nuntius” is: Eugenia Daniel, Editor- in-Chief; Eleanor Caperton and Mary Gilliam, Assistant Editors, and Sally Ford, Business Manager. The Exchange Editor, Annie Daniel, was elected from the Cicero Class. The typist for the paper is Virginia Parker. Never has the Latin paper been such a success. This year the paper has been a representation of all the Latin classes for the first time, and it has had the suport of almost every student taking Latin. The French Circle HE French Circle has had two meetings this semester. At the first meeting the officers for the term were elected. The Circle was asked to put on a program in the au¬ ditorium one Wednesday. They readily agreed to do this, and plans were made for the program. It was finally decided that the advanced French classes would initiate the beginners in this lan¬ guage. ■ C Page Twenty-nine

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SOCIETIES AND CLUBS—Continued Forensic Club rg|F HE Forensic Club, one of the oldest clubs in the school, was organized in a slightly different manner. Ilereto- I Ifyj fore, anyone who wished to try out for one of the liter¬ ary contests automatically became a member of the club. This year, with Mr. Leadbetter as sponsor, only members of the teams and their alternates could belong to the club. The teams have had a very successful year. Both debating teams and the boys’ reader went to Charlottesville. The district contest was held at Hopewell, our school acting as host to teams from the following high schools: Blackstone, Chester, Crewe, Emnoria. Highland Springs, Oceana, Suffolk, and Varina. The affirmative debating team from Hopewell won second place on their side of the question, while our negative team won first place on their side. George Rhudy, our boy’s reader, won first place in this event. The following are the members of the teams: Affirmative: Negative: Edward Pupuy Annie Daniel James Mallonee, Jr. Christine Parker Boys’ Reader: George Rhudy Girls’ Reader: Virginia Peeples Boys’ Speaker: Edward Parker Girls’ Speaker: Margaret Argenbright. State Question for Debate Resolved: That the Circuit Court Judges and Members of the Court of Appeals of Virginia be appointed by the Governor, subject to the confirmation of the General Assembly. TEAM RECORDS Affirmative: H. H. S. 1 H. IT. S 2 H. H. S. 3 Highland Springs 0 H. H. S. 3 Emporia 0 Negative: 2 H. H. S. 3 Emporia H. ir. S. H. H. S. . 1 0