Hopewell High School - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Hopewell, VA)

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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

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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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At the Cottage HE aim of our Home Economics Department is to help each girl to meet the individual problems of the day and to develop her into a more useful citizen. Last year our department was one of the nine schools in Vir¬ ginia put on a twelve-month basis as an experiment in Home Project Work. It has proved very successful. Two of our pro¬ jects have received honorable mention. The Federal Board of Vocational Economics placed one in the group of the best six projects carried out in the United States by the girls during 1929- 1930. The other appeared in the Virginia Vocational Educational Magazine in an article explaining Home Projects in Virginia. A member of the Federal Board has shown particular interest in the project work carried on by one student this year. Her projects will be used to illustrate the correlation of such endeav¬ ors. These are to appear in a Federal magazine. The Home Economics department is rapidly growing. This year only 50 per cent, of the pupils applying for this course could be enrolled. There have been a number of distinguished visitors observing our work this year, due to nearness to the capital. Mrs. Avrey, the State Home Economics Supervisor, and Miss Creighton, the assistant State Home Economics Supervisor, have been with us a number of times. Miss Marie White, of the Federal Board of Vocational Education, visited us two of the three days she spent studying Home Economic Work in Virginia. Miss Kozlowski, of Poland, after completing a graduation course at Cornell Univer¬ sity, studied Home Economic tvpe of work in America before she sailed for home. She visited Hopewell as her observation school in the South. A student doing graduation work at the Kentucky University visited our department to gather information for her classes. One of our club objectives for the year was to increase our library. At the present time we have eighty-five reading books and a reference library, as suggested by the supervisors. At Christmas time the club fixed a box for a poor family. This included toys, food, and clothing, which were made by the girls. The Program Committee has varied the programs. Some of them were purely entertainment, while at other times we have had out-of-town speakers. UN - Page Thirty-two