Kew Forest School - Blotter Yearbook (Forest Hills, NY)

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THE BLOTTER Leaders Club Continues To Grow ln Usefulness Although nine members of the Leaders Club graduated last year, an equal num' ber of new students have been initiated this year. Aside from continuing the activities of last season, such as super- vision of thrift, cleanfup work, philanf thropy and traflic, the club has developed many new ideas which have been put into practice by appropriate committees. A plan for inaugurating an officer of the day is being seriously considered. A proposition for distinguishing the diff ferent classes by some insignia is also well under way. Rules for improving the study hall have been introduced, and still further, the Leaders Club has voted to plan an entirely new system of rating students for membership. It has been the wholefhearted aim of the Leaders Club to distribute oflices and duties among as many students as pos' sible. Many of the committees are fre' quently changed in membership so that more people may have actual experience as well as an opportunity to show ability in leadership. So far two initiations have been held this year and another is planned for the end of May. The membership to date inf cludes Virginia Chalmers, president, Dorothy Wicke, vicefpresidentg Nancy Kershaw, secretary, Doris Clark, Jean' nette Clark, Mary Dale, Deborah Davenf port, Anita Farrington, Helga Holch, Robert Kelleher, Margaret Knapp, Myrtle Knorpp, Marie Louise Lockwood, Roslyn Marsh, Muriel Millar, Betty Parks, Laurose SchulzefBerge, Lee Tolman, Josef phine Vahlsing, Margaret Vahlsing, Frances Vogel and Elizabeth Wilton. Virginia Chalmers, H. S. IV1 The Leaders Club V 23

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THE BLUTTER Silver Key 1 Jeannette Clark fManagerj 2 Arthur Collins fCaptainj 3. Robert Kelleher 4. Muriel Millar Bronze Key 1 Erwin Case 6 Helga Holch 2 Doris Clark , 7 Myrtle Knorpp 3 Mary Dale 8 Emily Lawton 4 Deborah Davenport 9 Betty Parks 5 Grace Eckman ' 10 Lee Tolman Josephine Vahlsing, Sue Harriss and Margaret Vahlsing have recently been elected to iill the places of those line debaters in the senior class KewfForest will lose througha graduation in june. Undoubtedly the outstanding event of the season occurred when Virginia Chalmers took first place in the individual competition of the Long Island Inter' scholastic Debating Association. For this achievement she won a cup for Kew' Forest and a gold key with a diamond Virginia Chalmers, Long Island's Best Debafter in it for herself. In this contest she rated ahead of Herman Herbert of Roslyn and Bennet Frankel of Great Neck, two friendly rivals who were responsible for our two defeats. JEANNETTE CLARK, H. S. III. Election Day Exciting NOVEMBER 3 was election day at Kew- Forest School. The election was conf ducted by High School I Civics class and supervised by a Board of Election, Jack Norworth, chairman, Bruce Howard, Emma Montague and Betty Neisel. Members of the faculty, all High School classes and Grades 6 and 7 voted. Vote ing districts, ballot boxes, mimeographed ballots, all reminded one of the regular election centers. Only those who had registered were allowed to vote. The results showed a strong loyalty to the Republican candidates. Governor Roosef velt ran ahead of his ticket, trailing Tuttle by only two votes. Assemblyman Zim' merman was the only Democrat elected inthe contest held at KewfForest School. The results, however, are relatively un' important, but the training in citizenship is of inestimable value to the pupils of the school. Asscemlbllyman Zimmerman Visits Us TI-IE High School I Civics dass of the KewfForest School had the pleasure of listening to a short talk by the Honor' able Frederick Lloyd Zimmerman, Assemblyman of the Sixth Assembly Dis' trict, on Friday, November 14.

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THE BLOTTER 'Virgil Program T:-IE bimillennium of the birth of Virgil was celebrated at KewfForest School, by the following program: The Life of Virf gil, Robert Kelleherg The Georgics, Virginia Chalmersg The Aeneid, Nancy KershawgtThe Place of Virgil in World Literature, Muriel Fluhr. Dorothy VViicke and Frances Smith, who have spent all their school days at Kew-Forest. 24