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

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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

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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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LITEKATQKE. -ff' Bleak WViiin1tcer 'RE dirty little boy's mother had no time for him. Her day was spent in the kitchen, a baby on one arm, dishes and pots on the other. When one baby grew large enough to drag on her skirts, there was another to be carried. It was every man for himself amongst his brothers and sisters, and Pop was a reeling creature to avoid. Through seven years of life the little boy grabbed and swore and fought. It was only after he had become friends with the small dirty dog that a puzzled look crept into his deep eyes, and he learned there was such a thing as affecf tion. Then he would watch his broken mother with hurt, wistful eyes. The small dog had a ratflike tail, and big flat feet that patted you wildly when the small dog was happy. The small dog was friendly, for he knew that if his ears were mismated, and his whiskers were rather peculiar, these defects would be overlooked if he were a gentleman at heart. He loved the little boy and the little boy loved him. The small brown dog sat between the little boy's knees when he ate, and noise- lessly consumed the bits of food that a grimy hand passed down to him. He slept on the little boy's bed, and was al' ways ready with a cold nose and clumsy, comforting paws if he woke trembling from dreams, dreadful dreams. He knew that there is nothing like small dog ap' plied to the chest for dispelling night' mares. He knew that there is nothing like a tangle of dog and boy for taking the terror out of the elevated's roar and the sordid memories of the day. But he did not know that it was because of the dose of small dog applied to the heart that something strange and hard growing in the little boy's eyes drew in its claws and stole away . The cold wind froze the little boy's nose as he came down the school house steps. It was nothing to the cold fear that froze his heart when he did not see the small dog. Every day that small dog had met him, every day since back be'