Litchfield High School - Hi Lites Yearbook (Litchfield, OH)

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re Call et Dei ; af i By : The Y.M.C.A. is the Young Men's Christain Association which we regard as being, in its essential genius, a world-wide fellowship to men and boys united by common loyalty to Jesus Christ for the purpose of building paeeneat personality and a Christain soci- ety. Last fall Mr, Houseman, Y.M.C.A. Secret- ary, at request of Litchfield boys, came to our school to organize the Litchfield Hi-yY. On October 2, we had our first meeting and elected the following officers: Robert Ashley---President Lawrence Taylor---Vice President Max Barth---Secretary Treasurer We held our Hi+Y meetings every first and third Monday of every month in which we took up some vital question of the day and held a discussion over the subject for about forty minutes, Our accomplishments this year were; swimmn- ing November 18 and March 2 at the Cleveland Y.M.C.A.3; Girl Reserve--Hi-Y party February 29; Hi-Y--Girl Reserve party Usy 3 and an assembly program April 29. Our platform is: clean speech, clean sports, clean scholarship, and clean living.

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‘Reserves The Girl Réserves Club which st nds for Christian Fellowship and Service, is a junior branch of the Y.W.C.A. Dur club was organized under the name of the Litchfield Friendship Chain. The officers are as follows: Susan Dangelo........President Janet Dague..... ».+-eVice President Evelyn Everiss...... -sccretary MANSOO. HINO B esis 03s .- Treasurer Geraldeen Kellogg....Inter-Club Council Member Eleanore Browand.....Reporter Miss Power was our advisor. Various members of the Ladies' Reading Circle grac- iously contributed to our progress. The ladies who attended our meetings were: Mrs. Juell, Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Flanery, and Mrs. Homan. The Friendship Chain held its meetings on the second and fourth weeks of each month, usually on Wednesday. One meeting a month was devoted to the business of the organizat- ion or to discussions and programs; the other meeting was usually a social entertainment. After each meeting, the girls enjoyed an appetizing supper which the girls took turns in serving, Each month the girls carridd out a project for the service side of the triangle. Some of the most successful activities were: A Thanksgiving party at the Y.W.C.A. House in Medina. | Christmas caroling, preceded by a gift exchange and a delicious supper. Some of the girls, accompanied by Mrs. Jackson, attended the Opera Madam Butterfly in Cleveland.