New Kensington High School - Taleoken Yearbook (New Kensington, PA)

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These Moderns Enioy Their LaTin Latin IT a Roman lad oT The days oT Cicero should sTep ouT oT a hisTory TexT and inTo The halls oT Ken Hi, he mighT noT Teel aT all losT in The TwenTieTh cenTury environmenT. Especially iT he chose To drop inTo Room 2ll on The lasT Wednesday oT The monTh. l-lere he would Tind some subiecT Trom ancienT days being discussed by modern girls and boys, ThirTy or Torty upper class- men oT Ken l-li. l-le would be guiTe aT home dis- cussing The Toga, Roman myThs, Roman homes and The members OT The Culinary ArTs Club are Ken l-li's experTs on cookery. Supervised by Miss BryanT, They prepared delicious viands boTh in class and aTTer class. They Boys, Too, Go ln For Culinary ArTs The calendar. OT course These subiecTs are noT discussed in LaTin, buT many common English words would have a Tamiliar sound. l-le mighT be sur- prised To Tind girls parTicipaTing, or To discover ThaT The direcTors oT These acTiviTies were Miss l-lawk and Miss Rorabaugh, Two women members oT The TaculTy. lT is probable, however, ThaT having aTTend- ed one meeTing, he would Tind The conTines oT obscuriTy raTher dull and be loaThe To reTurn To his niche on The shelT. sTudied noT only The preparaTion oT Tood, buT also iTs consTiTuenTs. They looked inTo The maTTer oT eTiqueTTe and learned The TundamenTals oT serving. They demonsTraTed Their accomplishmenTs in This respecT by serving aT The ban- gueTs held in The school. Be- sides meeTing regularly Twice a monTh, once Tor business and once Tor pleasure, They made delicious candy Tor ChrisTmas and sponsored a successTul Tea dance, wiTh The popular cake walk as a TeaTure. Needless To say, They prepared Their own reTreshmenTs Tor all social aT- Tairs. The boys have shown Their abiliTy To keep pace wiTh The girls in The arT oT cooking and serving. AlThough This is one oT Ken l-li's smallesT clubs, iT boasTs an enviable spiriT and conTinues To progress. T771

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NoT Quife FiTTy Million Frenchmen Le Cefzcle DCEUHCGLS The Frengh ig an organizaTion To promoTe Triendliness among French sTudenTs, and To enable sTudenTs To share new inTormaTion abouT The French language and counTry. The qualiTicaTions Tor membership are noT binding and no dues are required. Any sTudenT oT French, pasT or presenT, may belong. MeeTings are held aTTer school on The second Wednesday oT each monTh. Every year new members sTarT corre- spondence wiTh boys and girls oT France Through HOW? ECONOMICS TwenTy-six Treshman and sophomore girls work and play To- geTher in This Club. They are girls whose course include sewing and who are genuinely inTeresTed in This old-Tashioned arT. Regular 7 meeTings are held each monTh. AT These meeTings plans are made and daTes selecTed Tor The club's social aTTairs. Some- Times some ingenious scheme such as a collar-making con- TesT adds inTeresT. Lilce many oT The clubs in Ken l-li, The Home Economics girls spon- sored a Tea dance, buT, unlilce any oTher club, They oTTered Tor sale aTTracTive hand-made TelT novelTies which sold like hoT cakes. The ouTsTanding evenT oT The year was doubT- less The Tea and spring Tashion show. Under The guidance oT T761 The medium oT The club. Usually, The social season is sTarTed wiTh a Tea dance, which, This year, was very successTul Tinancially. The annual sale oT home- made candy is exceedingly popular among The sTu- denTs and Teachers, iudging Trom The many, many orders received. UndoubTedly The mosT popular oT all is The gay picnic held in May aT The Memorial Parlc. IT usually rains, buT The weaTher never damp- ens The spiriT. A dinner, prepared in Miss PaTTer- son's l4iTcher, is The high spoT in an evening oT Tun. Miss Lyon, The girls made The cloThes in class. MoThers were invited as guesTs To The Tea, aT which parT oT The enTerTainmenT was The Tashion show demonsTraTing The girls' dressmalcing eTTorTs. Home Economics lnTeresTs The Girls

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Tri-Hi-Y is Ten Years Old CN' . . JPL-qglil-cl! WiTh The roliclring Tun oT an iniTiaTion aT The expense oT new members, The Tri- l-li-Y, a club composed oT junior and senior girls. begins The school year. Since Their organizaTion in I929 This group oT girls has been one oT The mosT acTive and disTinguished clubs in Ken Hi. lTs pur- pose is To creaTe and mainTain high sTandards oT sporTsmanship and ChrisTian characTer, noT only ThroughouT The sTudenT body, buT also in The com- muniTy. The club Tries To accomplish This by such Cvarszfy The purpose oT The VarsiTy Club, says a member oT The same, is To TosTer a love Tor aThleTics and To promoTe a genuinely en- ThusiasTic spiriT in our school. Only sTudenTs who have parTicipaTed in and have earned a varsiTy leTTer in one oT The Tive recognized sporTs can achieve membership in our organizaTion, which is rec- ognized by The school as an honorary insTiTuTion. Aside Trom acTual parTicipaTion in aThleTic evenTs, The members are guiTe limiTed in Their ac- TiviTies. The ouTsTanding of These is Their managemenT oT The Allegheny-Kislci Valley BaslceTball TournamenT. From The club a number oT boys are selecTed To handle The various phases oT worlc and The diTTer- enT problems which arise dur- ing The TournamenT. Among T731 acTiviTies as iTs campaign To promoTe good sporTs- manship in assembly. Each year aT ChrisTmas Time The girls disTribuTe basl4eTs oT Tood To The needy oT The ciTy. To provide Tunds Tor This worlc a semi- privaTe dance is held early in The Tall. The FaculTy Tea and The lVloTher and DaughTer BangueT, Two oT The ouTsTanding social evenTs oT The school year, are sponsored by The Tri-l-li-Y. All These acTiviTies are under The leadership oT Miss DoherTy. These acTiviTies are securing adverTisemenTs Tor The TournamenT programs, selling The programs, operaT- ing The haT and coaT check rooms, cleaning The basl4eTball Tloor and The halls, and oTher deTails. Wearers of The K Belong To VarsiTy Club