Orange County Community College - Colt Yearbook (Middletown, NY)

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Marion Davis, Roberta Werlau (Co-Captain), Carol Torrens, Sandy Vaughn, JoAnn Poucher (Co-Captain), Dorothy McCarthy. T HE Occettes, under the direction of Jo Ann Poucher and Dorothy McCarty, co-captains, will be twirling at the soccer and basket¬ ball games next year. Meetings of the Twirling Club are held the first Thursday of every month, and practices are held every Wednesday of the week for two hours. The girls are now working on the standard and double LL formations for the basketball games next semester. All students with an interest in twirling are invited to attend practices. Tryouts for the squad are held at the beginning of the Fall semester. The Twirling Club has Carol Torrens as secretary and Miss Diana as adviser. The following girls were on the squad for 1957-58: Jo Ann Poucher Sandra Rau Ida Elliot Bunny Onarati Dorothy McCarty Marion Davis Nancy Cross Carol Torrens TWIRLING CLUB 65

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First row, left to right: Sandra Smith, Cynthia Chandler, Catherine Morrison, Natalie Kubik, Claire O’Dea. Second row: Allen Foster, Richard McGill, Joan Van De Mark, Dick Morse, Vince Morse, Vince Triolo, Mr. Searles. TEACHER EDUCATION CLUB T HE Teacher Education Club has as its adviser Mr. Warren Searles. The officers of the club were: President Vice-President Treasurer Secretary Catherine Morrison Ray Shipman Vincent Triola Claire O’Dea There are approximately thirty members of the club, most of whom intend to become teachers. The purpose of the Teacher Education Club is to acquaint the members with the various levels which they are interested in teaching and to assist transfer students with their programs. The Teacher Education Club has been very active this year. It sponsored an OCCC pin sale, the profits of which will be donated to the Retarded Children Fund. A play was presented by the club to the North Junior High School in Newburgh for Career Day. Several speakers such as Mr. Beman Lord and Mrs. Amy Bull Crist have lectured to the club. A field trip to the Hunter Elementary School was planned in March of this year. 64

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VETERANS CLUB O NE of the most active of all campus clubs this year has been the Veterans Club. The main purpose of this club is to assist veterans in obtaining benefits in national, state and local legisla¬ tion, and help new veterans entering OCCC. On the social side, the Veterans Club started the college year off by sponsoring the first off-campus dance and by selling the first edition of the college newspaper. Along with the dance and many other functions, the Veterans Club also sponsored a spring picnic which proved to be a great success for all who attended. During the second semester, the Veterans Club was kept busy with the drawing up of plans for a Korean Bonus from New York State and State aid to veterans for purposes of education. Tho Veterans Club also hopes to start a Student Directory. 66