Passaic High School - Echo Yearbook (Passaic, NJ)

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L Adviser MISS HELEN HALL President DEBATIN6 CLUB SAUL LEVINE MICHAEL RAPAK Vice-President MILTON DAUBER SYLVIA EPSTEIN Secretary SHIRLEY STEINBERG BERN ICE SLAFF Treasurer STAN LEY SCHAMPAN HE Debating Club ot Passaic High School, again showing their fighting spirit, tried for new and higher honors by entering numerous contests this year. Their desire for these new and higher honors, moreover, was satisfied, as we loyal supporters knew it would be. The majority of the members of the debating squad were entered in the contest in original oratory. The same was true for the contest in extempora- neous speaking, Donald Fainberg, Bernice Slatf, and George Moaba were vic- torious in that order. Joyce Koplow was chosen to represent our school in the dramatic interpretation event, Michael Rapak in the extemporaneous speech contest, and Stanley Schampan in the oratorical declamation contest. The American Legion had a contest for pupils of the Passaic schools. Try-outs were held for the High School students, Ten members of the team competed tor the honor ot representing us. George Moaba was the winner, and Jean Connors was the runner-up. In June, the annual Debating Club banquet was held. As usual, this was the high spot ot the debating season, and, as usual, a good time was had by all, with the members of the different squads gladly being ted by their less famous but proud friends.

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DRAMATICS CLUB 1 Adviser MISS MARGARET CASKEY President LAWRENCE SAXER Vice-President JOHN COLE Treasurer DORIS HOFFER Secretary BARBARA CONSTANTINE LL the world's a stage, said William Shakespeare, and Miss Margaret Caskey, adviser of the Dramatics Club and coach of the annual plays, proves it to the members. These future John Barrymores and Margaret Web- sters display their talents, not only by assisting on the committees and with the club's administration, but also by acting in the plays presented. Each month the Dramatics Club meets either to view a play or discuss a future production. At the September meeting a stirring melodrama, Ezra Upshot's Triumph, was presented. ln October a new vice-president and treasurer were elected, while in November, Miss Caskey read selections from What a Life, the play to be presented in February. Try-outs were held early in December, and on St. Valentine's Day, the play with an all star cast was presented. This, its twentieth anniversary, was the first time the club greatly reduced the price of admission. lt was also a momentous occasion in that the profits were the greatest in five years. The spring season opened in March with a make-up demonstration held in the auditorium, and was followed by smaller classes conducted after school by Miss Caskey. At the April and May meetings ofthe club, several members entertained with two plays, one of which was a realistic comedy.

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President SHIRLEY YELLIN Vice-President BERNICE SLAFF Treasurer RUTH FRIEDMAN ELEANOR BAKER Secretary DORIS BESSERMAN Advisers MISS GRACE LITTLEFIELD MRS. FLORENCE RICHARDSON MISS FLORENCIA BARRIOS MRS. PRISCILLA DEATON SPANISH CLUB BETTER understanding of the countries and peoples to the south of us is one of our country's foreign policies. ln this respect the Spanish Club is working in harmony with our national government. At various meetings teachers have told about their travels in Mexico, and discussions have been held on the geography and history of the Latin American countries and the habits and customs of their peoples. A big event of the year was the entrance into the club of Senor- ita Barrios, an exchange teacher from Chile. The senorita has taken Miss Mary Card's place while Miss Card is teaching in Chile. Miss Barrios gave a very interesting talk on Chile, especially about the school she taught in, and then offered a prize to the student who wrote the best essays on Chile in English and in Spanish. At the most important meeting Pan American Day was cele- brated. Students, carrying the flags of the twenty-one republics to our south, gave talks on the countries they represented. The meeting was concluded, as usual, by singing Spanish songs, playing games, and enjoying refreshments.