Passaic High School - Echo Yearbook (Passaic, NJ)

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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.

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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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LATIN CLUB LTHOUGH humor is practically a permanent member of the Latin Club, several of the meetings this year had a serious turn. There were formal debates and the trial of Lady Latin. But humor was not silent all the time, and spoke her piece at a fashion show. The glamorous models were also famous celebrities, and they displayed the latest Roman creations factae in Italia. The high spot in the entertainment was Dido and Aeneas. The cast was: Dido, Grace Eileen Smith, Aeneas, Henry Condit, Achates, Arthur Levy, Scylla, Ann Lynch, Charybdis, Muriel Schiffman, Juno, Shirley Steinberg, Anna, Arlene Loede, and Jupiter, Paul Schneider. The term ended with a bang in the form of a Christmas program. As the first feature of the new term, the seniors debated the topic Resolved: That Latin should be established as an international lan- guage. On the negative side were Phyllis Freed and Marvin Weinstock, while Howard Rosenstone and Lilyan Boss upheld the affirmative. The judges, however, could come to no definite decision as to which side won. Advisers ELBERT E. BLAKESLEE MISS ANNE PERKINS President ANN LYNCH BORIS KAUFMAN Vice-President SHIRLEY STEIN BERG MARY LUMLEY Secretary MILTON DAUBER LILYAN BOSS Treasurer ARTHUR LEVY MARY JANE PICKETT 79