Passaic High School - Echo Yearbook (Passaic, NJ)

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MISS MARIAN RACE BENJAMIN GOLDBERG ROBERT HUBER Vice-President SAM SCHLYEN JOSEPH GILMOUR MURIEL SCHIFFMAN MARIE BREISACHER Adviser President Secretary DORIS LEVY Treasurer I-IISTCDRY CLUB ON'T be afraid to talk. These are familiar worcls to the fifty or more members of the History Club, who meet twice a week to discuss current problems. The History Club is an associate club of the broadcast, Town Hall of the Air, and the members talk about problems voiced over this popular weekly program. If the walls of ZE could speak, they would give us the pro and con argu- ments for aid-to-Britain, restriction of agriculture, the worth of the Demo- cratic party, and the retention of the Philippines. Even the seats on the right side of Room 2E and those on the left side have an air of political rivalry, for didn't the Democrats sit on the left and the Republicans on the right during the discussion of the l94O election? On that memorable occasion the black- board was lined with political propaganda, and to each member of the au- dience who asked the speaker a question went a picture of an aspiring polit- ical candidate. The big feature of the year was several trips to Town I-lall, followed by regular excursions to the Doughnut Shop. At these broadcasts the future Ciceros, Demosthenes, and Garrisons see and hear famous personages, and the more enthusiastic members have been known to get autographs. Another feature of the programs was films, of which Miss Hapgood's were especially enjoyable. 'N

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Pl-lY- CHEM CLUB Adviser MISS FRANCES NIXON President JEROME KOVARSKY Vice-President ARLEN E LOEDE Secretary HERBERT SEKULER Treasurer ALBERT VAN BLARCOM BORIS KAUFMAN AVE you seen the snappy looking pins worn by members of the Phy- Chem Club? The identification is given to them by the American Insti- tute Science and Engineering Clubs with which the Phy-Chem Club is affili- ated. This association entitles members to free admission to all functions of the American Institute. Taking advantage of this privilege, Sylvia Epstein entered a work shop course in physics at New York University, which the Insti- tute sponsored, and was awarded a certificate of merit. This year, at its first meeting, the club, which is the brain child of its adviser, Miss Frances Nixon, took an oath to keep alive the story of the Time Capsule by observing the anniversary of its sealing. At other meetings the members had discussions and saw experiments and movies on such interest- ing scientific topics as Light, Sulfur and Its Uses, and the Utilization of Waste Materials. The big event of the year was a lecture given in auditorium by Mr. Con Williams, a noted deep-sea diver. The lecture, which was open to the gen- eral public, as well as club members, was a huge success. Mr. Williams cap- tured the audience with the story of his life and his many exciting experi- ences, especially his battle with an octopus.

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President NORBERT ROSENZWEIG Vice-President MURI EL SCHIFFMAN Secretary FRANCES LABASI-I Treasurer MICHAEL RAPAK Advisers MISS LOVICY DELANO MISS LOUISE CROCKER GERMAN CLUB OT chocolate, remembrances of Vienna, and Quartettspiele are all reminders of the successful season of the German Club. Who of the members will forget Arthur Kaplan's inimitable portrayal of Till Eulenspiegel when he said to his host, Ja, es ist warm bei dem Ofen ? lt will also be difficult to forget Quartettspiele, which is the favorite game of the Club. lt is played with a card deck of either poets, authors, or cities on the Rhine. The object of the game is to collect as many groups of four as possible by a process similar to the American game of Go Fish. At Christmas the Home Economics Room is transformed into a Weihnachtsraum because presents are scattered under the tree, mem- bers are singing Stille Nacht, hot chocolate is being served in heavy white cups and saucers, and jolly old St. Nikolas, portrayed this year by Harold Kovarsky, bustles about. Each member has to recite a German poem before he can receive a gift from St. Nikolas. ln the past, members representing Passaic in the German Oratorical contest at Rutgers have won many prizes. ln the future the Club will present a Day in Vienna, using a setting of Strauss waltzes.