Passaic High School - Echo Yearbook (Passaic, NJ)

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FRENCH CLUB E Cercle Francais, which provides a means whereby students may enjoy the advantages of club life and learn more of French culture through songs, games, and lectures, enjoyed a pleasant year. At the first social meeting, which was held in October, there was a presentation of skits and an exhibition of hobbies. The lectures ot the season were given by Miss Virginia Covington, ofthe Traphagen School of Fashion, and Mr. Mark Rappaport, who is at- tending New York University. Miss Covington spoke on French design- ing, and Mr. Rappaport, who attended Passaic High last year, described school life in Brussels. Pictures of Paris were also shown. The Christmas program was composed of French carol singing, a humorous skit, and a reading from the novel, Marie Chapdelainef' Miss Beatrice Rosenberg, a practice teacher, arranged the March program, which concerned the history of the province of Dauphine, its SOHQS, dances, and customs. In April a popular French operetta, The Wed- ding of Jeannette, by Victor Masse was presented. The club has adopted a French boy who is now living in England. Advisers MRS. LUCY HAGREN MISS HELEN SHARTLE MISS CLARA MACOMBER MISS CELIA RABINOWITZ President DORIS LEVY Vice-President BERNARD SATKIN Secretary ELEANOR KLINE Treasurer ALICE STRETCH 83

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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.

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ITALIAN CLUB Adviser MISS LENA WARE President SOPH I E PORROVECCHIO Vice-President LEE CAVALIERE Secretary VIOLET DE RENZO Treasurer PHYLLIS ROMANO NANCY DI CANIO ' PRO LA SEDUTA. These words open each meeting of the Italian Club, the main purpose ot which is to teach its members more about Italy and the Italian language. And this is one place where learning is fun. All meetings are conducted in Italian except elections. At the first meeting in October officers were elected. Italian games were played at the November meeting, and prizes were given out to the lucky winners. ln December a Christmas program was held. An Italian poem was recited by Mildred Schimmenti, piano solos were given by Emily Belli and Juliette De Ligny, and Angelina Cormaci sang an Italian Christmas carol. Small gifts were distributed to the members. At the February meeting a new treasurer was elected. Miss I-lapgood also displayed her pictures ot the western part of the United States and told of her travels there. The March meeting was devoted to hobbies. Each member brought his hobby and spoke about it in Italian. One of the most unusual was that ot Miss Ware, who collects toy donkeys. lt was planned to have a speaker at one of the spring meetings, and to have another devoted to Italian Art. With such programs it is no wonder that the members of the Italian Club hate to hear the words, La sedute e chiusa, which end their meetings.