Passaic High School - Echo Yearbook (Passaic, NJ)

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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.

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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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MISS MAY STILES Adviser HE Slide Rule Club under the direction of Miss May Stiles was organized in Passaic High School for the purpose of instructing all pupils interested in the correct use of the slide rule. The club does not resemble any other club of the High School in that there are neither any officers nor any dues, but the whole membership is under the tutelage of Miss Stiles. The club was organized with only one view in mind: to interest and instruct pupils in the rapid and accurate use of the slide rule. Each meeting, on Thursday, is de- voted entirely to the accomplishment ot that purpose. The Slide Rule Club is conducted like a regular class, and all the members show a deep interest in the lessons. This spring a new experiment is being tried by the Mathematics Depart- ment. With the students ofthe Slide Rule Club as a nucleus, a group ot pu- pils assemble once a week, and, under the guidance of Miss Stiles, discuss elements of higher mathematics which cannot be approached in school, Dur- ing these meetings logs fly around the room with reckless abandon, and formulae are used and discarded like scraps of paper. The students them- selves are in charge of these meetings, and each pupil in his turn is chosen to do some research and present his findings to the body as a whole. SLIDE RULE CLUB