Providence Technical High School - Review Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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74 T EC H REVIEW K of interest. lack of funds, id lack of numbers caused the rmise of the Debating Society January of this year. The atmosphere at Tech is not the kind in which this particular sort of organization thrives. Neither Latin nor Greek are studied in this school, and there- fore the master orators of Rome and of Greece arc unknown quantities to the ordi- nary Tech student. Hence this hypothetical ordinary student has not the incentive to learn to debate that have the pupils of other high schools in whose courses is included the study of the “immortal languages. So the society' came to an end, after a year of futile struggle against the inevitable. Hut credit and honor are due the half-dozen members who have stuck to the society through thick and thin to the last, for they have shown that they can fight even against great odds. There is another reason for the disbanding of the Debating Society. Of the twelve mem- bers (twelve out of fourteen hundred is what ratio?) of the society, nine are seniors whose time is completely filled with outside work, school work, “Review” work, class work, athletics, etc. 1’hese seniors to a man firmly believe that a debating society should be main- tained in the Technical High School, but they have not the time for the proper conduct of the society, and the proper discharge of the duties attendant upon the various offices which they hold. The 'Technical High School Debating Society came to an honorable death; may its memory long linger in the minds of those who have been so fortunate as to have had th . ir names upon its roll. W. H. G.

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TE C H REVIEW 7 3 BOYS’ GLEE CLUB HE Boys’ Glee Club, with Bun- ny” Harwell as both President and Librarian, started this year with a membership of a score or more, nearly all of whom were raw material. Under Mr. Russell’s careful and painstaking supervision the boys soon rose to a point where they dared give a public ex- hibition. One Monday morning Mr. Weston announced that the Boys’ Glee Club would entertain the school for a few minutes. The Club did so by giving a few comic songs and some old-time ditties. That the assembly thorolv enjoyed their efforts was made mani- fest by the loud applause which followed. Up to this time the boys had held their meetings in the Tech Hall every Tuesday after school. This monotony was varied slightly by the use of the Classical Hall for the next few meetings. The boys enjoyed this because our neighbor's piano was decidedly better than our own. After a few meetings in Classical the Glee Club was discontinued until after the gram- mar school graduations. On Tuesday. Feb- ruary 3. 1014. the Club resumed its work. Up to this time the boys have not engaged in any public or outside affairs, but their hopes for the future are not in the least dimmed. Most of the members of the Club will gradu- ate in June; it will be up to those who remain to hold the Club together next year and to recruit its numbers. GIRLS’ GLEE CLUB Director, Emory P. Russell. President, Ruth H. Dane, ’14. Secretory, Edna L. Berry, ’15. Treasurer, Gladys M. Swan. ’14. m 51 m ml ARK! what is that heavenly music wafted upon the air? It is like unto the voice of angels. It is the Girls’ Glee Club, and far be it from me that they from whom those celestial emanate are not of the angelic throng, at the picture and judge for yourself. to sax- strains Look The first part of the year the girls spent in preparing for the Children's Crusade, which was presented by the Arion Club and the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Infantry Hall, March 4th. It was a great success, due to their persistence and ability. Such an opportunity is rare, and the girls, realizing this, did their best, conferring honor both upon themselves and Mr. Russell. The music was far from easy and if the girls could attack and conquer that, what may they not do? Although many of its members will leave in June, we feel confident that a bright future of the club is assured.

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