Rockford High School - RHS Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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First Semester julia Joslin Leola Carlson Arnold Liebling Arnold Lielrling Miss Julia Shafer FE OFFICERS President V.-President Second Semester Arnold Liebling Rose Kasinkus Secretary Dorothy Shull Treasurer Dorothy Shull Adviser Miss Julia Shafer tgjlfggfa, Fasces LIEBIfING 1Serv1ceJ The Fasces club is a Latin club whose name is derived from the Latin name, Fasces,l' a symbol- ism of Roman times. Its actual meaning is an axe and .a bundle of sticks which is significant of authority. The purpose of the club is to foster a greater interest in old Rome as well as in the Latin language through the Latin department. The mem- bership is limited to those students who are at the time taking Latin. The club was organized in 1926 and since then has steadily grown both in interest and numbers, until it now includes about eighty active members. Meetings are held every two weeks. The meetings this year have been especially in- teresting. Some of them included a study of the ancient buildings in Rome: Coliseum, Pantheon, an Arch of Titusq incidents of the World VVar, Ro- man VVomen, Saturnalia, and Ides of March. One important meeting was a meeting to commemorate the Virgil Bimilleniumg at some others Roman dinners were held and a style show of Roman dress. One meeting was in the form of a broad- casting station. The Station was SPQR, broad- casting from the Palatine Hill, Rome. Romulus and Remus were the participants who took the place of Amos and Andyf' There is usually one social meeting held during the year. The club has aided the library by purchasing several new books for the school. At Christmas time a basket was given to a poor family. page eighteen

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First Semester OFFICERS Maxine Ollman President Charles Tullock V,-President Louise Heiliger Willard Lind Secretary Barbara Furze Arthur Mapes Treasurer Darving Skogstrom Miss Aleta McAvoy Adviser Miss Aleta McEvoy Second Semester 1 ?s?3f3E.lit?1?? Chemlstfy Club 4521555 Chemistry club, a very live organization, has for its purposes promoting an interest in the sci- ence of chemistry and preparing its members for the coming age which will be the Age of Chem- istry. Students who are eligible for membership in this club are those who are taking or who have taken chemistry. At every meeting of the club, at least part of the time is devoted to the conducting of experi- ments. Thus every member receives additional practice and knowledge from that gained in the class room. The club is active in all school affairs, every year giving one of the spring assemblies. These assemblies are always a source of great interest to the student body, si11ce at that time novel and unusual experiments are performed. The Chemistry club orchestra also takes part in these assemblies. To make the members better acquainted with each other several social gatherings in the form of picnics and parties were held. Several candy sales were held during the year to help pay for the vari- ous activities of the club. This year the classes as well as the club have jointly undertaken a very important and interest- ing project: the building of the Chemical House. This is a miniature house, all the material for which has been made by chemical processes. This house was entered in a chemistry contest at the Univer- sity of Illinois. page seventeen

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First Semester Elivabetli Stocking OFFICERS President Jane Greenlee V.-President Maxine Burritt 1 Jean Abramson Secretary Florence Kalen Hazel Robbins Treasurer Grace Grimmitt Second Semester X Roberta Davey STOCKING Le Cercle Francais KALEN tServiceJ The purpose of the Le Cercle Francais, which was reorganized a year ago last fall is, to create and promote an interest in French literature and customs. The club studies the present day condi- tions in France and also the lives of famous Frenchmen, which study helps them to get a clearer insight into French literature. To be a member of this club a student must have taken at least one semester of French and have received an average of eighty-five or above. At present there are about thirty-five members in the club. The meetings are held on every other Monday night. All the business taken up at the club meetings is carried on in French, even the minutes and com- mittee reports being read in that language. All of the programs are presented in French also. This fScho1arshipj is of great help to the student in his class-room, because he learns to express himself more fluently and to understand the spoken language better. The programs consist of French stories, musical numbers, presentations of French plays, talks on French customs, French songs and the playing of French games. Usually the programs are pre- sented by the club members themselves. This year, during the first semester, the French club sponsored an afternoon party. The event proved to be very successful. Another accomplish- ment of the French club in the past year was to buy two pictures to be hung on the walls of the French room: The Book Stalls in Parisi' in Miss Sylvia Brewer's class room and A Market Scene in Miss Helen Loveless' room. U 'M' ' .J AQ page nineteen