Rockford High School - RHS Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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First Semester OFFICERS Second Semester Vernice Richards President Esther Flasberg Bernice Emanuelson V.-President Bernice Emanuelson Margaret Peters Secretary Doris Olson Esther Flasberg Treasurer Loween Conklin Miss Jeanne Platt Adviser Miss Jeanne Platt 7 - - . .1 HAWKINSON E1 Circulo Espanol LIEBOVICH Cscholarshipy That a further interest in Spanish might be man- ifest, that a means might be provided for the stu- dents to speak Spanish outside of the classroom, and that the pupi1's knowledge of the customs of the Spanish people might be increased El Circulo Espanol was formed by the students of the Spanish department. . All business meetings of the club are conducted in Spanish, and during the year Spanish parliamentary law has been studied, and closely observed in the meetings. All programs have been planned to further the purposes of the club. La Estrcllita, La Paloma, El Gcmcho, and other well known Spanish songs have been sung at the meetings, and many Spanish games have been played. The members have taken an exceedingly great in- 1Serviceb terest in Ronipecabezeas, Spanish crossword puzzles. To acquaint the students with Spanish customs, travel talks, reviews of modern travel books, and Spanish plays have been presented. On February 10 a Spanish Valentine party was featured under the direction of the committee of Esther Flasberg and Lena Scandroli. The number attending made Spanish valentines. Some of the programs during the year consisted of a talk on Porto Rico by Miss Isabel Fisher, a member of the facultyg a review of Richard Halliburton's New Vlforldir to Conquer by a com- mittee of Shirley Hawkinson, Junior Buck, Marian Lyford, and Thelma Turkingtong and a Spanish play by the committee of Eure Nelson, Helen Larson, Mildred Burd, and! Margaret Engstrom. Vernice Richards and Lois Tobinson head the committee for the club's annual picnic to be held in June. page twenty-three

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l 11 H ,A A e ' iei. . 1 iii.tst. OFFICERS 5 tecse F fi t iti it First Semester Second Semester Q- 'wil iif X15 . H ' V Robert Warren President Josephine Armstrong K Vivian Carlson V.-President Harold Acker V' . I ' Josephine Armstrong Secretary Julia Joslin I ' E.. - Harold Acker Treasurer Adrian Janes ' V Miss Maud VVeinschenk Adviser Miss Maud Weinschenk I .. ,AMS Rab Authors Club CARLSON KServiceJ To furnish inspiration and help for all students interested in creative writing and to promote interest in and enjoyment of good literature, the third literary organization of Rockford high school was founded. For the past two years Rab Authors club has published an original book of verse, My Singing Soul. The 1929 edition of the book was rated All- American in the National Scholastic Press Associa- tio11 Contest. During the year the club members have sponsored and edited the literary section of the Owl. Robert VVarren, Hrst semester president, was editor. Mem- bers of all English classes contributed material. Each year members of Rab Authors enter material in the contests sponsored by Cnrrent Literature, Scholastics, and similar magazines. Many students received pen and pencil awards from Current Liter- ature for excellency of material submitted. Richard CScholarship5 Congleton and Josephine Armstrong had poetry pub- lished in The Gleain, a magazine publishing only the best of high school verse. Jerry Allaben won hrst prize of Eve dollars in an essay contest sponsored by the horticultural society of Winnebago County. The club sponsors its own poetry contest every spring. Carl Sandburg's appearance in the Auditorium on November 18, Monday, was sponsored by both A. B. L. and Rab Authors. The members of Rab Authors managed the publicityg Arnold Liebling, Hymen Bur- stein, and Helen Christenson composed the commit- ICC. Friday, March 14, was the date of the club's eve- ning party for which the Philomatheans and Rab Authors merged. Rab Authors secured programs in the shape of shamrocks. Harold Acker and Jose- phine Armstrong were general chairmen from Rab Authors. page twenty-two

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Ri OFFICERS First Semester Second Semester Ruth Keegan President Fayne Faust Herbert Calvert V.-President Helen Culhane Carolyn Starr Secretary Virginia Eddington Virginia Eddington Treasurer Loween Conklin Miss Winifred Ledger Adviser Miss Winifred Ledger 3-5-3 PEARSON Membership for the 8-5-3 or history club is composed of students in the history, economics and civics classes. The name of the club is de- rived from the initial letters of each one of these subjects, arranged in the numerical position in the alphabetg 8 for H, 5 for E, 3 for C. The purpose of this club is to promote an in- terest in social science subjects by creating a better understanding of these subjectsg to create a feeling of friendship and co-operation among the members, and to encourage the ability to assume responsibility. To encourage the interest in subjects of the social science department interesting travel talks about the conditions and customs of other lands are given, either by club members or by non-mem- bers. One very interesting talk was the one given lscholarshipj by Miss Isabelle Fisher on the customs and living conditions of the Spanish people. Miss Helen Wray. gave a very interesting speech about her eitvperiences as a nurse in France during the World ar. Early in March the club sponsored an evening partyg it was the first in its history. One interesting and important achievement worked out by the club was some investigation of local history. Several facts came to light concern- ing Rockford's part in the Civil and the World Wars. Interesting Indian legends such as the story of Starved Rock and the activities of Chief Blackhawk in this vicinity were discovered. During the year the club contributed to the his- torical novel fund of the social science department. La . i ew f page twenty-four X X '. X x. g