Roxbury Memorial High School for Girls - Laurel Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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THE WOULD-BE TEACHERS CLUB President Eva Pasquale Vice Presidrni Frances Jones Srfcreiury Eugenia Owens Treasurer Nettie Hunt Sponsors- Miss Mary Antonia Mclnnis Miss Arsene Cressilov The W, B. T. C. welcomes to its membership all seniors who plan to teach and some seniors who have not definitely determined upon a teaching career. Each member of the club is required to read the life of a great teacher. This year the members read The Life of Alice Freeman Palmer, and discussed the story of Good-bye Mr. Chips for the charm of its delineation of a delightful teacher. Miss Sophia Palm, our English teacher, and Dr. Mary Cadigan, a teacher of English at Jeremiah E. Burke High School, spoke to us of their experiences as students for a year at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. The contrast which they offered to each other and the greater contrast which both offered to American university life fascinated the girls. In March we had a. tea for members and were honored by the presence of Miss Dickson, our headmaster, and Miss Ellen Greany. At the May Tea we welcomed our old members who were at Teachers Col- lege. The program for this tea was a Kindergarten observance at which Miss Mary Shute, professor at Teachers College gave the address. Plans for a club attendance at the Pops and a June picnic were made in May. The club members regret leaving the club and its activities. Tliey wish the organization success in future years and hope that it will influence the girls to become interesting, capable, and noble teachers. 55

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THE ENTERPRISE When we members of the new Enterprise staff began work on the November issue. it was with a rather hazy idea of the procedure. The editors had to learn about galleys, dummy copies, deadlines, and many other necessary evils. It is a pity that as soon as a stali' becomes really experienced it must hand the work on to a new group. Very conspicious this year was the absence of our beloved Aunt Matilda, who used to contribute a column of expert advice on all sorts of questions. Luck- ily, Serephina Senior agreed to pinch-hit for Aunty with a series of letters to Susie Sophomore. VVc hope that next year her words of wisdom will be written not only for the benefit of the Sophomores, but will include information for the entire school. Much comment was caused by the publication of excerpts from the Senior's autobiugraphies. It became the favorite indoor sport to guess from whose life each of the scattered paragraphs was taken. Sometimes the style could be recog- nized: in other eases girls knew the incidents which were describedg but the identity of the writers is still a mystery. This feature proved a very popular addition to the magazine. For the literary success of the Enierprise this year we thank all our contri- butors, and the faculty advisors whose encouragement and wisdom make it possible. We hope tnat Mr. Conway, Miss Pope, Miss Gale, and Mr. Smith will be rewarded for their patience by an ever-improving magazine. 54

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CURRENT EVENTS CLUB The Current Events Club is on the road up. Though only two years old, it has already accomplished n great deal. Among our activities are lectures and informnl discussions on world affairs, which sometimes develop into debates. Through this club, the members are enlightened as to current events at home and abroad. For example, two of our lectures were concerned with Present Day Spain and Social Security. We have an interesting bulletin hoard of our own on which are posted the events of the week. The club is divided into two divi- sions: Junior and Senior. The Senior officers are as follows: Prexidenl, Martha Mctterg Secretary, Evelyn Birnbaum: Treasurer, Hope Weisentaner. The Junior ofiicers are as follows: President, Lilliun Zahkag Sec-relnry, Sara Kuntrovitzg Treasurer, Ann Sternherg. We are proud to announce that the club has grown so quickly that it has been neccssury to use one of the largest rooms in the school for our meetings. We wish to express our sincere thanks to our able sponsor, Miss Burns, to whose efforts u large pnrt of this success is due. Evelyn Birnbaum, Senior Secretary 56