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

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THE SENIOR-JUNIOR DRAMATIC CLUB The Thcspians of the Junior and Senior classes have completed a very sue- cessful season-a whole year filled with educational value as well as pleasure. To promote our knowledge of the drama itself, several persons from Emerson College have spoken to us on the art of makeup, voice culture, and the like. Our biggest dramatic presentation of the year was the Christmas play entitled, Why the Chimes Rang! Who can ever forget the youthful innocence of Ruth ltogoii' as Holyeri the kind God-fearing lad? Teresa Hines' interpretation of the Sister of Charity, disguised as an old woman, was worthy of note. Another of our pro- ductions wns Help Yourself which was put on by the Junior members for their party. Much of the talent for the Scholarship Play was contributed by our members. I'rexi1lm1t Sylvia Padovitz Vice Presideul Ruth liogoff Scerclary Bernice Pollock Treasurer Cliarlottc Zaltzman All the members of the club wish to express their hearty thanks to Miss McLaughlin for her untiring work which helped make our year a successful one. THE SPANISH CLUB The Spanish Club meets in room 119 and spends a good deal of the time allotted to it in training for radio work. Oh no, we don't expect to broadcast, at least not this year. But many of us have short wave radios and although we listen to eloquent Spanish caballeres appealing to our reason and emotions we are not qnife sure that we understand the full importance of their message. The victrola that we use in our club is kinder than the radio because it is willing to go back and repeat so that we finally succeed in understanding the entire message. We find that we are improving, and soon we expect to understand General Franco him- self, should he find the opportunity of reaching the American audience. The club doesn't spend all its time in this way. Sometimes Miss Loughran, our sponsor, tells us of her travels in Spain and Mexico, and of thc Spaniards and Mexicans she has met, who are doing splendid things for their countries and the worldg we learn of present day trends in literature and art with which we can't Gnd time to become acquainted during class hours. Pan American Day, April 14, was celebrated in the school with the help of the Spanish Club. While Miss Loughran spoke to the Senior Assembly, club members visited Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior home rooms and told ol' the importance which our government attaches to knowledge and understanding of Latin American peoples, their culture, history, and language, and of the effort our State Department is making to achieve understanding and friendship among all American nations. The committee in charge of choosing the speakers for Pan American Day and of arranging the program were the following: Winnifred States, 203g Roslyn Rayner, 2075 Alice Reilly, 2113 Mary Begee, 317, Barbara. MCC8.YT6h, S174 Nancy Patriquin, 320, and Marie McCay, 320. 68

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THE LATIN CLUB C'rescat scienlia-Let knowledge increasefl Jllagixter fPresidentl Adele C. Frank Scriptor CSecretaryJ Rosalie Cohen Quaestor CTreasurerD Beverly Richards Scriba fPress Agentj Mildred Weinstein President Martha Metter Secretary Evelyn Birnbaum Treasurer Hope lVeisentaner The Latin Club, or the Viatrices QTrave-lersl as it is more commonly known to its members, is a newly organized group. As our surname suggest, we are Travelers led by our interesting guide and sponsor, Miss Bishop, who recalls her own thrilling experiences and takes our minds through distant lands. As we visit modern Rome, Greece, Sicily, and other places ol' interest, we realize more fully that Latin, sometimes called a dead language, is very much alive, and that those remote lands were inhabited over two thousand years ago by people very much like us. How alluring are these ancient countries, and how fascinating to the willing minds of an attentive audience! We are also given glimpses of the artistic poems of Virgil. As Miss Bishop reads to us, We are held by the poetic beauty of these descriptive works. It is indeed with a great deal of anticipation and pleasure that we look forward to the near future when we shall become fully acquainted with the tales to which we are now being introduced. Our membership is restricted this year to third-year Latin students, but while every one ui' our twenty odd fellow Travelers bears with her an ardent zeal for Latin and the beckonings of ancient lands, it is indeed evident that club spirit is present. Our meetings are held in Miss Bishop's friendly room, which seems to lose its classroom appearance, and take on the form of a cozy meeting-place for mutu- ally interested Latin-students, desirous of taking in every word that drops from the lips of our dear sponsor. Adele C. Frank, '38 Mildred Weinstein, '38 CHESS CLUB Do you know that our school boasts a club dedicated solely to the ancient, aristocratic game of chess? Under the able guidance of Miss Forrest and Miss Reardon, we have spent many hours playing this game, which, we feel, is both interesting and beneficial. During the season we have held tournaments in which our players showed their skill and competitive spirit. This years' officers were: President Helen Roche Secreiary Sara Kantrovitz Treasurer Norma Rosenfield For the future, we plan to have speakers give us more information about this, our favorite game. We look forward with glnd anticipation to our annual picnic, with which we shall end the school year. 60