Seth Low Junior High School - Spectator Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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REPORTS ON THE TYPING CLUB Friday morning starts a delightful day for the members of the Typing Club. The Typing Club enables the good typists to enjoy themselves whereas the poor students both enjoy and increase their typing ability. Through the su- pervision of Miss Blohm, we are there- fore able to have this golden oppor- tunity. Members of the Typing Club have elected the following officers: PresidenteGrace Di F iore Vice-Presidente-Nickolas Preggon SecretarytLillian Novin TreasurereHarold Sutton As one enters the room, which is 315, he will notice different interesting posters and pictures on typing that help a pupil with his work. While in the room we are allowed to do anything we want until the President calls the meeting to order. F ollowing that we have suggestions that will help or im- prove the club and then we have our contest. The winners of the contests were as follows: John Vicari, Beatrice Zuckerman, and Lillian Novin, twice. The Typing Committee Esther Matza Florence Marcus Grace Di Fiore Lillian Novin THE BIOLOGY CLUB Page Fifty-four TRAVEL CLUB The United States-the Hawaiian IslandseeJapan, China-India. These are some of the places we hope to Visit in future years, but now we must be content with traveling via Seth Low,s Travel Club. There, after mapping out an itine- rary, securing passports and visas, we crossed the U. S., stopping enroute at Yellowstone Park and Southern Cali- fornia. Then we crossed the Pacific to the land of the Cherry Blossom and Chrysanthemum, the Island Kingdom of the Mikado. F lowers are regarded in Japan with solemn and serious reve- rence. Girls are trained to grow and arrange flowers, as part of their neces- sary education. Christmas means noth- ing in Japan, but one distinguishing habit of the Japanese in relation to New Yearis Day is that of paying bills before dawn. Anyone who fails to pay his bills prior to New Years is consid- ered dishonored. Some of our own citizens might adopt this custom. Our supervisor, Miss Larkin, brought many examples of Japanese hand- work, a Japanese kimono, wooden shoes, and cotton stockings; also a Ja- panese doll and many other novelties. Virginia A. Naab, 9136 THE NEEDLECRAFT CLUB The Needlecraft Club, under the direction of Mrs. Aldrich, is getting along quite nicely. The girls are mak- ing all sorts of handiwork. Some are crocheting hats, scarfs, gloves, etc. Others are knitting sweaters. Some are making patchwork quilts. Some are making mats, embroidery, etc. Many of the girls have finished, and are starting something new. The club is conducted very nicely. Adele Brandes, RD2 THE SPECTATOR

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HAPPIN ESS AHEAD You don,t know what you,re missing, folks, until you see what welve done here. The members of the Seventh Year Dancing Club enjoy themselves immensely. A whirl here and there on the dance floor twhich is the stage in the auditoriumi is pleasant, to the music played by one of the girls. Our instructor, Mrs. Fulton, is the joy of our club. Among the many dances, the Waltz is our favorite. Our object now is to learn how to dane the Continental Waltz. Our members hope to display their grace before you very soon. Pm sure anyone would be delighted to see us dance, for we dance with a merry heart. We certainly like our dancing club. Wouldnit you like to join it next term? Dorothy Goldberg, 7B2 OUR CHECKER CLUB The Checker Club meets in Room 431. The club is overcrowded with friendly people. In the club every- one is busy playing either checkers or chess. We elected our ohicers,, presi- dent and secretary. The players who score highest are to participate in the tournament games which are to be held in January. The champion of the tournament, at the end of the term, will be given a final try-out. The Chec- ker Club has put an advertisement in this edition of the SPECTATOR, and the secretary of the club, Virginia Harti- gan, is checking up on the members who have been generous. We are hav- ing a most enjoyable time and we look forward to our meeting every Friday. Louis Angri, RC I THE SPECTATOR DANCING CLUB SWINGS INTO ACTION ,. ,. ,,z 8?? KW The Dancing Club, organlzed by Miss Nelke, meets every Friday morn- ing in the Girls, Gym. At the first meeting, dancing was in full sway. November 19 was entertainment day. Two girls volunteered to dance, Rita Lohman and Anita Leder, both of Their specialty was tap- Class R02. ping. After that Miss Nelke taught the girls a country dance called lcPortland Fancy? In this dance the formation represents the spokes of a wheel. The llLadies Chain? one of the steps, seems the favorite of all, although some girls think the last step great fun, when everyone skips to her new part- ner. All the girls enjoyed this dance so much that they are hoping Miss Nelke will teach them more country dances. Rae Sehnitzer, RC2 SCOUT SANITARY SQUAD The scouts have continued their good work on the Scout Sanitary Squad. They police the school for paper in order to uphold the llKeep School Cleanii policy. This is under the supervision of Mr. Silverman. Coa operation of the students is a necessity and is urged by the squad. All scouts in this school should join this squad as one of their duties in scouting. Page Fifty-three

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THE DEBATING CLUB This year the debating Club, under the able supervision of Miss Herzog, continued its work of teaching pupils of Seth Low the art of debate. At the first meeting, elections were held and the members elected to hold oche were: Mortimer RogoH, Presi- dent; Kenneth Friou, Vice-President; Alvin Friedfeld,, Secretary, and Rob- ert Coopchick, Treasurer. The first debate was on the topic, llResolved, that final examinations should be abolished? The teams con- sisted of Robert Chernoff, Louis Land- man, and Kenneth Friou for the af- firmative, and Arthur Doris, Bernice Wels, and Robert Coopchick for the negative. The decision of the judges was in favor of the aHirmative, this side winning by four points. After this debate, the club spent some of its time in learning the princi- ples of debating, and in the discussion and adoption of a constitution. The organization was then divided into four teams of six members each, for the purpose of continuing our de- bates. The three best speakers of the entire series are to take part in the annual gathering of the City History Club in Manhattan. As the work of the City-wide club extends over two terms, we expect to THE SPECTATOR welcome many new members from the present 9A into the club to help us win in our final contest next May. We are sure this Club will become one of the most popular. Mortmer Rogoff SETH LOW BOY SCOUT TROOP I79 During the past season we have ad- vanced greatly. Over the summer va- cation some of our scouts went to the summer troop and passed several first and second class tests. Many of our scouts took advantage of the offer to go to Oriental Beach. An enjoyable time was had by all. There are four patrols: Wolves un- Abe Ancona, and the Bob Whites un- der Joseph Marshall; Panthers under Meyer Elinsky; Flaming Arrows under der Philip Habib. All Patrol leaders are capable and worthy of their posi- The Wolf Patrol has regained the lead from the Panther Patrol. tion. Many hikes were taken by the troop One of the best hikes was a hike to Hollis Woods under Mr. Silvermanis supervision. If in all sorts of weather. you think Mr. Silverman was a wall flower on this hike, just ask him. THE NATURE CLUB Page Fifty-five