Sewanhaka High School - Totem Yearbook (Floral Park, NY)

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I6 FRENCH CLUB So you wish lo undersland French conversalion, and cusloms and habils ol lhe French people. If you are a French sludenl, you may realize your ambilion by joining L'Orillamme, Sewanhaka's French Club. Here under lhe di- reclion ol Miss Helen Kleleker, and Julia Mockawelch, Presidenl: Florence l-lollman, Vice-Presidenlg Brucine Beilh, Secrelary, and Ca- milla Dougherly, Treasurer, you may speak French lo your hearl's conlenl. Each Spring'lhe Club enjoys a lrip lo New York where il has lypical almosphere lor lhe members, eal al a French Reslauranl and see a French movie. As a conlribulion lo humanily each year, lhe club sends gills lo lhe orphans al Chrislmas lime. ' Lasl bul nol leasl, in orden lo supplemenl ils lunds, L'Orillamrne has a cake sale, a boolh al lhe Sludenl Council Bazaar each spring, and as a lradilion ol lhe club, every year on March Isl, lhe members sell Lilies ol lhe Valley, LOS AMIGOS Al Sewanhaka lhere are lwo Spanish clubs, Los Amigos land Companeros. They are lwo separale clubs and should nol be conlused. Los Amigos is lhe lirsl year Spanish Club. ll is open lo all lirsl year Spanish slu- denls who are inleresled and helps lo promole friendship belween all beginning Spanish sludenls. This year lhe club was advised by Mrs. Gilberl who lried lo make lhe language and lhe people speaking il more inleresling and beller underslood by lhe club members. Nexl year lhis year's Los M ,,c, Amigos members will pass on lo lhe olher Spanish Club which is lor lhe more advanced sludenls.

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EPSILON HI-Y Epsilon l-li-Y has done a fine piece of work 'rhis pasf year in connecfion wifh +he counlry's an- nual Tuberculosis Campaign. The members did much fo publicize fhe greaf need for money in carry- ing on 'fhis work by making speeches and giving shorf falks in various parfs of our disfricf. The splendid work done fhis pasf year, is an excellenf example of fha Hi-Y's purpose fo promofe cilizenship in fhe school and in fhe communify. The officers were: Roberi' McQueen, President Charles Koechling, Vice-President Donald Zaun, Secrefaryq and Larry Sfransky, Treasurer. Their advisor was Mr. Nelson. THETA HI-Y Thefa l-li-Y has parlicipafed in many evenrs during fhe pasf year. One of Them was fo Take an acfive par? in bundle week. They senf a delegafe fo fhe sfafe l-li-Y Conven+ion af Albany and also senf a represenfafive fo fhe Nassau Airea l-li-Y Coun- cil. They also sponsored fhe March of Dimes Drive. The advisor, Mr. Brooks, along wifh fhe club officers did a good job. The officers were: Presidenf, Roberf Brugo: Vice-Presiclenr, Frank Buchanan: Secrefary, Jerry Smifh: Treasurer, Norman Lind. The purpose of Thefa l-li-Y is fo . .. promofe general friendship among all sfudenfs, 'ro furfher help fhe inferesr of sludenfs for our school and communiiy, and fo creaie and +ian characfer, conclucf and serv- ice in The school and communify. mainfain a high sfandard of Chris-

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l Los COMPANERAS IT you were To lisTen in on one of The meeTings oT This group, you would probably hear iTs President Lois Deering, wiTh help of Vice- PresidenT, Virginia BenneTT: Secre- Tary, Do:-oThy Brus: Treasurer, Craig BrighT and iTs Advisor, Mrs. Zenobia GilberT, encouraging iTs members To speak Spanish and To develop an inTelligenT inTeresT in Y Spain and LaTin America. Besides having made visiTs To Spanish movies and resTauranTs in New York CiTy, The second, Third and TourTh year sTudenTs oT Spanish began The proie-cT of wriTing To SouTh American sTudenTs. The members oT This club exchange leTTers wiTh These Spanish boys and girls wriTing Theirsfin Spanish and receive answers in English. Their beTTer undersTanding oT our neighbors To The souTh has been more Tully developed in This manner. GERMAN CLUB LisTen carefully and you undoubTedly will hear menTioned The name DeuTscher Verein, Sewanhal4a's German Club. During The course oT The meeTing, German liTeraTure, culTure or you may be TorTu- naTe enough To sTumble in on one oT The social meeTings aT which reTreshmenTs are served and enTerTainmenT presenTed by members oT The cl b. During The pasT year DeuTscher Verein has ee ably, uided by DocTor ForsT, Advisor: Burgess Jamieson, President Mar are cud Vice-President Marion r l ecreTary and Anne Herr- N A K nn.LJ1rgQ,sv0Qer. 55 f y . D l ' 0 A T lil l .T . V lx! 0 X I 1 ir il