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

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l , l SCRIBES CLUB Those children down in The mounTains oT KenTucky cer'Tainly were a happy group This ChrisT- mas. Why? Because The Scribes Club sponsored and carried Through The collecTion oT Toys Tor The children. The girls senT Them To The Coney Creeds CenTer aT Pipper Pass, KenTuclry, where They were forwarded To The children. The club, under The excellent ' guidance oT Mrs. Mary C. DeMaTTia has TwenTy-Tour members. They also supporTed The school's war Time acTiviTies. Their Trips inTo The ciTy were educaTional as well as social in naTure. The PresidenT oT The club is Adelaide Buningh who said The main purpose oT The club was To serve as an educaTional and social organizaTion. OTher oTTicers are: Josephine ScaTurro, Vice-President Marie Piozza, SecreTary, and Ann Johanson, Treasurer. FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA This organizaTion is under The supervision and advisory head OT Mr. Furbeei while iTs presidenT is Richard WilTor, iTs vice-presidenT Boyer DeleormaTT, iTs secreTary and Treasurer is Earl Wilson and iTs sergeanT aT arms is John STeinhauser. This club sTrives To loeTTer develop leadership, cooperaTion, ciTizenship and paTrioTism. Also To promoTe a much greaTer inTeresT in agriculTure by The sTudenTs oT The agriculTure class and by all seeming inTeresTed. Too, To go on Trips-To see The many diTTerenT Things concerned wiTh agriculTure. As acTiviTies The club has sTarTed a bee colony in The l-ligh School argriculTural orchard and sponsors Trips To The NaTional PoulTry Show, BoTanical Garden, Bronx Zoo, Model Fair, and To The CounTry LiTe program aT The AgriculTural School of Farmingdale. This year iT also sponsorecl a landscaping conTesT To improve The enTrance To The l-ligh School parking Tield. A I9 l l l

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PICA CLUB The Pica Club is made up oT sTudenTs who are inTeresTed in prinTing and wish To beTTer Them- selves aT iT. The advisors are Mr. R. Wipper and Mr. J. McPherran. BeTTy Thorvaldsen served as The presi- denT and Jimmy Walker, Marge Y -My W Lynn and STeve Romanski were vice-presidenT, secreTary and Treas- urer, respecTively. . The Pica Club publishes The Sewanhaka Handbook and is now working on The STudenT DirecTory. The members work aTTernoons in The prinTing shops and receive awards Tor saTisTacTory work. The purpose oT The Pica Club is To be OT service To The school and To improve The craTTsmanship, in The Tield oT prinTing, oT iTs members. THE PURPLE QUILL The obiecT oT The Purple Quill is To promoTe an inTeresT in creaTive wriTing and To increase TamiliariTy oT pasT and conTemporary auThors. The club parTicipaTes in STaTe and NaTiohal liTerary conTesTs as well as being The sponsor oT The Arrow supplemenT To The ChieTTain. AT Their meeTings There is muTual reading and criTicism oT wriTing done by members. During The year They wenT To see Two Broadway plays in New York CiTy. The club is open To all sTudenTs. Members are chosen aTTer a Trial period oT 6 weeks in which They musT prove Their abiIiTy. The officers are: PresidenT, Phyllis Meyer: Vice-President April Welsh: SecreTary, Edna DeIven+haI, and Treasurer, DoroThy Brus. The Purple Quill is under The direcTion oT Miss KaTherine lrilpm- mersly. , T' 'T My ryvfrrf' gr' fi' y -it T' lzi xy My ED ': if xl QT 'v ri Tl 55 , A31 ll QT , 'S .' T 'Q K, VN is rr 2 fir is Q M I8

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LIBRARY CLUB day oT The rnonTh if we enTer Se- wanhaka's Library we will be con- TronTed by a group OT young ladies busily discussing Their plans and acTiviTies Tor The following weeks. IT you conclude Thaf This group is discussing books and li- brary work you are absoluTely .--Ms righT, Tor here is The Library Club: purpose Tor exisTence is To sTimu- laTe The inTeresT of girls in library work, so ThaT These girls in Turn may give valuable assisTance To Tellow sTudenTs. These iunior librarians also have Their Tun. This usually Takes The Torm oT a parTy on holidays and an annual TheaTer ouTing in New York. The elecTed oTTicers Tor The pasT year were Joan Del Aguila, PresidenT: Lorraine Romano, Vice-PresidenT5 Lillian Benheken and Theresa Wanser, SecreTary and Corre- sponding SecreTary and Mary l-lalle, Treasurer. The advisor was Miss Gould. THE BOOKMEN One of Sewanhaka's main TuncTions is The proper running QT a library. This Task is quiTe capably handled by The Bookmen, which is open To all boys who feel inTer- esTed enough in library work To loin. Aside Trom helping The library sTaTF, These boys insTrucT sTudenTs in The use oT our library's TaciliTies and help Them To obTain a knowledge of a librar 's operaTion. All The boys, Themselves, are inTeresTed in inTelli- genT reading, and selidom leT a good book slip ouT of Their hands. You know The saying, All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, is pracTised by our Bookmen. They enioy a well balanced social liTe, and also 7 perform a commendable service Tor Sewanhakans. The oTTicers This pasT year were: President Richard E. Zauner: Vice- PresidenT, Edgar Vollaroq Secre- Tary. Donald Keller, and Treasurer, RoberT STein. Miss Priscilla Mor- Ton was Their advisor. Every second and TourTh Tues-