Spring City High School - Pirate Log Yearbook (Spring City, PA)

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Seventy MECHANICS CLUB The club is composed of a group of senior high students interested in automobile me- chanics, construction, and operation. This is the second year of its existence and so far it has not collected enough equipment to operate efficiently, but the members are in- terested and it is hoped in another year they will consider themselves a well instituted club. OFFICERS ROBERT MILLER .......4..,......., President JAMES REINMUTH . ., .. . Vice-President ROBERT KEELEY . . .,... Secretary 'I' NATURE CLUB Despite irregularity of club meetings the members of the Nature Club were able to complete various projects in the study of na- ture. Field trips were made to near-by streams and woodlands. The club members purchased cocoons of five different species: when the large and colorful moths emerged, they were mounted and placed in boxes for further study. Each student kept a notebook of magazine clippings about nature, the topics of these articles were later used for discussion in sev- eral club periods. These activities and others formed a year's program of beneficial and informative nature study. ir PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB Our photography club, under the direction of Mr. Filer, met for the first time this year on September 23. The following officers were elected: president, Ronald Elliott, vice-presi- dent, Iohn Smoyer, secretary, Iackie Diemerg and treasurer, Loren Guss. In our club we learned to take pictures properly, develop films, print negatives and make enlargements, Club members are responsible for planning and conducting program meetings throughout the year. During discussion meetings mem- bers exchanged ideas and discussed problems of photographic interest. Some high-li ht pro- grams were Color Photography, 'glow to Take Motion Pictures, Photographic Com- position, and Iournalistic Photography.

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Sixty-nine IOURNALISM CLUB This year the Iournalism Club has tried to please its public by enlarging the size of the Pirate Chatter and by doing its best in writing longer and better articles. In doing their utmost the members of the staff have worked extremely hard and labored long in meeting all the deadlines set by the Inter- Borough Press and Mrs. Haines. Everyone in the club decided this year that he liked the idea of electing a head for each department and keeping these heads all year. We all ap reciate the effort of our editor, Patricia O'8onnor. 'A' JUNIOR DRAMATICS CLUB The Iunior High School Dramatics Club is one of the clubs continued from last gear. Also, as last year, it is held on Thurs ays. Several groups prepared plays last year, but only two plays were presented in the audi- torium. These were both one-act comedies and were performed for the entire school- both junior and senior high. This year sev- eral groups are preparing one-act comedies which will be presented. Each group has a leader who obtains play books and directs rehearsals. When the actors have learned their parts, the plays are ol- ished by Mr. Ewing, the sponsor, and then presented for the school. i .KEY CLUB ln the fall of 1947 the Phoenixville Kiwanis Club sponsored the Key Club in S, C. H. S. The purpose of the Key Club was to develop leadership and to serve the school and com- munity. With Mr. Wise as the faculty advisor and Ray Davis, the president, the club showed its ability in many ways. This year under the capable leadership of the tour senior officers- Edward Davis, presidentp Lloyd Gumma, vice- Eresident, Charles Finkbiner, secretaryg and hil Carl, treasurer-the club was responsible for many activities including the annual Father-Son banquet.

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Sf'1'I'lIf-Y-07117 SENIOR HIGH DRAMATIC CLUB The Senior High Dramatic Club was begun in the fall ot 1947, Various personal dramatic presentations were necessary to become a member ot the club. Last year the club worked on short plays which were iven during club periods. The members had, complete charge. A one-act play, Letty's Christmas Prodigal, was pre- sented at the Annual Alumni Part ot 1947, In the spring the club adopted a charter, re- stricting membership and setting the amount ot clues. Hansell Navar was chairman ol the Committee that wrote the charter. The officers lor this year were elected last spring. They are lean Finkbiner, president, and leanor Setzler, viceepresident, secretary- treasurer. The club has discussed givin a radio one- act play lor this year which will be clone en- tirely by the members. We hope to have an assembly and perhaps one play which will be presented to the public. 'lr TWIRLING CLUB Last year marked the introduction ot the Twirling Club. This club, whose instructor for the past two years has been Marilyn Hyden, started with merely a tew enthusiastic girlsg this year the membership showed a sharp in- crease. After school these girls could be seen learning new stunts, twir s, and practicing their routines. Since some new majorettes are needed each year, the Twirling Club aids in training and selecting them. The are chosen on a competitive basis, Althouglni this club is comparatively new, it is gettin larger and more experiencedg in time it wiTl prob- ably become a part of the music department. it THE TOLEWARE CLUB The fall of 1948 found Spring City High School incorporating into its curriculum a new club, the name oi which caused the mouths ol the students as well as the faculty to drop open. The name ot it was The Toleware Club. Toleware is a name given to pieces of paint- ed tin. Early Pennsylvania Germans decorated their common household articles with gay de- signs taken from nature, and so Mr. Dieterle, a native of Lancaster County, sou ht to instill in the students of Spring Cit Eligh School an appreciation of this art and, at the same time, an opportunity to express themselves creatively.