Townsend Harris High School - Crimson Gold Yearbook (Flushing, NY)

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Hattllkva Soorety 66 MALL but select thrs was the motto of the Hatlkvah Socrety durrng the past semester Founded several years ago by a few Hebrew students for the purpose of arousrng 1nterest among the student body rn the studv of Hebraxc culture the Club was almost from the first a success Term by term year by year If grew unt1l the beg1nn1ng of the last semester when If was by far the largest and most popular Club at Harrrs However wrth the drmrnutron of student 1nterest rn clubs IIS membershtp dwrndled raprdly durrng the last semester Desprte thls those members who remarned have succeeded rn makmg the socrety one of the most actrve 1n Harrrs Departrng from the customary pract1ce of mvrtrng outs1ders to speak at each meettng, 1t relred for 1ts programs upon the students themselves At each and every meetrng some aspect of ewrsh lrfe was drscussed, debated, or lectured upon by the members of the Club The Ofhcers who have managed the Socrety throughout the term are WILLIAM SEIDENBERG P1 emienz BERNARD SIEGFRIED Secfefmy NATHANIEL TrNsTFRsTocK Pub Manager ' O 0 . 7 ' 7 7 7 . ' 9 7 ARTHUR SCH LAIFER .......................,................,...,.....,...,..... Vice-President Page Nmety-seven

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gp.. -- W - -Y --Y -- - H - --1 . - Y - - --Y - , Current Hrstory Club T THE start of the semester the offrcers of the Current Hrstory Club decrded on a program consrstrng solely of faculty speakers and by a rr d adherence to thrs polrcv the socrety enloyed a most successful year The xarrous contests dealrng vxrth current events sponsored by the club were more successful than ever before After holdrng frrst place rn the Brggest News of the Wfeek contest for several weeks Harrrs dropped to thrrd place and held that posttron for the greater part of the semester The Harrrs work was featured by two frrst prrze wrnners oseph Frank and Eugene Golob recervrng thrs award Other money prrze wrnners were Klernfeld Znermer MCGUIHCSS Ahrens Curran Schlarffer and Ordman The club presented movrng prctures on varrous rnterestrng toprcs rn the Study Hall every Monday durrnv lunch hour These were recerved wrth great enthusrasm by the student body the Study Hall berng frllecl every week Only through the untrrrn efforts of Mr Landman the popular faculty advrsor was thrs possrble The Officers of the Club are LEON THILL P165l!lI6lZf BLRNARD SEIGERIED Sectefm y SEYMOUR SINDEBAND T16LZJ'Z!167 1 , -u n r -r 'iid 0 S . , . O 7 7 .05 I A . . . . EDA J 9 ' A , . n . . . . SJ v ' 7 7 9 7 7 ' . D I . , . L . . tg D , 7 STEPHEN GROB ..................................t.,,,................................. Vice-Prefiflem' Page Nzncty-Six

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in . , , L J . - X The Law and Debatttrng Sootety OMBINING student partrcrpatron wrth talks by faculty and outsrde speakers the Law and Debatrng Socrety made some rmprowemenr over last term s club udge Hyman J Rert s address at a specral assembly of the school on March 18th was the hrgh lrght of the term s act1v1ty as the reunron banquet at whrch alumn1 and present members regathered was of last term s The Forum echted by Charles Schlang regalned IIS promlnent pos1t1on among club papers bemg characterrzed by the Stadrum as the club paper Although the club was by no means the model of parlramentary procedure that a Law and Debatmg Socrety should be 1ts drsorderlrness was somewhat allevlated by 1ts l1sts of programs Messrs Dyer Flynn and Landman spoke and many debates and d1scuss1ons were held At present the club IS makmg arrangements to V1S1I a mumclpal court room and to obta1n club prns Mr Mandevrlle gurded the club as faculty advrsor Credlt IS due to the Officers too They are as follovss NATHAN ORIS P1 efzdem' WILLIAM SEIDENBERG Vue P16j'l6Z7671l ELKIN VVIIINDKOS Secretary ISADORE AUERBACH P10g1am Manager , , .,,, ,, , W, Y, 7 - ' O 0 lg . . . 7 , , , J . , . . . , . . . 7 2 . . , 7 . H ,, . . . . . . 7 a ' ' IQ ' !7 KK 77 , . 9 . . , 7 - , . . ' . . T ' Page Ninety-eight