Weaver High School - Portal Yearbook (Hartford, CT)

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JUNIOR CITY COUNCIL: (Left to right) Jesse Goldstein, Rashelle Town¬ send, Edgar Teale. M • JR 1 Ifc! f f ' FOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION: Mr. Ames, Eugene Seymour, Daniel Dermer, Ewart Skinner, Susan Kopel, Susan Glasband, Ilona Yousman, Linda Avseev, Carol Zwick, and Joan Marshall. 18

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WEAVER MOUTHPIECE This year, under the supervision of Miss Eluned Roberts and Mr. Italia, the Lookout sponsored a new project, AGORA. Described as provocative, witty, informative, and soul, AGORA featured informal discussions in a coffee house atmosphere. The AGORA project proved to be successful because of all those who became actively involved. Sub¬ jects discussed ranged from religion and integration to modern African art . Lookout members (as well as many a patient janitor) will recall press nights . . cold pizzas . . . the mad search for a proofreader or typists . . . one in the morning and still not finished . . . Ed Lebetkin finds time to do homework in the Lookout office.

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DRAMATIC CLUB STAGES “THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 16” The Weaver thespians again delighted their audi¬ ence with this year’s performance, “The Night of January 16,” a courtroom drama which enabled the audience to participate in the action by being mem¬ bers of the jury. Miss Ann Nelson, Dramatic Club adviser, successfully directed and encouraged the actors and actresses. Through many frustrating even¬ ing rehearsals, the players learned the basics of the theater as well as how to maintain their poise in the face of crisis. Those who worked behind the scenes deserve as much credit as the actors, for without its devoted stage crew, the Dramatic Club could not have functioned as smoothly as it did. As the Bard once phrased it, “The play’s the thing ...” This year’s delegation to the Junior City Council consisted of four seniors: Jesse Goldstein, Russell Kaplan, Rashelle Townsend, and Edgar Teale. Work¬ ing under the able leadership of Mr. Paul Coons, they strove to solve the problems of the schools, including the expansion of the Driver’s Education Program and the exemption of the lower class students of B-f averages from finals. The council may not have accom¬ plished all of its original goals, but its members did learn the basics of city government, how to run the community for the benefit of the citizens. The Foreign Policy Association, guided by the help¬ ful advice of Mr. Bradford Ames, enjoyed another successful year. As in the past, the F.P.A. traveled to the United Nations to learn about the importance of this powerful organization. Club members also learned about the many jobs the U.N. performs. A few fortunate F.P.A. members were able to spend a week in Washington, D.C., where they observed senators at work, visited famous landmarks, and had an all-around marvelous time. DRAMATIC CLUB: (Row 1, left to right) Edward Lazer, Larry Jainchill, Eugene Seymour, Jesse Goldstein. (Row 2) Jo-Anne Baccielo, Carol Zwick, Anita Lazer, Susan Kopel, Ewart Skinner. (Row 3) Linda Avseev, Ilona Yousman, Nancy Neckes, Paul Spector, Cheryl Weisman, Bernard Shreiber, Etta Birenbaum, David Krumholz, Jay Wish, and Marla Cohen.