West Side High School - Legenda Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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The Girls ' Club was organized in October, 1912. The object of the club is to make the girls better acquainted with one another, and to encourage a stronger school spirit. The club has now been in existence three years and its object is being successfully carried out by the members. The officers for the club this year are : President — Geraldine Graves. Vice-President — Pearl Proestel . Secretary and Treasurer — Jennie Dembinski. Faculty Advisors — Miss Morgan, Miss Wells. Advisory Board: Senior — Marguerite Smith Junior — Ruth Biesterfeld. Sophomore — Lura Wylie. Freshmen — Evelyn Needham, Flotilla Warren, Tina Lor- enzen. On September 23, the club held a meeting in the ninth grade session room, for freshmen only. The object of the meeting was to enroll new members for the club. Miss Graves, president, gave an excellent talk on the object of the meeting. Miss Proestel gave an exceedingly good talk on how the club was organized. Miss Morgan then gave a very interesting talk on the object of the club, and what the club had accomplished during the past year.

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ARTHUR HILL SYMPHONY CLUB Among the various organizations of the school we number a musical club which aims, not to instruct in music, but to give plea- sure to its members through singing together. This club which is un- der the able supervision of Mrs. Kate L. D. Miller, is known as the Arthur Hill Symphony Club. The officers are as follows: President — Miss Adeline Stewart. Vice-President — Miss Ruth Biesterfeld. Secretary and Treasurer — Lizette Diebel. Any girl of the High school who signs our constitution may join us. Mrs. Miller and Miss Pfieffer are the faculty members. The club has been quite pdpular during this, its first year, hav- ing appeared before the public five times. The first appearance was made at the Philomathic Society, the next at the Farmers ' s Insti- tute, which was held at the Auditorium, and then at the Oratorical Contest. On April 16, the Symphony Club united with the H. H. of H. H. and gave an operetta, The Spinsters Club , at the Michigan Ave. Baptist Church, which proved to be a success in presentation as well as in a financial way. So successful was this entertainment that we repeated it at the Fordney Ave. Baptist Church with simi- lar success. Judging from the remarks of hearers, the singing was favorably received. The ehab is planning to close a very enjoyable and successful year with a banquet. Since a number of the members of the club are Seni ors there will be some change in the personnel of the club next year but we expect that others will enter and fill the vacant places so that thin work, now nicely begun, may be carried on and become a strong or ganization.

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During the month of October several Get Acquainted parties were given on the lawn at the close of the session. These parties (proved a success, inasmuch as the girls of the Freshmen class be- came better acquainted with the members of the upper classes. On Friday evening of December 17th a Christmas entertain- Iment was given in the ninth grade session room. A splendid and amusing program was given through the efforts of our girls. The program consisted of several short playlets and recitations, at. the close of which Santa Claus made an unexpected visit and dis- tributed gifts to all of us. On Saturd ' av pftprnoon of Mav 7th a play The Betty Wales ' Girls and Mr. Kidd was given, girls from the club forming the :Cast. No one present doubted the ability of our girls. The credit for the success of the play is due to Miss Wells and Miss Koslowsky who so patiently directed the girls. During the three years of its existence the club has accomplish- ed a great deal for the benefit of the girls, by bringing them to- gether and helping them to get acquainted with each other, but )there is much still to be desired. How much better it would be if all girls would ioin. as everv one is elio-ib 1 ?. if every one should turn out for the meetings and be ready to help and give suggestions in- stead of leaving it to the few ambitions ones. How much more would be gained if we show our loyalty and school spirit by attending all the school activities and by taking a deep interest in all events con- nected with the High School. ill