Yeatman High School - Yeatman Life Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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-'1 3 lr EE Nfl LFRHIQ if - --- f VIRGINIA FoRsvTH-january, 1927 E Cercle Francais is one of the oldest organizations in Yeatman. It was organized in 1908 under the supervision and guiding influence of Miss Fuhlhage. and its history though inter- mittent. is most interesting. In the early days, when it was quite the customary thing to take five subjects instead of the four now required, the day seemed too full for many extra curricular activities. The desirability of belonging to a French club was recog- nized. but how to crowd more into an already full day? That was the question. lt was solved by meeting during the summer vacations at the homes of the various mem- bers and later at the Divoll Branch Lib-rary. It was during this period that the club gave its first play, L'ete de la Saint Martin. Room 115 was crowded to its entire seating capacity and even more standing room was in demand. One term those students taking higher French decided to give a play. No club was formed, however, the daily class periods being used for rehearsals. The students spent many hours on this play, conscien- tiously striving to make it a success. Any- one who has tried a part in a French play knows what it means to make it live. At last the evening came for the performance. Invitations had been sent out and the ques- tion that is foremost in every amateur play- er's mind was, VVill it be a success P They had nothing to fear. The success of Le Monde Ou L'on S'ennui was' all and more than they had hoped for. Finally. in February, 1924, the club with Tom jeffrey as president was organized in gvgv One Hundred Forty-eight its present form. The members of that club could not really be called charter members. The club' really wasn't reorganizedg it was simply a continuation of the earlier one. But we of the present are mighty glad that we have a French club and we are going to see to it that we have a strong, peppy or- ganization at Beaumont. The present offi- cers of the club are: Student Council Representative ...... ......... X Virginia Smith President ................ ........... D orothy Knapp Secretary ........................ Gerarcline Richmond Treasurer .................................. Gladys Stamm Life Correspondent .............. Virginia Forsyth Wie have some very interesting times at our meetings. We play games and tell short stories and anecdotes. This is arranged by a program committee. It is surprising how general conversation with someone broadens one's vocabulary. Miss Fuhlhage has been to France several times and sometimes she tells about the peculiarities and customs of the French people. Sometimes we have open meetings to which our friends are in- vited. VVe serve hot chocolate and cakes. No need to sayuthat these meetings are well attended and quite successful. Once or twice during theterm one or two of the members sings a song. But it only occurs once or twice. 'It takes the rest of the term for us to recover from the strain. Wie, of course, have some sort of big entertainment each semester. Two terms ago we worked up a little play called La Surprise d'1si- doref' and invited all those students study- ing French to witness it. After the play we