Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-15
Junior High Student
Organizations Play
Part in School Life

BY careful and interested SUPER
vision. the student organization in
the Waterville Junior High school
are made to supplement the work
that is done in the class rooms and
they have come to be an important
part in the. activities of the students.
In the school at the present time
there are five club organizations, not
to mention the musical organization
and the various athletic teams.
Each club is under the direction
and care of member of the faculty
who oversight over all of it's acti-
vities. Each club was organized
with the purpose of making it's pro-
gram of educational as well as of
social value.
One of the first clubs to be organi-
zed after the school was opened in
1928 was the Latin club, having for
its name the S. p. Q. r. The meetings
are conducted as nearly like the old
form of Roman government as is
possible. The officers consist of two
consuls, two praltors and seven
quaestors. Besides these officers,
there are nine scrtbes whose duty it
is to correspond with other Latin
clubs. The meetings are held on the
first Tuesday of each month. In the
business management of the club,
two committees are appointed to take
care of the entertainment. One, the
delectt programatis, looks after the
programs and the other, the delecti
ludi, arranges the games. Programs
are varied and contain songs which
are sung in Latin, talks by members
of the club on@Roman amusements
ard short plays which are also pre-
sented in Latin.
The Science club has for it's pur-
pose the increasing of the amount of
scientific knowledge of the members
and the acquiring of additional ap-
paratus for the science department.
The members visit local industrial
plants and places of interest to the
young scientist. During the present
year visits have been made to the
New England Telephone Co. ex-
change, the Kennebec Boat and
Canoe Co., the Central Fire station
and the science laboratory of the
Senior High school. Trips planned
for the near future are to the keyes
Fibre Co., the Lombard Traction
Engine Co., and the Maine Central
railroad carshops.
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others in that it is for girls only.
The object of the organization is 10
seek better health and to improve the
interests of the school in every way
possible. The present membership of
the club numbers AZ. Much interest
is manifested in hiking, individually
or in groups, and each spring the
school monogram is awarded to any
member who hikes the number of
miles that is agreed upon at the be-
ginning of the year.
The purpose of the Debating Club
is to enable the members to think
clearly and to use. forcible English
upon important questions. Another
object of the club is to act as a pre-
raration for the debating work car
ried ON in the Senior High school.
Formal debates and informal discus
sions are held at the regular meet
ings which. come every two weeks.
The Radio Club, the newest Or
ganization, is made up of boys from
the Middle and Senior classes. Meet
ings are held weekly and an effort
is made to learn the principles of
radio and to discuss. the latest de-
velopments in that field.