Smyrna times., 1938-02-17
JOHN BASSETT
SCHOOLS
Continued From Page One)
College, University of Delaware,
and Zwaanendael House, Lewis.
Bows Taught How to Dance

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The boys of the seven-two and
eight-two home rooms have or
ganized two clubs to meet on al
ternate Wednesdays in Miss
Berme's room. This Wednesday
the dancing club meets for the
first time with Rodney Schuman
as president and Kenny Smith as
vice-president. With the aid of a
portable victrola and few records
the boys, like those at West Point,
will learn the basic rules of social
dancing by learning the principles
of keeping time. Their first exer-
cises are simple marching and
marking time.
Crime Club to Hold First Meeting
Next week the Crime Club will
have its first meeting. Robert
Spence is president Of this organ
ization. The other two officers are
William Dickerson, e-president,
and John Long, secretary. This
club will study the causes of Grim
es and try solving their own. The
eight-two English section, having
just finished reading the Man
Without a Country" have discuss
ed what type of person is today a
man without a country. In short
story project they have attempted
to select people from today's world
which they feel are parallel cases
to that famous one Of Philip No
Ian. Among the people suggested
for the stories are famous Grim
inals such as Al Capone, John Dill
linger, the Lindbergh and Mattson
kidnapers, as well as many others.
Others who suffer such a fate are
the Duke of Windsor, Thomas
Paine, Ex-Kaiser Wilhelm, and
many others.
Junior Radio Club Activities
Hester aZchies and Marian Dea-
kyne are planning program for
the Junior Radio Club to be given
on Washington's birthday. They
have adapted four scenes from
Maxwell Anderson's famous play,
valley Forge" and will give them
with Matthew Whayland playing
General Washington. The play
shows very clearly the impoverish-
ed and discouraged state of the
continental army during that win
ter in a way that will be both ed
ucational and amusing at the same
time. Meanwhile the Radio Club
plans several other activities for
the next two weeks. First of all,
the dates for the benefit movie are
coming closer, and tickets will go
on sale this week. The movie fea-
lures that ace comedian, Hugh
Herbert, in "Sh.-the Octpus." j"
Next, the choral speaking group is
planning an assembly program for
the latter part of April, and so
copies of their work must be made
by next week. In addition Louis
Lafferty, Harriet Hutchison, and
Joseph Lefner, the three who are
particularly interested IN sound ef-
fects, are planning project for
the club in which each member
will be responsible for trying one
sound effect until it pleases the
rest of the club members. Getting
their information from new publi-
cations, the sound effects directors
find that the problem lies, not SO
much in finding the proper mater
ials, but principally in getting the
sound at the proper distance from
the mike. This project will take
the first two. or perhaps three
meetings of March. On March I,
the members of the Radio Club of
Smyrna High School will again
appear ON WDEL during late af-
ternoon, broadcasting under the
sponsorship of the Daughters of
the American Revolution. The
club presents a one-act play called
Before the Cannon Roars," writ
ten by Miss Breme. The song
which will be used for a theme was