Focus . our society and to do all we can tomake it a success. When we accepted an invitation tojoin a society we, of course, knew that we were taking uponourselves new responsibilities, and our acceptance was apledge, in a way, that we would do our best to help thesociety and to let it help us, so as not to make it feel thatwe were a white elephant on its hands. We may think too, that in consenting to be on a program,or in helping the society in any way we are the ones who aregiving and the society only is receiving, but we would bemistaken if we thought this. The course of study of eachand ev
Focus . our society and to do all we can tomake it a success. When we accepted an invitation tojoin a society we, of course, knew that we were taking uponourselves new responsibilities, and our acceptance was apledge, in a way, that we would do our best to help thesociety and to let it help us, so as not to make it feel thatwe were a white elephant on its hands. We may think too, that in consenting to be on a program,or in helping the society in any way we are the ones who aregiving and the society only is receiving, but we would bemistaken if we thought this. The course of study of eachand every society in our school is so planned as to help themembers. It broadens our knowledge of literature andmakes us read books that are really beneficial to us. 260 THE FOCUS So we may see that the Literary Society, as well as themembers, does its part. We will see this if we only cometo the meetings regularly and let them help us, and thentake an inventory of stock and see if we are not thegainers by THE FOCUS 261 **** l^^r^ anb Slj^r^ The Ruffner Debating Society met May 25 and electedthe following officers for the fall term of 1914-15: President Lemma Garrett Vice-President Jessie Dugger Recording Secretary Fannie Pearcy Corresponding Secretary. Elizabeth Boggs Treasurer Juliet Mayo Critic Virginia Watkins Reporter Esther Bowles At a meeting of the Cunningham Literary Society onMay 25 the following officers were elected for the nextterm: President Madeline Warburton Vice-President Gertrude Welker Recording Secretary Lura Barrow Corresponding Secretary Didie Minton Treasurer Gertrude Turnbull Critic Ellie Meredith Censor Eleanor Abbitt Reporter Julia Price On Monday evening, May 11, Le Cercle Franyais heldits regular meeting in the French and German Club meeting opened with the song, Frere Jacques,which was sung as a round. After this a word-contestwas held and Mademoiselle Marie Brown won the prizefor having the largest number of French words. A boobyprize was a
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