Catholic Boy's School Honored At Spanish Club Banquet The Dietetics Club was open to all dietetics majors and provided a number of activities relating to the field . Beginning the year, the director of dietary services at St. Vincent's Hospital in littl e Rock spoke to the group conce rning ca reer opportuniti es cu rrently open to them, including hospital work and food systems serv ices work . The speaker also encouraged members to develop a strong Christian background whil e they we re still in schooL As co-sponsors with the AHEA, the club set up the Consumer Fair in November. Also planned were f ield trips to the Safeway Processing Plant and the Yarnell ' s plant to view food processing procedu res in both orga nizations. The c lub 's December meeting lost its business-like f lavor w hen it became the setting for a potlu ck and recipe swap. Vice-president Cheryl Arnold sa id, "Our meetings are bas ically pep sessions." In honor of Nationa l Nut rition Month during Ma rch, the group showed a sli de presentation in 128/Academ ic groups chape l to promote good nutritional habits. They also set up a student center displ ay containing materials which dealt with nutrition. ~ French Club, open to anyone who had a French class, offered many opportunities for members to practice their language skill s. Among the groups' activities was a French pot-luck dinner and Chri stmas party at the home of president Kim Capps in Searcy. The club invited to the party a French-speaking Searcy couple who speak no English. Members of the club en joyed practicing the ir second language with the coup le. Dr. Winfred Wright and wife, Dr. Dorothy Wright, French club sponsors, hosted a Valentine party fo r the c lub where members played games such as a French version of Scrabble. Fo r the spring semester the group planned a trip to New O rl eans and a dinner trip to a li ttle Rock French restau rant. Many of the members we re able to experience French cu lture on campaigns to France during the summer months. The club en joyed many parties together . Capps said, " We get together, eat good French food, try to speak French and have a million laughs.""<:; Emphasis of the Spanish Club was pl aced on developing the g ro~p/ s abi li ty to better serve the - ChriJ Oei foreign language department. The 15-member group held a banquet for Spanish-speaking people from Searcy in an attempt to reach the community with its work. Cuests for the banquet included pupils from a local Catholic boys' school where many of the children were Mexican. Invit ing Mexican people from the communi ty, the club had a party in the home of sponsor Ava
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