Gonzaga High School - Aetonian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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iff This poster, three stories high, is but one example of the banners, posters and signs painted by the Poster Club this year. Beat St. john's is the perennial clamor at Gonzaga. This year, Gonzaga Seniors immortalized this cry by hanging a banner from the Washington Monument. G. Madden and D. Reed display an oil painting of the event. U 96 pod ter Cfub The school's most active activity is the Poster Club. It meets three times a week, and is always busy making some kind of poster for all Gonzaga's thirty odd organi- zations. The pride and joy of the club this year, was the mammoth Beat St. John's banner fSee Page 45D which was hung from atop the Wasliington Monument, and was pictured on the front pages of newspapers through- out the country. Membership in the Poster Club is open to any student in the school, regardless of his artistic ability. The poster-makers must sacrifice much of their own free time, but they consider that the posters they make, and the appreciation of the student body are tan- gible rewards for their untiring efforts in the Poster Club workshop on the third floor of the main building.

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Clzemid by M. Yourshaw and A. Baltins observe the conductivity of solutions of elec- trolytes after a weekly meeting of the Chemistry Club. The Chemistry Club has the distinction of being Gonzaga's oldest extra-curricular activity. The club is under the direction of Mr. Reed. The club's purpose is to offer to capable and interested students the opportunity to conduct their own experi- ments. Individual experiments are demonstrated before club members at the weekly meetings. The lab work is augmented with talks by professional chemists, and with trips to various chemical concerns in and around Wash- ington. Members show a great deal of interest in this club, and perhaps it will prove to be a foundation for further achievements in the Held of science. XV. Hall looks with interest at his experiment, a thermite reaction, as molten iron, a product, glows safely in a beaker filled with water. lst row: A. Newmann, R. Burch, H. Baker, W. Hall, J. Carter, E. Fitz- gerald, M. Yourshaw, A. Baltins. 2nd row: S. Hill, F. Klish, M. Nugent, H. Rowan, H. Sterling, J. Vail, D. Jack- son, P. Voight, W. Hughes.

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i rarg The Library Club has about twenty active members. They assist the librarian with desk duty, circulation re- cords, filing and shelving. Their efforts enable the stu- dent body to have access to returned books much faster than if the job were handled by one person. The club members gain a valuable knowledge of library procedure and tools. The club is open to students in all classes. To enrich their background, the club takes tours of the libraries of various government agencies, area col- leges, and the Library of Congress. The club is directed by Fr. Harold Hocking, Mr. Hubert Hughes, SJ., and Miss Clara Council, school librarian. Miss Council is a specialist in bibliographical work and she has ex- perience in almost every type of library work. The Library has over l0,000 volumes, this probably makes it the largest high school collection in the cit'y. M. Holmes, T. O'Malley, and T. Callaghan, members of the Library Club put new books on the shelves for the enjoyment of the stu- dent body. J. Brady, T. Callahan, C. Reese, A. Brown, j. Fowler T ONI1lley N Kino P Kilroy Miss Council D Matthews J Dunn Fr. Hocking, S.j., R. Pridham, W. Sullivan, B. Dunn W Taltavull Obcrdot NI Holmes