Gonzaga High School - Aetonian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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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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The Biology Club is one of the busiest activities on Eye Street. The purpose of the club is to supplement the classroom curriculum, by exploring the mysteries of nature more deeply. The club acquaints its members with present day biological research by field trips to places such as, the U. S. G0vernment's Beltsville Experi- mental Center, Capitol Hill Botanical Gardens, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the Smithsonian Institute, the American Red Cross Blood Bank, and many other locations in the Washington area. At their meetings, the biologists deliver lectures, per- form experiments, conduct question-and-answer sessions, and view slides or movies pertaining to the subject of the day. The Club sponsored the annual Science Fair held in the Gonzaga Library and all its members exhibited a project. M. O'Donoghue, W. Semenuk and D. Carr, members of the club, won awards for their projects. The Biology Club has done much to arouse student interest in the medical and biological research profes- sions and its outstanding achievements have merited it recognition by the National Education Association and the Albertus Magnus Science Guild. The officers of the club are Gildea, president, D. Carr, vice-president, M. O'Donoghue, secretary, J. Green, treasurer. The club's faculty moderator is Mr. Raymond Lelii, S.J. Sophomore J. Jenkins draws blood from his victim, while classmate W. Taylor silently waits to analyze the precious SUIJSIHHCC Wllh their apparatus. iologg Messrs. Burrows and O'Donoghue proudly eye their sons' exhibit, yyjiich won first prize at the annual Science Fair in the school inrary. Ist row: R. Brosius, P. Murdock, J. Gildea QPres.j, M. O'Donogliue fSec.j, J. Green, QTreas.j, XV. Semenuk. 2nd row: D. Carr, C. Garity, D. Morley, R. YV0lf, D. Baker, J. Haekley, C. Griesbauer, Mr. Lelii, S.J. 3rd row: J. Matelis, A. Callahan, G. Small, Fitz- gerald, W. Harper, M. Kirby.

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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.