Newton High School - Newtonian Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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f5 AIIII Smal-ilnq A52 in 3 5 ' .flif Chairman . . . Prescott Clark Adviser . . Mr. Charles S. Peltier Qs ?7 The Anti-Smoking Committee this year had one of the largest groups oi applicants in its short his- tory. Forty-eight members were chosen out of the two hundred seventy-Five who applied. It vvas the job of these Forty-eight to cope with one cause of school Fires - students' smoking in the school build- ings. The members were given special cards ena- bling them to leave any class in order to go to places in the school Where there was the possi- bility ol smolcing occurring and have done much toward maintaining a safe school For the pupils and teachers.

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x lp . President Philip Drew 'Q Vice President Robert NXfoodbury - lpha Gamma Tau Secretary . . . Benjamin Muclcenhaupt Treasurer .... William Patten Adviser . . . Miss Frances L Mendell ln 1949-1950 Newton l-ligh School had a group ol people banclecl together in a club which clefiecl the stuclents' age-old dislike ancl fear of mathema- tics. These people met for the sole purpose ol ex- perimenting ancl playing vvith numbers, from simple arithmetic to calculus. ln pursuit of their hobby, the members toolc a trip to Babson's lnstitute in Welles- ley ancl to the calculating machine at l-larvard. At one meeting Mr. Charles Mergandahl gave an in- teresting and informative tall4. Mathematics otlerecl both an invitation to fun and entertainment and a means ol becoming more proficient in the science ol numbers to members.

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X , l - rt Club 'l Vice-President . . Alberta Bean President . . Nancy Dillon Q Secretary . . . . Anne Walker Treasurer . . . . Carol Duris Adviser . . Miss Helen C. Miles llwe qualifications lor an Art Club member vvere an interest and appreciation, if not an ability, in art, an enjoyment ol good company and good timesf and a pair ol sturdy legs to carry lwim up tlie tlwree lliglwts ol stairs to tlwe art rooms. llne Art Club, you see, vvas on a muclw lniglwer plane than tlwe otlwer l clubs-tlwree lliglits lwiglwer tlian some and at least one Flight lwiglwer tlwan tl'1e otlwersl llwe yearis activities vvere dedicated to tlme service ol tlwe scliool - suclw projects as poster-malcing and otlwer lorms ol advertising sclwool atlairs. llie club also entertained guests, lnad slides, and dis- played tlie members' masterpieces. llwe Art Club's only enemy was that monster, l.acl4-ol-limel C0r maybe l.acl4-ol-Elevatorsb 18