St Pauls School - Crusader Yearbook (Brooklandville, MD)

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POSTER CLUB front rou left to right Lxnm hdwsard D Walker lx Darrell Dc-Ru y 'Nlr l'rcntli Burl row Hastlng R Walker J Darrell Lroelur THE P0 TER CLUB The Poster Club was founded in 1940 malun it one of the oldest clubs in the school E261 sinee its oigamzation the club s mam pro iam lids been the promotion of sehool spirit This requires considerable ingenuity, as evidenecd by some of the creations uhieh abound about the school posters which promote the aforementioned school spnit and the various athletic games Not all work goes tossaid game posteis houex ei but also foi utility signs and various othei examples of postei art after noon du11ng the HCIIVIIY pei 10d 'l OPICS diseussed were the coming games and the posters that were to be made foi them The elub supplies the paper, but the postels themselves w eie left entirely to the student s individual design On Mondays xauous members could be ohseixed puttinff up many elaborate posters for the week s coming games These posters were plated at stiategie xantage points aiound school so as to get the highest possible numbei of students out to SUPPOII the games The size and proficiency of the club has ineieased mth the yeais This yea1 s club piesndent was Joe Bladen, the vice president, Kent Darrell and seeietaiy llfiablllel Hoiace Hastings Othel active members were Bill Love Jimmy Edmunds Lauren SCll6lTCHi1ClxC1, Don Wright Jack Davies, Doug Walkei, and Blllltilll Cioekei These boys helped to draw posteis ix h1Cll generated a spirit of loyalty Wllhlll the student body By the end of the year the club was able to look back to see that it had encouraged a good many students to attend the games this in itself vias a S1UI'11lTCHl'lt accomplishment 12 l . ., , ' , .' U. ' . , . ' , H - , Z, . . - u 1 . Q O Q n . , . a . . N . 7 - , ., , , . ' ' , ' .' . This year the Poster Club, under the able direction of lVlr. French, met every Friday . ,i . . . . 7- -' - - - 7 ' . . a . . D s v 7 ' N - v - . . -. ' s ,. ' w . . - . N . i . I i v. I . Q, . 1 I v v l ' Q -D 4 vu g 4 1 x Q 4 Q 7- 1 1 A 4 Q ' 7 . 7 .i . . , . A, W , . , . .' 7 ' , A . .' . .. , . T , . . . Y .C . . 0

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PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB Kneelmg left lo rzght Kerr Forman Standing front row R Clarke Snyder Lang Hill T Lewis Back row Murrrll Delo Holloway Cunkel Stanbaugh Nlr Drce THE PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB One of the up and coming newer organizations about the campus, an outgrowth of the Camera Club that existed at Saint Pauls a few years back, rs the Photography Club Tlus activity rs set up to promote a better understanding of photography and rs open to all interested students This year, as rn the past the group sought to instruct members rn the fundamentals of photography and the use of the darkroom which rs located rn the basement of the asking and answering any questions the members might have Another segment of the meeting time was set aside for additional instruction by the presrdent or other oflicers of the club This year, however, the club was indeed fortunate rn obtaining the services of a br monthly speaker, Mr Rowe, the head photographer of the Baltzmore News Post Mr Rowe set up a program rn which the members were drvrded rnto three groups beginners, average, and advanced thus facilitating hrs instructional periods considerably During the meetings the advanced students also supervised the beginners rn the darkroom for on the spot rnslructron This summer a few of the members plan to remodel the darkroom, which rs rn need of repair and better equipment so that rt may become dust and light proof The oflicers of the club, who were ably supervised by Mr Drce, the faculty advisor, were Cordon Lyons, president Armstrong Forman, vrce president, William Kerr, secretary treasurer 71 Administration Building. The club also held weekly meetings in which time was allotted for Q as 99 ' , -

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5-f RADIO CLUB Sealed Carroll Standtng left ta right Robertson Ryer lxeeler B B1rcl1 Schultz THE RADIO CLUB learned the Molse Code so they could pass the Fedelal Commun1cat1ons Comm1ss1ons exammattons These tests must be passed 111 o1de1 to 1ece1ve an Amateu1 R3d1O Operator s llcense A fo1me1 club p1es1dent, Allen NOllIIlCyC1, ddIYl1Il1StC1S these tests Another phase of the club s p1og1am was the study of rad1o fundamentals The text for thls 1nst1uct1on has been The Rad1O Amateur s Handbook At present the club has a Halhcrafters ICCCIVCI W1th the help of M1 Ratchffe, the club IS t1y1ng to obta1n a t1ansm1tte1 klt wh1ch the membe1s Wlll bulld themselves Full ope1at1on IS expected 1n the nea1 future Last yea1 h1gh w1nds 1emoved the club s antenna flOIH 1ts pos1t1on OlllS1dC Tl11s sprmg the members plan to chmb the two large p1ne txees 011 e1the1 Slde of the Lower School to 1nstall a IICW 0116 that can be used for the tlansmltter At the beg1nn1ng of the school year the club framed th1ee new members They were MClV1H Schultz and Robelt R1ley from the second form and Peter Keeler from the th1rd form They are p1ogress1ng stead1ly 1n ab1l1ty to rece1ve code, and should be able to secure thelr IIOVICC IICCIISCS by the end of the year The othe1 members 316 p1es1dent John Carroll, Ba1 rv Buch Steve Rye1, and Robert Robertson The n1embe1s 1631126 that Amateur Radlo lb not only a hobby but a publ1c SCIVICC WhlCh can be of 1nest1mable help to thls count1y III t1me of d1saste1 Th1S IS the Amateu1 Radl0 Opexator s Code , wh1ch the club lntends to 1eta1n as the11 motto 73 Sa .1 ' I ' 1 CQ , if Z3 ' Ziff' 1 jg 0 X , This was one of the best years the Radio Club has yet experienced. The members ' , V ' ' n t Y V ul 1 ' 4 . a G6 ' 7 77 - V 7 Q Y . Q , Q 1 D . V . , M ,, . . t ' . .