St Pauls School - Crusader Yearbook (Brooklandville, MD)

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1 SCIENCE CLUB Seated left to rrght Cates J Wrrght Sfandmg 'Vlr Ratclrffe Brrtton MacArthur .lackrns Beers R Campbell Fr her THE SCIENCE CLUB The Sarnt Paul s Scrence Club rs composed of those upper school students who possess an actrve rnterest rn the ever expandrng field of scrence Club meetrngs were held every Frrday rn the laboratory durrng the regular actrvrty perrod and were conducted on an rnformal but rnformatrve basrs Hrghlrghtrng the meetrngs were short speeches by the varrous members, after whrch questrons were rarsed by the other members rn promotrng an open forum drscussron Toprcs ranged from astronomy to the most unusual snakes of far off countrres The Scrence Club also presented qurte an rnterestrng assembly thrs year concernrng Magnetrc Devrces Varrous commrttees were delegated to gather technrcal rnformatron for the club The results and flndrngs were then presented to the school by several club speakers Short field trrps around the campus were also featured among the year s actrvrtres The objectrve of these trrps was to share the common secrets of nature Also rncluded rn the group s programs were several outsrde speakers who presented therr vrews on an array of drfferent subjects Many movres acqurred by the school were shown as part of the club s varred program Under the energetrc sponsorshrp of Mr James Ratclrffe, members were of the oprnron that thrs year s varred program was one of the most successful to be enjoyed by the Scrence Club rn some trme The student officers were Douglas Korschgen, presrdent, Kay Turner, vrce presrdent, and John Wolf, secretary 74 vm- I TS t . ' . , N 5 ,M , , .- 1 X . Af I 1 1 . . 1 :' 1 - ' : A 1 1 sl 1 1 1 . , S . . , . . 1 . . . . . . . Y . . . ' . 46 . . 7, . . I 1 . . . . Q - . . . 3 . . . . - . I , . . . . . . . , . ' - . . . , . . . . . 0 f

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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 ' . .

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SPECTATOR CLUB BllChhClSlCl' R Smlth Shaetfer THE SPECTATOR CLUB Thls year s Spectator Club was composed of nme members ofthe senlor class They were selected by last year s club because of thelr mterest 1n and understandmc of Engllsh and Hlstory Jack Mltzelfelt was elected presldent and Lynn WlCkW1fC the secretary treasurer Duung the course of the vear each member was requlred to dellver a speech before the club He was awarded a sllver dangler lf the club felt that hls talk was lnterestmg and an 1nd1cat1on of honest effort to cover the subject at hand The club also 1nv1ted guest speakers Dr Watson an astronomer the Reverend Mr Kates rector of Old St Paul s Church and Mr Gopal Algan, a natlve of Indla spoke to the club Each speaker presented somethmg dlfferent and partlcularly adapted to the lnterests of the group Mr Argans dlscusslon on Indlan mus1c was enllvened Wlth records from the varlous parts and types of Indlan llfe The members concurred that these oathermgs helped them to examlne modern and past llfe both by fact and creatlve thlnklng The club performed a real servrce by promotlng dlscusslon and glVlIlg IIS members an opportumty to further publlc speaklng by performmg before an uncrltrcal sympathetlc audlence Gulded by M1 LOUIS Clark the Spectator Club enjoyed an educatxonal and lnformatlve year 75 , .,., A- 4 ,k,,, tm . , ---'B '-,, 4 ff ' L - '1 5. . I E ., .,., xf-1' L 1 Seated, left to right:-Hodgson, Downs, Stansbury, Wickwire. Standing:-Mitzelfelt, J. Duvall, Y ' 7 ' . , . . , . . . . . - 0' . . , g . 9 l , ' - 7 ' 7 ' 7 ' - 1 . , . . . . . . U . . 7 ' . , I .1 ' ,