The Gunnery School - Red and Gray Yearbook (Washington, CT)

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THE BIOLOGY CLUB Front row left to rxght Drls Shure Blrnder Hrnes Hagyard Braman !PresxdentJ Hall G Hughes G Richman Damon Turnbull Lmdsay Back row Emerson D Dew Lrfschntz Herrup Helm Hames Owen B Maxwell Howell Crawford J Hubbard Stoessel S,Norton Mr Swrgart The Brology Club sparked by Mr Sw1garts enthu srasm and abllrty has recently garned prommence as one of the schools most actrve and beneficnal extra currrcular actrvmes Through the efforts of Presldent Tom Braman Vrce Presrdent Ben Hagyard and Secretary Gordon Hall the club was able to go on many excursrons rn the rn terest of scrence throughout the year A most mterest mg tr1p was made to the campus of Yale Umversrty for a tour of Peabody Museum and Glbbs Laboratory Yales new Bro Physlcs Laboratory During the year fxve Audubon Screen Tour lectures nn Torrmgton and two lectures at school open to the entxre student body were enjoyed by the club s members They were grven by outstandrng authorrtnes IH Helds dealrng prrmarlly w1th forestry and phases of conservatlon Among ltS var1ous act1v1t1es the B1ology Club orgamzed many field trrps cookouts and schoolwlde contests rn the varrous fields of sclence 1161 s - x s n a v a Q -x x -1 1 v a A 3 w -v y v 1 f f Y ' 1 9 'Q v v 1 'y x r - v - - . . r , . . , . , . . . , . s s ' ' ' a 1

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THE FRENCH CLUB Left to rrght Oberwerser Wrlltamson Keanng R Arpels QPresrdentD Schvsabacher Howell Mr Whlnall The French Club drrected by Mr Whrttall was or ganrzed to gne all rnterested boys a general uew of French language and culture A xast yar1ety of acttu tres was presented to the club at each gathertng At the regular Monday meetrngs the club lrstened to French records and the members were gn en a chance to exer crse therr knowledge of wrrtten French by domg the crossvs ord puzzles rn French new spapcrs French films on toprcs such as mountuneerrng undcmater drung and Frcnch Cathedrals were shown. Aftervn lrds the group discussed the films in fluent French. Occasionally a few of the more fortunate members were guests at the XY'hrttall s home for sumptuous banquets of French cursme prepared by the skrlled hand of Mrs Whrttall These programs not only held the rnterest of the members who were well adwanced rn the study of French but they vsere also enjoyed by those who had lrttle experrence tn the language Presrdent john Arp els X rcc Presrdent ohn Schvmbacher and Secretary Rod Ixeatmg arded Mr XX hrttall m the drrectxon of the c u .

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THE CAMERA CLUB fills Front row left to right Helm Tucker Lifschitz Kenna Hillman fPres1dentb Walzer Perry Cohen Back row Mr Adamson Stoessel S Gorelrk Mintz Hall A Lowes Pershing Koven Under the Presidency of john Hillman and the su pervision of Mr Adamson the Camera Club increased its membership and activities During the year some of the darkroom s obsolete equipment was removed and the whole room was reconditioned with additions of new equipmentg thus enabling the members to do more extensive and finer work than was previously possible. Throughout the year the club enjoyed many lectures conducted by Mr. Adamson as well as other outside au- 117 thorities on various phases of photography It also v evt ed several movies concerning the art of good PIC ture taking and printing The club members did much v. ork with their cameras for school functions and pub licity throughout the year ln the Spring Term the Camera Club sponsored a school-wide photography contest, won by Roger Kenna. This year's program was the most extensive of any ever conducted in the Gun- nery's history by a Camera Club.