A B Davis High School - Maroon and White Yearbook (Mount Vernon, NY)

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CIQHCQ CZVL CQTWLQ CL4'Cf'l OH What a smell! ---- Let me out of herel These expressions were heard frequently near Room 3l2, No, it wasn't some mad scientists trying to kill off innocent students! ohl nol, it was just demonstration experiments being performed be- fore the CHEMISTRY CLUB. The members did many more things than just experiments, they invited speakers to lecture on chemistry, maintained a scrapbook with clip- pings, and discussed the highlights of this ever- changing world of science. CHEMISTRY CLUB lTopi Row l: F, Nathan, S, Berkowitz, W. Meyers, E. Thomp- son, R. Karp, B. Lewis, S. Doshay, Row 2: R. l-ludes, Mr. Stokes, N. Fisher, M. Bael, Mr. Bunker, B. Belsky, L. Bonus, l. Sonnenblick, L. Maier, I-l. Kornahrensg Row 3: L. Fried- man, T. Neely, A. Brout, A. Lieber, T. Zuk, D. Rappaportj Row 4: B. Wendroff, R. Schwartz, A. Greenbaum, R. Borello, A. Borghard, W, Fluegel, l. Feldman, G. Robinson, D. Gold- berg, L. Wergeles, B. Balkind, j. Wolf, M. Quirido, 1. Wake- field, l-l. King, j. Davis, D. Wilson, M. Zambrano, l. Kossar, l. Moersh Page fliirty-eight Edward Himmel, a former Davisite, who helped develop the atomic bomb at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was a recent club visitor. l-lis lecture was one of the bright spots in the club's activ- ities for the year. After his stimulating talk l'm sure that many students undertook similar proj- ects of their own and, according to the usual Davis initiative, soon produced the effect of the bomb. Seymour Berkowitz, club president, planned to ask the GO. for a supply of gas masks to be kept as a part of the standard equipment in the chemistry lab. The writer suggested that 3 l 2 was a good place to, ---- well to, ---- blow up in. Furth- ermore ---- , but really, all kidding aside, the club provided an excellent opportunity for the chem- ist to learn more about the fascinating science, through research and experiment. Long live the clubl

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tgbrojqta bfe dzfo u rs Nous parlons francais comme les Frangais --means, We speak French like Frenchmenl The linguistic fellows and girls who parlez- vous learn their arts and talents in 3l4 where Madame Stiles is the FRENCH CLUB sponsor. Came Thursday afternoon you found the Pier- res and Maries giving delightful and educa- tional skits en francais-but natchl This year something revolutionary took place in the Club. Through Madame Stiles' efforts, club meetings were held at night at various homes, and French- born people were invited to speak to our phil- ologists. M. Caillaud, a member of Les Forces de la Re'sistances, who fought on the side of the Free French during the war, told Le Cercle Fran- gais many of his experiences. After less mem- bres gave their plays, everyone conversed in French, and finally topping off a fine evening, les rafraichissementsn were served! From meetings such as these which stressed a delight- ful time by all and which had an obvious educa- tional value also, a more intelligent student has resulted. A burst of gay Spanish music filled the previ- ously quiet air, accompanied by sounds of laughter and singing. No-Xavier Cugat was not making a personal appearance on the third floor of dear old Davis. lt was merely one of the regular meetings of the SPANISH CLUB. This happy group was composed of Spanish- speaking students who were anxious to expand their conversational ability, and, incidentally, have a good time doing it. Those who couldn't speak Spanish were highly recommended not to join the club, since meetings were conducted entirely in that language. And by the way, president Paul Nicolay lwith occasional assistance from Miss Leightonl did a swell job of running those meetings. Spanish songs, Spanish games, and Spanish plays were some of the activ- ities indulged in by mem- bers. During Regents Week, an excursion was made to New York City to attend a Spanish movie. You can be sure a good time was had by all-in a Spanish sort of a way. Hasta la vista, amigos mios. FRENCH CLUB lTopl Row l: S. Simes, F. Schramm, l. Farago, S. Zeckendorf, l. Goldberg, G. Gottlieb, C. Hoffman, D. Hangs, M. Sorrentino, T. Sorrentino, R. Woolf, Row 2: Mrs. Stiles, L. Spring, B. Stier, E. Staffenberg, D. Ross, C. Singer, G, Linabury, 1. W. Hoffman, S. Sider, H, Harry SPANISH CLUB lLefti Lockwood, B. Shor, P. Nicholay, K Loewenthal, G. Fine, l. Goldberg Page thirty-seven Sheppard, W. Weinrod, M. Karp, Row l: E. jones, T. Sabella, D. ' Ragette, B. Brady, R. lones, E. Raby, L. Warner, C. Landy, L. Schwab, Row 2: Miss Leighton, H. Mayer, H, Schrimer, D. Ross, B,

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Probably the most unique club in Davis last year was the ADVANCED SCIENCE CLUB. The club, consisting of a dozen students, was a loose- ly-knit organization, unhampered by formalities and under the capable supervision of Mr. Stokes. This group did not really function as a club, but rather an assemblage of ambitious students banded together three periods a week, for the purpose of working on their individual projects and assisting in lab work. The only require- ment that one needed in order to join this select group of masterminds was that one have at least one year of Chemistry or Physics to one's credit. Whenever the occasion arose requiring a meeting of the club members, Leonard Friedman presided over it, as his office of president of the Advanced Science Club demanded, but these were quite infrequent, and rare occasions. The projects tackled by these future scien- tists covered many and varied scientific fields such as: making of plastics and bakelite prod- ucts, compounding the various pigments, study- ing the actions of enzymes, constructing and learning about wind tunnels, and actually pro- ducing some. of the different types of batteries. The club offered to its members the oppor- tunity of assisting in the Mount Vernon Hospital and thereby gaining much first-hand, scientific knowledge through the aid and guidance, that an occasion offered, of the staff members in the hospital. It was to the credit of this fine organi- zation that out of the four students that received honorable mention, from Davis, in the noted National Westinghouse examination, all fqur were active members of the Advanced Science Club. An enviable record, to be surel For the members of the ASTRONOMY CLUBl,f the arrival of spring was signified, not by any- thing as unreliable as the annual appearance of the robin, but by the stolid, seasonal placement' of the stars, in the heavens above. These astron- omy enthusiasts were taught to know and' be able to identify between fifteen and twenty first magnitude stars. lncidentally, Annapolis requires its midshipmen to know thoroughly at least l2O different stars, for the obvious reason that while at sea, sometimes their very lives depend on their knowledge of the heavens. The Astronomy Club members received a considerable amount of instruction from Miss Chase, on astronomy and astrology. These meetings were supplement- ed by frequent nocturnal classes, whereby the celestial heavens were more closely scrutinized. This rela- tively small club, consisting of twenty members, had as its pres- ident Dante Faticato. ADVANCED SCIENCE CLUB lTopl Row l: A. M. Hargraveg Row 2: N. Fisher, L. Friedman, M. Bael, G. Robinson, Row 3: W. Fluegel, S. Berkowitz, R. Gor- don, l. Wolf, C. leanne, Mr. Stokes ASTRONOMY CLUB lLeftl Row l : R. Sabella, C. Pettit, l. Gaines, l. Freedenberg, A. Posner, E. Stevenson, E. jones, Row 2: S. Zeckendorf, l. Cava- naugh, l. Bonner, l. Bliss, T. Twiggs, D. Ponon, I. Siegalg Row 3: R, Cimmino, R. l-lorvath, G. Emslie, D. Faticato, T. Stokas V. Ventura, Miss Chase Page thirty-izine