Arlington High School - Indian Yearbook (Arlington, MA)

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What will the Science Club think of next? First Row: L. Dohlman, J. Comeau, T. Prato, J. DeVries, K. Forest. Second Row: C. Jay, J. Kleban, J. Manfredi, J. Hil- ferty, C. Bresnahan, J. Matheson, S. McLean, L. Contos. What does the Science Club do? Every day, in the closely guarded confines of room 36, dedicated young scientists gathered, but for purposes of national secu- rity, their activities must for the present remain secret. It can only be said that some rather strange experi- ments occurred! The Science Club does have some programs carried on in full view of The Public Eye. Numerous field trips have been financed by car washes, bake sales, and a school-wide protection racket. Various speakers have come . . . and gone, to the immense delight of the sadistic young mob listening to them. A first this year was our intrusion into the realm of movie-land. After seeing many films supplied by the department, we decided to make our own avant-garde attempt. It was a time-consuming, intricate job of syn- chronizing sound and pictures. Then, at the world premiere; the audience came . . . and left. One event that was successful was a trip to the dump. This rock-pile, the refuse from the construction of the Ouabbin Reservoir Aqueduct, was a source of some very exciting rocks. Throughout the year, members enjoyed other activi- ties, such as thumb wrestling and intimidating Mr. Meserve, our beloved leader. A few radicals even en- tered the Science Eair. “With these hands . . . ” “They’re obviously better than paper ones.” 26

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Science for fun and profit Of all the extracurricular activities at A.H.S., being a laboratory assistant is probably the best, for the sin- gle reason that it is the only work for which you can be paid. Join any other club, and you pay dues. Become a lab assistant, and the school pays you. Actually, the lab assistants are not so mercenary. Although their help is worth money, the practical sci- entific knowledge they acquire is even more valuable. These students like to learn by doing in different fields of science: chemistry, physics, and biology. The Sci- ence Department has many complex and delicate de- vices, and there is a right way to handle each of them. Add to this the fact that science itself demands preci- sion, especially in the use of chemicals and electricity, and you can see that lab assistants n;ust work care- fully. They do such things as making up and standard- izing solutions, preparing microscopic slides, and meas- uring the wave length of a beam of light. These pro- cedures will be useful in college science courses, so that being a lab assistant is really a headstart. It is the ideal job for students who enjoy science and don’t mind being paid to learn a little more about it. Check! “Well, what are you waiting for?” First Row: . DeVries, JV. Moran, T. Prato, S. Vozella, L. Contos, H. Stockman. Second Row: S. Steele, S. Stefanidakis, P. Shoenheiter. Game of strategy This boy plays chess in the tradi- tional manner — all alone. Any day, in room 14B, you can see members of the Chess Club laughing, talking, jumping up and down, and occasionally pushing little plastic pieces around on chess boards. The Chess Club is founded on the opti- mistic idea that anyone can be taught the principles of this fascinating royal game. One of the first skills mem- bers learn is that of debating, for at Chess Club meet- ings discussions on any topic can be heard. The Club’s best players participate as a team in an inter-scholastic Chess League. Through the years, the team has had an excellent record of championships. To continue the tradition, fearless leader Jack Marshall organized a relentless drive to win. Since battling fiercely with other teams did not exhaust the members’ energy, the Chess Club expanded its interests this year. A Bridge Club was added, and now there is a game for almost everybody. 25

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Folk and rock: that ' s our kind of music Sounds of Silence is certainly not the theme song of the Guitar Club! Each week this year, Old Hall re- sounded with the din of simultaneous tuning, twanging, plucking, and strumming on guitars of various sizes and shapes. But Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right, for the true purpose of the club was to provide guitarists with a chance to learn new playing styles and to ex- change songs. So many teen-aged guitarists don’t even read music, that song-trading is an essential part of expanding the repertoire. You listen to the new song enough times to learn the tune, and then you get the chords and all the words from someone, unless you can figure them out yourself; in that case, someone will want to learn the song from you. The Guitar Club welcomes all, expert or not, to Walk Right In and share what they do know. The beginning guitarist espe- cially needs encouragement, because too many begin- ners give up. As Tears Go By, on account of sore fingers. Even the experienced and iron-fingered some- times suffer from a lack of material, one of the major obstacles on the Rocky Road to becoming a Baez or Dylan. Someone has said that the guitar is the easiest in- strument to play badly and the hardest to play well. Fortunately, years of practice are not needed to gain great enjoyment from a guitar. As almost every aspir- ing folk-rock group knows, many things can be hidden under the camouflage of accompanying kazoos, tam- bourines, harmonicas, and voices. That the club was named “Guitar” and not “Folk Music” shows the extent to which folk and rock music, the two major fields for non-classical guitar, have merged. Under the leadership of the one and only Dylan, the first folk-singer to popularize electric guitar, swinging rhythm and blues has been blended with the more meaningful words of folk music to produce folk- rock with the merits of both its sources. The Guitar Club includes players of both electric and folk guitars, and even a few people who listen to Segovia. The aid of Mr. Leone has been indispensable, for only he, by humming a bit of Hush-a-Bye, or Quit Your Low Down Ways, has been able to conquer the pandemonium when someone needed to continue a Dangling Conversation. First Row: P. Byrne, J. Walsh, H. Stockman, D. Narden, R. Chalpin, A. Palombo, D. Konick. Second Row: R. Abruzzese, J. O’Neil, J. Fitzgerald, C. Annese, B. Erickson, M. Toulo- poulos, P. Heaslip, M. Herzog, M. Tibbets, F. Walsh, B. Pellegrini, W. Souza. “That’s really got soul . . . “Hmm . . . 4th finger, 2nd string, what fret? 27