Baltimore Polytechnic Institute - Cracker Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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AR T CLUB ..'4 ' ai The Art Club, initiated three years ago, was organized with the purpose of offering those students interested in art a chance to develop and learn more about the subject from both the fine arts side and the commercial viewpoint. To date, the Art Club has been highly successful in the realization of its aims. Those students interested in the fine arts have done many oil paintings, water color paintings, charcoal and pastel draw- ings, and pen-and-ink drawings. For those students interested in making art objects, there have been ceramics, pottery-making, and mobiles to do. Meanwhile, those boys interested in the commercial end have gained invaluable experience in handling displays, making signs and posters, and learning how to use the commercial display tools. The club has also been of great service to the school. This club is responsible for most of the posters and art work which is to be found in the school. XPUR TXMEN CLUB The Sportsmen Club was organized for the purpose of increasing and fur- thering an interest in the conservation of America's wild life and natural re- sources. The meetings stressed the prac- tical application of conservation as fit the club's means. Many motion pictures were shown dealing with the aspects of hunting and fishing with regard to con- servation. In addition, much of the club's work was put on display around the school. A tract of land in Patapsco State Park was promised to the club by the state. The Sportsmen plan to plant pine trees to prevent erosion, to stock rivers with fish, and to improve the banks of rivers for fishing. 20

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MA CHINIX T CLUB The Machinist's Club was organized last year, l953, by Mr. Otto of the Practice Department for the purpose of providing more extensive opportunities in machine shop work to those Poly students who may be interested. In order to further their knowledge of industrial methods and tools, the club members of the Machinist Club develop skill in the use of machine tools by actually working in the shop on projects ranging from home workshop tools to school equipment. Much of this work is done co-operatively with the radio, metallurgy, and rocket clubs. Students in all courses, particularly the A course, find the club enlightening and beneficial. Of- ficers for the current year are Hines, K2, Crawford, D5, Wootton, Bl, and Young, B3. MA THEMA TICX CLUB The purposes and aims of the Math- ematics Club are: flj to study various topics in advanced mathematics that re- quire little preliminary experience in mathematics, QD to stimulate interest in mathematics as a profession and a hobby, QQ to encourage the develop- ment of mathematical methods of thinking among those students who demonstrate a liking for mathematics. Among the subjects studied last year were the theory of mathematical ma- chines, the theory of sets, mathematical logic, matrices, and group theory. The club attended a lecture at I.B.M. of- fice on some of their computers. Mr. Bernhardt presented a new approach to the study of algebra for the student who wishes to cover the field of elementary algebra in a short time. Although the club is relatively new and its member- ship small, it has already delved into some of the more intricate branches of modern mathematics. 2l