Brown County High School - Rambler Yearbook (Mount Sterling, IL)

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SENIOR SCIENCE CLUB Left lo right: Don Cox, Carl Childers, Don DeWitt, Dave Carl Thomas, Vernard Surratt. Ted Hollembeak, Tom O'Connell, Dave Mobley, Roger Quinn, Phil Meyers, Coulson. Ann Sorrells, Carolyn Lawless, Mr. Verticchio. Wayne Norton, Bob Thomas, Bob Walker, Don Thomas, Mr. Verticchio, physics and chemistry instructor, sponsored and helped organize the V. V. Club (Verticchio's Varmits) in the fall of 1946. The club is for boys and girls of the junior and senior classes. The club is interested in all phases of science and does many experiments Some of the fields in which they work are radio, photography, electricity, sound, etc. At the regular meetings of the club there are movies, demonstrations, and experiments. Glass blowing is one of the experiments used this year. The club has twenty members, and it urges each one to select a hobby for research work. For recreation a Christmas party was held in co-operation with the Conservation Club. The party consisted of games and refreshments. OFFICERS 1951-52 21 » President ......... Vice-President .... Secretary-T reasurer . Harriett Smay . Carl Childers Carolyn Lawless

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CONSERVATION CLUB First row: Gordon Bryant, Mr. Bloss, Stan Walker. Second row: Dorothy Sailor, Grace Stephenson, Doris Jennings, Genna Kirgan, Cynthia Garnson. Third row: Robert Haas, Dale Law, Ann Sorrells, Mary Campbell, Barbara Tucker, Tom Coulson, Glenn Goud-schaal. Fourth row: Robert Patterson, Don Cox, Bob Thomas, Wilbur Putnam, John Fry, Wayne Moran. Filth row: Gerald McClelland. Bob Lucas. John Rohn, Wayne Bridgewater, Bruce Butler, Ed Norvell. Sixth row: Bob DeWitt, Larry Patterson, Don Newton, Leland Payne, Clarence Fox. Seventh row: Gene Logsdon, Carl Thomas, Jerry Hoosier, Bob Root. Eighth row: Don Lane, Phil Myers, Franklin Garrison, Don Brooks. Ninth row: Dave O'Connell, Jim Clark, Jim Grover. This is the sixth year the Conservation Club has been in existence. Mr. Bloss is sponsor and adviser of the club which consists of about 30 members. Each year one junior is entitled to attend Lake Villa Conservation School for one week to learn the latest findings about Conservation. Last summer Mary Campbell attended. The major project carried on by the club is that of planting trees. These trees provide cover for wild life and check soil erosion. Club meetings are held on the last Thursday of each month. Conservation techniques are learned through movies, speakers, and field trips. The annual Christmas party was held along with the V. V. Club in the Cub Scout Den. OFFICERS FOR 1951-1952 ARE AS FOLLOWS: President ...........................................Gordon Bryant Vice-President..........................................Don Newton Secretary ..........................................Dorothy Sailer Treasurer ..............................................Tom Coulson « 2C »

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SI -Y CLUB Sitting: Ronnie Wagner, Danny Perry. Bill Mauck, Bob Kirgan, Le Roy Hall First row: Eleanor Davis. Mildred Cox. Linda Dennis, Alma Logsdon, Janet Grady, Nancy Logsdon Mary Lee Kauffman, Carolyn Baldwin, Alice DeWitt, Glenn Barker, Maurice Root, Gary Sides, Wayne Bridgewater. Ann McGurk. Karen Quinn, Loren Logsdon, Clyde Koch. Second row: Alice King. Marv Behrends. Yvonne Keith, Nancy Fry, Marie Meyers, Doris Ward, Bob Perry. Deal Myers, Archie Brockhouse, Tom Crane. The Science Youth Club was organized in 1946 under the sponsorship o Mrs. Vandeventer. Membership is open to any freshman and sophomore science students who are interested in Science. The main purposes are to help understand the importance of science in our lives, to perfect skills in science, to increase scientific knowledge, and to further the students' interest in science. The club is affiliated with Science Clubs of America and the Illinois Junior Academy of Science. The club meets on the fourth Wednesday of every month. Each meeting includes one or more of the following; a speaker, movie, or a scientific demonstration. President Vice-President Secretary . .. Treasurer ... Reporter .... OFFICERS FOR 1951-1952 ............................Tom Crane ........................Loren Logsdon ..........................Karen Quinn ...........................Gene Dixon ..........................Ann McGurk « 22 »