Butler High School - Nugget Yearbook (Butler, NJ)

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Heidi Hahn displays her prize-winning ex- hibit Hydrogen Bonding in Water Vapor. ACHIEVEMENT UIjIJillNBSS AND IT’S AIDS Mr. Yarmac listens to Marilyn Robertson’s explanation of her project about blindness. Bob Kaldrovics adjusts a microscope as the finishing touch on his prize-winning project. p-V-T METHOD RC BCIERM1NING iviirniiAD WTIfJJT Warren Mathews and Chipper Weiss, a member of the Fair Committee, examine and evalu- ate a project about petroleum. 29

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A FINE SHOWING OF SCIENTIFIC John Garrett is intent upon his observations as he checks a slide under the microscope. The Butler High School Science Fair displayed its high standards of excellence again this year on Feb- ruary 28 and 29, 1964. The Fourteenth Annual Fair, the first of its kind in the state of New Jersey, included exhibits in the fields of biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, general science and mathematics. In conjunction with the New Jersey Tercentenary, a Tercentenary division was added as a special feature to this year’s fair. Interested students related science to New Jersey history in their projects. Beatrice Bobrowski took Grand Prize of Best Girl's” with her display on Ceramic Glazing.” Shar- ing top honors of Best Boy’s were John Volk with his project on Wave Lengths of X-rays” and Richard Wassmer with Laser Harmonics in Crystals.” Winners in the various categories were: Biology: 1st — Henry Bielski, 2nd — Colleen Moody: Chemistry: 1st — Beatrice Bobrowski, 2nd — Heidi Hahn, 3rd — Susan Van Dyke; Physics: 1st — Richard Wassmer; Engineering: 1st — John Volk, 2nd — Mark Murrary; General Science: 1st — Karen Tohanning; Mathematics: 1st — Cherie Pettenger. 2nd — Robert Szeman; Tercentenary: 1st — Randy Arendt, 2nd — Gloria Phares, 3rd — Lynn Roberts. Linda Bayles explains her excellent re- search project on the secrets of DNA. 28 Jay Render readies his project, a pet hamster, for the science fair.

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BUTLER STUDENTS BRING These students helped to make the annual History Fair a success: standing—Jay Howard, Nelson Corby, Dave Johnson, James Miller, Barry Worman; sitting—Lucille Webber, Joyce Wyble, Alberta Boardman, Sue Wyble, Janie Noble, Brenda Davenport, and Heidi Hahn. Heidi Hahn looks up as she rearranges her Ice Harvesting' diarama before the final judging starts. The Fifth Annual History Fair was held on January 17, 1965. The fields of entry were: U. S. History I— Indians and the Frontier, Government and Politics, American Culture-Home Life, General, Revolution, Military Affairs, and New Jersey; U. S. History II— Senior Entries; Social Studies—Prehistoric Period, Egypt, Mesopotamia and Rome, Greece, and General. The Grand Prize Winners were: first, Gail Winrow; second, Heidi Hahn; third, Linda Bayles; fourth, Nelson Corby and Robert Kaldrovics. Special recognition went to Barry Worman for his outstanding interpretation of the Lenni-Lenape Indians, and to Frank Fadil and Richard Kiehn for their excellent craftsmanship and skill of the Early American Printing Press. The projects were judged on the basis of their construction, originality, creativity, information value, authenticity, and research depth. The class prize was given to Miss Athay’s period five U. S. History II class. Nelson Corby and Carol Stellingwerf are care- fully cutting the letters for History Fair posters.