Medina High School - Mirror Yearbook (Medina, NY)

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Safety with Firearms THE RIFLE CLUB The RiHe Club, sponsored by Mr. William Matson, is composed of seven members who meet every Tuesday during the Activities Period. Members have learned many interesting facts about the rifle which will be a great help to them throughout their entire lives. They found out the correct way to handle a rifle and the different types of shells and slugs. Through intensive practice at the Armory, the boys improved their aim. 1 ' . The officers are: Harold Snyder, president, Laverne Hartman, vice-president, Leona.d Fraczak, SCCICLRIY-LICZSLIICI. Sffzzzdizzg: Trolley, Snyder, Mr. Matson, Winzins, Hart- man. Kfzeelifzg' Fraczak, Derzejewski, Douglas Kil- born. Top Roux' Papadinoff, Caldwell, Vernon, Matson, Allchin, Fuller, R. Pask. Second Rauf: Kennedy, Beeton, Vickery, Brennan, Rankin, Corrallo, Adams, Kerr, Willett, H. Hoff- master, M. Hoffmaster. Sitting: Hutchinson, Lind- say, Eddy, Ingersoll, Howell, Miss King, Bots- ford, Clendennn, Goerss Derzejewski. The Mathematics Club is made up of twenty-eight members who have an interest in the instruments of mathematics. The senior members meet on Thursdays of one week, the junior members the next week, and then there is a joint meeting the third week. The club members receive instruction and investigate certain instruments as time will allow. The club has in its possession several slide rules, a transit, a sextant, and other small devices of calcula- tion and survey. Roland Howell is presidentg Tom Allchin, vice-president, Doris Clendenon, secretary, Mary Inger- sol, treasurer. Miss Laura King is sponsor. THE MATHEMATICS CLUB Accuracy 19

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Social Training THE ERGONIAN SOCIETY The purpose of the Ergonian Society is to be of service to the school. The thirty members under the leadership of Miss Mabel Dahlquist meet every second and fourth Wednesday. This club gives the pupils an opportunity to serve by washing dishes in the cafeteria. To help the school six girls each day work in the cafeteria washing and drying dishes. The Ergonians have also sponsored two dances, one of which was the Armistice Day semi-formal following M.H.S.'s victory over Albion in football. Another dance dubbed the Bunny Prom was sponsored by the Ergonians on March 21. Tap Roux' Cousins, Col- lins, Bensley, Clendenon, Smith, Britt, Welsh, Skin- ner, H. Hoffmaster, M. Hoffmaster. Second Row: Britt, O'Brien, Lindsay, Shisler, Breitbeck, Voor- hees, Webber, Sowl, White, Meland. From Row: Baldwin, Lattin, Menke, Scarborough, Miss Dahlquist, Acer, Ingersoll, Marcia Payjack, Maxine Payjack, Raymond, Morien. Top Row: Kyle, Filarow- ski, Russell, Whalen, M. Raymondiack, Silkowski, Salowski, L. Kujawa, Johnson, Maynard, Boyle. Second Row: Caleb, For- tunato, C. Parada, Sledzik, Maxwell, Ames, Hartman, Eckerson, Iorio, D. Ku- jawa. Front Row: Kunz, Hazel, Phillips. M. J. Parada, Morrison, Thiel, Mr. Wise, Bracey, Dubay, Swett, Roach, Plummer. The thirty-two members of the Elementary Photography Club, under the sponsorship of Mr. Clifford Wise, have had three contests this year. Their subjects were: the pinhole camera, winter scenes, and in- side pictures. Winners ofthe contests were respectively: Arlene Whalen, Joyce Morrison, and Carl Swett. A participant in the contests was required to enter a negative, a contact print, and an enlarge- ment. Entries were judged by the Advanced Photography Club. Members are divided into different groups, each group participating in a different activity weekly. Officers are: Donald Thiel, president, Joyce Morrison, secretary-treasurer. ELEMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB Aleriness 18

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Precision THE AIRPLANE CLUB The Airplane Club meets every Thursday under the direction of Mr. William Matson. Its ofii- cers areg Donald Bloom, president, Donald McHugh, vice-president, Dell Stork, secretary-treasurer. Each boy has made a study of aviation from its beginning down to the present time, including the v:o:king with a live engine and other plane parts. Aircraft identification has been another project of the club. In the study of this material, members are laying the foundation for a more thorough training in aviation, which is becoming increasingly important as a mode of travel and transportation. Sfrzfzdifzg: Morris, Allen Powley, Bloom, Mr. Mat son, Kozody, DiStephano Anderson, Blum. Sitling XVise, Fuller, McHugh Stork. Kueelizzg: Baker. Phillips, Boyle, W. Pask The first and the third Thursday of every month, Medina's twenty-three Future Farmers meet with Vice-Principal Devlin to glean new agriculture information, learn to conduct meetings, and gain lead- ership training in meetings. Some projects and accomplishments of this group are: aiding in the purchase of a state F.F.A. training camp, buying certified seed and livestock for members, aiding in making area farm surveys, and cooperating in holding meetings with other clubs in Niagara and Orleans Counties. Its officers are: Howard Lake, presidentg Charles Ward, vice-president, Earl Sparlin, secretary, and George Phillips, treasurer. THE FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA Resourcefulness 20 Top Roux' E. Schoenthal, Watts, I. Smith, Russell, Kunz, johnson, Munzel, Roberts. Front Row: A. Schoenthal, Caldwell, Spar- lin, Mr. Devlin, Lake,