Memphis Catholic High School - Crusader Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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'XX ! A 29 Q CAMERA CLUB: A new organization began to take form on the campus this year in the form of the Camera Club. This promises to be an outstanding organization in the future. Picfurml above-Lynn Doyle, Paul Blancq, Coleman Smythe, Bill Williams, Vincent Turk and Gene Belote. The Catholic High Mathematical Society for 1948-49 consisted of eight members, all of whom were members of the Math. IV class. They are Thomas Toma, Presidentg A. J. Venezia, Vice-Presidentg Louis Ertz, Secretaryg Joseph Hamling, Treasurerg Clayton Cargile, William Cooper, Lawrence Welch and Alford Wood. Pictured are A. I. Vene- zia and Joseph Hnmling working over a problem. ,::a fr -' df WWWNN

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'W-Q. cienee Club Father Joseph P. Greshem, Professor of Sciences, has organized the members of the Science classes into a club known as the Science Club. The purpose of this organization is to facilitate the promotion of scientific interests on the part of the students. One of the chief objectives of the Club this year is a science exhibit to be produced here in the school. Officers of the Club are Dan Bruce, Joe Linder and Dick Perkins. Pictured at the upper left is Father Greshem discussing the human skeleton with members of the club. Middle right photo catches Chief Hampstern Don Dooley weighing one of the laboratories' hnmpsters in connection with feeding experiment. Lower photo is of the members of the Science Club. Left fo rigbf, fron! row-Ryan, Hutton, Linder, Bruce, Perkins, Curley, and Turk. Miefille Row-Blancq, D. Laux, Ramsey, Wells, Clark, Acerra, Vebezia, and Griffen. Back Row-Dooley, J. R. Brown, Doyle, Dran- non, Mulkey, Pretti, and Reilly.

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A. -I. Venezia, popular senior and charter member of the National Honor Society, received notice this year from the Extension Magazines Teen-Age Board that he had won honorable mention for his essay in their nation-wide contest. A. jfs subject, Evolu- tion and the Catholic Church, was rated with over :1 thousand others from Catholic high schools throughout the country by selected judges. Besides being a member of the Honor Society, A. J. also is a member of the Science and Spanish Clubs. four years in the band, and three in Journalism. ' r Q? Alford Wood, Senior at Catholic, took top honors in the Catholic Patriotism Essay sponsored by the Fourth Degree Council of the Memphis Knights of Columbus. The contest was open to the girls and boys Catholic high schools throughout the city. An- other honor was recently conferred on Alford due to his scholastic ability. He was successful in passing the difficult Navy Reserve test but failed on a physi- cal in Cincinnati due to 20-30 vision in one eye. Alford, however, now has his sights trained on Notre Dame and plans to enter the South Bend university in the Fall of ,49.