Milton Academy - Yearbook (Milton, MA)

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B860 ting ociety DEBATING SOCIETY VVald, Villard, Randolph, Brayton, Crews, Beede, Arnold, Dunbar XVeehslcr, Ofgant, Carr, D., Duncan, Cannell, Morgan, Breehemin, Kernan, Altman Martin, VVchster, Mr. Norris, Lewis, Beecher, Boyden, Faber, Fitzgibbons, Twombly Kooh, Cowperthwait, Sawyer, Gamble, Pantaleoni, Swan, Spalding, Knowlton In one of its most active years to date, the Debating Society has sponsored many different types of speech activity. Members have participated in Intramural contests, Interscholastic debating, and a program of National Forensic League Tournaments and Congresses. During the fall political campaign, the Society staged intramural discussions on subjects of national interest. There were three debates concerning the relative merits of Eisenhower and Stevenson, Kennedy and Lodge, and the advisability of Trumanis Whistle Stop touring. Other Intramurals concerned secondary school homework and NATO. Interscholastically, Milton teams de- feated Nobles, Croton, Roxbury Latin, the Magus, and Brookline High School, and dropped a decision to Tabor. The annual Middlesex-St. Marks-Milton Round Robin Tournament ended in a three way tie. Mil- ton defeated Middlesex and lost to St. Marks. Milton participated in three NFL Student Congresses and ran one at the school in the fall. In the New England Champion- ships, Milton placed fourth in the debating and second in the overall point totals, and later competed in the Boston University Tournament. There were, in addition, sev- CContinued on Page 745

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mmatzic The Dramatic Club production chosen for this year was Playboy of the VVestern lV0rl1I,D the humorous story of an Irish community with an array of interesting and amusing characters. Irish brogues were sharpened, tryouts were held, and the cast was picked. Rehearsals in the Thacher Room and lioom 11 then began. At the same time, strong backs were being mustered together to assist with the staging of the production. Some spent their time climbing around the rafters of the llathaway House theatre putting in the lighting system. The costume men wan- dered here and there measuring waists, while the business managers were trying to persuade people to see the play. The dress rehearsal went smoothly, the only mishap being that a set threatened to fall down on two or three occasions. The performances of the play took place on March 6th and 7th. The Hne acting on the part of the cast was particularly praised. The male parts were played by David Greenway in the lead, George Oldberg, Frank Kernan, Harry Fitzgibbons, Henry Cortesi, and President Malcolm Ticknor. We are very grateful to Mr. Duncan for helping out in the absence of Mr. Torney, and to Mrs. Sedgewiek for the tremendous amount of work that she put into the pro- duction. VVe also wish the best of luck to next yearis officers, Dave Greenway and Marshall Schwarz, and to the large number of returning players. in DRAMATIC CLUB Olgant. Beecher, Ehrlich, Thorndike, Raymond, Kernan, Parker, Emery, lfaber Duncan. Yillard, liobiuson, A., Oldberg, Schwarz, M., Greenway, XVebster, Andrews, XVilliams, Morgan. Cortesi Crews. Robbins. Eldridge. lfiske. Swett, Mr. Duncan, Tieknor, lfitzgibbons, l'arsons, Coulter, Martini Noble, Edmonds, Knowlton, Damon 43

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CIQHCQ G U An abundance of speakers and field trips has given the 1953 Science Club an ex- ceptional year. The first meeting started oil? a wide range of talks: Butch Hall and lluss Beede joined to explain how a hot rod works, while llowie liobbins discussed the characteristics of the perfect high fidelity amplifier. The next meeting gave us our first outside speaker, Nlr. Lucien Eaton, speaking on his experiences as a mining engineer. ln subsequent meetings, George Smith spoke of the work being done at the XVoods Ilole Oceanographic Institute, and David Belash explained the inner workings of locks. Mr. Bruce Kings- bury came out from the NI.l.T. Admissions Ollice and spoke on engineering at Techg later, Nlr. john Fiske spoke on engineering from the viewpoint of the successful busi- nessman. The final meeting, held at Nlr. Thorndike's home, featured the annual club dinner. The Science Club trips have been equally entertaining and informative. The first of these was to the Squantum Naval Air Sta- tion. The members present were shown the workings of many dillierent departments of the Station and of the planes themselves. During the mid-Winter holiday, a smaller group toured the Ford Nlotor plant in Somerville. The final trip of the year, with a delegation from the Girls' School, was to the Nluseum of Science, for a demonstra- tion of general items. including 3-D movies. The Club, under President john Stack- pole, has been active and next year prom- ises to be equally so with Bill North and Ceorge Smith as officers. main av in nf' SCIENCE CLUB llall, Perry, lloblnns, Cilliatt, Belash, Beede, Keith Twombly, Brown. North, Stackpole, Mr. Thorndike, Fiske, Smith. Andrews Thorndike. Oliver, NValler, Bingham, Rawls 45