Milton Academy - Yearbook (Milton, MA)

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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

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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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autica! cslociety NAUTICAL SOCIETY Gregg, Delcnatcl, Potts, Durant, Perkins, VVylde, VVilliams, Smith Ilall, Marlow, Sherbrooke, Baker, Mr. Hall, Robertson, Carr, A., Segura, Bradley Damon, Bigelow, Howland, Thorndike, MacNaught, Gannett, Foster Weighing anchor in early October, under the command of Commodore Toby Baker and Vice-Commodore Mike Robertson, the Good Ship Victoryf, with eleven new hands aboard, embarked upon her 15th annual cruise. The Nautical Society, at an early Friday evening rendezvous, saw slides of the races for the Americas Cupf, The next stop- over was at CapD Hallls house, Where plans were discussed for the '53 season. Midship- man Phil Delano of the Coast Guard and the Class of ,52, spoke to us on his voyage to Bermuda aboard the training-ship Eagle. Later, Mr. Sandy', Moffat, a well known author and yachtsman, lectured on Cruis- ing in Safety. The Springis activities included visiting Mr. L. Francis Herreshoff at his castle in Marblehead, a trip to the New Bedford Whaling Museum, where we were treated to an extremely informative afternoon, and a talk by Mr. Allcard on his single-handed trip across the Atlantic. The Society went on its annual cruise to the Maritime Mu- seum at Mystic, Connecticut. Finally, with the coming of warm weather, the Nautical Society participated in the Interscholastic Dinghy competitions held at M.I.T., Tufts, and Lake Quonapoitt, on the whole with good success. After the closing of school, three boys are planning to sail in the Interscholastic Sail- ing Championships held at the U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis. Chosen to pilot the Nautical Society next year through a continued program of activ- ity are Ross Sherbrooke, Commodore, and Rocky Potts as Vice-Commodore. NVe wish them Bon Voyage.