Milton Academy - Yearbook (Milton, MA)

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Every weekday evening, except Friday, one can always find ham wizards Talbot, Tenney, Rotch, or other members stashed away in Room S6 of Warren Hall, in constant communication with the outside world. Here, under the guid- ance of Mr. Pierce, prospective members may learn the theory and Morse Code required for an Amateur Radio License and full membership in the Club. Upon receiving the license, a stu- dent may use all the facilities of the radio room, including the school station, WIMPH. He or she may also borrow a complete station, to be set up at home or in the dormitory. In past years, many students from both sides of Centre Street have earned their licenses and have found a hobby to be valued for many years. A few members have gone on to earn commercial licenses, enabling the holder to apply for a variety of fascinating and lucrative jobs. All of us are very grateful to Mr. Pierce for his kind assistance. He has instilled in us a deep and valuable interest in electronics. And if the present interest in radio keeps up, we know the Club will enjoy many years of continued success. Tenney and Dugan ham it up Rotch receives The Radio Club First Row: Talbot, J., Rotch, Tenney, fPre.t.1, Mr. Pierce, Dugan. Semud Roux' Archibald, Millet. D., Cunning., ham, V. B., Moss, Faulkner, A.

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f 1-f i i.. W..-. Ifirsl Row: Forbes, Meigs, Zamecnik, fPre.v.Q, Mr. Stubbs, Millet, J., Talbot, J., Kennelly. Second Row: Hit- zig, P., Bingham, Whelton, Straus, Hedblom, Tenney, Hatcher, Mellon, Lyman. Third Roux' Schwarz, Mack, Dllgafli MOYSC, Sullivan, Cunningham, V. B., Dickson. Fourth Roux' Millet, D., Chace, Rugo, Freeman, R. The Science C lub The Science Club, hindered as always by the lack of time for those interested, got off to a slow start but after getting rolling, the year proved successful. Interesting talks were given to us by members' fathers, ranging from Dr. Charles Lyman's on hibernation and Dr. Paul Zame- cnik's on the growth of cells to Mr. Charles Meigs's on missiles. But the main project lay outside these, for as the world looked towards the moon, so did we. Certain elite of the Club, in combination with the First Class Chemistry half-course, con- tinued a project to study the moon with funds provided by the United States Public Health Service. With the invaluable and ever-present Millet experiments aid of Mr. Stubbs, we photographed the moor1's surface in various phases with various exposures and colored filters. The object was to determine the mineral composition of the surface by densi- tometerg a photoelectric devise had to be built, as well as the camera box. The exact results may take some time to de- termine, but thanks to Mr. Stubbs, everything so far has gone smoothly over-all, including a seemingly hectic lunar eclipse observation just after College Boards. And we have every reason to expect that next year the Club will be even more successful. Ifuxlf I

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Millet KCVSS Fuller aims The Association was very active this year. In the fall, we had a series of educational films on duck, as well as big game, hunting, gotten through the Izaak Walton League. Soon after, we elected new members, and had our lirst 'shoot' in early December. All our shoots this year were held at Charlie Lyman's. Archie Nash proved to be the true shotgunner, missing only two birds. After Christmas, we had more films, and decided that, as a club project, we would make fish- ing rods with various components acquired in Utica. Others would be able to take apart fire- arms or make stocks. In the Winter Term, jim Gilliatt, '56, gave a most interesting discussion of U. S. Military Rifles of 1842-1940. He brought much of his own collection, showing us everything from the Perez percussion cap of Harperls Ferry through the M-l of the late '30s. Also in the Winter fishing movies prepared the way for a trip to a stocked pond in Boxford later on. This trip gave us a great deal of fun, as well as an opportunity to use the rods we had made. The Fish and Game Association Iirxt Roux' Lyman, Bolton, T., Millet, J., fPre.v.l, Mr. Wales, Keyes, Fuller, F., Freeman, C. Second Roux' Foster, Cherington, Collier, Baker, Bergfeld, Wilder, Pope. Thin! Roux' Thompson, Crittenden, Millet, D., Hallett, Groves, R. H., Nash. ' ' ww . .. emu