Milton Academy - Yearbook (Milton, MA)

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A meeting, believe it or not The Historical Society this year, due to many conflicts with other clubs, and inability to ob- tain top-flight speakers on the relatively few free evenings, was very inactive during the fall term. Mr. Elliott Perkins, however, of Har- vard, gave a very good dissertation on some considerations of the usage of history. He set forth a few basic reasons for studying history, placing particular emphasis upon its practical applications. Following the lecture, there was the traditional and revealing question and answer period, highlighted by Nick Littlef1eld's pene- trating questions about Harvard. President Pierce Mr. Alfred Bingham also came and lectured to us on March ll, about his recent trip to Russia. This illustrated lecture was particularly good in that Mr. Bingham was able to compare the Rus- sia which he had seen in 1931, with the Russia he saw last summer. Mr. james Burnham, the well known writer, came on April 22, to speak on contemporary affairs of a political nature especially. This lec- ture was a very thought provoking one indeed. As always, our thanks should be extended to Messrs. Feather, Bisbee fE.J, and Bulfington for their continual guidance and help. The Historical Society Iiirxt Row: Norris, Swett, Pierce, KPrex.J, Mr. Feather. Sturges, Mellon, Freeman, C. Second Roux' Hitzig, P., Talbot, J., Faulkner, Filoon, Bingham, Baker, Littlefield, Cherington. 'l'lJi1':l Roux' Bolton, C., Howland, C. C.. Knowlcs, Burgin, Bryant, Freedberg.

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I 1 3 1 G1 s ., W . , its 11- : 'r . , , s ,.rL . 1 'N t l i bp p if s i A a Collecting type Although the M. A. Press has ostensibly printed little this year, its members consider it a great success. It may seem that we are wasting the type and presses at our disposal, but we are still in the process of organizing. Last year the Print Club was virtually dead. There were no old mem- bers. Therefore, the officers set a standard for membership which was hoped to insure an in- crease in membership and activity in the fu- ture. To join, each boy must work for two hours at sorting or cleaning type. We were surprised and pleased by the number of sincere candi- dates who turned out. Our main piece of work was the program for the football and soccer games with Nobles. Thanks to Holcombe, Bradlee, Whelton, cider, pizza, and Stokey's ditto machine, these pro- grams were ready by game time. We think the programs helped everyone, and, we hope, were appreciated. Since our principle function is to furnish some good, 'clean' fun, we consider ourselves one of the most successful clubs on the campus. This will continue to be true if there are members who can laugh at their mistakes and enjoy the hard work. The M. A. Press First Row: Baker, Willis, Whelton, Mr. Duncan, Bradlee, Pappas, Swett. Second Row: Holcombe, Minot, How- land, Cunningham, Knowles, Norris, Millet, Witherbee. Third Row: McKenna, Schmid, Wilder, Hitzig, Burgin, Devens. Fourth Roux' Bryant, Chace, Groves, Rust, Joplin, Lane. i i, ,.,, fp., . . JF I' f:f5'iv:'f1.I ' K - Ziff? ' 'fl ffiil: '5n?!5f': ' .Wilir f L 'ff 1 '- wif Q:-.ff :I-33 f-37'

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Gm Hffl RUN'-' I-Ymfln, Stone. Burnham. fPl'C'.Y.l. Mr. Beyer. Mack, Littleheld. Sammi Roux' Chesebrough, Faulkner Hayward, Flllleff F-, Wh9lf0n, BFHCHCC- 777i1'!f Roux' Hitzig. W.. Groves. R. S., Rogerson. Kaplan. Joplin, Bor- lancl. The Chess C lub One of the aims of the Chess Club in 1959-'60 was to put more emphasis on intramural play, Q with more meetings, as well as general encour- ,O agement of individual effort. As the year pro- gressed, this theory seemed to pay off, and it Q f - was felt that the over-all level of playing was K V, improved. O ' S ' Milton won its major outside match of the . year, the Withington Cup Tournament, played against Roxbury Latin School each year. On the N Sunday afternoon of January 24, the top talent in each of Classes I through IV won a victory of 3l'Q-212 from their Roxbury Latin counter- parts' The Roxbury Latin match Sunday afternoon intramural matches were held as often as feasible, and from the amount of participation, we would judge they were suc- cessful as well as fun. We would like to thank all members for their tremendous interest in the Club, and trust that it will continue in future years.