Milton Academy - Yearbook (Milton, MA)

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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.

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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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Init Ron Pierce Znnecnik Clleex er U-leur! llmnlmj hemp Francis. Second Roux' Coburn, Howland, Faulk- The Student Council This year, one of Milton's most important, went very smoothly under the guidance of the Student Council and with the cooperation of the whole school. It was a good year, with strong morale both on the fields and in the classrooms. Some of the reforms introduced last year were continued, and a few new ones replaced those that had become out-dated. The First Class continued to be able to study in the Library in the evenings, and a council member was again present at the Warren Hall yellow-slip meet- ings, keeping a strong bond between the two halls. A new system of supervising the Rink and Gym on the weekends was introduced, with the First Class joining in to help. Many factors helped to make the Student Council's job easier this year, the most com- mendable of which was the whole-hearted co- operation of everyone when it was needed. Counting ballots