Newton High School - Newtonian Yearbook (Newton, MA)

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499T'S ALPHA GAMMA TAU To the common man mathematics is a lion to be feared, but to the members oi Alpha Gamma -lau it is nothing but a lcitten, something to play with. They twist its tail, romp with it, and sometimes even dissect it Cjust for laughsf. For those bothered by simultaneous equa- tions, a simplified method for doing them by the determinant was described in a tallc by David Young, a member oi the club. Highlights ol the year were a trip to Babson's lnstitute in Wellesley to see the giant relief map of the United States theref a talk by Mr. Charles l'l. Mergandahli and a visit to the calculat- ing machine at iVl.l,'l. At the November meeting the club lormally struclc some- thing mathematical vvhich it could not comprehend ' ' hovv to predict elections successfully. X x. I NX I if vf Ci iiifffiiiiip-tl lx! U if V L h , President . , . Vice-President . Secretary . . . Treasurer . . Adviser . . . Richard Brainerd . . . Ben Martin . Bernice Fingerman . , Robert Ward Miss Frances L. Mendell

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X KE is LQX 5LlP5 Adviser . . . Mr. Trumbull Simmons President . . . Norman Di Giovanni Vice-President . . . . Ann Kane Secretary-Treasurer . . SallyAnn Levine HI-I ALPHA BETA The Alpha Beta Club is a sophomore edition ol the English Club and Tusitala. lts purpose is to give sophomores an op- portunity to develop interests similar to those pursued by members ol these two clubs in junior and senior years. This year club meetings were devoted to the reading and discussion ol the members' original vvorl4, both prose and poetry. There were group discussions ol the various aspects ol creative writing and analysis ol vvorlcs oi great vvriters. A series oi recordings vvere made by ditler- ent members reading their ovvn composi- tions. This gave club members an ex- cellent opportunity to criticize the vvorlc ol their lellovv authors, and also to have their ovvn vvork appraised. Qne open meeting vvas held with a guest spealcer. Membership in Alpha Beta is valuable to all sophomores.

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UQ- 1 ox -Sr' f W f ZW I, Mt ff! ! ANTI-SMOKING COMMITTEE The Anti-Smoking Committee, one oi the newest student legislative bodies in Newton l'ligh School, was formed to cope with the problem ol student smok- ing. This committee is made up of high ranking students in all classes. Members oi the committee were given identifica- tion cards signed by the principal which HI-I 32 X ij X 1 f K, i n f, Qg: , 1 .A 7 ' mg! Adviser . . Mr. Horace Kidger Chairman . . . . Bob Pettys gave them the right to leave any recita- tion, study hall or home room period at any time in order to visit places where they believed smoking might take place. Smoking, they believed, was a serious offense and anyone found smoking on school grounds should be severely punished as an example lor others vvho might be tempted to smoke. This prob- lem ol student smoking has been etlec- tively dealt with by the Anti-Smoking Committee during its three years of existence.