Northern Michigan University - Kawbawgam Yearbook (Marquette, MI)

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4 w- -r Lx Front Row: Lawrence Morton, Shirley Mattson, Dr. Boynton, Dr. Bjork, Phillip Richel, Raymond Smith. Back Row: Iai Chun Kim, Iohn Ogren, Harold Wiitala, Edwin Iohnson, Merrill Detroit. Theresa Rose, Doreen Andary, Norman Mutka, Ki Senck Rycmg, Sam. Welcher, William Williamson, Reynold Banks, Al Skewis. President-Ray Smith Mathematics Club The Mathematics Club, which is affiliated with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, is com- prised of students majoring or minoring in that depart- ment. Most club meetings are devoted to discussions, and demonstrations oi new and improved methods of teaching mathematics. The Club also affords an opportunity for becoming better acquainted with other mathematics stu- dents, as well as obtaining a better understanding of the subject. Other activities include the annual banquet in February and the department picnic held at the end of the school year. 32

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Front Row: Mr. Sain, George Smith, Harvey Fletcher, Gene Beaudoin. Tony Trukel, Dave Belger, Ken Heirn, Mr. Watera. Back Row: Iim Hicks. lack Channing, Ernest Belanger, Eugene Dellangli, Chuck Westen, Tom Thornton, Don Balzarini Peter Findley, Chuck McGee, Ray Lindstrom, Ierry Odlund, Andy Gauthier, Bob Monck. Industrial Arts Club The Industrial Arts Club, which is open to all industrial arts majors and minors and others interested in upholding the aims ot the organization, serves to supplement the classroom activities of the department. It provides extra opportunities to do research and to exchange viewpoints on problems in this subject area in a' friendly, informal atmosphere. At the monthly dinner meetings. guest speakers are featured. Among the highlights of the activities during the 1954-55 season were the venison dinner, the 'partridge party', and the annual 'rabbit dinner', at which the food committee served spaghetti, due to a rabbit shortage . . . or inaccurate hunting. A Iune picnic was also on the calendar. To promote the cause of Northern, the club this year built the Royalty Float, on which the Campus King and Queen rode in the Homecoming Parade. 31

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15 , I - , , ., tv Front How: Naomi Bodine, Mary Lou Brumm. Dayle Graves, Nelie Schaefer, Mary Beyers. Second Row: Ruth Platzke, Mar ilynn Simmons, Marina Hooper, Carolyn Brightsman. Sylvia Ostanek, Barbara Tuominen, Susanne Brungraber. Gail Swan son, Lois Lee, Gayle Starkey, Iudy Olson. President-Dayle Graves Novahoma Club The Novahoma is an organization for Home Econ- omics majors and minors which prepares them for pro- fessional work. It is affiliated with the Michigan Home Economics Association and the American Home Econom- ics Association. The organization participates annually in the state Province workshop. This past year Northern assumed the leadership of the Province workshop, which was held in Ypsilanti. It also sent four girls to represent the Nova- homas at the Central Regional Province Workshop held in Chicago in February. Other activities include a get- acquainted picnic in the fall, a Christmas bazaar and din- ner, and a guest day, which is held in the spring for high school students enrolled in homemaking departments throughout the Peninsula. 33 r l'l- Maw