Phillips Exeter Academy - PEAN Yearbook (Exeter, NH)

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This year BIOLOGY GROUP President: Adviser: Suffering membership, activities to and a few Richard S. Field lvlr. Mayo-Smith from the indifference of its the Biology Group confined its a lecture by Mr. Mayo-Smith minor projects. These latter included the dissection of a pig and a study of the feeding habits of garter snakes, CHEMISTRY GROUP President: Whitman A. Richards Adviser: Mr. Dunnell lvlr. Dunnell gave a course on Organic Chemistry to the members of the Group. The course was highlighted by a series of lectures and several collateral ex- periments. Another activity of the Group was the investigation of alkali metals. LECTURE GROUP President: Michael Ogden Adviser: Mr. Hogg This year the Lecture Group inaugurated the practice of having students give scien- tific lectures. Two of these were a lecture on glass-blowing by Augustus Fabens and one on astronomy by Daniel Seitz. lt is hoped that by having students give the lec- tures, rather than by listening to outside lecturers, more interest in the sciences will be stimulated. METEOROLOGY GROUP President: Michael Ogden Adviser: Mr. Gross Mark Twain once said of New England weather, lf you don't like it, wait a min- ute. Throughout the year the Meteoro- logy Group has continued to observe and

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SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL President: Christopher Pottle Vice-President: Whitman A. Richards Secretary: Alden D. Hinckley Adviser: Mr. Hogg As the governing body of the Scientific Society, the Council was mainly concerned this year with the writing of a new consti- tution. Work proceeded smoothly, and the new constitution was soon approved by the Council and the Scientific Society. Under its terms lower dues are collected, and the whole Society meets as a body every two weeks. The Council hopes that its new constitution will prove more workable than its impractical predecessor. AERONAUTICS GROUP President: Norman j. Hart Adviser: Mr. Hogg The Aeronautics Group was very active during I948-49. For the benefit of new , . SOCIETY members the club built a trainer and worked on a radio-controlled model plane. Throughout the year the group featured all types of model flying, including that of speed, stunt, and novelty airplanes: and even before the last snow had melted, the Plimpton Playing Fields had again become the site of many test runs. ASTRONOMY GROUP President: Daniel W. Seitz Adviser: Mr. Brinckerhoff The Astronomy Group, started only a year ago, has become the second largest Group in the Scientific Society. The meet- ings have consisted of a series of lectures given by members of the group which covered subjects of interest relating to the entire'Universe. Several projects have been started this year, among them the grinding of telescope lenses, and a careful study of the Milky Way. SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY COUNCIL Front Row: Keim, Field, C. Pottle, A. Hinckley, Seitz. Back Row: Ogden, N. Hart, Hunt, Woodward, lvlr. Hogg. l

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record our rapidly fluctuating New England weather. The group met weekly to discuss interesting phases of the recent weather or to hear lectures by Mr. Cross or by one of the members of the group. MODEL RAILROAD GROUP President: john O. Keim, jr. Adviser: Mr. Swift With almost insurmountable difficulties before it, the Model Railroad Group made a comeback this year. A completely new system of rails, roundhouses, and freight yards is now nearly complete. A much more active interest in the Group's activities re- sulted in the new layout. Locomotives and plenty of rolling stock are in evidence, and the attic of Phillips Hall is back on top. RADIO GROUP President: Thomas B. Greenhalgh Adviser: Mr. Cross For the first time in several years, a large number of students applied for admission to the Radio Group. There was a shortage of equipment, however, and activity was limited. The Group had only one licensed amateur, WIQYY, but many members were working for their licenses. This year's Group worked hard to overcome these and other minor obstacles and eventually suc- ceeded in making i949 a moderately suc- cessful year. SHOP GROUP President: Bruce A. Woodward Adviser: Mr. Marshall The twenty-five members of the Shop Group have accomplished a good deal this year. For the first time since the war, the Shop has been able to get all the materials it has needed, and a wide variety of articles including bookcases, speaker-cabinets, and tables have been built. Owing to the Groups great increase in membership over that of the last few years, the Shop has been used more often than usual. Too Many Cooks . . . iiooi