Phillips Exeter Academy - PEAN Yearbook (Exeter, NH)

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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

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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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PHOTOGRAPHIC GROUP President: Richard S. Field Vice-President: john B. Rees, jr. Secretary: james W. Hanson Adviser: Mr. Brinckerhotf The Sunday meetings of the Photo- graphic Croup this year were highlighted by a series ot talks on composition by Mr. Krause, several discussions of technique by the club's President, and movies on photo- graphy from the Eastman Kodak Company. About titty candids and Scenics of good to excellent quality competed tor cash prizes in the annual Winter Salon, which was judged by Dr. Little, the Croup's former advisor. The officers ot the Group tried to mod- ernize the equipment in the darkroom by spending a large part of the Sinking Fund and by soliciting contributions. During the fall term miscellaneous equipment was in- stalled, and after much debate concerning its purchase, a thirty-tive-millimeter en- larger was placed in operation early in the spring. , l . Any bites? THE PHOTOGRAPHIC GROUP Front Row: Van Buskirk, Alger, j. Stone, Hanson, Field, Scharff, Forsyth, Churchill, lvlundorff. Back Row: Stephens, MacKinney, Levy, Le Baron, Bolster, Kulukundis, McConaghie, j. Loen ard Amory Wheelock, M. Botnick, Woll. iioij