Phillips Exeter Academy - PEAN Yearbook (Exeter, NH)

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WORLD FEDERALISTS President: Andrew P. Schouvaloff Vice-President: Burton P. McHugh Secretary: Vernon K. Dibble Adviser: Mr. jones During the last few years the World Federalists have been slowly declining in popularity at Exeter. Attendance has drop- ped by more than half since the organiza- tion was formed, and until this year the only time that all the members were present was at the picture, when Gunningham's became clogged with hordes of future diplo- mats. But this year an all-out effort was made to promote interest in the Federalists. Movies were shown at several meetings, and several interesting lectures were given during the fall and winter terms. President Andy Schouvaloff was sent by the P.E.A. WORLD FEDERALISTS Chapter to the World Government Confer- ence, where he apparently suffered a ner- vous breakdown, for soon afterwards he announced his intention to resign. But the other members, content with the Schouva- loff rule, and perhaps somewhat lethargic, formed a coalition against him and he was forced to continue in office. Apparently his popularity among the members was greater than he thought. But Schouvaloff's discontent threw the group into separate parties, and if you listen carefully, you can hear the dull booms of the atom bombs they are hurling at each other, They're making an awful mess in the Academy Building. lVlr. lones left the club in the winter term to go on his sabattical, and he has been reported strolling the Rue Pigalle and visiting several Parisian Bistros, picking up local color and studying the diplomatic crises in Europe. First Row: Pytte, Goodwin, 1, Thomas, V. Dibble, Schouvaloff, Mcl-lugh, Francis, Tenca, Rockford. Second Row: Mr. jones, Schuman, Gustafson, j. Garfield, McVay, G Dibble, Ware, Westberg, I. G Thomas. lll7l

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DISCUSSION THE HERODOTAN SOCIETY President: Burton P. McHugh Secretary: S. Bobo Dean Treasurer: Kenneth j. Reckford Adviser: Mr. Schuller At its first meeting the Herodotan Society heard an interesting discussion on post-war Europe by Mr. Earl Barrett, lVlr. Edmond Meras, and Mr. Howard johnson. At the next meeting the society discussed its rea- sons for existence, if any. Considerable doubt was expressed as to whether the society was justifying itself, either in its avowed purpose as a political discussion group or as a service to the school. At this meeting the society undertook a project urged by Mr. Schuller of corresponding with foreign students. The society heard lVlr. Perkins of the Rockingham County Republican Club dis- cuss the future course of the Republican Party, a discussion which ended as a free- HERODOTAN SOCIETY for-all between Mr. Schuller and some of the more conservative members of the group. Dr. Hugh Scott discussed the pro- posed government health insurance plan, which he attacked as unworkable and op- posed to American traditions. He recog- nized, however, the need for better medical care for Americans in backward areas and said that the medical profession had helped to bring the present situation upon them- selves. Interesting talks were also given by Mr. Rathbone of the New Hampshire judiciary system, by Mr. Douglas Heck and lVlr. joseph Creene of the State Department, and by Professor Arthur Schlesinger, jr., who spoke on modern liberalism. The society sponsored the annual Time Current Events Test, in which participation seems to decrease as the years go by. The Herodotan Society hopes that in the future it will be able to fulfill more effec- tively its purpose of providing informal poli- tical and historical discussions for those Exonians who are especially interested in these subjects. First Row: A. I. Miller, Nicoson, V. Dibble, Reckford, McHugh, S. B, Dean, A, Dyer, Benedict, R. D. Simmons. Second Row: Mr. Schuller, johnstone, Goddard, Schouvaloff, Finn, Francis. jimi

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First Row Bradley Angell T Evans Thoenen Benedict Woodman, Reckford. Second Row Mr R H Bates Schultz S B Dean Spaeth Forbes, Pottle, Pytte,C.G.Creen. LANTERN CLUB President: Gardner S. Thoenen Secretary: Sean Sweeney Adviser: R. H. Bates I Discussion this year in the Lantern Club has been limited to poetry and the novel. This has been the result of a greater inter- est in these subjects by the members of the club. The club has been less active this year than last and there have been fewer out- side speakers. The years activity started with a talk by Mr. Stevens on the Metal physical Poets. The following week lvlr. Stookey led an informal discussion on journ- alism. Mr. Bernard DeVoto, the noted critic, spoke to the club on the Twentieth Century Novel and Mr. deLancey of the French Department outlined the develop- ment of the French Novel. Later in the year Mr, Curwen read some poetry and dis- cussed the life of A. E. Housrnan. Although there have been fewer speakers this year the interest of the group in literature has been far above the normal level. lll8l