Phillips Exeter Academy - PEAN Yearbook (Exeter, NH)

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SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY COUNCIL First Row: Head, Steele, W. Richards, I. Hunt, Schieffelin. Second Row: Snyder, Swan, Mr. Hogg, Merriam, Henkels. COUNCIL President: Whitman A. Richards Vice President: C. Robertson Trowbridge Advisor: Mr. Hogg Under the new constitution, the Scien- tific Society has become more unified. Since only one amendment has yet been enacted, the new constitution seems to be very workable. Through sponsoring bi- weekly meetings, the individual groups have become more prominent in the activi- ties of the Society. The student lectures and the impressive demonstrations given at these meetings have stimulated greater in- terest in the sciences. AERONAUTICS GROUP This year, the Aeronautics Group has not been as active as its members would have liked. Meetings have been held, however, and the members have flown some planes on Sunday afternoons. Both the cage and the baseball diamond have been success- fully used as landing fields. Competition between members in both the control-line and free-flight classes has been held. When last seen, the club was flying south. ASTRONOMY GROUP President: Thomas Merriam Adviser: Mr. Brinkerhoff This year, as usual, the Astronomy Group met for lecture and reports of observations, through which much was learned about rockets, early astronomy and religion, and the science of astrology. Members did a little star-gazing with the help of Mr. Brinkerhoff's astro-com- pass and telescope. An observatory has been constructed on the roof of the Science Build- ing containing a six inch telescope. The stars were still there. ll2Ol

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LES CABOTINS President: Charles M. Huck Vice-President: C. Keith Highet Secretary: Kenneth j. Reckford -.4 Adviser: Mr. H. H. Thomas Messrs. Thomas and Meras opened one of the most successful years in Les Cabo- tins' history with a hilarious skit on Modern Art. This was followed by a lecture on Corsica by Mr. Barrett and two French movies. The season ended with a faculty skit, Little jules Comes to Exeter , with Mr. Meras. There followed a song and dance act by the Four Dumb Waiters . In the winter term Les Cabotins spon- sored an address by M. Henri Peyre, Sterl- ing Professor of French at Yale. A dance with Bradford junior College and a mock French class made up the lighter side of the Club's winter activities. The term ended on a dramatic note with a play by Mr. Thomas called Coupable? , given before a capacity crowd in the Little Theater. ps N. Fun for the Kiddies LES CABOTINS First Row: Roop, H. Garfield, Moran, Reckford, Huck, lsreal, Ory, Brand, j. Thomas, Finn, Second Row: Southall, Blackburn, Buffington, Stahr, Nicoson, Bouche, Hamilton, Peverill, Moore, Haskell, Loeb. Third Row: Sandvoss, j. C. Thomas, V. Dibble, C. L. Wright, Mr. H. Thomas. K. johnson, P. j. Sm th, W. B. King, La Vine, jessup. Fourth Row: Mead, Fulmer, Calingaert, Dorrance, Springer, Schouvaloff, Schlaikjer, Cordon, Vivian, Hartwell, j. Ciarfield. 11191

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BIOLOGY GROUP President: john Schieffelin Adviser: lvlr. Haas The Biology Croup has been very active this year. The group took field trips twice a month during the fall and spring terms. For many hours members worked over the entrails of several animals, and the experi- ments were made to determine the genetic consequences of atomic radiation. The Atomic Energy Commission has not as yet made the group's findings public. CHEMISTRY GROUP President: Robert Morris Adviser: Mr. Dunnell The purpose of the Chemistry Croup, says the E-Book, is to allow students to discuss topics which are not studied in the regular Chemistry courses. Lectures and movies about organic and inorganic chem- i l l l i l i i l istry were given by members and by lvlr. Dunnell. An exhibit of alkali metals was composed and placed on display in the Science Building. lt was thoroughly en- joyed by all who observed it. METEOROLOGY GROUP President: Maurice Henkels Adviser: Mr. Cross This year the Meteorology Croup has continued to take readings and to observe the weather. A five-year average of the temperature and precipitation at Exeter was computed by Mr. Cross in the fall term. The significance of these figures is not known as yet except perhaps that winters in Exeter are getting worse. ln the spring, the members took a field trip to the home of Ralph Baker, the Old Salt, who also makes weather forecasts, ll2ll