South Eugene High School - Eugenean Yearbook (Eugene, OR)

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Astronomy Club Enjoying its first year ar South, the Astronomy Club was one of the school's most active organizations. Meeting once a week at the YMCA, members conducted classes in mirror grinding, telescope making, and stellar photography, and organized discussions about the various planets, stars and constellations. Headed by President jim johnson and Adviser Roger Fidler, the club held evening sky parties when weather permitted. A lecture by a member of Eugene's senior astronomy club and a public slide show comprised the rest of the year's activities. President Put Keahng leads discussion uf meeiing of Science Clubs Federated.

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Radio Club Surrounded by transmitters, variable frequency oscillators, general coverage receivers, modulators and mikes, members of the Radio Club worked long hours to further their knowledge of radio communications and eventually earn their ham or amateur operator licenses. Amid the click of Morse Code and the drone of radio theory lectures, President John Gerstmann and Adviser Kenneth Howland led the club to another successful year. Trcmsmli ng Morse Code ove ham ado slat on W50WC oe Rado Club oe' members John Large Iefl and Mke Acker rgo' o- xl 0 X QR- e, . xv 9 - G eg Bullu d ponde s soluhon io Dr Ten Br kes quesf on xp xpx Q9 Science Clubs Federated Coordinating the functions of the various science clubs throughout the year was the purpose of an executive board known as Science Clubs Federated. Members were the chairman, Pat Keating, and the presidents of the ive science clubs, Biology, Chem- istry, Physics, Radio and Astronomy. Meeting once a month under the supervision of Advisers Dr. Dirk Ten Brinke and Mrs. Phyllis Talus, the federation appropriated funds for the individual clubs, planned special lectures, such as one given by james Anderson of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, showed science films from the University of Oregon, and planned other func- tions such as field trips to the coast. The fall and spring science desserts helped raise funds to fi- nance the various activities.