St Philip and St James High School - Scholastic Yearbook (Phillipsburg, NJ)

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Scholastic Parochial Flies High at New York Science Fair Each club which is a member of the American Institute of Science was urged to send its best material to compete for prizes at the Museum of Natural History, March ll-16. The purpose of the Fair is to stimulate originality and to emphasize the value of science in daily life. It is considered a distinct honor to club members to represent their organizations at this mecca. To have an exhibit chosen from the hundreds entered, as worthy of an award, is an even greater honor. When our boys took up the challenge they realized that they were competing with three hundred other schools with very likely a large percent of these entered under communication. They just looked upon the event as another chance to advance, but not to win. Thomas Murphy, James Ashman, Arthur Kernahan. and John Imbody were responsible for the journey to New York and the arrang- ing of the display. They did a fine piece of work, for a week later we received word that our group entry had been awarded third prize and Arthur Kernahan's electric set also a third prize under individual entries. Gold Seal certificates were received and checks amounting to ten and three dollars were also received with the understanding that the money be used for the furtherance of science by the club. Letters of congratulations were received from the head of the American Institute, the New York City Board of Education, and our friend, Mr. Muldoon, of Pittsburgh, whose letter because of its nature, we are publishing in this volume of the Scholastic. g Later a greater honor came to the science club. It was a request for an exhibit for the World's Fair. This exhibit is to be on display at the Westing- house Building for one month. The definite time of this exhibit has not been set but a number of the boys have volunteered their services to demonstrate just how their work is accomplished. This climaxed our year's work and we feel that all our work has been rewarded. RIVO BARTOLACCI FIFTY ONE 1939

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1939 FI - it Radio Club Following in the footsteps of Marconi, the Radio Club, composed of Senior and Junior boys. has proven that toil and fun can be happily combined. lt was work to build our sets, but the satisfaction that came from the first station re ceived. was a great pleasure. Collecting Q. S. L. cards is a popular hobby among the boys. Q. S. I-. cards are small cards on which an operator records the date and time he is trans- mitting. Rivo Bartolacci, our president. had the largest collection. In this way he and many other members made friends with near and distant amateurs. To aid in our study of code the Club purchased a Sky Buddy Receiver. A successful Booster drive was conducted in order to start a fund for a transmitter. Each Monday afternoon Mr. Francis Moule, a veteran telegraph operator of the World War, gave his time to the boys to aid them in mastering code. This was of great benefit. as we had a chance to check our mistakes and record our progress. The boys appreciated this training from a man so eflicient and so generous with his service. Many found the work too dillicult, but hope to conquer it next year so they can use the transmitter which will be purchased with our Booster money. Although only four years old, our Radio Club has progressed rapidly. Each year the members strive to accomplish something greater. Our boys caught the Science Youth movement and affiliated with the American Institute Science and Engineering Club of New York City. Many advantages were gained by tying up with this national organization. We received a membership charter and pins. The Institute publishes a monthly paper, the Science Observer. which contains a wealth of club news, short crisp articles and a host of other interesting items. ln the May issue our club picture was shown because of the active part the club had taken in the various projects of the American Science Institute. CARMEN ATTINELLO FTY 9 Scholastic

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1939 Scholastic New York Trip Early on March l7, 1939, the Radio Club of St. Philip and St. James' High School started out for its annual sojourn through the highlights of New York. After bidding goodbye to New Jersey, we crossed the Cieorge Washington Bridge and went directly to Our Lady of Lourdes Church, from there to the Museum of Natural History where we viewed the exhibts from the Science Fair. Leaving the Museum we drove downtown to the Wholesale Radio Store where we saw an amateur's transmitter demonstrated for our benefit, also a small broad- casting room and all the latest radio equipment. The group decided they were hungry, After a great clamor we were let out at the Pennsylvania Station and allowed time for Heats. Feeling fortined inwardly. we traveled to the docks where we boarded the enormous French Liner. the llle de France, and were shown throughout the entire vessel, We then visited the R. C. A. Building and took the N, B. C. Tour. Next we went to the Museum of Science and lndustry. Here we were shown electri- cal devices which were very fascinating. We made a visit to St. Patricks Cathee dral before leaving New York, after which we journeyed to AHome Sweet Homef BERNARD CANAVAN FlFTY'TWO D