Winchester High School - Aberjona Yearbook (Winchester, MA)

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ABERJONA . 1947 23 First Row: B. Chase, B. Morton,-I. Fritch, M. L. Flynn, L. Bartlett, D. Symmes, M. Chase, M. A. Coulson, D. Stowe Second Row: W. Regan, S. Gagan, B. Michelson, P. Millett, Mr. Weafer, R. Joslin, S. Morgan, R. Craig, R. Walsh Third Row: McCarthy, S. Hamilton, C. Nelson, Dade, D. Holdsworth, V. Bullard, D. Casey, R. Murphy, G. Tansey, R. Halm Freshman fvlath Wizards One of the most ambitious classes in a long time entered these famous portals this year. Since the members of the freshman class are ineligible for membership in our senior Math Club, a group of these up and coming citizens got together with Mr. Weafer and formed the Freshman Math Club. President, Barbara Michelseng Vice-President, Peter Millettg Secretary, Sally Morgan 3 Treasurer, Richard Joslin, and Program Director, Doris Casey, under the guiding hand of Mr. Weafer, as faculty adviser, proceeded to install the Club as a regular fixture in Winchester High School. The purpose of this Club is twofold: one, to form a taste for math, and two, to get away from the regular mathematics course. This Club, unlike most of our organizations, meets at least once a month, and presents little trick problems for its members to solve. The members divide into four teams and stage their own private contests, the winners receiving, usually, a box of candy for each member of the winning team. Well worth the effort and brain strain, vve'd say. These freshmen have started something really valuable, let's hope next year's class can keep up the good work already begun.

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22 ABERjONAg- 1947 First Row: Holdsworth, E. Highr, R. Borden, A. Albree,J. Millett, M. Meigs,j. Noble, B. Howe, C. Zimmerman ' Second Row: N. Moore, L. Fenno, P. Maher, K. Halm, C. Watson, Mr. Butters, C. Enright, J. Harris, Beggs, N. Grant, K. Dickson 'Third Row: R. Keeney, R. Swanson, M. Smith, E. Moses, M. Norris, D. Goss, G. Burtnett, S. Neiley, C. Reeves, N. Bergquist Fourth Row: E. McCauley, L. Hottel, A. Wright,j. Dana,J. Mathewson, P. Sorokin fjlflath Wizards This year, once again, Mr. Butters issued his annual appeal to all ablefbodied figure jugglersf' The fact that Room 21 was bulging at the seams during that first meeting bears mute testimony tht mathematics appeals to others besides the scholar. Mathematics can be fun, and this is precisely what the Math Club is endeavoring to prove. Under the able leadership of Charlie Watson, President, Charlie Enright, Secretary, and Mr. Butters, the faculty adviser, the Math Club has had a very successful year, holding four meetings and a contest. Once again the Club sponsored a Sophomore Geometric Original Contest. After a close race, the field was Whittled down to four competitors: Connie Smith, Ruth Morse, Robert Oxford, and Richard Cleary. In the final contest it was nip and tuck,', until finally, after a tie between Ruth Morse and Robert Oxford, Ruth Morse won. Enthusiasm and rivalry to get it right first run high. These energetic mathematicians are never satisfied to leave a problem hanging in midfair. Often a meeting will run well into overtime, and nobody, except perhaps Mr. O'Donnell, complains. It seems that there is no end to the variety of Math problems possible, judging from the way these eagerbeavers pull them out of their hats, the triclcier the better. Plans are already under Way for the last meeting, which is to be held in the evening and promises to be a gala affair. Keep your eye on the Math Club. We're looking for even bigger and better things next year.

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24 ABERJONA . 1947- First Row: R. Bunten, M. Norris, S. Luitwieler, E. Moses, A. Mathewson, C. Zimmerman, 1. Noble . Second Row: Millett, M. Meigs, Mathewson, K. Halm, Dr. Alley, C. Enright, B. Howe, J. Keefe, N. Bigelow ' Third Row: R. Keeney, R. Swanson, C. Phippen, P. Sorokin, B. Coe,j. Slocum, M. Smith, F. Smith, Wentworth, N. Moore Fourth Row: S. Wallace, F. Strawbridge, R. Eckberg, Holdsworth, T. Barrett, D. Goss Fifth Raw: P. Livingston, Williams icrohe Hunters . With the many new scientific inventions and developments brought on by the War, science has grown to be one of the most important subjects of the present day. But don't let this faze you, the Science Club is not made up of future Einsteins - though there may be one or two hidden among us - but of fairly normal human beings who get a thrill out of experimenting with the unknown. Each meeting has been turned over to an officer of the Club in charge of getting a program ready. The officers for the Science Club are as follows: President, Klaus Halmg Vice-President, Charles Enwrightg Treasurer, james Mathewson, and Secretary, Barbara Howe. The Executive Board, chosen to help the president in planning and carrying out the meetings, consists of Ted Barrett, Libby Moses, Marjorie Norris, Edward Shaw, and Peter Sorokin. The Club has been ably supervised by Doctor Alley and is much indebted to him for assistance and helpful suggestions. One of the most interesting experi' ments of the year was presented by James Mathewson, whoishowed the exothermic reaction between zinc and sulfur, and who also gave a demonstration of the highly ex losive property of ammonium iodide. At another meeting Ted Barrett showed how power can be transmitted, through air by using a Tesal. Ted showed that a fluorescent tube can be lighted by power transmitted through three people holding hands. An evening meeting was held at the home of the secretary, .Barbara Howe, and there the Club was shown an elaborate setfup of electric trains. The Club was also introduced to Slinky, a narrow flat coil of steel that can walk downstairs, along with other feats. The members of the Club were told of various lectures to be given at Massachusetts Institute of Technology that would be of interest to high school students. There are many Club members who have taken advantage of the opportunity to attend these lectures.