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Johnson Speaks To Study Group

"This is the finest group of its kind," said Mr. Keith Johnson, Supervisor of the Science Department for D.C. Schools, at a meeting of the Advanced Science Study Group on Jan. 12.
Mr. Johnson came to the Study Group to give a talk on electromagnetic and sound waves and their effects upon each other. To do this Mr. Johnson used a ripple-tank, which he contrived from a storm window. In this tank he set up different wave effects through the use of simple motors geared to a venetian blind and household materials.
Mr. Johnson explained that the use of such materials was part of a new physics program set up by MIT. This program calls for visual experiments with an emphasis on having the students construct their own equipment. Because such a program demands so much more material it is so expensive that only three schools in the District are currently using it. These three schools are Sidwell Friends, John Carroll, and Coolidge High School. Mr. Johnson further stated that since this Science Study Program was progressing so well and with such student enthusiasm that the teachers participating would receive financial recompense. Mrs. Elaine Kilbourne stated that as a reward for the students a dinner would be given for the at the end of the year. She also said that the Study Group would start meeting on Wednesday mornings in addition to their Monday night meetings.


Advanced Science Study Group

On Feb. 9, Mr. Allen Schooley, Associate Director of Research for Electronics at the Naval Research Laboratory, spoke to the Advanced Science Study Group of Anacostia High School on the topic of "Electronics--Past and Future". The lecture, which explained the growth of the field through its five stages, was followed by demonstrations showing basic electronic principles.
The Advanced Science Study Group was organized this year by Mrs. Elaine Kilbourne, Mr. Ted Davenport, and Mr. Stephen Hopkins, science teachers, to offer college level science to 34 outstanding students in science. Members were selected on the basis of their scores on their science achievement tests, science reading ability, and mathematics.
Recently Dr. James Shulman, also of the Naval Research Laboratory, spoke to the group on the structure of crystals. This lecture was illustrated by slides and followed by a question period.
Dr. William Durding of Johns Hopkins University spoke to the group on rockets at their January 26 meeting. In this lecture he corrected many misconceptions about missiles and answered questions puzzling the students.


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