Alcalá 1956

Science Club

Mrs . BelleBe nc hle y, Bet h Ann Sm ith , Caro lRid de ll, Ma rga ret Fa hls trom, pr es id en t.

Natura l History Museum. And t he climactic event of the year was the gift of a mineral collection from Kathleen McGonigle ('5 4) . This collection was p repa red by an engineer in her father's manganese mine. In the sum­ mer of1954, work and play were fused, when Mr. H. L. Benbough took Science Club mem­ bers to the Coronado Islands onhis yacht. In 1954-55 Margare t Fahlstrom, Beth Ann Smith and Carol Riddell, all of the class of '56, hea ded the Science Club.Striving to im­ prove their exhibitions, club members made several field trips to Bird Rock (under the guidance of Dr. Colon Hough, marine bio­ chemis t), Borrego Desert, Dana Landing, and Scripps. The freshmen, under the leader­ ship of Sharon Smith ( '58) , presented "Scien­ tific Conferences." Two lectures onastronomy — one by Donna Kopp ('58) and anothe r by the astronomer RudolphLippert, centered on

This club was organized in Fe bruary, 1954, with Margaret Fahlstrom (56 ) as president; Mary Cordoza (' 56), vice pres ident; Ann Phillips ('57), secretary-tr easu rer. Three trips — to Bird Rock, Sc ripp s' Ins titu te of Ocean­ ography, andPalomar — furni shed numerous specimens for the science department , which the students themse lves classified and placed on exhibition. At one of t he regula r meetings of the club, Dr. John L. Feldman, M.D., spoke on th e earand its disorders . At ano thermeet­ ing Dr. McNeally, biochemi st of Kelco Com­ pany , showed coloredmovies of de ep sea life and lect ured on kelp and its chemical proper­ ties. The marine biology field trips were under the guidance of Commander Hendrix of Scripp's Institu te of Oceanography and the specialists he chose to instruct the students of ti de pool life. AMission Bay field tr ip was led by Mr. Lit tlepage of the San Diego