Beall High School - Mountaineer Yearbook (Frostburg, MD)

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T Hhe construction on Beall High School stops at 4 p.m. BBand leaves everything quiet. Construction workers finished the outside of the building before winter so they could work inside when it was cold. . Qane plaeei T)L eie%t pave L Skidmore Still crammed into the tiny junior high wing, all four grades of the senior high settled in without any major problems. When students returned to school in the fall, construc- tion noises from the old building still disrupted classes. But because some progress was evident, it didn’t bother anyone as much. No longer did the problems of the switch haunt stu- dents. Except for the new freshmen at the “Big House,” and the seventh graders at the “Little House,” everyone knew the ropes. The building changed little, but familiarity quickened the unsettled pace. Q pening 3

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 Working on a lesson about reference materials, stu- dents look up a list of questions given by Mrs. Mabel Wilson. The library was used for homework, refer- ence work, and study halls. After the chairman calls the class to order, seventh grader. Jenny Hilderbrand reads the minutes. Sev- enth through twelfth graders wrote the minutes in English class to learn parliamentary procedure. 2 S ame Difference

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Lecturing ncr sixtn penoa science class, Mrs. isaroara Knippenburg introduces a new unit on photosynth- eses. Her marriage during the summer changed her last name, but eighth graders who got to know her in the seventh grade couldn’t break the habit of calling her Ms. Adjiatixg to oka R-geA Adjustment came easily for some while others found it a little harder. Seventh graders at “Eckhart Tech” couldn’t find Mrs. Patsy Filsinger’s art room or Mr. Lindy Shank’s industrial arts room, because of the classrooms’ odd locations, but the new kids soon found their way around. Vice Principal Mr. James Thompson no longer sat in his office at the end of the hall with his feet casually propped on his desk. When the Board of Education promoted him to principal of Valley High School Mr. Leonard Ritchie moved in as administrative assistant. But students accepted the differences comfortably, be- cause most of them were familiar with their temporary relocation. 4 S ame Difference