Bellevue High School - Beacon Yearbook (Bellevue, WA)

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MR. ELMON S. OUSLEY Say debate and quick-as-a-gavel-tap everyone thinks of Bellevue's nationally honored debate and speech teacher, Mr. Ousley. This year, his third- quarter absence due to illness was all the more worrisome because Mr. Ousley, for more than a decade, has been one of the sturdiest, most ener- getic and beloved members of the faculty. MISS DOROTHY ANN OUTZS With endless enthusiasm Miss Outzs teaches girls' P.E., advises the G.A.A. and coaches the girls' ski team. This doesn't wear her out, so she does a lot of skiing herself, and gads around in the summer. After a decade at Bellevue, she is deserting to the new school. We wish she weren't. ,fi i i MR. GENE PETERS Oh, not another tshudderj Beacon porter, moaned Mr. Master Mechanic Peters of uto shop, to Beacon's editor, Bev. Mr. Peters bel eves that four aces bring him luck, but not enough to ward off dumb Beacon questions. He likes to ski, and when asked where, replied, On snow! His sharp a.m. greeting to students is, Good morning! MR. RUDOLPH PETERSON All right, knock it off! so speaks Mr. Peterson, new to Bellevue but rapidly getting the hang of things. On his way to and from algebra and biol- ogy classes, he meets his favorite frustration-kinds in knots in the hall. For fourteen years a naval avi- ator, he is active in the reserve. MRS. ELDA M. PHILLIPS Sa-a-y! Who's that cute brunette? Oh-h-h! she's a teacher! Mrs. Phillips, you say? There she goes, trip- ping down the hall with her big straw bag tull of romantic-pardon-Romance-languages, Spanish and French. She says she aches with zeal to write a great novel. Bet it would be plenty lively and romantic! MR. ALBERT W. POIRIER Tall, dark, handsome! That trite expression comes to lite in Mr. Poirier, metal shop teacher, who dou- bles in sophomore English. Declaring his favorite color is blood, this mildly hysterical man ad- mits onother odd favorite-his 'ipet animal - sophomores! TV pet- Father Knows Best. Pet peeve-iuniors! Why? Aren't iuniors iust sophs- plus-one? MR. TOM H. POTTER lt's not only the bad pennies that return. A very good, shiny one came back when Mr. Potter, one- time student at Bellevue, returned to teach here. He's gone high in a hurry, too, as he teaches sophomore English in the tower, and tells tall tales of his pet skink. His favorite dream? Eight hours' sleep a night. MRS. MARYLN REIMAN Bellevue sophomores are a terrific class, says Mrs. Reiman, meaning terrific-nice, not terrific- naughty. This tall, striking English teacher seems almost dramatically fond of her work-she corrects papers with such verve. She even has energy left for painting, sewing, music, reading, and the study of psychology. I7 Mme!

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MISS MARION E. LONGTIN Quizas, quizas, Miss Longtin often tells her Spanish students. Estudiantes who don't do their lessons are her pet peeve. In rare moments, she dreams of riches, world travel, having half-a-dozen haciendas in glamorous locations and a dozen short-haired cats. Being senior social adviser, she has scant time for such flights of fancy. MR. EDWARD MATKOVICK C'est la vie! or, That's the way the ball bounces! is a sage saying of Mr. Matkovick, French-German- Russian instructor. This handsome linguist from Czechoslovakia can bounce that ball in five lan- guages, and ski in every language known, a fact well known to the ski club which he co-sponsors. MR. WILLIAM E. MATTICK Need a wastebasket? This is a favorite saying of Mr. Mattick about an un-favorite subiect-chew- ing gum. A transfer from the iunior high, Mr. Mat- tick likes his tab as sophomore counselor so well he plans to stay with it. Toll and ramrod straight, he sets a fine posture example for any soph tempt- ed to slouch. MISS MARGARET McCARTHY - Now in her second year at Bellevue, witty Miss McCarthy, who attended the U. of W. and San Jose State, is kept busy and happy trying to teach girls to cook and eat properly. She says that at home she prefers, to food, showing slides of her trip to Europe last summer, and catching up on sleep. MR. GEORGE L. MESHKE Mr. Meshke, new to the Bellevue High cast of characters, came from Zillah, where he taught dramatics and English. Here he teaches dramatics and Spanish. TV and people who outtolk him are his pet peeves. He says he plans to teach prac- tically forever, because he likes the kind of show the high school kids put on the road. MR. JAMES M. MORGAN I love 'em all, especially the nuisances! So says Mr. Morgan, U.S. history and sociology teacher, in summing up his feeling about his students. As head social advisor to the iuniors, he has plenty of chance to exercise his sentiments. He is fond of politics, too, and positively dotes on portable 3! MR. FRANK ODLE Ahead of the sun in winter, and on its first rays in spring, comes Mr. Odle. Then the great rush be- gins, as advanced algebra students dash in for help. A long-time tradition, also, is Mr. Odle's care- ful computing of grade points for Honor Society. Summers he gets away from it all in his red con- vertible! MR. ROBERT OSGOOD How many push-ups can you do? Enroll in wood shop. Be late to class and find out! Football coach- ing is the other specialty of Mr. Muscleman Os- good. Other characteristics of this U. of W. indus- trial arts maior, are his cheerful spirit of coopera- tion and his big, happy grin. 16

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3 R ici. H 'lug 90 fggmlf. T5 ww, Bflf I' D A anlylstun ,. --- -vu Vu., - Q 11-F' 9tuLVU,5x'5' f I - . f ' ' 3 A 4 . MR. GEORGE RIEF The Great White Chemist, has strange ambitions. Mr. Rief longs to raise a thousand white cats, one million parakeets, a tuneful racket on a Rief-built hi-fi, and the shores ofa south sea isle in a sail boat. Meanwhile he will settle for finishing his mas- ter's degree in educational psychology. MR. A. F. RIGGLE The United States Army dropped an E-bomb len- ergy bombi into retail selling and distributive edu- cation this year, in the person of Mr. Riggle. This gentleman who has done extensive traveling in England, France and Scandinavia, likes traveling on snow with other ski fans. He also enjoys tending his whitesy herd, whatever that may be. MRS. STELLA ROGERS Know how much money your club has? You should, but anyhow, Mrs. Rogers does, as she supervises A.S.B. accounting to the split penny. Other times, she teaches commercial courses, eggs the student stenos on to more and more crisp, clean duplicat- ing, and wishes for more time for hubby, garden and pretty white cat. MR .HAL SAWATSKY When life's glad for Mr. Sawatsky, sophomore- iunior English teacher, he says he loves the gen- eral attitude of respect of Bellevue students for their teachers. But when life's bod because some- thing interrupts class, he grits his teeth, What dif- ference will it make ten yeaars from now? Plenty! Reading and records he always loves. MR. J. BLAINE SCHULZ A quick-change artist, Mr. Schultz, new to the high school, zips from business low to speech, to gen- eral business, to news-writing, to putting out the Barque, and back again next day. Formerly a pro- fessional newspaper man, and now man-of-all- work here, he cherishes the yen to be a ski bum. Can't blame him! MR. EDMOND SCHWEITZER Lucky, lucky Mr, Schweitzer, to get to spend all day in study hall! Though color blind, he does not miss much up and down those long rows of tables. He is one of those versatile types who before coming here has taught subiects all the way from P.E. to social science. MR. DON SIMMONS Daily quips of Mr. Simmons, art teacher, are, I don't know, what do you think? and Clean up time! With prodding and inspiration, he keeps students happily busy in the crowded art room. As Art Club adviser, he lovishes help on poster proi- ects, exhibits, field trips and sundry other artistic extras. MR. JOHN W. SORENSEN 'Ya gotta coin? this is the query that greets a late-comer to one of Mr. Sorensen's six civics classes. This blond, Danish, collar-ad type levies his tolls with the some gusto he brings to the fed- eral tax structure and other civic puzzles. Off hours, he loves to sail a boat and eat his wife's cooking. I8