Bellevue High School - Beacon Yearbook (Bellevue, WA)

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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

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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 JUNE STARK From cozy fireside with a good book, to the spar- kling cold of ski slopes, is the interest range of Miss Stark, petite iunior English teacher. Though not new to Bellevue District, she is in her first year in the senior high. She plans an extensive Euro- pean trip this summer. lt's safe to say the iuniors would like to tag along. MR. JOHN N. TERREY What's the other maior party besides the Demo- crats? a student innocently asked Mr. Terrey, whose blank look raised another gale of delighted laughter. Between laughs, Mr. Terrey patiently ex- pounds the fundamentals and incidentals of Eng- lish comp and lit to seniors. Out of school, he is famous for impassioned speeches. Sublect? Poli- tics! Of course. He's lrish. MR. ARNOLD TORGERSON The ambition of Mr. Torgerson, attendance officer and scholarship consultant, is to write a book called Excuses of Students Absent From School. Oh, really? says he to the average excuse. As scholarship chairman, however, he works with real- ity, and in his spare time is strictly down to earth with family, fishing and golf. MR. FRED WHITNER Wonder who keeps tab of football and basketball statistics? A math brain, of course, Mr. Whitner, geometry teacher. Brawny, too, he spent a long Saturday nailing the iunior prom together-the pil- lars, that is. A very suitable task it was, since he is a pillar of iunior class affairs. His personal affairs include golf, cameras, spectator sports and wise-cracking. MR. ROBERT C. WHITNEY That Ichabod Crane effect on two wheels is Pro- fessor Whitney coat tails flying as he coasts down- hill for an evening, plotting more challenges for teen-age intellectuals. Alternate years at Yale and Cornell, on scholarships, did not blunt his notions of the proper pedagogy for Bertie Bellevue, aver- age physics quiz kid. He also has classy notions as senior class adviser. MR. WILLIAM L. WICKER The man who waves that little stick down in room l63, and draws such beautiful, inspiring sounds from sundry horns, drums and students is a true music enthusiast-Mr. Wicker. Band, dance band, choir, girls' glee and various other groups keep his baton very limber. Off-hours he likes to quietly fish. MRS. VIRGINIA E. WIEDER Patient, understanding, always ready to help-this aptly describes Mrs. Wieder, girls' adviser and sponsor of the Girls' Club. Besides these duties and supervising the clinic, she teaches soph comp and typing, meanwhile indulging a few dreams of travel in Switzerland and Ireland, where she would try her brush at landscape painting. MR. GLENN O. YOUNG The likes of Mr. Young, typing and P.E. teacher, should endear him to every Bellevue boy and girl- favorite colors BLUE and GOLD, and favorite ani- mal, besides the iumping jackrabbits on the basket- ball team, his mixed-up dog. As basketball coach he pleads daily, in season, one mor-r-re basket, ple-e-se! I9 '-we,