Bethesda Chevy Chase High School - Pine Tree Yearbook (Bethesda, MD)

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Producers Public Speaking, Journalism, Grammar and Composition were available. English, our mother tongue, loomed mightily in our high school life. Some of us elected to take Diversified Occu- pations which meant English and the other subjects until noon followed by on-the-job training. The carn-while-you-learn plan played an increasingly important role. In school we learned good job technique; then we went out and practiced it. BETTY J. BYRD. B.A. — Dramatic Club . . . MARGARET CASEY. B.A.. M.A.— National Honor Society: Chips . . . REBECCA FIELDS. B.A. - Out of School Publicity; Senior Printing . . . KATHERINE B. GREANEY. B.A.. M.A. - Montgomery County Education Association President. CLARA L. HYATT. B.A. . . . MARGARET KAUFFMAN. B.A.. M.Ed. - Dramatic Club . . . NATHAN KUDATSKY. B.A.. M.A. - Operetta Club . . . ALICE C. MAR- QUE . B.A., M.A. — Dramatic Club. Miss Grcancy consults a per- manent record file card to help her formulate methods of ap- proaching the problems of a particular child. Indicating success or failure in our high school career was that inevitable red pencil. BENJAMIN W. ALLNUT. B.A., M.A. — Tattler; Quill and Scroll

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Graff fulfills her assignment in Public Speaking while Snyder, Thai man. Corse, and O'Danicl wait their golden opportunity. TON. B.A., M.A.- Chairman; Pine Tree. The language we speak . . . English. The sub- ject certainly had its ups and downs from sopho- more struggles with Ivanhoc to senior apprecia- tion of English literature. The spelling and punctuation, the precis and term paper, the noun and gerund caused the headaches and demanded the most work for the lowest grade! Mr. Thomas Conlon, member of the Maryland State Teachers' Welfare Sub-committee, the Montgomery County Youth Commis- sion. and membership chairman of the Maryland Vocational Associa- tion. uses a file of employers to help locate jobs for Diversified Oc- cupations students. Kayser chooses a book; but The Tattler, product of the Journalism Claw, holds the attention of Chcs- ky. lash. Thompson. Hyatt, and Crook in the Reading Room of the library.

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Social You don't have to learn dates!” was what the history teacher said and then asked that we arrange events in chronological order! The courses this year stressed current affairs as well as the Revolutionary War. War of the Roses, and location of the Ural Mountains. Studies The additions and changes in subject offer- ings were emphasized by the assignment of all teachers in the department to the new building. Social Studies suites provided conference rooms for group work, research, and s| ecial reports. MLDRKD CLEMENT B.A.. M.A. Chairman; Student Court George son Kautcnfeld. having adopted the United States in March, finds a history book, a map. ami Margaret England'» report helpful in studying United States History. KENNETH W. FRISBIE. B-V. M.Ed. . . . ROBERT J. KILLEN. B.A., M.A. — Varsity Admissions; Golf . . . WILLIAM J. MYERS. B.S.. MS.-HI Y. WATSON I». PHILLIPS. B.A.. M.A. . . . VERNA S. TOWNE. B .-Junior Class Adviser . . . ALEXIS VON BRETZEL. B.A. — International Relations Club. Sandra Siallsinilh uses globe and atlas to verify informa lion presented in Far Eastern Affairs, a course added to our curriculum this year.