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

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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.

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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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r - MARJORIE ELLEN BRAT I . B.A. - Cheerleader»; Pep Club . . . ANN FULLERTON. B.A. - Tri-Hi-Y . . . BEATRIX W. GREEN. B.A.. M.A. - Biology Club. Science EDMUND BURKE BS.. M.Ed. Chairman; Science Club; Electronics Club. RALPH IACANCELO. B.S.. M.A. - Junior Class Adviser . . . GEORGE PETROVICH. MS., M.Ed. . . . GEORGE J. ROEWE. Jr.. B.S. — Lost and Found. First floor of A is the scene of the science de- partment. Biology for the sophomores, physics and chemistry for the more advanced students, and a Science Fair summarize our experience here. Fong hours of careful study, experimen- tation, and analysis will not soon be forgotten, particularly when we can remember visits to the Microbiological Laboratory, the Bethesda Naval Hospital, and the National Institute of Health. The many gadgets in Mr. Burke's room baffle students who do not take Physic . Puses and Stinchfield operate this apparatus with avsuiance. Spectacles are a man’s best friend, especially when Mr. lacangelo checks the results of a slide prepared hv Rohr scheib. Vaughan. Dusall. and Russell concentrate on the results of a complicated experiment in Chemistry.