Maryland Park High School - Right Angle Yearbook (Seat Pleasant, MD)

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Mit... ...o....... .. R OGER BERRY I Q 4 Q C L B 5 1940 KODAK KLUB Vice President .... ,. STANLEY EWELL Secretary . . , NANCY LEE GEARY Treasurer ., PAUL STANBROUGH Adviser . . . .... MR. WILLIABI A. BURsLEIvI For 'Lsnappy' action, the Kodak Klub takes the prize. Students who are interested in the many phases of amateur photography get plenty of practice here. During the course of the year three illustrated lec- tures were enjoyed by the club members. These in- cluded Lenses of a Kodak, Essentials of Photography, and General Use and Types of Cameras. 1940 LIBRARY CLUB President JANET SMITH Vice President l-'Ave BAKER Secretary and Treasurer ELIZABETH LAI'RENzI Adviser NIRs. NIARCARET Bttoww The Library Club is really a service club, as it helps all of the students and teachers at NIPHS. The mem- bers take care of checking out books. keep books in good condition. and see that the shelves are orderly. An attractive display of articles on vocations of all kinds is also maintained on the bulletin board. At regularly scheduled meetings, the club members discuss ways and means of improving the library. They give their time freely toward this end. One or two so- cial functions are held during the year. These usually consist of parties on Christmas and Yalentine Day. 1940 MUSICAL ACTIVITIES illusit' Instructor NIR-. TIIERFNA SCI-IICK Orchestra Leader MR. 5A1vII'EL Yi. FIAHKIN Under the heading of musical activities come three groups of enterpiising student- who have proved that they are invaluable to KIPHS by their cooperation in participating in school activities. The Mixed Chorus. consisting of both hoys and girls, and the Girls' Glee Club have taken part in the Christ- mas play- Gifts of Myrrhfl the Gym Show, the Senior Commencement Exercises. and the maiority of the plays and assemblies. The Boys' Glee Club comes in for a share of these honors also. as its members took part in many of these same activities. The main production of the Blu-ic Department was the operetta. Chonita . This was the story of a Gypsy Princess. who. while visiting a Baron. met and fell in love with his son. However. when the gypsies read in the stars Chonita's future. she returns to her own people. The MPH? orchestra played interesting arrangements at the school operetta. the Christmas assembly, and at other functions throughout the year. 1940 HOME ECONOMICS CLUB President ALICE NIORELAND Vice President VIRGINIA STOVER Secretary BESSIE PAPPAS Sergearzts-at-A rms : FAYE BAKER DOROTHY RITCI-IIE EVELYN CAMPBELL Historian , .. , , MARY JONES Adviser Mtss MARGARET E. Cootc Many of the members of the Home Economics Club take part in a State-wide activity program. The MPHS club is on the State Roll of Honor for student home economic clubs. This is a real distinction for Maryland Park. The club issues a paper called Home Ec Echoes , which expresses the ideas derived from the club discus- sions and demonstrations on cooking and clothing.

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1940 STUDENT COUNCIL Presirlent ,,..,. ...........,. . PAUL MARTIN Secretary ,..., , .. . NORMA GODFREY Maryland Park is particularly proud of the Student Council program of 1940. The members not only suc- cessfully regulated hall traHic, but also planned and carried out a very successful clean-up-week. A constitutional amendment to elect the ofiicers of the Council through vote of the school as a whole was incorporated. The representation from the Junior and Senior classes was also increased so that the council membership is now greater than it ever was before. Miss Warren, Mr. Measell, and Mr. Himes were the faculty advisers for the year. 1940 PARKISCOPE STAFF Editor-in-Chief , , , . . JANET SMITH Assistant Editor DOROTHY HUMI-:s FEATURE EDITORS News t t . , . . ......., . PEGGY HL'TCHINSON Girls' Sports . . t MARIDELI. DICKINSON Boys' Sports . ROGER BERRY Exchanges . ., .. GERRIE DICKINSON REPORTERS Leola Carter Mary Margaret Young Nancy Lee Geary ADVISER Mrs. Gwendolyn Woodbury The MPHS paper, the ParkiscOpe , has supported its motto, The Stars of Tomorrow through the Lens of Todayn, by printing vivid and accurate accounts of the activities around and about our school. This was done by choosing students who gathered the news and pre- sented it in their own inimitable way. 1940 JESTERS CLUB President .,,, . .. ROBERT SMITH Secretary ,. . l1lARY EVANS Arlztiser Mlss lX1ILDRED PARRILL Students interested in dramatics find an excellent means of expression in this club. Short plays, radio programs, movie reviews, and lively discussions of all theatrical subjects are the routine order at the regu- lar meetings. Dear Son . the annual play Offered as the school benefit performance, was a memorable success. 1940 VARSITY CLUB President ,..,.,,, . NORMA GODFREY Vice President , . . . . CORA MARQIIETTE Secretary ....., ..... R AYMOND STACK Treasurer. , , . . MARSHALL PICKETT Advisers . Miss NIILDRED WHEATLEY MR. DERR SWISHER This club is composed of the athletes of MPHS and its activities deal with athletics in general. The group cheerinff during home games 'I Q G plans and manages the intramural program and the 4 ,, .

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'hu-.KA 'Wwe .S-R -T2f'Z 'JZ 1' - s ...AS ,,,,,,.,. 3, ., 'Wi :Tea-vin 'L' MS W 1940 ART CLUB President , .. .,., ELMER SMITH Vice President ..... GERALD HOLLINCSWORTH Secretary. , , . I , IRVING HUTCHINSON Adviser, ..,,,.,. . MRS. MARGARET BROWN All of the charts, posters, and advertisements around the school are made by members of this club. Alternat- ing with work on such projects, the members discuss famous pieces of art and the methods used in creating these masterpieces. When not engaged in other work, the members use their time for original drawings. This creates a feeling of freedom and friendliness among the rising young artists. 1940 HOBBY CLUB President.. . . , . . ANNA MARIE OHGE Vice President . , PAITLINE DEESE Secretary ...., ,. MARTHA ROSE Treasurer ., PAULINE MILLER Adviser. , . . . ,,..... MIss RosE PELL Come one! Come alll Lobby for your hobby, folks! This club is for the explicit purpose of comparing and enlarging upon hobbies. Meetings include discussions of the regular Sunday radio feature, Hobby Lobby, discussion of hobby fields, and social functions. YE SNAPPY STENOGS OF 1940 President . . , .. , , JUNE BERGIIIEN Secretary and Treasurer NORMA GODFREY Adviser .. . MRS. HELEN BRASHEARS More familiarly known as The Commercial Club, this enterprising group consists of students from both the .lunior and Senior commercial classes. The purpose of the club is to acquaint its members with the prob- lems of the business world through a program of plays, I Wy? debates, spelling bees, readings. and similar projects. 1940 STUDENT NURSES Head Nurse ..... . . Student Nurses: IRENE SMITH ANITA ANDERSON CHARLOTTE COMPHER ELIZABETH ANDERSON GLORIA ANN l11ITCHELL NAoMI KEES , VIRGINIA STOVER ARDELLE GODFREY RosE VIRGINIA LAWRY SALLY BURGDORF VIoI.I-TT SMITH RUTH Cox RUTH FAUST 1940 CLUBS MARTHA BALDWIN PEGGY GRAY GRACE DUNCAN NIARY EDMUNDS ANNIE HUDSON Adviser ,... ....,.... IN Iliss l1'1ARC-ARET E. Cook These nurses discIIss first aid, roll bandages, keep medicine supplies in order, and take care of all the minor cuts and bruises that occur about the school. This work is helpful to all those attending MPHS and, at the same time, is beneficial to the girls as practical training in the nursing profession.