Bellevue High School - Beacon Yearbook (Bellevue, WA)

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f' ff f Sh shqmdiikif QI , y , Mr. Harold E. Babcock Newly from Wenatchee, Mr. Babcock gives a cheerful reaction to Bellevue. He likes the town, the school, the kids, and his subjects, physics and chemistry. A graduate of Montana State, he has done advanced work at Stanford, the U. of Cal. and Washington State. In college he was a well-known athlete, and has done a lot of football coaching. So both in physics and football he should know what happens when the invincible force meets the immovable object. Miss Xena Carman Colorful book reports, the ecstatic verse of Edgar Allen Poe in such laments as Annabell Lee fascinate the students of iunior English in room i57, studio of Miss Xena Carman. This many hobbied lad oes for creative stuff outside school, too- ' Y 9 such as the ioys of ceramic making and playing her Hammond organ. Miss Nancy Banks In addition to teaching girls' P.E. in this, her first year at Bellevue, Miss Banks cheer- fully and efficiently bustles around coaching the girls' ski team and acting as ad- viser of G.A.A. and the ski club. Her favorite recreation is swishing over snow- covered slopes, but she cherishes the not-so-recreational ambition of getting her master's degree. Mr. Jack J. Daly Familiar advice from the boys' P.E. teacher is make it pullI Mr. Daly, a powerful puller, himself, is active in athletics, coaching and following all sports. He says he dreams of helping to ooach an undefeated Bellevue football team. Five is his lucky number and next year will be his fifth year at Bellevue. Maybe that undefeated team is closer than he thinks. Mr. Albert W. Bianchini C'mon, sophomores, chin up! Climb, though the rocks be ruggedI So admonishes Mr. Albert Manners Bianchini, sophomore adviser, counselor, numismatist, and roommate of Mr. Terrey. A regular reader of the Wall Street Journal, Mr. B cher- ishes a dream of wealth vast enough to afford a secretary to keep his office neat and orderly. Mrs. Martha Davidson To read every book in the Bellevue High library, says Mrs. Davidson in reply to a query about her ambition. Last year she satisfied another ambition, to get her master's degree from the University of Washington, This is Mrs. Davidson's eleventh year at Bellevue, and she reports that life is most satisfying when she is deep in the complex business of running our library. Mrs. Eleanor Bilimoria From Bombay to Bellevue, from real flesh and blood tigers to a stuffed wolverine - this is the transition recently made by our new Spanish teacher, Mrs. Bilimoria. Her husband is still teaching in India, and Mrs. Bilimoria would like very much to see her family all together in America. Even though Bellevue's weather seems always cool to her, Mrs. Bilimoria asserts that she enioys her present surroundings immensely. Mr. Marvin L. Durham Sis-boom-bah! bellows Mr. Durham, leading the mighty seniors in their Homecom- ing cheer. Joe Casual of Bellevue High is much appreciated by the students be- cause of his willing ear and sincere advice in counselling. What's good for the stu- dents and good for the school, was his reply when asked what he dreams about in rare spare moments in his office. But like the rest of us, he dreams private dreams - about life as a college president. Mrs. Louise W. Brown Please eject that abominable chuckle, demands Mrs. Brown, junior English teacher and adviser. When not searching for budding Shakespeares or Miltons or kill- ing her '57 Plymouth in traffic, she enioys reading, travel, and one much-traveled cat. Mr. Edward Ekstedt To go to the moon is an ambition entertained by Mr. Ekstedt, teacher of world history, economics and special senior history. However, we hope he never gets a chance, because his ready wit and obvious devotion to teaching have made him a very well liked instructor. A stand-out feature of his lectures is his jovial exclama- tion, Great Scott! -V 931

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IH' OUR ELEVEN YEAR OLD PRINCIPAL Here we have Mr. Harold Heidenreich, our favor- ite symbol of integrity, wisdom, and all-around ex- cellence. This very popular gentleman, now in his eleventh year of leading Bellevue High, is one of the most outstanding educator-administrators in the state. His iudgment and capabilities were given formal rec- ognition this year when he was elected president of the Washington State Association of Secondary School Principals. Through his friendliness, sincerity, firmness and deep understanding of senior high students, lvlr. Heidenreich has led our school to nationally recog- nized superiority. He is an advocate of sports, a sound program of activities, and teen-age participa- tion in community affairs. To us, the students, Mr. Harold Heidenreich stands as a beloved symbol of Bellevue's happy present and high hope for the future.

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'QU 1 'ass T i Mrs Ruth S Gibson Mrs Gibson Bellevue Highs new senior and Iunior English teacher already feels at home here This is partly because she has known Bellevue since the days when we used to take Sunday drives around the lake Mrs Gibson dreams of finding time and money - mostly money -to take a trip around the world. Miss Martha Hardy Life is no ioke and Get rid of that gum! are two of the sassy sayings of one of Bellevues most colorful teachers. The room she flourishes around in is colorful too what with the dozens of mobiles dangling from The ceiling and The old-timey oil paintings in gaudy gold frames on the cupboard tops. When summer rolls around and Miss Hardy has done her years work in math and annual she Takes the short- est route, over Cayuse Pass, to another colorful spot - her tree farm in the Cascades. Dr. B. N. Gratsch I like all in Bellevue except The sidewalks! remarks iolly Dr, Gratsch, Bellevue's newly acquired language teacher from Europe. Dr. Gratsch, who holds the doctor of philosophy degree in physiology, sociology, and traffic policy, from the Univer- sity of Hamburg, is now instructing Bellevue students in French, German and Rus- sian, and studying his own lessons in the courses necessary for full teacher certifica- tion in Washington. Mr. James R. Hershey Stop walkin' on the bottom of the pooll yells Mr. Hershey, Bellevue's brand new swimming coach who firmly believes in proper conditioning and keeping your head above water - most of the time. Briefly, this is itl is another of his pet cracks, to be heard through the thin walls of portable 3, where he functions as a U.S. history teacher. ln his spare time, he makes like a woodsman. His sun-bleached topknot was a popular landmark in the early fall. Mr. Walter Hoeck Egyptian hieroglyphics, chicken scratches, surrealist art, or what? blandly in- quires Mr. Haeck of some budding photographic artist proudly holding a negative up to the light. Noted for his dry wit, Mr. Haeck has a stimulating effect, both on shutter-bugs and on his students of shorthand and secretarial training. To get a lift, himself, he dons his irons and putters and sallys forth to the fairways. N Mr. Glen W. Holden Why? Why? Why? Explainl These emphatic words are very familiar to the stu- dents in Mr. Holden's classes in logic, special senior history, psychology and western thought. During the summers, after such busy school months, Mr. Holden can still further practice his logic, but now the logic of compass and fire-finder, as he car- ries out his duties in a lookout tower for the Forest Service, In these pleasant inter- ludes, he is accompanied by his whole family, who love the outdoors as he does. Mr. Arthur E. Haines You wouldn't try to fool your old biology teacher? slyly inquires Mr. Haines, cham- pion track coach, biology instructor and ear wiggler. When not helping sweet young things to see something besides eyelashes through the microscope, Mr. Haines re- laxes with a cup of hot, black MJB, and bends an ear to the distracting chatter of lab assistants. Summers, he really relaxes as naturalist-ranger on Mount Rainier. Miss Thelma Jensen Wheel There she goes! Who? Miss Jensen, of course! One of Bellevue High's most avid sports car fans, this gal can be found ridin' 'round in her snazzy blue M.G. ln her working hours, she becomes equally absorbed in teaching geometry and al- gebra, hoping to inspire her students to love math. Mrs. Mariorie B. Hansler Mrs. Hansler's love of sewing makes her the ideal home economics teacher. Running her classes and Loyalty Club with a calm, firm hand, she always tries to do her best and encourages others to do theirs. When things become iust a little bit too loud, she utters these six well-known words, Please, cut the noise in halfl Mr. John V. Johnson Hello, ladies! Mr. John Johnson may often be heard cheerfully voicing this salu- tation to members of the fair sex encountered in the halls. Other times he is to be found, face a-beam, showing some of his fine slides of foreign countries. ln his sec- ond year at Bellevue, Mr. Johnson is well known as a zealous teacher of contempo- rary problems and special senior history, and as a penny-saver who amassed the five bucks for his Beacon in a monkey-bank. 12 K. 'M f