Belmont High School - Blueprint Yearbook (Belmont, MA)

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SOCIAL STUDIES MODF.RN PROBLEMS—lively discussions . . . long mimeographed bibliographies . . . cutting up newspapers and magazines . . . “Remember, write both the answer and the question!” . . . the night before notebooks are due . . . memorizing statistics for monthly “American Observer” Ouiz-zes . . . Should China be admitted to the U.N.? U.S. HISTORY—“Are we all set?” . . . North on the Sabine River to the 94 longitude . . . “Do you know the Preamble?—Yes?—Say it! . . . campaigns. elections, acts, tariffs, banking . . . You should have finished note-taking for your theses by now . . . short, revealing quizzes HUMAN RELATIONS—Understanding ourselves and our behavior . . . informative movies . . . special reports . . . frequent notebooks . . . the missing Engles? . . . emphasis on outside work . . . lengthy tests Modern Problems (E. MacLeod expounds on Russia as Mr. Meyers listens) Typing (Miss Mathews. L. Howutt. J. Mello. I). Harvey, C. Martin) Human Relations (J. Emery, J. Brule, J. Bruno, Mr. MacBain) SECRETARIAL PRACTICE—Machines humming . . . future secretaries scurrying . . . troubles with the duplicator and mimeographing machines . . . improving speed and accuracy all the time! COMMERCIAL BOOKEEPING—Think! ... Be neat and accurate—especially when recording in ink . . . double-entry bookkeeping must have a debit and a credit Bookkeeping (Mr. Smith. T. Connolly. T. I.a via not

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French (Miss Anlonelli. J. Culvert. .S'. Foliari. B. Iinn lop) Spanish (Mr. Marlellucci—i Mire usted a la revista!) German Mr. Penta—J. Rotman recites in German) Italian (M. Farina, S. Smith at hoard) Latin (Miss Steuenvald. A. Balterman, D. Forman. J. Santoro) LANGUAGES FRENCH—Guided tours through the sewers of Paris with Jean Valjcan . . . Qui vient passer les 'College Boards’?” . . . irregular verbs and long vocabulary lists . . . obtaining fluency in speaking . . . Vas-y! . . . “Arc we having a vocabulary test today?” LATIN—Assignments for the week . . . Baker and Inglis . . . deriving English words from the Latin . . . practicing for the A.P.S.L. Exam . . . rule for the Genitive of the Whole ... learning to SPEAK Latin SPANISH—“Como csta usted?” . . . studying Spanish and Mexican culture . . . Give me the command forms, negative familiar and familiar, of the verb 'dcscubrir’ ”... colorful talcs enliven the lessons . . . Take 10 minutes” GF.RMAN— Isn't German logical?” . . . So help me, Herr Penta . . . Gerstackcr wrote claptrap” . . . The Penta system: mimeographed vocabulary sheets, red pencils, daily secretary reports, and those snap make-up tests . . . “This is NOT a degenerate French class!” ITALIAN—Who was Dante? . . . “Come si dice, ’little artichoke’? . . . those confusing objective pronouns . . . learning II Saluto alia Bandiera Americana . . . interesting discussions on the derivation of Italian RUSSIAN—“Not quantity but quality” . . . Ycscho raz pazhalsta . . . struggling through Pushkin and Lermontov . . . those U.N. translations . . . Russian is a MASCULINE language” . . . The oligarchy of the intellectual” Russian (S. Babaian. K. Doyle. Mr. Penta)

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MATH Mmh (J. Hanson, •'. Fiandaca, E. Hermanson, Mr. Davis) Biology (E. Fitzpatrick. Mr. Holbrook. D. Ladd) BIOLOGY—Photosynthesis and respiration . . . detailed study of the cell . . . those tattered “Scientific Americans” . . . deoxyribonucleic acid and adenosintriphosphate . . . “trace the circulation of one pint of blood” . . . Carlson and Johnson's Machinery of the Body SCIENCE Physics U. New pot. J. Sawyer. ,v r. Libhy. li. White. J. Margosian) MATHEMATICS—A- = B- + C- -2BC Cos A . . . struggling with force problems . . . orange Math Review books for College Boards ... log tables and interpolation . . . C.P.C.T.E. . . . “What happened to you?” Chemistry (J. Cates experiments. Mr. Cowing advises) CHEMISTRY—Busy slide rules . . . waiting for a free spot at the balances . . . “Take that stuir under the hood” . . . hunting for attachable Bunsen burners . . . Do you have a match?” . . . heating and reheating to constant weight . . . “Time to clean up!” PHYSICS—Attempting to do a 20 minute experiment in 4’ 2 minutes . . . velocity and motion problems . . . E = MC- . . . specific gravity and heat resistance ... I don’t bother with messy experiments!” . . . coefficient of friction . . . fond memories of llunkcd tests