Belmont High School - Blueprint Yearbook (Belmont, MA)

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“I think I can; I think I can.” “But I don’t have my learner’s permit yet!” . . . “Don’t forget that we’re on the Honor System!” . . . “How many cuts does that make?” ... No notebook— no certificate . . . “None of us likes to stay here until 4:30!” . . . “No fudgsicles in this class!” . . . Coffee and donuts in the Jones’s . . . “Don’t speed yet!” . . . You mean there will actually be people observing me?” . . . Remembering to follow all the correct steps in making a left turn . . . “How am 1 sup- posed to know what a carburetor is for?” . . . “Did you ever read that chapter?” . . . “So, you finally got your license.” Mechanical Drawing is a universal language . . . The Sullivan, Hayes, Prescott Firm . . . “Check your T-squares and triangles.” . . . The off-limits closet ... “I don’t want to speak to you about this again.” . . . Eraser fights . . . Lesson plans and plates . . . Pre-pre-game rallies ... Five minute clean-up period . . . “Police the floor” . . . Making blue- prints . . . The first lesson— how to draw a straight line, freehand. “ The wiseman looks into space and does not regard the small as too little, nor the great as too big; for he knows that there is no limit to dimension ” Mechanical Drawing Mr. Albert W. Hedemark Driver’s Education; Mechanical Drawing; Class Advisor ’70 “ Driving is a cooperative enterprise, not a competitive one. ” Driver’s Education 28

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Music Mr. John Allen Stagehand; Glee Club “1, 2, 3, Blow!” Continuing our musical tradition 9:00 sharp on Saturday mornings . . . “Is that what you call marching?” . . . Mark time, mark . . . Name that tune . . . Don’t mix cows and horses ... “I want to hear each section separately!” . . . “What do you mean, you have no plume cover?” . . . Trying to identify songs by their first two measures . . . Root in bass doubled . . . Where are the tenors? . . . “People of your ability, musical talent, and social standing. ..”... “What’s your impression of this piece?” . . . “C’mon, drummers!” ... “I never yell.” . . . “Watch your voice leading!” . . . Apple Cider . . . White bucks and mud . . . “Instruments up!” Mr. Howard A. Nettleton Director of Music-Belmont Public Schools; A Cappella Choir; Singing Debs “Music and rhythm find their way into the secret place of the soul. ” Plato Mr. Dominic J. Amoruso Supervisor Instrumental Music— Belmont Public Schools; Band

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Physical Education “The body must work together with the mind, or both will go to pieces. ” Ae sop Miss B. Alberta Cleary Field Hockey; Basketball; Softball Mr. Douglass P. Crutchfield Football; Basketball; Cross Country; Class Advisor ’69 Class, attention! ... You, 25 push-ups ... You will take your gym suits home three times a week to be washed . . . You, lead calisthenics. . . Count louder— 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 11, 17, 20 . . . Careful, you might get some of that blood on the basketball floor ... All physical dropouts to the corrective room . . . B. H. S. today— Vietnam in June . . . Doing exercises when there’s no divider between the girl’s and boy’s gyms . . . “Yes, we are going out.” . . . Wait at the light. Don’t cross until it’s red and yellow . . . The — six — hundred — yard — dash! . . . “Sit on your spots” . . . Now we’re up to the 36th level ... I want to be on the team that wears the pinnies . . . Let’s have some spirit, team! . . . Skipping across the gym to the tune of a Mary Poppins record . . . “Kick your shoes off!” Miss Lorene E. Meyer Tennis; Cheerleaders; Basketball Mr. Robert B. Whatley Football; Baseball “Wonderbread helps build strong bodies 12 ways.” “What happened to the ball?” Rebellion in the girl’s gym. 29