Belmont High School - Blueprint Yearbook (Belmont, MA)

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Mr. Arthur J. Martellucci Spanish; Spanish Club Miss Eve Chambers Spanish Attention! Latin is alive and doing quite well at Belmont High. Even Caesar’s advanced military tactics are fun and easy to understand when demonstrated by Miss Keating. There is a lot to be learned from Cice- ro’s defense and prosecuting tactics, “but I shall pass over these things.” And if one reaches the poetry of Horace, he discovers that much of what Horace wrote is applicable even today. Students are first introduced to Spanish through conversational drills. As the class advances, the trans- lating of select passages and the writing of simple compositions is gradually incorporated into the curricu- lum. At the same time, the classes are exposed to an explanation of Spanish speaking people and their ways of life. Italian Class is not only a period devoted to the development of fundamental skills and grammar, but also to the candid review of Italian ways of life. Through dialogues and letters, students strengthen vocabulary and pronunciation and at the same time, learn to differentiate Italian forms of emotion through figures of speech. Mrs. Frances Riel Latin; English; Latin Club Mr. Frank X. Vcncri Italian; Spanish; Italian Club Miss Nancy J. Wcingarten Russian; French; Russian Club; Folk Workshop 13

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Mr. Michael P. Quercio Foreign Language Co-ordinator; French Mrs. Isabelle L. Lord French; Junior French Club Mrs. Alice D. Pratt French; Pep Squad Languages Mr. Richard M. Penta Foreign Language Dept. Chairman; Ger- man; German Club From “le Moyen Age” through Becket . . . Georges et Estelle sont sur la Tour Eiffel . . . How about an “explication de texte” for tomorrow? . . . But what about those who didn’t go to France, this summer? . . . Now, what’s the difference between Corneill e and Racine? . . . French writers are the greatest, but we would get to know them a lot better if they didn’t cut out all those good parts. Guten Tag und Willkommen for your next 3 years of Deutsch mit Herrn Penta. In diese drei years, you run into interesting dialogues of Fritz mit his “Wie geht’s” und “danke” ’s; die deutsche Bible, Cochran — chapter 1 1 ; Schiller’s ballads oder Sachsse’s senility — Gott in Himmel!!— You might not find a gute recipe for Sauerkraut mit Herrn Penta, aber it would be safe zu sagen, you learn your Deutsch. Miss Patricia Keating Latin; Latin Club; Sophomore Class Ad- visor Mrs. Jeralyn Epstein French; Senior French Club; Junior Class Advisor 12

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Social Studies Mr. Harvey W. Gray Social Studies Co-ordinator Mr. John D. MacBain Modern Problems; Human Relations; Soccer Mr. Donald P. Crowley Modem Problems; U.S. History; Hockey; Student Council Mr. Paul W. Carey Social Studies Department Chairman; U.S. History; Forum Club; Football Mr. Edward J. Mullin Modem Problems; U.S. History; Foot- ball; Basketball Only one year of American history is required to graduate, but many go beyond the requirements and end up having a lot of fun (look, Ma, I can inductively reason). But if you can’t read, forget it. The miracle of paperbacks has made it possible to read five books simultaneously, and . . . “What were the causes of WWI?” ... “I think Tiny Tim is a Mod Prob!” World history and geography have their own characters — What would we do without Francis Ferdinand and the chief exports of Argentina? . . . “Liberals, conservatives and the know-nothings” . . . “Lincoln didn’t want to free the slaves?” . . . G.N.P.? . . . Well, “Fifty-four forty or fight” the system! Mrs. Clara Whitney World History; U.S. History; Field Hockey Mr. George P. Scollins, Jr. World History; U.S. History; Human Relations 14