Bethesda Chevy Chase High School - Pine Tree Yearbook (Bethesda, MD)

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MR. ALBERT W. BENDER, B.S.; Metol Shop ... MR CHARLES H. MASON, B.S.; Wheel Club; Mechon.col Drowing I . . . MR. JOSEPH SAGNERI, B.S.; Choirmon; Wood- working I, II . MR. GEORGE SLATE, B.S.; SGA Adviser, MCEA Delegote; Architecturol Drowing I, Mechanical Drowing II, III . . . Crafts Develop Talents This age of Do-it-yourself hos really given the Industrial Arts Department on advantage. The values of courses in Architecturol Drawing, Mechanical Drawing, Art Metal, and Wood Shop have become in- creasingly evident. Students construct o wrought iron table, turn out o lamp base on the lathe, or plan their dream house. Each year the metol and wood shops have a com- bined craft show to display the examples of their skill and croftsmanship. Besides these obvious achievements students take with them a knowledge of the fundamentals of design and layout. 19

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MISS MARGARET M. COOKE, B.S.; Co-Adviser Sophomore Closs, MCEA Delegate; Typing I, II, Shorthond I, II . . . MISS HELEN A CUMMINGS, B.S.; Student Loon Fund; Elementary Business, Typing . MRS. LORRAINE H. HATFIELD. B.S.; School Store, Bonk, Bookkeeping, Banking . . . MISS LILLIAN G. MOORE, B.A., M.A.; Adviser Senior Closs; Short- hond I, II, Typing I, II . . . MRS. JEAN RAVIN, B.B.A., M.A.; Chairmen; Typing, Secretarial Proctice . . . MRS. ROSELLA SMITH, Secretory to Counselors; Typing I . . . Concentration is ossured on the days of timed typing tests. We Learn To Earn To the strains of Syncopated Clock the typing classes improved their rhythm and speed. Typists also take Shorthond, Bonking, Secretarial Practices, and Commercial Low; but it is usually through the typewriter thot the student is introduced to the voried offerings of the Commercial Department. Practical use of their knowledge of the world of business is supplied in the school bank or the school store. Students ore assigned to the main office to operate the switch board, the ditto machine, the mimeograph machine, and to run errands. Good office procedure results. 18 Assistants ot the bank, Marjorie Robson, Sue Lewis, Carol Stevens, and Mary Ann Beoch, help handle the cosh and toke core of the lost and found articles. Noncy Hooker operates the mimeograph mochine during her period os office assistont. Mary Lou Copek prepores to run off the daily absence list on the ditto.

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( h.iic.iux II r IOIRI J Judy Brandt studies one of the books on the World History exhibit while Borry Brandt points out on enlarged illustration from the book Cothy Britton has. World In Review Important meetings, treaties, and battles are all a part of our study cf the story of mon. Whether we follow George Washington across the Delaware or Egyptian slaves building o pyramid, we gain a better understanding of the backgrounds of the people we associate with everyday. Through lectures, movies, guest speakers, and student reports, the history of foreign and domestic peoples takes shape. Rome wosn't built in a day and neither is history learned in a year. There is so much material to cover that the required three years of history is often supple- mented with several semester courses dealing with the affairs of our South American neighbors or the struggle in the For East. All of these combine to give us a well-rounded view not only of yesterday's world but the world of topiorrow. To find sufficient material for her report, Morincl Alvis refers to two reference books. MR. CHARLES R. BRYANT, B.A., M.A.; Choirman; Junior Hi-Y; World History . . . MR. KENNETH FRISBIE, B A., M.Ed.; Pon American History, U. S. History . . . MRS. CONSTANCE GEERHART, B.A., M.A.; Junior Tri- Hi-Y; World History, Economic Geography . . . MR. ROBERT J. KILLEN. B.A., M.A.; Golf; For Eastern Affairs, U.S. History . . . MRS. HELEN NELSON. B.A.; World History. MR. WATSON D. PHILLIPS, B.A., M.Ed.; Adviser Junior Closs; Sociology, Economics . . . MR. WILLIAM STAHR, A.B., A.M.; Economic Geography, Physical Geography . . MR. H. NORMAN TAYLOR, B.A., M.A.; NHS; U.S. History, World History . . . MRS. VERNA S. TOWNE, B.S.; Debate Club; Senior Problems, Socio- logy .. . MR. ALEXIS B. von BRETZEL, B.A., M.A.; IRC; U.S. History. 20