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

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Books and Files Student needs keep two full-time librarians busy. Peace and quiet,” sighs the overworked student, settling into a library chair for a period of quiet study. Mrs. McKinnell is working at her desk. Miss Owen is behind the partition typing a book list; library as- sistants move quietly around replacing books. Two minutes later the peace is shattered as a class invades the library, seeking reference books, magazines, and a place to sit. For the frustrated student the solitude is gone, but for the librarians it's all in a day's work. Until four o'clock they arc on hand to answer questions, explain the use of catalogs and files, and find the unfindable. Any extra time is spent checking inventories and com- piling lists of recommended reading. There are mountains of work to be done before the library will be ready to be moved to its new location in the fourth building” which is still in the blueprint stage. Until that time, the students can envy those future scholars who will be able to do their research above ground, while Mrs. McKinnell and Miss Owen may dream, as they work, of spacious shelves, plenty of elbow-room, and perluqjs a book or two returned ahead of time. Mrs. Beilina McKinnell. BA., M.S.I..S. Librarian Miss Utilise M. Owen. B.A. Assistant Librarian I I

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Counsellors Quaylc am! Norris meet in the hall- way outside their offices for a brief consultation l ctwccn conferences with students and parents. Whether you study college catalogs, fill out application forms, or wait to see your counsellor, the Browsing Room is the center for After-High School plans. David Kochcr and Terry Rebel arc the identifiable students in the picture. Catalogs, Counsellors, and Conferences The opportunity to learn on a gold platter! That’s what B-CC hands the entering student! He is given the necessary books, excellent teachers, ati adequate school plant; it is up to him to take advantage of what he has to work with and make the most of it. It is with the help of our counsellors that we analyze our desires, our abilities, and our limitations, before we plan just how we may get the most out of our three years at Bethesda. This year Miss Phelps took the sophomores under her wing, and hclj»ed them plan their schedules and out-of- class activities. Given such a smooth start in high school, the tenth graders found it easy to settle down. Juniors, l»cginning to feel the hot breath of College Boards and college applications on their necks, consulted Miss Quaylc about lunch-hour conferences. With her help they planned their final and most im]X riant year, tallying credits and juggling the merits of one course against another. The seniors needed Mr. Norris, not only for last- minute advice on college applications, but also to help keep them sane during the Long Wait until acceptances or rejections arrived. He l ecame their most important link between the reality of high school and the un- certainty of next year. Miss Helen Phelps. B.A., M.A. Sophomore Counsellor Miss Dorothv Quaylc. B.S.. M.A. Junior Counsellor 10 Mr. Abell A. Norris. B-S.. M.Ed. Senior Counsellor

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Torn Jones operates the Controlled Reader for use in is just one of the many teaching-aids available to one of Mrs. Marquez's English classes. The projector the Bethesda faculty. English — We Live, Sailing along under the philosophy that Writing maketh a perfect man, but so docs reading and discus- sion, the English Department offers courses ranging from the mandatory English 2, 3, and 1 to journalism. As sophomores we delve into the mysteries of Shake- speare and George Eliot, live for a while in the Scottish Highlands with Sir Walter Scott, and try our hand at some writing of our own. For poised and polished speaking, the future politician or P.T.A. chairman will ask for public speaking or dramatics, in addition to the regular course covering Learn, and Enjoy American literature and the ever-present grammar and spelling. Entering our senior year we again become friends with Shakespeare, meeting his “melancholy Dane” and the ambitious Scot. As we begin to recognize the wealth of good literature in the classics, and the truth in the ideas of great writers, English becomes less of drudgery and more of a fascinating exploration into the timeless world of the minds of men. We no longer wonder why we have to take English all four years. MR. BENJAMIN. W. All.M l I. B.A.. MV. Journalism. English IV. Talllrr . . . MRS. E. MASSEY BLACK. B.A.. M.A.: Public Speaking . . . MISS MARGARET M. CASEY. B.A.. M.Ed.. M.A.: English II. IV . . . MR. P. II. DALI.A SANTA. B.S.; English III. Drama. Assembly Committee, Dramatics Club. Thespians . . . MRS. HELEN DAY. A.B.: English IV. YCouncil. Senior Tri-Hi Y. 12