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

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Mis. Schneider and Mrs. Gralf. secretaries of B-CC, take messages, keep records, and com- municate with the outside world. Communications — In the early, early morning hours, when many a sleepy-eyed student is just beginning to think about getting up, our front office personnel are on their way to a hard, nine-hour day behind the main desk in the Ad building. Well-supplied with information, advice, and innumerable file systems, our secretaries brave barrages of students, inquisitive visitors, and frantic parents trying to get a forgotten lunch to their Susie or Johnny before lunch time. Somewhere in between making phone calls and answering questions, the secs find time for the tedious and top-secret job of keeping the permanent record files and personality blanks accurate and up-to-date. It’s in the late fall that the office really begins to buzz, though. College applications come pouring in from every senior, and each one means that transcripts must be compiled and sent post-haste in all directions. An average of three transcripts for each of the -176 seniors gives a rough idea of the number of hands three secretaries could easily use. Fast on the heels of the transcript rush comes a flood of registration cards from the juniors and sophomores. More results to be tabu- lated, more cards to be filed, and the paper work piles up and up and up. Did we say we had work to do? Mrs. Leimbach, registrar, sends for transcripts of incoming students, sees (hat our incomplete grades arc cleared, and totals our credits toward gradua- tion. 22

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Bob O'Connell, Bruce Lockhart. Dick Krafstir. Mr. Molovich, Glen Rug- glcs. Sylvia Warren, ami Tom Tad lock concentrate on producing semi- abstracts in painting. Ix-slic Rosin molds a vase on the potter's wheel under Miss Sheehan's watchful eye. Glazing and firing come much later. Practice To Develop Skills And Talents Ever since childhood, when we discovered that we had a special ability to harmonize in a singing group, or catch a friend’s likeness with pencil and paper, we’ve been encouraged by our parents and teachers to work with and develop that talent. We are still working and practicing—in the A Cappclla Choir,our voices blending with a hundred others; in the band or the orchestra, inarching at game half-time, or playing for a P.T.A. meeting, we give and receive pleasure. In the Arts Building, artistic hands sketch, paint, work with pajxrr or soft clay, and give form to ideas and images conceived in artistic minds. Our creativity carries over into the home arts rooms, where a girl with a bit of material, a needle and thread, and a streak of originality can create lovely clothing. Stronger hands work with metals and woods, heavy machines, to pro- duce graceful trays, lovely jewelry, or household objects. Every burst of creativity nurtures a talent that grows. MR. GEORGE G. MESSICK. B.S., M.S.: Chorus. Music Appreciation . . . MR. ESAIJ MOTOVICH. B.S.. M.A.; Art I. II, III . . . MR. CHESTER l’ETRANEK, B.S., M.A.; Orchestra. Band . . . MRS. ETHEL A. ROWAI.T. B.S.; Home Arts II. III. Future Homemakers of America Club, SGA Social Committee • . . MRS. FAYE FINLEY SHAW, B.S.. M.A.: A Cappclla Choir, Music Appreciation, International Music Club . . . MISS BERNADETTE SHEEHAN. B.A., M.A.; Art I. Ceramics. Art Club. 21

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MRS. ELEANOR CARS . VALE. School Nurse. Future Doctors and Nurses of America Club . . .MR. DOUGLAS HOW RI . Head Custodian . . . MRS. MABI E I A'I PERSON. Dietitian. And Comforts Mr. Howard supervises the repairing of a light in the hallway. Cafeteria workers and student hcl| crs arc kept busy replenishing the food supply. Existence on ice cream and milk is a thing of the past! Mrs. Patterson, new to the school this year as our dietitian, has the key to the secrets of young pco- pies’ appetites. She plans light breakfasts for the early birds who dash off to school without eating and serves the kind of lunches that breaks down the will-power of the most resolute dieter.” If, however, even the cafeteria loses its attractiveness and we have that sneaky feeling that Something Is Not Quite Right Inside, a quick trip to Mrs. Carnvale in the nurse’s office either confirms our suspicions or sends us on to the test we haven’t cracked a book for. In any case, no matter what the ailment, the healing that takes place in the nurse’s office is often both the physical and the emotional kind. For minutc-to-minute comfort we depend upon Mr. Howard, the man who not only regulates the shivering status of 1700 people in the fall and winter, but also sees to it that lighLs light, doors open, and blowers operate all year round. Joyce Tritlipoc and Susan Hall keep ihc records in ihc nurse’s office during third period.