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

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First clay of school is a trying experience. Mr. Zimmerman helps a sophomore find her new homeroom. Mr. Davis explains the jumble of homeroom sections to bewildered sophomores, who sometimes discover they must review their alphabet and their sense of direction. Jane Boskoff and Betsy Kamarck check the bus schedule to make sure they have a way home from school. Where To Go? Hello, B-CC; good bye. Ocean City. We descended in hordes on the first day of classes. Outside at the blackboards we searched apprehensively for our homeroom sections and teachers. In homerooms we compared our new schedules with our neighbor’s. Cries of “I just couldn’t have Chemistry first period!”, and Oh, no, not HIM!” ran rampant. The Sophomores were really too new to the daily haz- ards of B-CC to care. The Juniors were just getting the idea and could compare with the good old schedule of Sophomore days. Seniors were interested in being with their old cronies of two years, trying to avoid some teach- ers, and feverishly comparing that all-important lunch schedule. Everyone was eager to see the new principal who had previously been assigned to Richard Montgomery. A few skeptics refused to believe there actually was a new boss” until he was formally introduced at the assembly the next day. A new and radical idea was inaugurated - a printed bus schedule. No longer could we use the didn’t know when the bus ran” excuse as a reason for tardiness, or even board the wrong bus in the afternoon. Some changes had been made.

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Activities arc the key note in school life and this year has had its share. Did you know that our Mile Relay team placed second in Madison Square Garden? That this Senior Class has a rec- ord number of Merit Scholars? That a Spruce Tree hit the dust during Blair Week? Unpredicted fire alarms, off-beat clocks, and corrected announcements gave an air of noncon- formity to the school day. Assemblies entertained the student body and added pleasure to that time of life which we shall always view as ideal, at least our parents tell us so.

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Dennis O'Brian and a sophomore girl get acquainted with Mr. Tarallo, our new principal. 11 Mr. Slate, sophomore class counselor, helps new registrants fill in the multitudinous blanks and cards.