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

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A peck from the shower rooms provides an interesting view of the remaining quadrangle. Karen Finstad and Cathy Briggs check student teacher assignments to assure successful Senior Days. Year’s Features February brought the two Senior Days when Seniors take over the school. The faculty ancl administration released their positions to eager students who kept the classes in constant hilarity. After this experience, the Seniors had new reverence for the teaching career and their teachers who must regularly face what they did for two days. A look at our trophies brings back a flood of mem- ories. Our teams have established a record of which we are proud and we strive to leave with our school an attractive array marking our own accomplishments. The many glittering trophies on display near the Boys' Gym arc admired by Paige La very. 21

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Fred Wiener plays postman and fills a mailbox with festive presents for the display case Christmas decorations. Reflections September arrived and we came back to a smaller quad and some dazzling new buildings. Before we knew it Thanksgiving was here and students gathered for the annual assembly. Three speakers gave inspiring religious messages and the A C.'appella Choir rendered varied musical selections. Christmas followed soon and the school was bedecked with attractive holiday decorations. Art students filled the windows with interesting scenes and the display cases attracted passing students. We looked ahead and counted the days till our glorious vacation. Art students show off their talents by painting holiday murals on the many B-CC windows. Father ODonahughc. Rabbi Scolmc. and The Reverend Charles Rother participate in the annual Thanksgiving Assembly. 20

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Girl watching is a recognized hobby and requires much time. Leah Hawkins' fuzzy dog is the center of the girls' attention for collecting stuffed animals was the latest fad. Spring—School? Our ambition was not outer space in the spring of I960 but college space. Fully aware that hitching our wagon to a star was outdated, we planned to hitch our Volkswagen to a Sputnik or a satellite to Venus. And then the snows came! Shortly after Ground Hog Day the newspapers commented upon the relatively snowless winter. A perverse fate remedied the situation and we missed school because of snow February 15, March 2, March 3, and March 9. Mary Mulcahy explains her science project on oil refining to David Rosen and Merrily Krause. 22