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

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Whether they he concerned with Hemingway, botany, or French dialogues, in the library’ students ean find suitable information and a quiet place to study. Place Of Study For study or for sleep, for accommodating homeless classes or for storing thousands of canned foods, the library served a variety of purposes in school life. Industrious stu- dents retired to the library each day to finish last night’s homework or to get a head start on tonight’s. Enterprising English students sought literary criticisms to supplement their own thinking, while avid mathematics or history fans combed the shelves for obscure and interesting morsels of information. We reported to the library when our classrooms were taken over for Language Listening Comprehension Tests or when overdue notices demanded that we meet our obliga- tions immediately. We had the opportunity to use the li- brary’s resources in the evenings or on weekends, when it was open to encourage research and thoroughness in our studies. Before Thanksgiving we saw more than 15,000 cans pile up in the magazine corner as we outdid ourselves in collecting food for needy Montgomery County families. At other times we were barred from the library. When the regional association of student councils met here, we were denied its use for a whole day. It was at times like these that our appreciation grew. quiet refuge Though few students take advantage of it, the library is a good place to catch a few moments of sleep. 15

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Visual aids in the form of educational films, film strips, or slides added to the interest and information of many classes. Machines, Imagination... approach to internationalism Carol Moss examines a record to be used in the study of German. Costumed and ready to make their entrance in a play presented by the French 4 class arc Marjory Krause and Helen Hyre. 14

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Looking Back As we posed for pictures, we wished we could have as complete a record of our feelings and experiences as we would have of our faces. Realizing the impossibility of this wish, we tried to highlight the year and to mark certain things for remembrance. We determined to remember September’s untimely heat and the concern we felt when at the B-CC-Northwood game 20 people fainted from humidity and high temperatures. We hoped we would recall the suspense and the excitement we felt before every important announcement — before the notification of Merit Semi-finalists, before the selection of easts for dramatic productions, before the issuance of se- mester exam and report card grades. We planned to store away for future enjoyment the recollections of the lively school spirit of Blue and Gold Week before the Walter John- son game and of the wild response to the Navy Band Assem- bly when the conductor gave us his version of Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong. Wc knew we would never forget the baked goods we en- joyed almost daily after school, the jab of the tuberculin test as it broke the skin, and the stinging cold as we waited for school buses in freezing temperatures each morning. We knew, too, that wc would always be able to visualize couples twisting at school dances, girls teasing their hair, and stu- dents and newspapers arguing about fallout shelters. Photographers viewing students through their cameras sec an upside- down and backward smile. NATIONAL MERIT SEMI-FINALISTS—Seated: P. Lobban, E. Ammerman, K. Adkinson. I). Weiwbrodl, R. Reixach. Middle Row: L. Cuthman, J. Fi ke, R. Lane, R. Wolter», S. Rcdburn. Last Row: A. Focr, A. Mackall, J. Higbic, A. Leisinger. 16