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

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( Modernistic art and Macbeth were combined in this bulletin board arranged by Diane Petrovich. Clarity Of Ideas Students at B-CC get the benefit of the best of the new and the lasting of the old in their English classes. In epics like Beowulf we realize what personal qualities a nation ad- mires. These same qualities show up in forms as modern as E. E. Cumming’s “Death of Buffalo Bill.” Commentators as long ago as Chaucer and as re-ent as Sinclair Lewis trans- mit to us the peculiarities, problems, and humor of their times. The modern keyword to composition is “simplify!” Take out every unnecessary comma, every extraneous par- enthetical phrase. Luckily our staff is still old-fashioned enough to rule out abbreviations such as “Xmas” and to in- sist that we use quotation marks, James Joyce notwithstand- ... ease of expression ing. “Once you are published you may be eccentric,” we are told. Two English courses that can claim roots in such classi- cal figures as Cicero and Bacchus arc Public Speaking and Dramatics. Each carries through to the technique of con- temporary masters like Winston Churchill and Eugene O’Neill. Journalism is one English course that keeps step with the times, teaching us to be aware of our surroundings and to record what we see—“accurately and briefly, please.” Intelligent expression of our thoughts is an ultimate aim of English. With tradition as old as the Bible and as new as the most recent issue of the Atlantic Monthly perhaps some work of the class of ’62 will also prove deathless. MR. BENJAMIN W. ALLNUTT—English 4: Journalism; Tattler. MR. GEORGE BACBY—English 2. MISS IMOCENE BINGAMAN—English 2; Kassai. MISS MARGARET M. CASEY—English 2,4; Chairman. MR. ROBERT A. CONRAD—English 3. MR. P. J. DALLA SANTA-Dra- malic , Public Speaking. 28

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... keep them informed “Please do NOT call the school when it snows!” This is a secretary — coordinating and classifying, mimeograph- ing and alphabetizing, typing and telephoning, pigeonholing and maneuvering the smooth running of the school. Satisfaction for the secretaries comes in daily amuse- ments and mixups — in decorating the office with Christmas cards from friends or in seeing the pleasure of a new as- sistant when she masters the switchboard. Mr . Virginia H. Arnold Mrs. Elsie DeVaughn Mrs. Elizabeth Grafl Guidance Secretary Attendance Secretary Secretary 27

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Willi judicious concern Mr. Wall surveys blackl»ourd material. MRS. HELEN B. DAY-English 4. MISS NANCY J. CALLAGHER- English 2,3; Creative Writing Clui». MISS SAUNDRA GOULD — English 3. MISS DIANA HEARD—English 4: NHS. MR. NATHAN KUDATSKY —English 3; Chips. MRS. ELIZABETH LAYTON—English 2.4; Pink Trek. Addressing his public speaking class. Tucker Dorsey seems to be as amused as his listening classmates. 29