Montgomery Blair High School - Silverlogue Yearbook (Silver Spring, MD)

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E I Mrs. Corder Composition Program Emphasized Blairis English Department taught far more than basic skills and the fundamentals of grammar. Stu- dents learned to appreciate famous authors and their works. Poetry, novels and plays were read and dis- cussed in class, and students wrote frequent reports on these works. Structured composition, a new trend in high school writing, was stressed in the program. Students wrote compositions, putting into practice the rules which they had learned. For some purposes creative writing also was encouraged, and teachers unselfishly worked beside interested students. During the 1961-1962 school year, a new team-teaching pro- gram, American Civilization, was introduced to jun- iors. This class lasted two periods a day and combined the talents ofsix English and history teachers. STUDYING THE derivation of vocabulary words, Mike Gordon prepares for his test. , - f: 1syi?er,. Dr. Butler 'N' I J i Mr. Cortner I R V ir' if .4 ,Q Q Mrs. Davis fbi - ' ws , 499' fp y Mr. DeCatur Mrs. Feldesman l 6 Mrs. Fess ff gf , ,ws Mrs. Forden INCORPORATING NEWLY learned skills Speaking, Dave Lambert speaks before , f mates. 'V Win - '54 K V any ,y,i,,fQ, ' Q' ,. .si K' 5,14 ' fl V fi V , 4 , 2- t 'T X yy ,Q Ru. Br Y V... -5 s f Km...,Q...f.,fcf'g4g,s ' I1 , ' ,- fi fb ,,, , , f' , f 1 ,, If in Public his class- I3 JV Emil gi lil BARBARA STEWART, Ernie Meekham, and Roey Leventhal find they can assume a new appearance and personality with the use Of make-up in Drama II.

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GUIDANCE AND NURSING is Valuable Guidance is Available N laaN - MR. JOHNSON, the twelfth grade counselor, gives Jeff Hilberg ad- vice about his second semester course. MR. RHODES, Mrs. Pierrel, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. Kline, Mr. Good and Mrs. w MacDonald discuss the problems of a Blair student. P fi 2 as .- 4 X . Blair students owed a great deal of gratitude to the X Guidance Department. These hardworking, dedicated counselors were responsible for arranging students' schedules and providing needed advice concerning high school, college, and vocational plans. The - Mrs. Breakiron friendly atmosphere that prevailed in the counseling ' , offices created a sympathetic environment in which 4 many problems concerning students Were solved. 4' The Nurse's office offered help for those Blairites -r ft who felt ill, or needed minor medical assistance. lx K U L tl !. I Mr. Goodxwj Amt is ' if li l Mr. Johnson Lina 'rx f Q i X, 5 li BANDAGING A blistered foot, Mrs. Breakiron, the School Mfsnqline Nurse, is assisted by the Assistant Nurse, Mrs. Ziegler, and Gail Harrison, a student helper. ff Z 36' , V w ie. ,Mui f' I '5 T , ' 3:1 f- , ' X 'A N fe, .5112 ' .f l fa- 1' l oz... 5. , N Y jf' ' ,.., ' if 1 I1 Q79 5 f 2 fi. 4 - f wid nf. ' l .YI f a t , 1 -...s.,...,............. l Mrs. MacDonald '7' Mrs. Ziegler A' 'WG' lf Mr. Rhodes Mrs. Pierrel I5 . it

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MR. HAGY'S English III students, Jeff Rubin and Roy Lanham, read extra in- formation on the side bulletin boards. SENIOR ENGLISH students listen carefully to an informal discussion in their new C building classroom. ' wxWw1W:czg,w We W w f '9- . 4.1. M a.4,,,. , .. l Mrs. Miller IN MRS. DAVIS'S Advanced Grammar class, Betty Lou Sutton, ,,, Linda Sparshott and Cindy Commander hurriedly finish their test. Mr. Orloff DISCUSSING THE ODYSSEY, Mrs. Wubnig's sophomore CPA students dis- agree upon one of the points of the adventure of Odysseus. Mr. Pioli l Mr. Ganz t '-,fi F T-qv. Mr. Gai-tnig ,f ., - , l, ,.,x.,., x : QYQQ 5. . K., M ' '49 tn-vgvy QQ. . ., E Miss Gerzban 1 Z J' Mrs. Glczer Q. ef Mr. Hcgy -if ' iv 'A - Mr. LeBaron l 7