Northwestern High School - Compass Yearbook (Hyattsville, MD)

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I ED ik!! Music For Life The Clee Club Witl1out music life would be a mistake ..... Mr. Ronca gives Paul Pascal a few pointers on the oboe. -...J Friedrich W. Nietzsche Music, one of the most expressive arts, has an immortality that will outlast the painter's canvas or the sculptor's marble. Music is the voice to which all listen, understand, and enjoy. From folk songs to fugues, juke-boxes to Carnegie Hall, music creates beauty wherever it goes. Choose Beethoven or Bach, Dorsey or Good- man . . . there is some music for everyone. Reducing all this to a classroom level is no mean task, and we who are students of music realize the eliorts that permit our exposure to a little of the finer works of the great composers. Quarter notes, clefs, bars, semiquaver . . . all that constitutes the special jargon of the music world are studied, absorbed and put to use in further work. Theory, application and appreciation of fine artists and excellent music are the basis for music classes. From individual singing to group singingg from individual instrumental lessons to participation in band and orchestra rehearsalsg all these opportunities are given to Northwestc-:rn's students. Miss Beckman Mr. Ronca l ...L -7 r 'iii

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One . . . two . . . and over. Miss Kathleen Rehanek, left, and Miss Irene Overtoom, right, spot for Kathleen Luahy as she demonstrates the proper spring from the board to the rest of the class. Behind Miss Rehanek are Beverly Weary, Sharon Reeves, and Sandra Wolfe. Front to back are Evelyn Harvey, Harriet McGowran, Kay Harding, Louise Kenley, Beverly Richter, Iackie Spates, Dixie Pritchard, Eloise Murphy, Dorothy Buck- walter, Sharon Romer, and Nancy Taylor. Gaining That Confidence The education of the body is equally as important as the education of the mind. As it is impossible to divorce the mind from the body, so one is dependent on the other. A clear mind cannot exist on an unhealthy body. And to promote this desirable balance there is a complete physical education program. There are teams competing in all the major inter-high school sports, football, basketball, baseball, soccer, track, tennis, and golf. In addition to the pure Sport idea, there are activities on the exercise equipment. The aim of the varsity spoAt op poise, confidence, sportsmanship and, perhaps impo nt of all, teamwork. be l r X Lili Mr. Yarnall Miss Rehanek . .,..- . ' Ia V Q. L if f eva.-6.1. Before practice starts'. . . On the far court are: Bill Cannon, Larry Bunch, Dulany Catts, Iohn Lewis, Tom Datson, Bruce Briggs. On the back court are: Al Iohnston, Alan Melton, Rich- ard Freeland, Harry Robinovitch, Arnold Berlin, Bill Faddcn, Bryant McVearry and Ierry Brogdon practice while waiting for the game to get under way. 'Q 1 51' l vo, i KS . , , s . . t l ill .J f X .,- v.:?5.Zn'.' I X 'U 'lllw . ll ' I f5f7,,4 . Mid . a, 5 p - .- , -9 1. , A , L Q0 Mr. Palumbo Miss Amoss Mr. Murphy Mrs, Stephenson lege

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fits. Aff, ff. Lu .' 1 4? rg WX J V it 'QB 0 Q Q-ra May be another Rembrandt. Carol Hall, Miles Curtis, Paul Fredricks, Page Winters and Walter Clark sketch a still life. Drawing - With A Purpose f'Beauty is pleasure regarded as the quality of a thing. by George Santayana Mr. Young The word art has many meanings and there are many sides to an art course. There are oils, pastels, water colors and charcoals, por- traits and caricatures. The art course, itself, is divided into three main sub-headings, Commercial, Fine art, and crafts. The commercial field is made up of advertising, design, and lay- out to train members to lill the demand of industry for commercial artists. Fine art work is mainly in oils and pastels, portraits and land- scapes and small still life work. Experimentation is done on new art media. The craft field is based on expression through modeling and sculpturing in clay, paper and other materials and is an aid in the development of figure perspective. And it is expected by training and development of those capable, several students will enter the art field professionally. Even the stu- dents who do not follow art as their 1ife,s work will have received valuable training and will have at hand a most interesting hobby. Learning more about his profession. Walter Clark, Iimmy Hen- son, and Robert Nelson. . ji Q