Richard Montgomery High School - Rocket Yearbook (Rockville, MD)

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THE ROCKET FACULTY The qualifications for the job, the preparation required, the opportunity for service, the salary paid, the chance for promotion, and the social contacts incident to the work are a few of the topics discussed. The aim of educational guidance is to orient the pupils not only in relation to their school environment, but also in relation to their community, to make them feel at home and to help them to get the most out of their experiences. From the very beginning of the year the Faculty have worked diligently to make these activities and School Life Periods a success. As progressive educators, led by a progressive principal, they have caught the vision of a program which has as its objective the development of the Whole Child. Need- less to say, they do not think of the clubs, student government and athletics as extra-curricular activities but as an integral and most necessary part of the school program—placed on a par and in many cases even above the value of the so-called regular school work. To quote from Prof. M. V. O’Shea— The only way to train the nation to self government is to give practice in it to the young. Our faculty firmly believes this and would broaden the statement to run— The only way to train the nation to live fully and abundantly is to give opportunity for rich experiences in living to the young. With this as their aim, our teachers cannot fail. Top Rotv- Mr. Vogt. Miss Cockbur.n. Miss Sheehan, Mr. McCi.ung. Second Row— Mrs. Molmf.ad. Mrs. Vogt. Miss Stover, Miss Lour. Bottom Row—Mrs. Morgan. Mr. Cooney, Miss Jones. Nine

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THE ROCKET Top Ron•—Miss Shades, Miss Xiciioi.i.s. Miss Sherwood, Mrs. Carr. Second Row—Mr. Tram.. Mrs. Hai.com, Miss Rowdybush, Mr. King. Bottom Row—Mr. Norris, Miss Hauke, Mr. Wiuteford. FACULTY URTHF.R ON in the Rocket you will read that the first high school in Montgomery County was started in Rockville just sixty years ago. The faculty consisted of the principal and two assistants. Today our principal has a secretary and thirty-one assistants. You will note also that these early teachers had to build fires sweep, dust, and perform numerous other tasks which now fall to the lot of the janitors. Just what does this mean? That teachers have more leisure time? Not at all! It does mean, however, that being relieved from these petty jobs they have more time and opportunity for creative work, for becoming better acquainted with the pupils, for planning courses that will be most beneficial, and for inaugurating special projects and activities which will develop the pupils into many-sided individuals. The old idea of education as mental training only is rapidly disappearing and we have instead the new ideal of education along social, ethical, physical, spiritual, emotional, and intellectual lines. Under Government” and Activities,” you will find an account of the many extra-curricular affairs which are open to the pupil. Each year new projects are added. Vocational and educational guidance have made their appearance in the curriculum this year. Coming in the School Life Period,” they fill a long-felt need in our school community. The purpose of the former is to open before the students as many fields as possible in which they may find their careers. Eight

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ROCKET STAFF T HAS been our purpose this year to vary the plan of our year book from the usual style. We hope that you will get as much pleasure from looking through its pages as we have had in preparing it for you. We have tried to draw a number of pupils into the Rocket work for two reasons. First, we feel that no one person should dominate the annual ,and secondly, that we should give practice in Rocket work to as many students as possible. The pictures have been arranged for you by Betty Buchanan and Cora Claggett. The Senior writeups were penned, amidst much hilarity, by Eula Shewbridge, Emma Lee Clogg, Virginia Sudduth, and Ann Griffith. The State histories were written by leading citizens of each state—Mary Margaret Wilson, Walter Higgins, Bebe Howard, Margaret Williams, and Mary Henderson. The school history came into being under the able direction of George Bell, John Bowman and Dorothy Nicholson. Dorothy Miller and Pearl Messer gave us the account of the government. Peggy Smith, Stedman Prescott and Gene Ochsenreitcr were our sports scribes. Robert French produced the parody of the Sunshine and Shadows and Tide which appears in the back of the book and Marion Cleveland traced the alumni and gave us notes on them. We got our Rockets through Eugene Ochsenreiter, Donald Collins and Carlos Floyd. Due to his numerous sales Carlos was made manager of the Circulation Staff. Through the work of Lydia Poole, Mary Margaret Smith, Thomas Owings, Helen Harrison, and Irving Stern in securing ads our Rocket was made possible. The staff has enjoyed working on the Rocket and feel very pleased that, for the first time, the orders for the Rocket so far exceeded our expectations that we were unable to meet the demand. Others who helped with the editorial work were Thomas Baker, Jack Ochsenreiter and Mary Margaret Smith. Ten