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

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THE BANK Our school is justly prom! of its hank. Jn addition to having its own Board of Directors and President, it is one of the three chartered school hanks in the country. Operated entirely by capable and efficient Seniors, it has paid as much as twenty per cent dividends on its stock. To our students and faculty, it offers checking and saving accounts, and pays the same rate of interest on savings accounts as the other town hanks. Our hank has its own deposit slips, stock certificates and its checks are accepted in any hank in the United Slates. To the student depositors and members of the Banking Staff, it gives valuable experience. PROBLEMS OF DEMOCRACY The Problems of Democracy class, under the supervision of Mrs. Genevive Blew, has discussed ami reviewed the many problems of the ever-changing modern world. Through research and the development of hidden talent, the P. 0. D. ('lass presented at various schools throughout the county an extremely educational and interesting panorama. This skit, contrasting the government under dictators and democracies, met with widespread approval by all audiences. A more complete understanding of modern events has been developed by the members of the class. Tin P. O. D. class, as a whole, agrees that the interesting and educational course of study followed this year has proved beneficial as well as of great interest to the students. FRENCH In the first year of French, the class has found that this language is very interesting. Under Mrs. Blew's instruction, they not only learned French vocabularies and read the lessons, but also have written compositions and spoken in conversational groups. Through the entire period as little Knglish as possible was spoken; it was thoroughly a French class. As extra projects, posters concerning France and the French language were made; and a dramatic sketch of the “Three Little Pigs ’ was presented. Short stories were used as supplementary reading. As a whole the French class has proved to be much more interesting than was expected, and another year will be looked forward to with pleasure. TYPING Probably the most important ami popular subject of the commercial students is typing. It is not hard to learn, but there are certain fundamentals to be acquired and certain obstacles to be overcome before one can become a good typist. The typing classes lost their beloved Mrs. Beall in the middle of the year, but were fortunate in acquiring Miss Toohey, who established herself, in the short time she taught, as a most capublc typing instructor. The more advanced typing students are of great assistance with work done for the Board of Education, and other departments, but, most of all for their excellent work in connection with the school newspaper, magazine, and year book. Besides the first and second year typing classes, which meet regularly, a Personal Typing Class is also held. This special group meets twice a week, and it was formed especially for students who expect, at some time or other, to attend college, or some other institution, where typing will be of value to them. This class provides the fundamentals in typing necessary for the students personal uses. [18]

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Throughout America today there is a renewed interest in our democracy. Realizing that democracy cannot begin too soon, the schools of our country have furthered an intense program of democratic activities. At a time when world integrity and honesty are threatened, democracy must stand strongest. This places the burden squarely on the shoulders of the schools, for from them must come the preservers of democracy. Long ago. Richard Montgomery High School realized the truth of this principle. A system of student government and pupil democracy was promoted. This system, one of the first of its kind in our country has been intensified this year. The democracy which we will experience in the world has been instituted in our classes. It now manifests itself in nearly every class function.

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MECHANICAL DRAWING Mechanical drawing is now offered in school in a complete four year course. The first year is the ninth grade, in which a nine weeks’ course is taken and the simple fundamentals of drawing, such as lettering, different kinds of lines, learning to use inking pens and doing simple drawings, are taught. The boys get the background for their drawing in following years in which they learn to do more difficult drawings and to use the scale rule and many other instruments. ELEMENTARY BUSINESS This year, in the form of an Elementary Business course, the IOC group is learning about the major phases of business. Under the capable guidance of Mr. Norris, the class has accomplished much. The different topics taken up by the Elementary Business class were: hanking, checks, filing, drafts, insurance, buying and retail selling. These topics will be of great value to the students in future years, because they are topics used in everyday life. HOME ARTS Cooking and sewing are not to be scoffed at by anyone. Students arc given instruction in these subjects when they first enter Junior High School, so it can be seen that it is considered important. Even in these modern days, a girl should have some knowledge of cooking, making clothes, budgeting, and other domestic activities. Home Arts classes provide instruction for the students in these things, as well as pleasure in trying their hands at new diversions. ALGEBRA In the first year Algebra class, much has been accomplished. As this is the first mat lunatics of this kind for the students, they have been trying, first, to get the fundamentals which are essential in later Algebra and higher mathematics. Second, they have learned how to work simple problems correctly and accurately, so that when they reach harder work they will have a solid background. Much stress has been put on the fact that it is better to be slower than the average, and get the important principles, than to cover a lot of territory, but miss the main points. [19]