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

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U io: ' ooo LQ U Shorthand ll students take dicta- tion at the blackboard from Mrs. l.aurion. Miss Brown instructs as banking students learn through doing. commercial sk11ls practiced typing . . . bookkeeping . . . elementary busi' 'mess . . . banking . . . shorthand . . . so went commercial training .... typing , . . fingers on the home keys. ready. begin! . . . those timed writings.. . exasperating . . . that was the only word tor itl . . . bookkeeping . . kay, ive added this column six times! . , . yep, youre right-six ditlerent answersl . . . balance sheets . . .adjusting entries . . . business transactions. . . Making the most Typing l students wbile Mr, Davisson watch. gk Ct treir time, ork diligentl Y ecks h's stop Lillian E. Brown: AB MS.-Typing, Office Business . . . Betty J. in' elementary business . . . interest. . . time . . money orders . . .checks . . . tiling . . . shorthand . . , brief forms . . . i could swear i wrote this . . . just cant seem to read itl . . . me-a secretary? . . . to whom? . . . mr smith ...say. im moving up in this world.. . . banking . . . not many schools have a real honest-toegoodness bank . . . ours is a branch of tarmers banking and trust company ot rockville . . . personal savings . . . checking accounts . . . tor both students and teachers . . . jack worsham, as cashier, commanded the stock exchange ..., otticers-hildegarde rogge . . . john mohler .. Shirley martin .... -Banking Bockkeepingg Bank , . . Floris M. Davisscnp HS.. Practice . . . Rita A. Laurionq B.S.-Shorthand, General Robic: BS.-Bookkeeping, Typing.

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Laura S. Burrus: IRB.-Home Arts: FHA . . . Amy F, Leber: B.S.-Home Artsg FHA. K, Harris, Mrs. Leber, M. Swain, and M. Valleix work on a Christmas stocking project. Lk! girls plied variety of household arts girls had lots ot experience modeling in sim- plicity style show in january . . . those clothes look better after theyre made than they do on the envelopes . . . the girls exhibited the work ot the year at the students showcase in may .... seniors had a very active year . . . sold 65 pounds ot truit cake at christmas . . . gave a tea in the cateteria tor the credit union at the end ot january . . . took a home nursing course . . . gave bed baths . . . took turns acting as patients . . . learned to make beds like they do in hospitals . . . square corners. . . . underclass students had child care units . . . gave a childrens party . . . made scrapbooks tor hospitals . . . stutted animals tor christmas . . . made childrens clothes .... had a new tace in the department . . . mrs leber, who was a practice teacher here in I952 . . . mrs burruss was head ot the department. . . . l'lUFS9f'5l'mUlGfi'19 odors Denetrate the halls as the home arts students work industriously baking cookies.

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3 an - Helen M. Day: B.Ed.-Art, Ceramic Sculpture . . , Mary F. deVerrnond7 A.B., MA,-Music: Glee Club . . . John E. Preston: A.B.-Instrumental Music: Band, Dance Band. apprec 'at ' t time arts? . . . general choral music . . . general band music . . . art. . .. general choral music . . . mi . . . u . . . oh. . .. eh . . .ah . . .did you say bill haley wrote in the still of the night? . . . he didnt? . . , how do i always contuse him with cole porter! . . . we be- came acquainted with composers and composi- tions . . . conductors and recording artists . . . let me see . . .this must be a g flat . . . yes, we even learned to read music .... general band.. .rob mclcay, i thinlc you hit the Drawing still lites, Art Ill and IV students improve their technique Mrs. deVerrnond conducts a rehearsal tor the Christmas Cantata with the fifth period music class. wrong note . . . but mr preston, im trying . . . instrumental classes also learned music apprecia- tion . . . concentrated on composers ot band music . . . learned to la various instruments . . . P Y planned tor tuture band membership .... art . . . students composed their own pictures under miss days direction . . . in their own styles . . . worked industriously on posters, murals . . . used in the showcases . . . student art display was placed in the library in december .... V 54' .L G. Cisneros drums on a practice bloclr, while Mr. Preston helps P. Harding with the ditticult notes.