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

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Department Honorable opponents, fellow classmates . . . De- bates, demonstration talks, and persuasive speeches made speech class exciting. On the same wing as the speech and English classrooms, the new library is one of Richard Montgomery's greatest assets. The size of the room permits many students to do research, study, read current periodicals, and browse, Several new titles have been added to the catalogue of books to make our library an ever-increasing source of information and pleasure to all of us. The winner by a TKO! J. Cummings, R. Fraiser and E. Duffy enact a pantomime in Speech class. 'Vx 'T' RAYMOND P. HENRY B.A. lEquiv.J, Scholastic De Maz- enod, B.S. in Ed., Fordham Uni- versity, M.S. in Ed., Fordham Unis versity, English I and Ill EUGENE E. McCRAMER B.S. in Ed., Pennsylvania State Teachers College, Lock Haven, M.S. in Ed., Bucknell University, English lll, Oratorical and Essay Contests, Press Representative 'F' Q if Q' ,. NORMAN L. SCHNEIDER B.S., Maryland State Teachers Col- lege, Towson, M.A., Columbia University, English lV MARY S. THORNE B.A., Duke University, English ll and IV, Speech, Debate Club Honorable iudge, worthy opponents . . . C. Peifer, P. Wright, A. Elci and L. Owens present a debate before their Speech class. 9

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Squeezing by the crates in the auto shop, English students head for their next class. v ,- Q! fe .. T it-E v ' V ,YW ' I K, ,r jf- i PAULINE E. ABEYOUNIS B.A., East Carolina Teachers Col lege, M.Ed., University of Mary- land, English ll, Black Maskers, Thespians GRACE E. BEARS B.A., Colby College, English II The Rocket DOROTHY T. BILLS B.A., Western Maryland College, English I and IV, Montgomery Tide, Keyettes RlTA M. BREEDLOVE B.A., Connecticut College for Women: M.A., George Washington University, English l and ll English The former auto shop and band room provided the setting for our study of Silas Marner, the Odyssey, Our Town, and Macbeth this September. ln January most of the English department moved to its new quarters on the second floor of the new wing. ln these spacious new quarters we learned and practiced the four skills of communication: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Writing compositions, making oral reports, composing business letters, and reading literature of all types occupied most of our time. Mr. Schneider smiles as P. Best takes over Senior English class for a few minutes. i 5 X

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s Class concentrate deeply while listening to tapes on the new head Foreign Language Department Laughter accompanied the appearance of the new head-sets in our French and Spanish classes. Students donning earmuffs and composing their own study tapes enlivened already lively foreign language classes. Using the new tape recorder and microphone sys- tem, Mrs. Pyne and Mr. Wight led us through newly prepared and issued material. From room two twelve floated parts of Cicero's ora- tion against Catiline, spoken by our first Latin III class, sometimes augmented by our Latin II classes and Cae- sar's Gallic Wars. Many of us will not forget .the faculty's enthusiasm which made these languages a part of us. H Enghsh IH Roman senators Cmembers of Mr. Jeffery's Latin Ill classj listen attentively as Cati- lme lMr Jefferyj denounces Cicero's oration.