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

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LEVIN S. COMLY B.A., Washington College; M.Ed., Maryland University; Assistant Principal CALVIN A. BLAU B.S., Kutztown State College, B.A., University of Pennsylvania, M.Ed., Maryland University; As- sistant Principal FOR LEADERSHIP work and other jobs of office routine. Mrs. Ward, the registrar, completed transcripts for college-bound students. Across the hall from the main office, our counselors ad- vised us on course requirements and academic problems. Mr. Horner and Mr. Hull counseled the sophomores, Mrs. Oass encouraged juniors to take the P.S.A.T. in preparation for col- lege boards, and Miss Smith spent many conference hours with seniors. Notifying seniors of College Boards Examination dates and writing college recommendations was also part of her job. Mrs. Ewan handled the secretarial work in the conuselor's office. Giving first aid to those of us injured in gym was Mrs. Henderson, our school nurse. And keeping us well-fed at lunch was the job of our cafeteria staff. MARY S. EWAN Guidance Secretary ALICE MAY NICEWARNER Secretary to Principal DOROTHY S. LEATHERMAN Office Secretary M. DOROTHY RAUCH School Secretary Mr. Blatt performs his daily duties. ISABEL WARD Registrar DOROTHY Y. HENDERSEN R.N., Maryland General Hospital School of Nursing; Future Nurses Club RUTH LEWIS Cafeteria Manager Counselors contemplate student condit ?ns.

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Mr. Jewell's door is always open to any student or teacher with a problem. EDGAR GUY JEWELL B.A., George Washington University, M.Ed., Maryland University; Principal FERN WILL B.A., George Washington University, M.A., George Washington University; Administrative Assistant ADMINISTRATION J. RAY HULL B.A., Waynesburg College; Counselor RUTH E. OASS B.S., Stout State College; Counselor A. LEON HORNER B. S., East Tennessee State College, M.A., East Tennessee State College; Sophomore Counselor Headed by our principal, Mr. Guy Jewell, our administra- tive staff successfully accomplished their many duties. The assistant principal Mr. Levin Comly could be heard yelling down the length of the empty hall, What are you doing out of class, son? Mr. Calvin Blatt, also an assistant principal, roamed through the cafeteria at lunch time chatting and joking with munching students. In addition to these personal encounters, the assistant principals handled routine problems such as discipline, attendance and the school calendar. Miss Will, the administrative assistant, spent many hours each day preparing special reports for the central office and keeping track of records of twelfth grade discipline. To help Mr. Jewell keep the school running efficiently, Mrs. Nicewarner and Mrs. Leatherman, our office secretaries, handled the paper- F. AUDREY STOCKTON B.A., Emmanuel Missionary Colle' B.S., George Peabody College George Peabody College; Li Library Club GRACE SMITH B.S., Bloomsburg State College, M.S., Bucknell University; Senior Counselor; Cheerleaders; Department Head 10

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PAULINE A. BURKETT B.A., East Carolina Teachers College, M.Ed., Maryland University; Public Speaking, Dramatics, English II; Black Maskers, Thespians GRACE E. DAILEY B.A., Colby College, M.Ed., Harvard University; English III; Rocket; Depart ment Head HELEN C. DERRICK B.A., Winthrop College, M.A., Columbia University Teachers College; English IV A. CHESTER FLATHER JR. B. A., Wilson Teachers College; LL.B., George Washington University Law School; English III, IV Mr. Flather helps English II Students with a frustrating assignment. Energetic students answer questions in Mrs. Yuval's class. ENGLISH Mrs. Burkett, Mr. McEachern, Mrs. Weaver, and Mr. Weber led their sophomore English students in class discussion of the durable classics Silas Marner, Julius Caesar, and Lady of the Lake. The sophomores also read and discussed various short stories by such authors as Ring Lardner and Anton Chekov. In addition to literature, sophomores learned some new tricks with grammar and were introduced to weekly vocabulary tests. Meanwhile, Mrs. Dailey, Mr. Flather, Mr. Shumaker, and Miss Smith helped juniors become acquainted with great American Literature. In addition to the novels The Scarlet Let- ter and The Rise of Silas Lapham the juniors studied short stories by Faulkner, Steinbeck, and Hemingway. The most dif- ficult assignment: writing a descriptive paragraph in the style of one of the American authors studied. Grammar and vocabu- lary, an important part of English III, helped improve daily speech and composition. The seniors studied plays both ancient and modern, comic D. Prestemon and J. Isaacs hold a panel dis- Students in Mrs. Dailey's English III class discuss Silas Lapham. cussion on tragedies.