Walter Johnson High School - Windup Yearbook (Bethesda, MD)

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FOREWORD Like Athena who sprang perfectly formed from the forehead of Zeus, Walter Johnson strode into full responsibility from the moment students entered its halls. We had to go promptly into the business of education, and then, having passed the first signifi- cant milestone by graduating our first senior class of l958, we became eligible for evaluation by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Accreditation proved to be of paramount impor- tance to us this year. Although, like Athena, we were immediately full grown, we found that examination of our school put us on our mettle, requiring all of us, from the opening day, to work toward this achievement, Now at the conclusion of the year, our efforts have been rewarded. The committee of accred- itors, in evaluating us on every possible basis-from the number of square feet per classroom to the num- ber of volumes in our library-has included us among approved schools. The Windup staff has presented a picture of Walter Johnson in the following pages much as the accredi- tors must have seen us. We have put faculty and seniors first, for in an educational institution, teach- ers and students are clearly as inseparable as the horse and carriage mentioned in the hit tune, Love and Marriage. Following the students, we have presented activities in such a way, we hope, as to give the reader some insight into curricula, class content, club, student government-in brief, into all those pursuits with which our school days are filled. What the reader cannot see, of course, are the intangibles-those aspects of growth through which raw sophomores become less raw seniors. Ready or not, we seniors who have been the first to complete WJ's entire three-year course are now moving on. We have contributed, we feel, to the accrediting of our school, similarly, our school has matured us, making us grow through those operanda one sees presented in the following pages. Frontispiece ...... Title Page ..... Foreword .......... ...... Faculty ..................... Casuals of Faculty - Casuals of Students Seniors ............... - ..... Juniors .....,............... Sophomores ............... Casuals of Students Activities ................... Student Council ..... Honoraries National Honor Society ........... Quill and Scroll . Key Club ......,..,. Keyettes ...,c... TABLE OF CONTENTS Wheel Club ...... ....... 8 4 Thespians .................. 85 Music ............................ 86 Casuals of Students ........ 9l Publications .................... 92 Science Clubs ................ 97 Clubs of Skill and Creativity Chess Club .............. lOl Art Club .................. lOl Dramatics-Staging and Acting .............. lO2 Photography ............ 103 Woodworking ..,, ,..... l O3 Clubs that Prepare for Citizenship FHA ill ...... ........ l O4 FHA flll .... ........ l O4 FNA ............... .... FTA ........................ Senior Tri Hi-Y ...... Junior Tri Hi-Y ...... Sophomore Tri Hi-Y Debate Club ....,..... International Relations ......... .... French Club ..... .... . Spanish Club .......... Library Club .......... Bridge Club ..., ........ Commercial Club .- Service Organizations.. Casuals of Students .... Athletics ...........,,,,,.,,,,,,, School Entertainment .... Advertisements .....t..,...,,

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L . , , 4 f . is gf ,M72 ' iQ, -un... ,.,. --- Mr. Gregory Mr. Bennett Mr. Reddick The Triple Entente ADMINISTRATICN Among all the elements considered in a school's accreditation, the most basic and unchanging is the requirement of good teaching under a top- flight administration. We have a staff whose excellence has been affirmed by those graduates who have written back that their Walter Johnson back- ground provided superior training for their college and business careers. The man directly responsible for this success is Henry C. Gregory. With his assistants, William L. Bennett and Donald H. Reddick, he deals with the innumerable duties and responsibilities that can be blanketed under running the school. Our principal recommends the engagement and re- tention of faculty. lt is significant of the high standards he maintains that in the fall he interviewed some l5O applicants for the 2l openings on the staff. ln the Guidance Department, the right arm of the administration, there is always someone to listen to troubles or to answer questions. As if registering students, changing programs, administering tests, and ar- ranging parent-student-teacher conferences were not enough, our three counselors are also confronted with students eager to talk about their selection of and admission to college. We may feel justifiably proud of our teachers and administrators, for they perform their jobs with the conscientious adherence to those aims and ideals that make modern education telling in a very tough world. HENRY C. GREGORY, principal, B.A., West Virginia University, L.L.B., West Vir- ginia University, M.A., University of Michigan, born and reared: Corley, West Virginia, wife: Margaret Stalnaker, son: William-l8, to WJ in i956 from Western Junior High WILLIAM L. BENNETT, vice-principal, B.A., Pennsylvania State University, M. A., Uni- versity of Delaware, graduate studies at six other colleges, born and reared, Chester County, Penn- sylvania, wife: A. Young, children: Charlotte Bowen Bennett Padbury-30, William Quigley Bennett-26, grandchild: Phyllis Catherine Ben- nett-i, to WJ in i956 from Western Junior High DONALD H. REDDICK, vice-principal, B.A., University of Maryland, M.Ed., University of Maryland, Ed. D. candidate, George Washington University, member Phi Delta Kappa, educative honorary society, Montgomery County Scholarship l958, article in Education l957, born: Wisconsin, reared: Pennsylvania, wife: Jean Bible, children: Linda Jean-5, Nancy Joan-3, to WJ in i958 from Northwood High School MISS HELEN DEMPSEY, counseling, B.A., Marywood College, M.A., Marywood College, born and reared: Pennsylvania, to WJ in i956 from Leland Junior High MRS. LENORE PAINE LAVERY, counseling, B.A., University of California, Secondary Creden- tial, Mills College, M.A., University of California, graduate work, Long Beach State College, Ameri- can University, born: Los Angeles, California, reared: Oakland California, husband: Richard John Jr., children: Valerie Lavery Sadd--23, Richard John lll-20, Daniel Crim-l8, Va. RAY C. PATTON, counseling, B.S., Concord College, M.A., Marshall College, born and reared: Meadow Bridge, West Virginia, wife: Betty Evans, children: Danny Ray-lO, Re- becca Jo-8, Betty Sue-5, to WJ in i958 from Leland Junior High