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

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The Pitch The Pitch didn't, like Topsy, just grow, lt was put together-by blood, sweat, and tears. To our two journalism classes, conducted by Mrs. Evelyn D. Wittman, went the mountain- ous task of assembling our monthly news- paper. Members of these classes, each skilled in the use of the pen Cmightier than the sword? earned their salt land their gradesl by writing the articles assigned to them. The nine editorial positions were held this year by three different sets of students. Every twelve weeks Mrs, Wittman selected those students who she felt were most capable of performing the duties of an editor. The editors-in-chief this year were Barbie Ellis, Gordon Riggle, and Beth Roudebush sharing the position with Doris Horecker. Although members of the Pitch staff didn't write about Vice-President Nixon or about Bing Crosby's baby, they did cover topics which were of direct interest to all WJers. Moreover, they worked like seasoned reporters -quickly and to the point. ln addition to cur- rent news articles, there were also regular columns: Briefly Put, Groom for a Day, The Bovine Browser, and the Hotbox. Photogenically, the Pitch held its own. Its pictures documented the stories in a way which made one sit up and take notice. The good folks who patch the Pitch together, being astute businessmen at heart, convinced local shopowners that it pays to advertise. The resulting ads provided funds which helped keep the Pitch out of the red. Onward and upwardl 1958's Pitch was good, l959's Pitch was even bigger and glossier. And the l96O version-who knows? Per aspera ad astra! Or, as the contemporary translation goes: real cool! LJ QW 5- 2 I nqmnrm um, venous MARS EEUU- ' . Erie - Tj Fill SZ, - ETTTZI ev--V-Wu.-i X JiAJ- i V ---l'T,., The Pitch Staff Seated: Sue Philpula, Diane Jerome, Charles Goodman, Barbara Ellis, Randy Fetzer, Dick Counts, Bill Blomquist, Ford Eastman Middle row: Jo-Lynn Duval, Kathy Garrett, Josephine Campo, Carol Savage, Vicki Pollack, Pat Murtaugh, Andrea M E'l e L ' Al' A d D ' H k yfup, le n EVIYTE, ICQ n YBWS, Ol'lS Of9C el' I l l , Rear: Beth Roudebush, Cindy Garrigus, Henry Heller, Carl .BieIefeldt, Martin Hudtloff, George Caldwell, Missy LIZ Bf0n5feCld Cccepfs the S50 Check Surface, Sue Heffelfinger, Nancy Henderson, Barbara O'Brien I I won when the Pitch took ninth place Not pictured: Delphine Campa, Jeff Glaser, Margaret Edgerton, Pete Boone, Elaine Price, Dove Peckham, G0rd0f1 in the i958 national safety campaign Rlgglef Glgl RUN' Sue Webb I ,,,,f'f 'L' 'ln-ft.,

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1, mf -fm. 2, K, f, L f-.my,q,! I ,wg ,f S. FN ga' 1 :Jw a, P- 'Aj' fa- ' 91 tv. 63 w I PubHcaHons For some months, a motto reading Com- munications is the means of association hung on the wall in the publication room. ln these next few pages, there are described the pub- lications in WJ. ln some instances, however, the communi- cation accomplished by WJ publications was verbal and culinary as illustrated in pictures taken during the Quill and Scroll fete in Feb- ruary when new members were honored by the Reporters Club. The editor of the Windup, Dave Thomas, looks at a yearbook with Mrs. Evelyn D. Witt- man, adviser. Below, he presides with Jim Lindner, president of the Reporters Club. At the reception following, Barbara Abraham and Jay Michael, new members, are served by their hostess, Ola Lemmons, social chairman of the Reporters Club, as they precede Don Richardson and Ed Gray, club members, in the line, The happy Pitch editor, Gordon Rig- gle, laughs with one of his successors, Doris Horecker. With them are Dave Peckham, Jeff Glaser, and Pete Boone, all on the newspaper staff, Mrs. Wittman enjoys a pic Dave Specht has handed her. Next, Marilyn Palik admires a fellow Quill and Scroll member in Gail Yano, still surprised. Jim Ritchie looks up from a contemplated lay-out while Dave and Kay Ransdell, his assistant editor, look down on a suggestion. 4,'g5v cgi hw , 5' i

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00 4 .Ni 15. 'A X V 3 t l I JPL-'CTA To f K The Spectator staff The Spectator Proofread that copy carefully! was a fa- miliar sound ringing forth from Room ll2 where ten students were working industriously to complete the l959 Spectator. Under the direction of Miss Margaret Kauffman, the staff worked regularly morn- ing, noon, and night tclub periods as welll in order to put out the literary magazine of which WJ students are justifiably proud. Since all aspiring authors strive to see their names in print, the Spectator effectively carries out its chief purpose, which is to encourage creativity in the fields of art, music, and writing. The material in the periodical is culled from creative writing in all the English classes, organized by the staff, and published in mag- azine form. The Spectator contains composi- tions by students of Walter Johnson who have achieved local or perhaps national recogni- tion. The short stories, poems, and essays in- cluded in the magazine are illustrated by a,rt work from the art classes. ln addition to the one annual Spectator, which appears toward the close of the school year, four or five mimeographed pamphlets, entitled Steeles, containing prose and poetry of special merit, is distributed through the English classes. Steeles started just this past winter. The staff which assembled Spectator and Steeles included juniors and seniors who were selected for their outstanding ability. They were: Bruce McDonald, editor, Kris Glaser, Karen Weinschel, Lynn Whitman, Janet Barnes, Sally Chaney, Davis Dassori, Joan Fournier, Joan Pace, and Dorothy Wheeler. Barbara Abraham and Rudy Heintze were co-art editors. Janet Barnes, Pamela Beckjord, Joan Pace, Karen Weinschel, Joan Fournier, Editor Bruce McDonald, Dorothy Wheeler, Kristin Glaser, Lynn Whitman, Davis Dossori 4 I f I Q 1 i 1, ft' ' rw 'fi . :S 1' 81. its 1 , . , . V1 1' X I , W N. me bm he f ' ' rr J J , A it J 1 it 4 ve. K j Ji its I -. V' , V 5 , H ,irt .ti f ae 'f M t F S I 5522,