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

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f -ft, -1, Q '1, , Q -V k . in i 5 fi 5 it g p ' N1- : , i. A t Vlzel - L'K'- wear mfr ff' ' S: Seniors Bill Hayden, Bob Datoli, Hal Logan, Mike Barch, Gil Larson, Corky Corchrin, Toni Warner, and John Schwartz act tough in the West Side Wildwood spoof in Good Knight. June,I962 June completed the 1961-62 school year with many frenzied activities, especially for the outgoing seniors. Having finished their tests early, the seniors concentrated all their en- ergy on the successful execution of Senior Week, highlighted by the long awaited Senior Prom and by Senior Night with its Good Knight pro- gram. Senior Week also included Senior Teach Day during which peda- gogically inclined seniors lectured on Toynbee, limits, and radiochemistry. The climax of three years of compre- hensive schooling was the June Com- mencement exercises. While the seniors frolicked, the less fortunate juniors and sophomores un- derwent final examinations, two-hour horrors designed to prepare them for the rigors of writing coherently un- der stress. The last days witnessed a frantic scramble as Wiwdzllfs were handed to eager students by the harassed staff of the school bank. Social Calendar 189

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N'iifwa 't Friday, the twenty-sixth, saw Paul Hinkes and Tom Beach, in rebel garb, duel for the honor of their homeland in the Vagabond King. With their long-awaited diplomas safely on their laps, graduates watch their classmates make the long walk at the 1962 graduation. Gay Callahan and Ann Moliter tricycle merrily through the halls on their Tri-Hi-Y velocipedes at the Activity Fair. May, I962 In May The Vagabond King, 1962's light opera, drew cast, orches- tra, chorus, and crews into long hours of rehearsal climaxed by three pro- fessional performances. Even more students participated in the second annual Activity Fair sponsored by the Coordinating Council to raise money for American Field Service exchange student Anne Blancard. With yellow and white decorations carrying out a Swing into Spring motif, the Junior-Senior Prom at- tracted many students. Forty-four juniors and two seniors were inducted into the National Honor Society. Mr. Gregory and Honor Socie- ty Officers addressed the assembly on the goals and standards of the stu- dents elected by the faculty. 188 Social Calendar

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Junior Drucie Ramey hands Sophomore Karen Hirsch a name tag to help lessen the confusion at Sophomore Orientation. Japanese cameramen watch and take movies of WJ defeating Blair. The film was for a series on youth around the world for Japanese television. September, I 962 D u r i n g September, sophomores found an Orientation Night, run by the Student Council, helpful in ad- justing to their new alma mater. A pep rally during the first weeks of school also helped amalgamate the student body. Japanese cameramen, filming ex- amples of American education, chose Walter Johnson from among the high schools of the nation to make films to be used in Japanese schools. The S. S. Walter Johnson, held soon after the beginning of school, successfully launched the social sea- son. To get the student body organized and the Student Government func- tioning as quickly as possible, elec- tions of Senior Class Council repre- sentatives, Junior Class officers, and intrepid Publications Representatives were held in September. 190 Social Calendar