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

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, Y, Driving a Ford, winners Richard and Jim Davis round the last turn in the Sports Car Rally at Wildwood February 10. January, I963 Intellectual rather than social ac- tivities prevailed in January as stu- dents' academic concerns over- whelmed their more frivolous activi- ties. The whole school turned out its pockets as publications representa- tives collected remaining partial pay- ments from elusive purchasers of the Windup. The ratification of a new SCA constitution in January changed the powers of Executive Council and worried homeroom representatives who found themselves facing semes- ter elections. In the first tournament of the Montgomery County Forensic League, the WJ team proved the value of experience by winning all debates. The month and semester ended simultaneously with three days of two-hour exams. Taking seriously her duties as Secretary of the Regional Student Council, Bonnie Towles records the minutes. H 'M-W 194 Calendar

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The Concert Chorus, directed by Miss Harder, melodiously carols a favorite Christmas tune, The Drummer Boy, to the student body at the Christmas Assembly. Spotting a fumbled pass, Joe Fairbanks moves in to steal the ball from an alumni player in the Varsity-Alumni basketball game Decem- ber 28. Calendar 193 Christmas, l962 Christmas provided welcome re- lief from the long goal of college and career preparation. Students had time to bask in the seasonal festive feeling that permeated the decorated halls and classrooms. They Wended their way to a Christ- mas Assembly, immediately preced- ing the winter holidays, Where the Wind Ensemble and Brass Choir participated. The repertoire for the String Ensemble included an ar- rangement of Christmas carols by Leroy Anderson. The program ended with the singing of Silent Night. The Sno-Ball, postponed one night by snow, came on the Winter vaca- tion's first Saturday. The Collegians provided the music for the party, and the refreshments sustained the dancers. Greta Smith was voted Queen of the Sno-Ball. The Alumni played their annual basketball game during the Christ- mas vacation resulting in the Var- sity's reigning victorious, remain- ing undefeated through December. SCA President Dave Cooper crowns Greta Smith Queen of the Sno-Ball at the annual Christmas dance.

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fm, ,gl o...., WX r.,-Q L l l ll J l 2 l Wl i x 9 ll 5 A , Eh all 5 S f-fi fi 5 ' AT the AFS Assembly, Anne Blanchard describes soccer, France's favorite sport. Mr. Muir leads the band in selections from Can-Can at the Pops Concert on February 7. FebrualfY, I963 Students relaxed after the close of the first semester, cramming Febru- ary with divertissements. Capering with St. Valentine, students honored the red heart saint with Cupid's Caper, sponsored by Student Coun- cil. Greatly enhancing the cultural status of our school, students, freed for the night from homework, attend- ed in droves to hear the music of George Gershwin and Cole Porter at the Pops Concert. Quill and Scroll inducted journal- istically distinguished students at a banquet where Martin Buxbaum was the featured speaker. Sports Car Club enthusiasts turned out 40 strong from schools nearby to follow a course testing good driving. International Week, climaxed by an assembly at which exchange stu- dents frorn area schools discussed foreign life, brought exoticism to WJ. 3252? if Calendar 195