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

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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

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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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Judy Weinberg and Maureen Miller sip tea, ably served by butler Ed Janus, in a scene from the Senior play The Importance of Being Ernest. Brian Stevens deftly flicks a short pass over the outstretched arms of Bret Harte in the Seniors Tri-Tilt victory over the juniors on March 12. The Navy Band performs Tenting Tonight from The Bugler of Arlington at a concert held,in the gymnasium for WJ and visiting elementary school students. Sinai-m Coach J. Paul Miller presents quarterback Jack Blomquist with the County's Most Valuable Player Award. March Two concerts and a play dominated culture in March. The Navy Band thrilled the school with a medley of patriotic songs, while WJ musicians hosted the band from Haverford High School. The Senior Class added a light note with Thornton Wilder's rollicking comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest. The Tri-Tilt and Powderpuff bas- ketball games conclusively proved that both male and female seniors could out-dribble the juniors. The It's Academic Team of Carl Pope, Harriet Ritvo and Ken Cohen downed St. Albans and Ascencion for its first victory of the year. A Thousand Stars was the theme of the Junior-Senior Prom, a switch from the planned basis of Girls, which proved to be impractical.