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

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Boys Gym The Boys Physical Education De- partment devoted another successful year to toning previously un-known muscles. The department directed a diversified curriculum, i n c l u d i n g health, all the traditional sports, and an additional speedball. All students enrolled took the prescribed course. Traditional sports included track, gymnastics, and softball. To supple- ment curricular activities, intramural competition in many sports was im- plemented, including basketball for the tall and soccer for the tough. Girls Gym The day of the sitting ducks is gone in the Girls Physical Education Department. Girls this year did not sit idly on the sidelines watching others g they participated in such ac- tion sports as tennis, track and field. A new balance was created when sports such as hockey were organized by ability instead of by level of class- es. Another improvement which creat- ed enthusiasm was a partial elective in sports. Each unit offered a choice among sports such as bowling, bad- minton, and tumbling. Joan Herbert and Betsy Harper energetically stretch tall as they do their warm-up exer- cises before going onto the field. 34 Departments

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'EM R Mug, Seven sophomore girls in fourth period cho- rus carol a selection from Sleep Little One. Carol Malmi and Linda Frick haven't had so much fun in art since fingerpainting days. Music In Music Appreciation, an introduc- tion to the terminology, form, con- tent, style, and history of music, stu- dents studied the lives and style of individual composers from Bach to Bartok. The course covers Western music from about 1400 to the pre- sent, including jazz. Among the Works studied exhaustively by the students are Madame Butterfly, Han- del's Messiah, The Marriage of Fi- garo, and Beethoven's Ninth Sym- phony. The students also practiced listen- ing in layers, which is distinguish- ing the various themes and instru- ments in a piece. The base of the Music Theory course is the harmonic structure. Here future Bernsteins received ele- mentary training in the techniques of composition, such as harmonic pro- gressions and chords. In the Beginning Choruses, stu- dents learned choral techniques and acquired appreciation of good choral literature. Departments 33

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Driver Education The student Driver Education course was divided into periods of three weeks and six weeks. During the first, the two instructors taught students driving rules and regula- tionsg they also tried to impart com- mon sense to teenagers eager to get their wheels During the second part of the course, the future driver was given actual experience on WJ's driving ranges and on the road. The school collected six cars for student use in Driver Ed, two of which were bought by the County. In addition, WJ received a 1963 Buick from Caithness, a 1963 Pontiac from Fenner's, a 1963 Oldsmobile from Congressional Oldsmobile, and a 1962 Chevrolet from Chevy Chase Chevrolet. Don Baird and John Hope help Dave O'Haneson complete the sit-up test in physical education. -1 Mr. Schuessler tries a little abracadabra to kleep the car from knocking over the stan- c ion. Departments 35