Montgomery County sentinel. [volume], November 14, 1961, TUESDAY ISSUE, Page 6, Image 6

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Bethesda-Chevy Chase • Montgomery Blair o Springbrook o Walter Johnson o Northwood • Wheaton
Blair Library Proves
Major Hub of Activity
By Susan Jacobs i Sonny Jackson and James
Blair’s library is one of the Craig, who accounted for Blair’s
largest high school libraries in
the county. The present build
ing. set up in 1952, holds over
17,000 books, and seats about
185 students comfortably. The
entire seating capacity of the
library is utilized every morn
ing before school as students
work under strictly study condi
tions.
Facilities of the library are
not restricted to school hours j
for Blair students. Every eve- j
ning from 7-9, except Friday,;
and 9-12 on Saturday mornings,
the doors are open to everyone.!
Although the facilities are de- j
signed to meet the specific
needs of Blairitles, the library
is of value to everyone, especi
ally In the fields of science, his
tory and reference.
Three full • time employes j
work in the library. Miss Eliza
beth Stickley, head librarian,
has served at Blair for 33 years.
She is assisted by Mrs. Mary
Jahn, also a librarian, and Mrs.
Shirley Ogus, a secretary.
Despite its size, the library
still needs expansion, according
to Miss Stickley. She hopes for
a classroom to use for teaching
and orientation, and more
shelves to accomodate new
books. Miss Stickley suggested
that the best way that new
shelves could be built without
sacrificing study space would be
to add a balcony or to tear
down a wall and build an addi
tion.
Owing to the large size and j
complexity of the library and its
functions, many of the duties in
the library are accomplished
with the help of a Library
Club, founded in 1930. The li
brary club organization came
about as a result of the work
of Blair’s club members.
Various jobs in the library,
not handled by the librarians,
are done by committees of the
club. These committees work
on shelving, white lettering,
dusting, overdue books, desk
work and other important func
tions. There are over 200 club
members. The president of the
club is Roberta Laney.
The library is not only an
edifice of learning and study at
Blair. Much of the school’s his
tory and traditions are linked
with the library. One outstand
ing feature in the library is the
Senior Corner.
In this section of the li
brary, reserved for the use of
seniors, there are 26 plaques
with the names of the war dead
of Blair. There are memorial
plaques to students and facul
ty members, and the school
seal. All the academic trophies
won by students go into the j
comer and are displayed there, j
Other trophies are arranged I
around the entire library.
Pokey Bear, the club’s stuffed
toy mascot, is now a part of
Blair's heritage. He sits in Miss
Stickley's office. On various
occasions, he may dress in a
tuxedo, a sweater, or other out
fits made by students. Each
athletic team is given ,a Pokey
party with a cake during the
season.
Pokey gets into everything, i
After the Richard Montgomery ,
victory, he presented cakes to 1
Springbrook Girls
Play 'Guinea Pigs'
By Alves Gray
The girls’ physical education classes at Springbrook
are being “guinea pigs” for a special new program. They
regard the idea with mixed emotions—most of them favor
able, however.
They walked into class the first day fully expecting
the usual volleyball or basket- ——
ball. Instead, much to their sur
prise and wonder, they were told
to perform some short tests,
much like physical fitness tests,
which they instantly labeled
“weird.”
Dutifully they ran obstacle
courses, balanced on inch-wide
sticks, knocked corks off little
squares while balancing on one
foot, stepped up and down on
chairs, and pushed and pulled on
a little gadget that measured
their arm and shoulder strength.
Besides this, they did the usual
sit-ups, standing-broad jumps,
toe touching, and medicine ball
throwing.
SENTINEL OWN??” M*a
6
Tuesday, November 14, 1941
two touchdowns in that game.
Johnson
Jottings
By I.uth Potter
j Preparations are being made
i for the annual Snowball dance,
i December 16. Homerooms voted
last week on whether to have a
slow dance band or one that
played popular, fast hits. The
majority was for the slow band.
• ♦ *
Gilbert Muir ha* created a
new musical group of 36 stu
dents. The new group Is the
Wind Ensemble and will play
advanced music, on the college
; level. Their first performance
for the school will be at the
Christmas assembly.
,* * *
Last week, the Sophomore
Class Council was elected in
Sophomore homerooms. Mem
bers are:
Rick Backus, Linda Barrick,
Doug Blankinskip, Dotty Wey
mouth, Dave Whyler, John Culp,
Joyce Dodson, Susie Finney,
Linda Frick. Will Gray, John
Hartley, Ann Hight, and Bar
bara Hosier.
Others are: Robert Keiter,
Bob King, David Lee John
Maxon, Marge Mllnicove, Terry
Otis, Jo Proctor, Bob Racusin,
Lucy Sanderson, Margie Scott,
Roger Zender, Bobby Timbers
and Dorte Vinten-Johanssen.
The purpose of the class coun
cil is to represent the class. The
council thinks up ways of col
lecting money, sponsors dances
and other programs helpful to
the class.
* * *
The Junior class sponsored a
“Sing Along With WJ" on Fri
day. Parents and students alike
were Invited to come and sing
with such groups as “The Hasty
i Porridges” and “Benny Banana
and his Bunch.”
Volunteers
Are Enrolled
At Hospital
A new class for Junior Volun
teers was enrolled late last
month at Suburban Hospital,
with 28 trainees. The corps,
open to girls 15-17 years old, as
sists in the nursing department
j and elsewhere as may be need-
I ed, on weekends and after
| school.
This was the first of three
: classes to be held under the di
rection of the hospital’s nursing
department, with Mrs. Nathan
P. Edwards. R.N., 8600 Burning
Tree rd., Bethesda. as volunteer
instructor.
With the addition of this new
group of “Yellow Girls,” most
ly from the Rockville. Bethesda,
, Silver Spring, Kensington,
I Chevy Chase and Wheaton area,
l the Junior Volunteer Corps has
1 reached a total of 102.
Purpose of these tests was to
1 determine the general ability of
each student so that she could
1 be placed in one of three groups.
1 Since each of these three groups
is made up of students with
' about the same ability, everyone
! in the group advanced at the
same rate, even though the oth
' er groups advanced at different
1 rates.
The part of the program which
was greeted with an especially
' loud hurrah introduces field
hockey, tennis, golf, and other
| such spoils on the junior high
level as well as the senior high.
Its main purpose Is to provide
a physical education program
which can be more usefully car
ried over-into everyday life.
HIGH
SCHOOLS
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:
RIVAL TEAMS—Northwood High students David Paglin, Shar
on Whelan and Robert Rabkin chat amiably with competing
Montgomery Blair High team members Sheldon Green, Carol
Brimberg and Robert Fleisher before the start of their recent
Senior Class at Wheaton
Opens ’The Ivory Door'
By David Knesel
What happens to people who venture through the
ivory door—Wheaton High’s class of 1962 will help to an
swer this mysterious question when its presents A. A.
Milne’s “The Ivory Door” Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.
| in the school auditorium. Tickets will be sold at the door
for $1.00; student tickets cost $.50.
Directed this year by Miss
i Patricia Cronin, speech and dra
matics teacher, the annual sen
ior class play will feature Mid
, die Ages—vintage costumes and
a medieval castle setting.
Although some of the dia
logue has been cut to quicken
the pace, the play will be pro
' duced substantially as It was
written. Donna Maddox is the
student director.
“The Ivory Door," presented
in three acts, a prologue, and an
epilogue, is both symbolic and
satirical. Ignorance and super
stition are the antagonists, hu
manity is their slave.
Rebelling against this en
slavement are King Perivale,
monarch of a mythical land
(played by Bob Booze), and his
fiance, Princess Lilia (Chris
Ray), who pass through the for
bidding door in the King’s
. chamber.
Legends have it that anyone
who dares to penetrate the door
will fall into a bottomless pit,
be changed into a black leopard,
or be carried off by the devil on
his fiery black steed.
The King and Lilia, however,
encounter no such terrors. In
stead they find truth and the
secret of King Stephen X, a
long-lost ancestor of Perivale.
The narrow-minded townspeople
reject these discoveries, and
Perivale and Lilia have only
their newly-found love to live
for.
THE LAWS YOU CAN’T BREAK!
Ati'Hlr Cl*b Sslrl) (
CENTRIFUGAL FORCE
One natural force or law often
works in combination with an
other. The good driver under
stands, for example, how fric
tion, momentum and CENTRI
FUGAL FORCE affect you
when you make a turn. They
show the importance of slowing
down before rounding a curve
on the highway.
Momentum tends to keep your
car moving in a straight line.
And when you are going around
a curve, CENTRIFUGAL
FORCE constantly pushes your
.
Other characters who contri
bute humor and sub-plots to the
production are Bruno, captain
ij of the guards (Drew Foster);
i the Chancellor (David Knesel);
Perivale’s servant. Brand (Jim
. Van Derburgh); Perivale’s
. nursemaid. Anna (Annette
, Jacobsi; Count Rollo (Judy Gis
, riel); Thora, Lila’s lady-in-wait
ing (Sheila Carley); Carlo, a
guard (Bill Walker); and Old
j Mary (Maureen O’Brien).
| Townspeople are played by
I j David Henig. Drew Foster,
! Sheila Gladstone. Barbara
Bridges, Louise Paneoast, and
| Virginia Coffland.
The prologue features Mau
! reen O’Brien as the younger
I I Prince Perivale and Drew Fos
; I tor as King Hilary. The epi
; logue finds a descendant of Peri
vale (Donna Maddox) still ask !
i ing and wondering about the,
i forbidden ivory door.
Preparations for the staging
. of “The Ivory Door” began
with an introduction-tryout ses
‘Sleeping Prince’
To Be Presented
The Kensington Players will
1 present “The Sleeping Prince”
Nov. 24-26, and Dec. 2-3 at the
Kensington Elementary School,
Warner and Detrick St., Ken-
I sington.
Admission is $1.25 and tickets
1 , may be obtained by calling 365-
'7044.
car sideways and can tip it as it
turns. The faster you travel, the
greater is the momentum. The
higher the speed and the sharper
the turn, the more powerful is
the outward push of CENTRI
FUGAL FORCE.
So by braking before you en
ter a curve, and by turning gent
ly, you will reduce your momen
tum and will lower the push of
CENTRIFUGAL FORCE. This
reduced speed will enable the
friction of your tires to hold
your csr on the road.
Jn 5,L fjewi
clash of wits on the WRC-TV program, “It’s Academic,”
shown each Saturday morning. Northwood went down to
defeat at the hands of the Blair team, which returned to face
teams from two other schools in the area last Saturday.
sion on October 3. Since that
date Wheaton thespians have
attended rehearsals every day
after school from 3:45 to 6:30
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) evening.
B-CC ‘Bandwagon 1
Keeps Rolling On
By Hope Liebersohn
If one wants to “jump on the bandwagon” at B-CC,
there are more possibilities open to him than in almost
any other aspect of school life, according to Jay Lewis,
band president.
The main unit is a 75-piece Honor Band, which meets
50 minutes during the school i
day. Composed mainly of jun
iors and seniors, it gives a con- j
cert in the spring, competes in
the Lions’ Club Annual Band
competition, plays for school
events, and represents B-CC out
of school.
Most of the sophomores are
in one of two instrumental
classes, which also meet during! 1
school. This division is an in- :
novation designed to give stu
dents more individual attention.
Honor Band members and the
instrumental classes march to
gether in parades and at games,
making a total of 120.
“Bands at football games pro
duce a certain atmosphere
which adds enthusiasm,” says
Jay. “Our last show of the year
was before the big Blair game.
It was based on Broadway show
hits. After that, we’ll march in
three Christmas parades.”
When Wake Forest meets
Maryland University on the
football field Saturday, B-CC’s
marching band, along with
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many other high school bands
in the state, will add to the half
time festivities.
On their own time, many
musicians enjoy the Dance
Band. It meets once a week and
will be ready to perform in “a
few months.” according to Jay.
The Pep Band, another out-of
school band, plays for pep ral
lies and basketball games.
Mr. Bert Damron, in his sec
ond year at B-CC, works with
all these groups as well as the
orchestra.
“The band officers have de
vised a unique point system for
grading,” he reports. Students
receive points for participation
in band activities, extra work in
committees, section rehearsals,
and tests of playing ability.
John Ludington is vice-presi
dent; Betsy Vollmer, treasurer;
Ann Ferguson, secretary; Conna
Hughes, historian; Gerry Sell, li
brarian; and Jerry Day, officer
at-large.