Walt Whitman High School 1967 Yearbook (Bethesda, MD) - Full Access

l\1R. RICHARD ABELL Economic I ociology; Anthropology; Otairman, ocial tudie Department; Archaeology Oub; John Peter Atgeld ociety MR. A IIBY BRY ON U.. History; Key Club lUI MI IIAELA CARBERRY U. . Hi Lory; Problem of the Twentieth Century 1\tR. CHARLES COCKRELL World Hi tor)'; Economic I ociology; Vikatrons MJ CAROLYN HECKERT . . Hi tory; Problem of the Twentieth Century l\1R. CIIARLE HES E World Hi toq•; Economic I ociology; Civitan Gluh History Scholars Study Eye-Witness "Examine the original ource!" was the motto of the Social Studie Department. Collateral reading of historical e ays supplemented textbook . Excerpts from Common Sense and the Dred Scott Decision added original man– uscripts to the required American Hi tory cour e. World History students surveyed the Roman Empire through the eyes of Tacitus in 32 Problems in World His tory. Specialized Senior courses explored pecific areas of in– terest. During the last weeks of the semester, sociology stu– dents distributed dozens of survey questionnaires to the student body to gather data for term projects. During the alternate semester, sociology-turned-economics tudents fol– lowed the Dow Jones fluctuation of their favorite tocks. P.O.T.C. students investigated problems of labor through documentaries. The popular cultural anthropology course, in– novated last year, was enlarged to two clas es. Amateur anthropologists re earched, recorded, and examined material to form "A Description of American Culture in the Walt Whitman Community." • No, no," Mr . Von Doenhoff inform Catherine Jaworski, "we won the Revolutionary War." 1r. James Jone di cu e the p )'Chology of di crimination and pre· judice in American ociety.