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

Counselors Advise Befuddled Vikings Mr. Thoma Blake, one of Whitman' late l addition to the coun eling staff, revi w the fact heel announcing T exam date . Writing a memo of a chedule change, lis E1•e Hoover notice another perplexed junior tanding in the do rway. Conference reque t box in both of Whitman' guidance offic were alway overflowing a panicked Viking ru hcd to their coun elor with earth- hakinrr problem~ . 1 inety per– cent of the enior Cia worried about college admi ion!;, and it wa often the looming co1lege year that prompted ophomore and Junior to plead ' ith their oun elor for chedule change . Whitman' fi e coun_elor worked daily to accommodate the hundred of ~tudenl reque ling conference . The ad– dition of one coun elor to the taff thi year made it po ible for each coun elor to advi e a maller number of tudent than in previou year . Rather than a igninrr all the tudenl in each grade to one of three coun~elor and a coli ge coordinator. each of the five coun elor worked with ection of tudent from each grade. Mo t advi or al o found time to lend a ympathetic ear to any bewildered Viking ' ho wandered in during lunch period "ju t to talk." CoUeen Brady opens replies to Senior follow-~p que tionnaires for Mr. Gerald Nelson.