Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-10-13
Oct. 20 Date
Is Selected
For Testing
BY SUSIE KAPLAN
10. 4-7368


Wheaton High School who will
compete in the new, multi-million
dollar National Merit Scholarship
program. They are:
Irene Gershon, Jane Giles,
Peter Stadler, James Conklin,
William Wertman, Aletta Ches-
ley, Cynthia Brown, Harry Slye
and James Pike are the seniors
named to take preliminary
screening test to be given in the
high school October &c, as the
first step.
These high ranking local stu
dents will be aiming at some 200
four-year college scholarships
that can carry up to full tunition
and living expenses, depending
upon the financial need of each
winner. Winners will be chosen
on the basis of their ability to
profit from a higher education.
The scholarship program is con-
Quoted by the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation, an indie
pendent, non-profit educational
organization set up by grants of
$20,500,000. Aimed at discov-
ering and helping the most tai
ented students in the country the
N6nerit program permits the win
nerS, known as merit scholars, to
choose any accredited college or
university and any course of
study.
Some 800 runners-up in the
competition will be awarded GER
tificates of merit, and their names
will be announced to all colleges
and other scholarship agencies as
students of unusual ability.
Good luck to each of you.
The Wheaton High Teen Can
teen club that was so successful
last year will soon commence OPP,
GRAFTON with Carol Brown as
chairman of the committee.
The new faculty sponsor will be
Miss Mozelle Bigelow. The first
meeting of the canteen committee
was held on September 80. 1t is
expected that the canteen will be
in daily operation within a week
or SO. This is one activity that
most kids speak of The details
need to be worked out in full,
then the opening date will be set.
Y The Wheaton High extra curri-
Ocular activities and their sponsors
was announced last week and it
seems to me that any student at
the school can be kept mighty
busy
These activities will be spon-
sored after school and will be
available to all interested stu
dents. Just to name a few they
are: Arts Services, Inc.-Mr.
Evry, Miss tombstone, Mr.. Nc
Clintock; Audio-Visual Club-Mr.
Muth, Mr.. Atkinson; Dance Com
mittee-Mrs. Mccoy, Miss Bige-
low; Discussion Club, Mr.. Kirlick;
Dramatics Club, Miss Obrien.
And still others are Foreign AT
fairs Club, Mr.. Carroll; Future
Teahers of America, Miss George,
Mr.. Baker; National Honor So
ciety, Miss Clapp, Mr.. Atkinson
and Mr. Emma; Latin Club, Miss
Mccarthy.
Many more are, Girls League,
Mrs. Ward and Mrs. Ebert; Radio
Club, Mr.. Black; and Stage Crew,
2 Mr.. Atkinson.
There are many more and |
want to keep our readers posted
of all that's going on as soon as
eah group starts meeting regu-
larly.
The 10th, 18th, and 18th grader
commercial students have formed
a banking club. These students
work in the morning and in the
afternoon in the bank serving the
students of Wheaton High All
students work on a trial period
and after several weeks of obser.
walton they will be placed in suit
able positions, in the school bank.
The bank is set up to offer vari-
Gus types of banking facilities to
its student depositors. A thrift
system is encouraged to develop
the habit of saving regularly. The
sponsor, Mrs. Margaret Moore,
hopes that this experience will
provide worthwhile practical APP
plication of classroom techniques.
The newspaper staff for the
Wheaton Scroll was made public
last week. Those responsible for
putting out that terrific little
sheet are, Editor,in-Chief, Marc
Jacobs; Business Manager, 10
McConnaughy; Circulation Man.
ager, Pat Snitzler; Exchange Edi-
tor, Resale Kendrick; Boys