Woodlawn High School - Accolade Yearbook (Shreveport, LA)

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MRS. MARY HIGGINBOTHAM The senior counselor at Wood- lawn attended Belhaven, Louisiana Tech where she received a B.S., Uni¬ versity of Arkansas, Centenary, and Miss. College where she received an M.Ed. She enjoys handicraft as a hobby. As senior counselor, she handles applications for college admission, makes information available to sen¬ iors on jobs and professions, handles the arrangements of Career Day and is in charge of the senior testing program. MRS. RANDLE J. GEISLER The counselor for the sopho¬ mores and juniors is Mrs. Randle J. Geisler, who holds a B.A. degree. Mrs. Geisler attended Centenary, Louisiana State University, NDEA In¬ stitute, and she is now doing gradu¬ ate work at Northwestern State College. One of her special duties is to orientate new r students. Mrs. Geisler also works with placement and regis¬ tration. The sophomore testing pro¬ gram comes under her supervision. 19

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J. W. COOK, JR. “We are extremely pleased with the manner in which the students here have conducted themselves in all school mat¬ ters,” comments Assistant Principal, J. W. Cook, Jr. Mr. Cook has a B.S. from Louisiana Tech and an M.Ed. from North¬ western State College. When school prob¬ lems are set aside, he enjoys golf, fishing and television. Mr. Cook is in charge of administra¬ tion, which includes discipline, upkeep of school property, and the supervision of custodial personnel. He also keeps check on the school busses and the lunch pro¬ gram as well as supervising the lockers. „Assistant Principals MRS. HELEN B. DEAR Mrs. Helen B. Dear, Assistant Prin¬ cipal, received a B.A. from Northwestern State College and an M.Ed. from Louisi¬ ana State University. She reads in her leisure time and enjoys playing the organ. Mrs. Dear says that “It is a great pleasure to work with the faculty and student body.” She likes her work very much and finds the students and faculty very co¬ operative. She is in charge of the program of instruction and guidance. It is her duty to orientate new teachers and substitute teachers. She is responsible for senior ac¬ tivities and graduation. This school offi¬ cial also helps to select textbooks and in¬ structional materials. Students who wish to check on their schedule or make a change in classes go to her office. 18

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Z, ' hey Zeach Us A familiar figure to the Lan- cerettes is their sponsor, MISS LENORA ABSTQN, who teaches PE at WHS. Miss Abston feels that “All have shown fine spirit and good sportsmanship. She received a BS from East Texas Baptist Cdllegef ADAMS, J. A quick wit and a ready smile easily identify COACH JERKY ADAMS, who has a BS. Although he teaches Civics and World Geog¬ raphy during class hours, he is an assistant coach in football and bas¬ ketball and is head baseball roach. He attended LSU and La Tech. ADAMS, S. A bright smile and charming accent go with MRS. SYLVIA ADAMS, who teaches English II and sponsors the Football Program Staff and the NDCC sponsors. She said, The attitude and school spirit is the best I’ve seen in any school. She re¬ ceived a BS from La Tech. ADCOX Despite the strain of teaching voung drivers in Driver Education, COACH BILLY J. ADCOX keeps his sense of humor. Coach lias his BS from La Tech and his MA from the University of Alabama. ALLEN, J. MRS. JOSEPHINE ALLEN, biology teacher, finds the students at Wood- lawn exceptionally polite. Mrs. Allen fills spare hours as Faculty Chair¬ man for Caddo Teachers’ Asso. and as sponsor of the Wood lawn Red Cross. She attended Centenary and NSC. She holds a BS degree. Librarian MRS. LOIS ALLEN thinks that Woodlawn is a lovely place to work with very fine people to work with. She sponsors the Library Club. Mrs. Allen got a BA from Centenary and an LS from LSU. Gardening takes up her spare time. ALLEN, L. 20 After coming to school in the rain, Mr. Richard Crowder enjoys a cup of coffee in the lounge.