Woodlawn High School - Accolade Yearbook (Shreveport, LA)

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ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS Create Efficiency MR. J. W. COOK . . . Assistant Principal . . . BS, La. Tech; MEd, NSC ... is in charge of student discipline, property upkeep, custodial personnel . . . checks on school busses and lunch program . . . supervises lockers . . . handles student elections—checks candidate qualifications, takes care of ballots, counts votes . . . enjoys golf, fishing . . . plays on church softball team MRS. HELEN DEAR . . . Assistant Principal . . . BA, NSC; MEd, LSU ... is very interested in young people . . . is in charge of all students’ schedules . . . supervises teachers . . . co-ordinates guidance program . . . likes to sew, keep house, grow flowers ... has 2 children . . . belongs to several church organizations . . . enjoys her teachers’ sorori¬ ty ... is choir director in church Mrs. Dear is filling out a schedule form of a student. She is responsible for getting records for all new people and for making any changes in classes. Two Student Council Senators turn over to Mr. Cook money received after a successful morn¬ ing of selling tickets to the Pageant of the Ac¬ colade and the Knights’ Ball. 15

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MR. EARL TURNER . . . Principal . . . BS, NSC; MA, LSU . . . taught phy sics for 7 years . . . assistant princi¬ pal at Fair Park for 3 years . . . plays golf . . . was Army Air Force 2nd Lieutenant—flew B-17 in World War II . . . wife is librarian at Midway . . . played high school basketball and football . . . has 1 child . . . has worked in Boy Scouting . . . helped in initial planning of stu¬ dent organizations at Woodlawn ... is our first princi¬ pal .. . is responsible for much progress and many honors attained by Woodlawn. 14 After school hours Mr. Turner relaxes with his wife, Feme, and their son, Stanton, who is a fifth grader at North Highlands Elementary School. PRINCIPAL Guides School to Progress

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One of the busiest people around is Mrs. Mary Higginbotham. She is check¬ ing the perm anent record sheets of juniors to make sure they will have had all the required subjects for graduation. COUNSELORS Check on Students’ Credits MRS. RANDLE GEISLER . . . Sophomore and Junior Counselor . . . BA, Centenary; MEd, NSC . . . handles sophomore testing program ... has taught Spanish . . . thoroughly enjoys stereo—prefers New Orleans blues . . . served as moderator of an NSC workshop panel . . . wTOte English program textbook last summer ... is a big base¬ ball fan—roots for the Yankees . . . once lived in Panama Canal Zone . . . husband was All-American football player MRS. MARY HIGGINBOTHAM . . . Senior Counselor . . . BS, La. Tech; MEd, Miss. Coll ... is in charge of guidance of seniors and second semester juniors . . . ad¬ vises on college selection . . . handles senior testing pro¬ gram . . . loves to swim and water ski . . . was 1 of 50 counselors in the U. S. invited to conference at Tulane last November . . . was outstanding member of panel on careers at NSC r. ,% 0 - 4 y k 4 HIGGINBOTHAM Always ready to talk over a problem with a student, as Mrs. Geisler is doing, the counselors have helped to solve many problems in their three years at Wood- lawn. She is helping Mike Flores, sophomore, with his schedule. 16