Ballou High School - Roundtable Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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MISS ETHEL L. SMITH MR. LAWRENCE B. FREEMAN Assistant Principal Assistant Principal MRS. ALTHEA HEADEN Assistant Principal At Ballou the responsibility for those who work and study belongs to Principal Joseph P. Carlo and his assistants, Mrs. Althea Headen, Mr. Lawrence B. Freeman, and Miss Ethel Smith. To them falls the task of molding Ballou Senior High into a single moving force. MR. JOSEPH P. CARLO Principal

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The most strenuous job in education is that of the high school principal. The most strenuous job in education is that of the high school principal. He must cope with a mass conglomeration of individual students and teachers, each with different goals and theories. Confronting angry students, facing school board pressures, establishing a rapport between parents and teachers and pacifying community leaders, are among the sometimes frustrating obligations met daily. But there are rewarding moments, too, for principals-the hope of opening day, thejoys of Thanksgiving and Christmas, the sport seasons' enthusiasm and the pride of graduation. Sock it to me? Mr Freeman stands guard over the cafeteria

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The members of the administration best known to Ballou students are the counselors. To Mrs. Cynthia Keeling, Mrs. Maude Hughes, Mrs. M. Ruth Clauselle, and Mrs. Antoinette Mills, scores of Ballou students pour out their problems daily. The position requires understanding and the ability to make decisions, and is a center for aiding in the difficult adjustment period from adolescence to adulthood. Providing inspiration and assisting in the formation of' a student's character are major reasons for our counselors' success. Mrs. M. Ruth Clauselle Mrs. Maude Hughes Mrs. Cynthia Keeling Mrs. Antoinette Mills Mrs. Mills, Mrs. Keeling, Mrs. Hughes, and Mrs. Clauselle pose for a picture during a work break.