Fairfax High School - Fare Fac Sampler Yearbook (Fairfax, VA)

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School Life. Every organization of society must be guided by some authoritative figure responsible for the welfare and discipline of his subjects. A high school is per¬ haps the most difficult social institution to organize and lead, for high school administrators are respon¬ sible not only for the establishment of rules and standards, but also for formulating the minds and directing the conducts of today’s impressionable teenagers. Fairfax High School administrators have shown genuine interest in every endeavor undertaken by the students. They enthusiastically encourage and sup¬ port all extracurricular activities, realizing the neces¬ sity of a well-balanced school program. More serious efforts are afforded to uphold the high educational standards of FHS; the administration carefully selects instructors familiar with the demands of modern teaching and chooses textbooks that will provide the best possible courses of instruction. As directors of all areas of school life, the chief administrators are faced with a numerous variety of petty and perilous problems; they must discipline the Beatle imitator and console the teacher confused about the new IBM system; they must remind the forgetful student of his locker combination and host the school board visitors; they must punish the van¬ dals of school property and reward the students who have achieved individual and group victories. By performing these duties with prudent judgment and leadership, the principals set the basic rules of conduct and organization of FHS which produce its enviable reputation and fine educational standards. CYRUS H. DOUB Principal Univ. of Virginia, B.S., M.Ed. GLENN MUHLE Assistant Principal Nebraska State College, B.A.; Univ. of Virginia, M.Ed. MICHAEL J. WADE Assistant Principal of Instruction Randolph Macon College, B.A.; Univ. of Virginia, M.Ed. VICTOR ANDREW DIGIOSIA Administration West Chester State, B.S.; Lehigh University, M.A. 13

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Administration Sets Standards For The iv time the young, lad comes to class you send him down for detention and I II call a barber,” advises Mr. Muhle. 12

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VIRGINIA M. SWITZER Department Head Univ. of Illinois, B.A., M.A. American Univ.; George Washington Univ. VELMA L. DAWSON Senior Counselor Colorado Women’s College, A.A.; College of William Mary; Grad. Study So. Calif.; George Wash. Univ. MILDRED SALATINO Junior Counselor Rosemont College, B.A.; Temple Univ., M.A. MAEZENE C. WALKER Sophomore Counselor Iowa State Teachers College, B.A. Guidance Provides Counseling Of Student Problems “Should I apply to Radford or Madison?” wails a dis¬ traught student, riffling frantically through a college cata¬ log and yanking at her hair with her free hand. “College Boards are tomorrow? But I have a date to¬ night1” moans another. “But 1 just dont understand algebra!” pleads a small voice from a counselor’s office. All these are familiar daily sounds in the guidance office. Throughout the year the counselors patiently pre¬ pare schedules and college transcripts, compile class ranks and grade averages, provide college and career informa¬ tion, and administer standardized tests. The guidance and supervision provided by the counselors form the basis of innumerable decisions concerning the students’ college and vocational futures. RICHARD C. CLAYPOOL Sophomore Counselor George Wash. Univ., B.S., M.A. SHIRLEY A. DRAPER Freshman Counselor Univ. of Connecticut, B.A. LILLIAN H. ARMSTRONG Career Counselor Syracuse Univ., B.S., Grad, study George Washington Univ. In its first year in operation the IBM system proved to be of great value in secre¬ tarial as well as administrative capacities. 14