Falls Church High School - Jaguar Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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Mr. Mason This year has seen many changes, several of which have been effected by our new principal, Mr. William Leon Mason. Bringing with him from Mount Vernon High School, where he had served as Assistant Principal, the educational ex¬ perience of fourteen years, Mr. Mason has made great strides in establishing his philosophy of edu¬ cation. His intrinsic “belief in teenagers” has caused him to give the students larger and larger parts in the responsibility for their own activities. He has expressed a conviction that most teenagers are capable of assuming their share in the admin¬ istration of our high school and accordingly has created such student organizations as the Student Staff and the Principal’s Advisory Committee of Students. With what Mr. Mason terms “excellent cooperation of faculty and students, this trust has begun to pay its own way, a way that promises a new era of attainment for Falls Church High School. One of Mr. Mason’s most important innovations is the Student Staff. lie is here shown dis¬ cussing school business with three representative Staff members —Gary Wilkins, Harry Woodward, and John Bowers. Page 8