George Washington High School - Cavalier Yearbook (Danville, VA)

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Sw... ENCOURAGING YOUNG MINDS to think and make decisions is part of the guidance program. Miss Pencie Fulton, head of the department, counsels Paul Coleman. 'Z 1 jf' f M, 'w S, 5 ff X' , V K gk, I 2 alaa if J anna me-. - y y K , 'f fafei . Qfijfx- , , ,fm A fly- . nnan A MEMBERS OF THE GUIDANCE FACULTY, Mrs. Mabel Davis Cleft! and Mrs. Ethel Barker, are beginning a bulletin board display in the guidance rooms. Students are encouraged to come not only for personal and scholastic planning with the guidance personnel but also 201 Explore the vast fund of information in the college catalogs, bulletins and in career o ers. GUIDANCE ASSISTANTS, Miss Williams, Miss Lamb, Mr. Linkous, and Miss Swann take time from their busy schedules to pose for the CAVALIER photographer. Fifteen

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uestions Answered ith Understanding Ethel Barker Pencie Fulton Mabel Davis A.B. M.Ed. B.S. Director GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT Helping students arrange schedules and advis- ing prospective collegiate scholars are two of the Guidance department's major roles in the aca- demic life of G.W. Guidance teachers constantly lend an understanding ear to all crises great and small, academic and personal. They have become experts at reducing mountains to molehills. The educational, vocational, and personal serv- ices of the Guidance department help the student not only to explore opportunities open to him, but also to better understand himself. Students are encouraged to solve their own problems and to make wise choices based upon an understanding of their aptitudes, limitations, and interests. College boards are administered each year by the department. As a .special convenience to the students, this department arranges for some twenty colleges such as Mary Baldwin, University of Vir- ginia, Duke, and William and Mary to send repre- sentatives to G.W. As an additional service to the student body, the guidance office places, in stra- tegic areas in the school, displays which help stu- dents in the choice of a career. In addition to regular class testing, numerous tests are given to all are valuable in the guidance of students for their course of study classes by .the guidance department during the year. These measure at G.W. and for college planning. not only intelligence but general achievement and aptitude. They ew F ourtcen

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Sixteen INEZ ANDERSON Office secretary ELIZABETH COPELAND Office management and official reports CELIA DISHMAN Office secretary LORRAINE ROBERTSON Visiting teacher CAROL PHILLIPS Library services, director PEGGY ANNE GIBSON Librarian RUTH BURRE LL Cafeteria staff NELLE EVANS Cafeteria staff SARA PEARSON Cafeteria services, director LOUISE NEAL Cafeteria staff And Aid All the Way From Girl Fridays are Miss Elizabeth Copeland Ccenterb, Mrs. Inez Anderson Crightb, and Mrs. Celia Dishman.