George Washington High School - Compass Yearbook (Alexandria, VA)

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Henry T. Moncure, Principal Mr. Moncure, the man behind the voice of George Washington High School, was born in Williamsburg, Virginia. He received his education in Miss Hensley's Private School and later at Mathew Whaley public school. He received his B. A. and M. A. at William and Mary College. The war came about this time, and he joined the R. O. T. C. in college. He then taught until 1924, when he became principal of Jefferson School. In 1925 he was made principal of Alexandria High School, and in 1935 of George Washington High School. In reference to education he makes the following statement: If America is to go forward, education must be given modern tools. If the 'truth is everywhere the same,' Alexandria's children should be given an equal opportunity to discover it.

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Superintendent T. C. Williams schoolboard H. W. Reid Leonard C. Knight Orlando H. Kirk Leroy S. Bendheim Arthur King C. Page Waller Chairman Lynde Crocker Clerk

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Mr. Orville W. Addington Now. that's right, or is it? is the usual query of Mr. Addington after writing a prob'em on the board. When asked his opinion of assemblies, he said, I think the assemblies have been good and bad. mostly good. They have been instructive as well as interesting. Mr. Addington attended Emory and Henry College. Miss Adele Aichelman Mr. Orville W. Addington Mitt Adel Aichelman Min Carmen Andujar Mathematic Hiitory Spaniih Miss Carmen Andujar Tomorrow, class, have your units on Greece finished. states Miss Aichelman. a history and civics teacher. She was educated at Barnard College. Columbia University and Juanita College. Although she has taught English, she says her favorite is History. Miss Aichelman stated that the principles of the student government should be more firmly in the freshman's mind. Mitt Nancy Butmer Mitt Dolly Cal akan Science Hijtory Miss Margaret Cox I like G. W. better than any place I’ve ever taught. says Miss Cox from Ranaoph Macon Women's College. She has taught at Lynchburg and at Jefferson School. She plans to go to George Washington University this summer. Her favorite subject is mathematics. thus her main ambition to be a statistician. Mas vale saber que haber. says Miss Andujar. the quaint little Spanish teacher. This means Knowledge is better than wealth. She was born in Mayaguez. Puerto Rico. She attended the University of Puerto Rico. Radford State Teachers' College. Columbia University, and George Washington University. She has taught in Alexandria for eleven years. Miss Nancy Butxner Miss Butzner should be justly proud of this book, because much of the credit should go to her as faculty adviser. Vivacious, and with an endless amount of energy, she gets things done. She has been teaching for four years, and has a most interesting hobby—being with people and studying their reactions and emotions. Miss Dolly Callahan Oh! I could bat your heads in. says Miss Callahan ro her civics students. She has been teacching tor nineteen years and is a graduate of George Washington University. If she could get the pupils out of the back row seats, it would be a great accomplishment. Miss Ruby Crumley Miss Crumley has a pleasing personality and can take a jdke and because of this, she is frequently teased by her students about being from the mountains of Tennessee. Since she has been here, she has sponsored the Commercial Club and paper besides teaching Shorthand and Typing. Sergeant Martin Case Sergeant Case is from Ohio and has served in the Army for thirty years. He has been stationed at Fort Belvoir. but retired last year. Sergeant Case saw service in the World War. the Philippines, and in Mexico. He has no special hobby, except that of training the boys and girls of our Cadet Corps. Sergeant Martin Cate Mitt Margaret Co Mitt Ruby Crumley Cadotj Commercial Commercial