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

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Reading and Witing MRS. ANITA ALLEN French. English MISS GERALDINE JOHNSON English. Speech. Dramatics. Thespians Sponsor, Dramatics Club MISS ELEANOR CURRIN English, Freshman Class Sponsor MISS HELEN JOHNSON English, Poetry Reading MR. DEUCALION GREGORY English, Head of English Department, Compass Sponsor, Senior Class Co-Sponsor, Chairman Assembly Comm., Guidance Advisory Council MRS. LUELLA KESSENER Journalism. English, Lillie HaUhel Sponsor. Sun eyor Sponsor, Quill Be Scroll Sponsor MISS EUNICE GUILL English. Junior Class Co-Sponsor MISS MARY McKinney English, Sophomore Class Sponsor A HARD-EARNED BREAK—as teachers lunch in their own SMILE. YOU'RE ON STAGE —says Terry Walz as he formally dining room. installs Mr. Gregory into the Thespian Honor Society. 12

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Lights of education MRS. KATHERINE MR. WILLIS D. MR. WILLIAM BLAIR BOWMAN BRYANT Guidance Counselor Guidance Counselor Guidance Counselor MISS LYNNWOOD KINDER Guidance Counselor MISS ETHEL BAKER Attendance Clerk MRS. DOROTHY MURDEN Guidance Counselor MRS. MARGARET BIBB Attendance Clark OFFICE CLERKS—The secretaries who work in the main office arc Mrs. Trivett, Mrs. Lunceford, Mrs. Williams, Miss Darnell, Mrs. Tidwell, and Mrs. Rozamus. GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT Organizing and supervising the guidance program of George Washington High School were the very important duties of the guidance director, Miss Lynnwood Kinder, and her staff of four counselors. The counselors aided many students with problems concerning their remaining years in high schools and their choice of colleges. The Guidance Department had other activities, including preparing various materials for the GW teachers and their pupils and assisting with certain remedial programs. The department also had charge of the Intelligence Quotient and aptitude tests, math tests for high juniors, College Board Examinations and scholarship tests. Preparation of pupil schedules and the general promotion of student guidance were other activities. I WOULD SUGGEST —says Mr. Bowman, a guidance counselor, to Leslie Vos, that you prepare for these exams.” 11

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MRS. BLANCHE MEADOWS English. Junior Class Sponsor MR. JOHN MURDAUGH English, Senior Class Co-Sponsor. Dance Club Sponsor, Senior Play MISS MARITA SMITH English. Latin, Bible Club Sponsor, Spelling Club Sponsor, Faculty Council HMMM, I WONDER—thinks Mike Ross as he completes a complicated chemical experiment. MRS. MARY SNIDER English. Senior Class Co-Sponsor, Commencement Awards Comm., Ass’t. Director of A.E.A. Pageant MISS SYLVIA SOMERS English. Dance Club Sponsor, Reading Coach for Forensic Contest MISS UNIS WOODWARD English, Remembrance Comm. Chairman ENGLISH DEPARTMENT To develop facility in all media of communication was the defined purpose of the English Department’s curriculum. Mr. Deucalion Gregory supervised a staff of approximately fifteen English teachers, including one dramatics teacher and one journalism teacher. Students were encouraged to improve their reading habits and given opportunity to gain assurance before an audience and to enlarge their writing skills. The department, through the efforts of approximately one hundred students, sponsored the publication of the school newspaper, magazine and annual. The drama classes produced two three-act and several one-act plays. YOU SURPRISED ME —said Miss Snyder, glancing up from her papers. 13