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

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Planners of the future FROM FIBERS—Is the topic of the Home Fc. bulletin board being worked on by Barbara Phillips, Miss Taylor, and F.loise Lewis. HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT Home Economics was offered to students this year as an elective course. The complete course covered eight different units. These units were in sew-ing, cooking, house care, home nursing, home safety, budgets, family relations and child care. Each unit covered a complete semester. Being a very small staff, the department was composed of only two teachers. Mrs, Mary Moore was the department head. BUSINESS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Approximately twenty-five courses in various business techniques were offered to provide substantial training for students who desired future positions in business offices. Throughout the year, guest speakers were invited to speak to all the business classes on various phases of business. Awards were also presented to deserving students who had done outstanding work in typing and shorthand. MRS. MARY MOORE Home Economics, Head Home Economics Depc., F.H.A. Co-Sponsor, Faculty Advisory Council MISS PHYLLIS TAYLOR Home Economics, F.H.A. Sponsor, College plight MRS. MARY BUTCHER Bookkeeping, General Business, Business Arithmetic, Sophomore Class Co-Sponsor MISS LOIS DENT Taping. Shorthand, General Business, F.B.L.A. Co-Sponsor MISS EDNA HELM Typing MRS. GRACE McGILVRAY Majorett7r ?lunb’ Sponsor. Faculty Advisory Council MRS. DOROTHY McGRAW Business Education MRS RUTH SCHULTZ Bookkeeping, General Business, Business Arithmetic, Jr. Red Cross Sponsor MRS. WATKINS SMITH Shorthand, Office Training, Head of Business Education Dept., Superintendent's Council MISS JANE THOMPSON Shorthand. Typing, General Business, F.B.L.A. Sponsor 18

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Medleys from afar LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT MISS ALBERTA GRANT French, French Club Sponsor MRS. CLARICE LYNN Spanish. Latin, Class Rings. Cap and Gown Comm. MISS CHARLENE KIRACOFE Latin. Latin Club Sponsor MRS. MARION VanSAUN Spanish. Spanish Club Sponsor. Faculty Remembrance Comm. MUSIC DEPARTMENT Instrumental and vocal music were both offered by the Music Department this past year. Courses in vocal music included Boys’ Glee Club, A Cappella, Girls’ Chorus and Mixed Chorus. Instrumental classes offered were the Reserve and Senior Bands and the Orchestra. Miss Mildred Bane, department head, led the Music Department in presenting a special Christmas program. TRY THIS ON FOR SIZE — says Mr . VanSaun to Steve Dunlap a he places the dunce cap on his head in a Spanish class. Headed by Miss Charlene Kiracofe, the Language Department included the teachers of foreign languages. This year three foreign languages, Spanish, French and Latin were offered to GW students. Three years of each language were taught for those interested. For students particularly interested in a language, there were a Latin Club, French Club and Spanish Club. Each year one of the language clubs put on an assembly. T his year it was presented by the Spanish Club. REVERIE—Miss Gram relaxes in her classroom after school. MISS MILDRED BANE Adv. Chorus, Girls' Chorus, Boys' Glee Club, Ensemble, Music Club Sponsor MR. JAMES BARR Band, Drillmaster for Majorettes. City-Wide High School Orchestra

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Keys to progress MR. JOSEPH ALBANY MISS BLANCHE MRS. NAN PATRICK Driver’s Education, HELM Librarian Driving Club Sponsor Head Librarian, Cap and Gown Comm. MRS. MARY SEAY Librarian, Library Ass't. Club Sponsor ART DEPARTMENT DRIVERS EDUCATION MRS. SANTINA MYRICK Arc, Art Club Sponsor Approximately one hundred students participated in art classes this year. Mrs. Santina Myrick instructed these students in many fundamentals of art work. Students were also encouraged in art appreciation. An art carnival, which was an an- Driver's Education was a comparatively new course at GW, as this was the third year it was offered to the students. In its beginning, Driver’s Education was only for boys, but since, girls have been allowed to take it. The students were instructed by Mr. Joseph Albany. The COL. PAUL MAHONEY Head of Cadet Corps, Saber Club Sponsor, Chevrons Club Sponsor, Liwiski Club Sponsor nual activit) was held in the spring. The Art Department was responsible for the Christmas decorations of the school and the Decorate Your Door Contest ” course in safe driving included both classroom work and driving of the car. The class work consisted of reading material which taught the principles of safe driving. LIBRARY BEETLE AND THE BEAST—Mr. Kapriva barely fits into his MG while Pat Nichols gets in with room to spare in a big Cadillac. ’YOUNG MAN. IS THAT ANY WAY TO . . . —says Miss Helm to Bill Marsh as Mrs. Patrick watches. Shelves filled with hundreds of books gave GW a very adequate library. Many additions were made to it through the purchase of new books. Besides biographies, autobiographies, novels and references of many kinds, the library contained various types of magazines and newspapers for the students to read. The newspapers included local papers and those from New York City.