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

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•. ss mary McKinney E-;!ish; Sponsor, Soph. Closs vRS. BLANCHE MEADOWS £-;lish; Co Sponsor, Jr. Class MRS. PATRICIA OSISEK Reading MISS MARY SHEFTIC Dromo MRS. MARY SNIDER E-;llsh; Co-Sponsor, Sr. Closs; Award Comm. MISS SYLVIA SOMERS Erg sh; Cooch, prose reading in Forensic Contests; Chair., Faculty Council A LITTLE FASTER NOW! , soys Mrs. Osisek to her speed -eofi'ng closs. MRS. DOROTHY THOMPSON English; Sponsor, Future Teochers of Americo ENGLISH Mr. Deucolion Gregory, head of the English Department, supervises a staff of nineteen teachers. The English Department is responsible for many activities in the school. These activities include publication of the COMPASS, the SURVEYOR, and the LITTLE HATCHET. The latest activity added to the department is developmental reading under the watchful eye.of Mrs. Osisek. This course has improved the reading speed and comprehension of many students ot GW. The English Department also sponsors the prose and poetry reading for the annual forensic contest. 11

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MR. DEUCALION GREGORY English, Dept. Head; Faculty Council; Co-Sponsor, Sr. Class; Choir., Assembly Comm.; Co-Sponsor, COMPASS; Superintendent's Advisory Council MRS. DOLORES AMICO English; Lotin MISS LOVE BRENDLE English MRS. NINA BURDETTE English MISS ELEANOR CURRIN English; Sponsor, Fresh. Closs MRS. MARY DIAMOND Speech; English MISS JOYCE FOOKS English; Journalism; SURVEYOR; LITTLE HATCHET; Quill Scroll MISS MARY GRESSER English MISS EUNICE GUILL English; Co-Sponsor, Jr. Closs MRS. MARITA HOLDEN English; Chair., Cops ond Gowns; Sponsor, Bible Club; Spelling Contest MISS HELEN JOHNSON English; Coach, Poetry in Forensic Contests; Chair., Student Scholarship Comm., A.E.A. MISS WANDA LACKES English

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MATHEMATICS MR. IRVING LINDSEY Mothemotics, Dept. Heed; Algebro, Geometry, Trigonometry; Co-Sponsor, Sr. Closs; Bus. Sponsor, Ticket Comm., Co-Sponsor, COMPASS MRS. ELIZABETH ALLPORT Algebro, Geometry, Gen. Mothemotics; Faculty Council MRS. KATHERINE APPERSON Algebro, Geometry; Ads, COMPASS Mr. Irving Lindsey, who has been at GW since its opening in 1935, is the head of the Mathematics Department. It is his job to co-ordinate and supervise the teaching of the eleven mathematics teachers. Only one year of matematics is required for graduation, but more than five years of mathematics are offered at GW. The school presents to the aggressive student one of the best pre-college curricula in mathematics. The subjects taught include general mathematics, plane and solid geometry, trigonometry, and mathematical analysis. 'THIS IS BOUND TO BE RIGHT , soys Bill Flockhorr to Miss Iddings. MRS. ELIZABETH GENUNG Algebra, Gen. Mothemotics; Remembrance Comm. MRS. WAPELLA HOUCHINS Algebra, Gen. Mothemotics MISS HELEN IDDINGS Geometry, Algebra; Sponsor, Student Council MISS THELMA MADDOX Algebro, Geometry; Assembly Comm. MRS. EVELYN MONROE Algebro, Gen. Mothemotics MRS. MILDRED MOODY Algebro, Gen. Mothemotics MRS. LILLIAN SANGER Algebro, Geometry; School Store MR. HOMER WILLIAMS Algebro, Gen. Mothemotics, Gen Science, Biology; Co-Sponsor, Student Council