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

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REFLECTIONS The 1 963 COMPASS is dedicated to the purpose °f °s a 9u'de for recalling happy memories of each students h.gh school days. The staff hopes that to each student this is a reflecting pond for memories. Your colorful, carefree high-school-days are represented by this setting at the Little Tea House; your high school days are as a fountain or source of knowledge, reflecting upon and guiding your whole life. The teachers here at GWHS have spoken not just words, but concepts, dreams and facts. We have tried to comprehend what our teachers were telling us and trying was the beginning of wisdom. Each of us came to GW curious, excited, and scared. Days, weeks and months have passed and we, somehow, after four years, belong and are, each, an essential part of GW. We have worked and progressed. The school songs became ours and we helped cheer our teams to victory. All our teachers, friends and experiences are mirrored here, in the 1963 COMPASS, to cherish and look back upon forever.

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DEDICATION It is with heartfelt thanks and warm appreciation that the graduating class of 1963 dedicates this COMPASS to Mr. Irving Lindsey. Mr. Lindsey is o native Alexandrian and attended the local elementary and high schools. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from George Washington University in 1923, mojoring in mathematics. He began teaching at the Old Alexandria High School. In 1927 Mr. Lindsey went to the University of Virginia where he received his Master's Degree with the distinction of membership in Phi Beta Kappa. He came back to Alexandria to teach another year but returned to the University of Virginia in 1929 where he taught for three years. He then decided that he liked high school students better than college students and came to teach again in the Old Alexandria High School. When George Washington was completed Mr. Lindsey came here, first acting as Assistant Principal, then as the Head of the Mathematics Department. Again we express our thanks to him for returning to the Alexandria School System and G.W. Besides being the Head of the Mathematics Department, Mr. Lindsey is a Senior Class Sponsor ond the Sponsor of the COMPASS Business Staff. When he was a boy he earned money by selling newspapers and shining shoes. Now he spends what spare time he has working in his vegetable garden. He also likes to listen to classical music. Another personal item, which up to now has been a closely guarded secret, is that Mr. Lindsey is somewhot fond of roses. When this class leaves G.W. such sounds as Kamerad, Bozo and Time out will still ring in its ears. These sounds come from o much respected and much loved man— Mr. Irving Lindsey. MR. IRVING LINDSEY Mr. Lindsey carefully wraps a present to be given at the Senior Class Assembly on Senior Doy. ■1 i