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

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MR. GEORGE M. SULLIVAN Assistant Principal MR. ROBERT W. GARNER Principal After many years of outstanding service as Assistant Principal of George Washington High School, Mrs. Josephine Tolbert, with the opening of school in Sep- tember, 1964, assumed her new duties as Principal of Duke Street Elementary School. Always fair and forth- right in her handling of the myriad of administrative details that crossed her desk each school day during her long tenure, Mrs. Tolbert has the good wishes for continued success from the faculty and the legions of students who have known her throughout the years. With the capable leadership of Mr. Garner, as Prin- cipal, clearly evident on every hand, school opened smooth- ly last fall and has continued to function in the same fashion throughout the year. George Washington is, indeed, fortunate to have Mr. Garner at the helm. Al- ways pleasant and helpful, to faculty and students alike, his continued efforts to provide as favorable a learning situation as possible are apparent everywhere. Mr. George Sullivan has assumed Mrs. Tolbert’s du- ties. In this capacity, Mr. Sullivan will formulate and supervise many of the major administrative programs that make for a smooth-operating school. Mr. Steve Osisek, after several successful seasons as head football coach at George Washington, during which he consistently turned out a succession of winning grid- iron aggregations, has been named to the assistant princi- palship, formerly administered by Mr. Sullivan. Mr. Osisek’s duties include the supervision of the attendance office, assisting teachers with classroom problems, and supervising many administrative projects throughout the school. MR. STEPHEN F. OSISEK Assistant Principal ABLE ADMINISTRATORS LEAD THE WAY 8

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: i K m - ♦ ♦ gh t -I I FACULTY The new look was evident on every hand as students enthusiastically flocked into George Washington High School on the first day of the 1964-65 school year. Long- needed repairs were evident everywhere. The sweetish smell of asphalt permeated the air, both inside and outside the building, as roofers clambered up ladders hurriedly installing a new slag roof on the entire main building, as well as the shop building. When classes convened, it was a common sight to see large buckets of molten asphalt being slowly hauled up to the roof, just outside classroom windows, as the new four-ply roof was being applied. An almost unbelievable sight greeted students as they entered classrooms. Gone were the old armchair desks with their carved initials, long forgotten and, often, mysterious carvings and rickety legs that, often as not, when one attempted to sit in them, elicited the sensation that Columbus’ weary sailors must have ex- perienced when they first crossed the stormy seas. In their place were over six hundred spanking new, mod- ernistic students’ desks with formica tops, and more than forty new teachers’ desks to replace the old de- crepit models that groaned throughout these many years as they struggled to stand on their uncertain legs. Many changes were made over the summer in the electrical system throughout the building. It had been evident for several years that, with the introduction of more and more visual aids and equipment as teaching aids, a revision of the wiring system would be necessary if fre- quent breakdowns in electric power were to be overcome. With the improvement of films and film slides as teaching tools, the improvement of the school’s electrical system makes it possible for these programs to be greatly expanded. New lighting fixtures were installed, before the open- ing of school, in many classrooms. Bright and cheery light flooded the laboratories and rooms making study a real pleasure. All in all, students were heard, time after time, to remark on the many wonderful improvements made at our school by the people of our town — the All- America City — Alexandria, as they left school at the close of the first day. 7

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GUIDAN CE PAVES SMOOTH ROAD TO FUTURE MR. DELBERT E. WILSON Guidance Department Head MRS. ERNESTINE ALLPORT Guidance Counselor MR. CLAY ESTES Guidance Counselor, Varsity Basketball Coach MRS. GRACE McGILVRAY Guidance Counselor MISS VIRGINIA STARKEY Guidance Counselor ATTENDANCE OFFICE ADMINISTERS JUSTICE MRS. MARGARET E. BIBB Attendance Office MRS. GERALDINE WORDEN Attendance Office SECRETARIES FACILITATE RECORD - KEEPING MRS. MARY LUNCEFORD Bookkeeper MRS. ELIZABETH P. McLANE Secretary MISS RITA A. REMAVEGE Secretary MRS. DIANA C. RUCKER Secretary MRS. EMILY B. TRIVETT Secretary MRS. DONNA YOCKEY Secretary 9