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

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IN THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO ATTEND IT TO ARRIVE, RAIN . . . DEBORAH THOMAS HAS struggled through the ceaseless drizzle and the pre-dawn darkness of an autumn morning to face the daily routine with spirits, though little else, undampened. TENSION RUNS HIGH as Lani Novak, heroine of the German Club Play, pleads with the stem hurgomeister. Scooter Husbands, to be permitted to many the man she loves. TO ACT . . . AND TO ACHIEVE. OR SHINE . . . CLEAR WEATHER BRINGS Athol Mellot, one of GW’s growing family of scooter jockies, careening into the parking lot. AUSTIN SCHMIDT JOINS the long lists of GW’s excellent as Mr. Lloyd recognizes his Cross Country participation in a school where achievement is at no premium. 27

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A MEASURE OF A SCHOOL IS ITS PLACE STUDENT LIFE IS A CHANCE The 1966 COMPASS Staff thought that it was high time they took notice of that particular aspect of school and the school year that we call Student Life. It is the nature of Student Life that it is undcfinable. It is found wherever one finds students. It is often overlooked, but school would not lx the same without it. It is happiness, sadness, pride, every conceivable feeling and emotion. It is even.- imaginable act and every imaginable person. It is that one quantity that transforms school from brick and steel into the moving, changing, bustling institution that it is. It is nothing and it is everything. It is to be appreciated. A HANDY TELEPHONE, a bit of nourishment, a soft nig and her copy of the COMPASS seem to provide Debby Paul with a reasonable facsimile of paradise on earth. TO LEARN . .. TO RELAX . .. TO STUDY . . . IF THERE IS much in this school that is trite or commonplace, there is far more that holds the unhindered power to fascinate and enthrall. John Conner is not the first to find that power. TO STRETCH . . . JOHN SPEER HAS sought out the tomb-like silence of the Lindsey Auditorium to study, confident that Ik will soon be able to face his teachers with a smile, and the right answers. WE MAY NEVER wholly understand the science of knuckle-cracking, but we hold high hopes that Al Altizcr will lx able to explain it to us. 26

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CLASS OF ’66 HAS ABILITY FOR LEADERSHIP PUNKY WOOLLUM President JEANETTE RICE Vice-President DIANNA CWIN Secretary ACADEMICS AND ACTIVITIES OCCUPY THE SENIORS' TIME The beginning of the high school career four years ago was an important event in the lives of our 1966 graduates. Even though few people could feel strange in a school so much a part of the community as GW, this class still had to overcome the usual problems of floundering Freshmen. They accepted that first frightful year as a time for orientation, learning of traditions, and selection of the curriculum. As sophisticated Sophomores, they conducted benefit dances and continued in their academics and other activities. Proving to the judicious Juniors, the class overcame some early financial difficulties by sponsoring a car wash and several more dances, including the Junior-Senior Prom. They later sent representatives to Boys’ and Girls’ State. During their final year of high school, as in the preceding three, our superior Seniors have shown themselves to bo outstanding students and citizens. They started with a Big Brother and Big Sister program for assisting the Freshmen. Through class meetings, wise plans were made for the rest of the year. After tactfully defeating a controversial plan to revise Senior Day, they made that occasion a great success. The class provided candidates for the team appearing on the television show “It’s Academic.” Then some of the Seniors sweated through college board exams. The trip to New York, the Senior Play; and the Senior Prom were highlights of this memorable year, which culminated in the June commencement of the Class of 1966. 28