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

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GUIDANCE ATTEMPTS TO GUIDE STUDENTS With the addition of many new books, magazines, and other materials, the library launched another year of service to GWites. Vet if trouble in a particular subject could not be remedied by the assistance of the librarians, the Guidance Department was available throughout the year to help students overcome their predicament. Seniors, in particular, found much needed aid when making decisions about college and careers. The librarians are: Mrs. Key. Mrs. Clark, and Mrs. Seay. Mr. Yack. Miss Starkey. Mr. Butter mark. Mrs. Haney. Miss Smith, and Mrs. Allport.

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The Hotline What shall we have today? Mrs. Carr welcomes ailing students.

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TO BE OR NOT TO BE, IS IT I OR IS IT ME? Upon opening English texts last Septemper, we suddenly encountered the inseparability of concrete fact and ethereal flights of the mind. Shakespeare emerged, not as an age-encrusted personality suitable only to the illiteracy of sixteenth century England, but as a genius whose literary masterpieces still enthrall the reader. Ooors to the worlds of Huxley. Golding. Dickens, Salinger. Hardy and multitudes more were thrown open. It is up to us. students of knowledge, to walk through them. First row: Miss Guill. Mrs. Fulwiler, Miss Currin. Second row: Miss McDonald. Miss Chavis. Miss Somers. Mrs. Blossom. No one knows what lurks in the minds of English teachers . . . especially when they’re chewing on a pencil!