George Washington High School - Surveyor Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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Former Assistant- Principals For Boys MR. WILLIAM A. WEILAND, 1936-1940 Mr. William A. Weiland was George Washington ' s first dean of boys. He attended Oakland High School and then graduated from the University of California. He served as a captain in World War I and stayed in Europe to help set up the Education Program for the army. Upon his return to the United States he went to Mission High as a teacher. He came to Washington as vice-principal when it opened in 1936. He left Washington in 1940 to become principal of Galileo. Mr. Weiland died in 1944 as the result of an injury obtained from fighting a forest fire. MR. GEORGE M. KLINGNER, 1940-1951 Mr. George M. Klingner, who replaced Mr. Weiland in 1940, graduated from the University of Missouri in 1916, when he received an A.B. degree and a B.S. degree in Education. He completed work for his M.A. degree at the University of California in 1927. After spending five years at Continuation, one year in the classroom and four years at the attendance desk, he went to Roosevelt Junior High to teach Math and English for three years. Six years of teaching at Commerce followed until 1940, when he became the second Dean of Boys here at George Washington High School. MR. KENNETH CASTELLINO, 1955-to date Mr. Kenneth Castellino attended Galileo High School. He graduated from the University of California, taught at Horace Mann Junior High School for one year, and then at Mission High School for seven years. There he taught math, English, drama, and Public Speaking. Mr. Castellino came to George Washington High School in 1955. MR. JASPER A. PERINO, 1951-1955 Mr. Jasper A. Perino graduated from the University of California, where he taught as an assistant for one year. He then became an instructor at the Golden Gate Junior College of San Francisco and at Fresno Technical High School. Mr. Perino first came to George Washington in the Fall of 1938 as a Biology, Chemistry, and Physics teacher. He left in the Spring of 1946 to become Head Counselor at Commerce High, and following that became an assistant in the downtown office of the San Francisco Public Schools. After heading the Science Department at Poly High for two years, he returned to George Washington to replace Mr. George M. Klingner as Dean of Boys. He is now principal of Lowell.

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Proud Beginning GENERAL PLANS, ARCHITECTURE, SCULPTURE The general plans for Washington called for a main academic unit, shops, an auditorium, boys ' and girls ' gymnasiums, football field, outdoor tennis and basketball courts, a music conser- vatory, a baseball field, a running track and and a swimming pool. Timothy L. Pflueger, architect of George Washington High School, died almost ten years to the day that Washington celebrated its j tenth anniversary. Mr. Pflue- ger was world-famous in his field, having worked on the San Francisco-Oak- land Bay Bridge, and many of the build- Shown above is the cover of the origi- nal dedi cation program held on November 11, 1940. Mayor Angelo J. Rossi spoke and Mr. J. P. Nourse accepted the school as Superintendent of Schools. ings of the Golden Gate In- ternational Expo- sition of 1939. Union Square Garage was designed by Mr. Pflueger in 1942; Alamo and Jefferson grammar schools, and Roosevelt Jun- ior High School were com- pleted by him before 1930. His later projects were George Washington, then Lincoln High School, and the Science building and gymnasium at San Francisco Junior College. Mr. Beniamino Bufano was originally hired to do the frieze located on the wall of the football stadium, but the work was finished by Sargent Johnson. The ideas of both artists are incorporated in the work. 7

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Former Assistant- Principals For Girls MISS EDITH PENCE, 1936-1939 A graduate of Lowell High and the University of California, Miss Edith Pence came to Washington when it opened and filled the position of Dean of Girls. Previous experience in her teaching career was acquired at Lowell, Polytechnic and Galileo High Schools and San Francisco City College, at the time called San Francisco Junior College, as Assistant Dean. She served as Director of Curriculum for five years after leaving Washington and then became the only woman principal of a San Francisco public high school at Girls ' High and later at Lowell High. MISS ELEANOR PARSONS, 1951-1952 Miss Eleanor Parsons graduated from Alameda High School and the University of California. She taught in Marin County and Continuation. After coming to George Washington in 1936 she taught in the English and Commercial Departments and then became Head Counselor. She was the California Scholarship Federation sponsor until Fall of 1951, when she took Miss Jackson ' s place as Dean of Girls. MISS ELEANOR M. JACKSON, 1939-1951 Miss Eleanor M. Jackson, after graduating from Los Angeles High School and the University of California, taught English and Latin at Galileo. In 1936 she transferred to Washington High where she again taught these subjects. When Miss Pence left in 1939, Miss Jackson was promoted to Dean of Girls. MISS MYRA GREEN. 1952-1956 Miss Mryra Green, who came to George Washington in 1952, devoted timeless energy and many years to the education and development of young minds. For 46 years she taught in California schools. Various positions she held included: Head Counselor at Continuation Senior High, Assistant Principal at Continuation Senior High, and Assistant Principal and Dean of Girls at George Washington Senior High. Miss Parsons became vice-principal when Miss Green retired.