Homer L Ferguson High School - Mariner Yearbook (Newport News, VA)

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supervised all phases of school life Mr. Frank L. Thompson Assistant Principal A.B. and M.Ed. College of William and Mary The assistant principals strived to coordinate all the various functions of school life. They aided our principal, Mrs. Passage, in the fulfillment of her numerous duties. In addition to making the necessary announcements and super- vising the clubs, they handled all the major disciplinary problems. Teachers always found them willing to give assist- ance whenever it was needed. Both Mr. Thompson and Mr. Under- wood were essential to the successful operation of Ferguson High School. Our assistant principals preside at an assembly. Mr. William C. Underwood Assistant Principal A.B. College of William and Mary 1 ?

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Our dedicated principals In taking this record of your 1965-66 school year home for inspection, you will find that it will recall different events, a variety of friends, some accomplish- ments as you read it in the years to come. You Seniors will leaf through it to polish the memory of months that stretch back to that time in your life when you never thought you would have a Senior picture in this annual. You will be able to reconstruct a ball game from some of the pictures; you will, in the years ahead, wonder what ever happened to this friend or that buddy. Eut Ferguson High will never be the same to any one of you. Doors open, and you step through, but you do not go back, unless in memory you learn anew from the past so that you can make mature judgments about your future. For some of you, this book is the final record of your last formal education. But I would say that there are other books, and your education should not stop so long as there is a book to be opened. For all of you, I should say that in the coming two years, you will know more about what there is to know than at any other time in your lives. To those of you who go on, this is but a record of my heartfelt wishes for fulfillment of your prayers and your dreams. For those of you who will find jobs, let me wish that you ' re always thinking and wishing for something a bit more, a bit better, for this is the stuff of which ambition is made. To those of you who remain at Ferguson, let me say that you Seniors have wrought a firm and proud tradi- tion in these early years of Ferguson ' s history as a high school, and we shall build carefully and well upon those foundations. Mrs. Mary L. Passage Principal

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Our administrative staff helped students Mrs. Mildred H. Carter Ninth and Tenth Grade Guidance Counselor Ward-Belmont Junior College B.A. and M.Ed. College of William and Mary Mrs. Virginia R. Pepper Ninth and Eleventh Grade Guidance Counselor A.B. Womens ' College of the University of Delaware M. Ed. University of Virginia Advisor: Peninsula Federation F.T.A. 1965-66. Mrs. Charlotte H. Gaw Director of Guidance and Dean of Girls B.S. Mary Washington M.Ed. College of William and Mary The guidance department assisted students with schedules and personal problems. By spon- soring College Night and the college board exami- nations, the department gave additional help to college-bound students. Mrs. Elizabeth R. Reynolds Twelfth Grade Guidance Counselor A.B. University of North Carolina at Greensboro Mrs. Pepper shows Mrs. Dwyer and her son Pat how to use the college selector machine. Mrs. Katherine P. Adams Visiting Teacher B.A. College of William and Mary M. Ed. University of Virginia