John Marshall High School - Marshallite Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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Dixon’s twenty years of de dicated work SCA sponsor Mrs. Baker, Treasurer Rob Norfleet, and Vice- presents a Thanksgiving Basket to Dr. Dixon. This presenta- President Ricky Garber listen as President Artie Roach tion is one of Jayem’s newer traditions. A familfar sight at all home basket- ball games, Dr. Dixon intently watches his last one. Mrs. Oliver waits as Dr. Dixon pauses in his dictation.

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Progress in academies is fulfillment of hopes Academics ... a reflection of hopes ... those of the teachers, as well as the taught ... wishing that this time they’d catch on . wanting so badly to make them understand ... imparting knowl- edge gained through long hours of research ... willing and anx- ious to be.not a supervisor but a participant in the learning process . preparing a lesson ... trying to decide if the homework assign- ment is too long ... listening to problems, academic or personal ... counselors advising students about the future ... helping them with present-day problems ... contribu- ting time and energy to school life ... faculty basketball games and barbershop quartets ... teach- ers responding to students students responding to teachers algebra problems that never seem to end ... frogs dipped in formaldehyde ... trying to do sec- ond period’s homework in first per- iod ... trying to do third period’s homework in second period “fooling” the teacher ... fool- ing yourself ... back-breaking loads of homework piled on just before vacations ... watching “Batman” instead of working on that term paper ... rushing madly to catch up ... singing “Hot Nuts” in the language lab memorizing Shakespeare while lis- tening to the Stones’ latest album ... listening to lectures on govern- ment and economics ... doodling ... getting to school at 8:00 to make up work ... studying late into the night ... learning ... a reflection of effort ... a reflection of ability ... a fulfillment of hope.

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end in °66 The place: John Marshall. The characters: thousands of students, parents, teachers. The cause: educa- tion. To these three Dr. Fred B. Dixon has dedicated the last twenty years of his working life. Since 1946 the multifaceted job of principal occupied Dr. Dixon in the duties of administrator and initiator of school policy. Interested and involved in his students’ ac- tivities, he always found time to interview an applicant for college, a club president asking approval for a new project, any student whose problems required individual attention. In the principal’s role of execu- tive he had to guide and be guided by his special employees—the teachers. Innovations in curricu- lum, student government, and pupil activities were studied and ap: proved with faculty aid. With other interested parents, Dr. Dixon listens closely to a PTA committee’s suggestions. en ieee te ee “ . Sd ate RG ee RINT AARC hd MCR DPR OI Caught in a familiar pose, Dr. Dixon GR ter may ponders the problems of his difficult job.