Mount Vernon High School - Surveyor Yearbook (Alexandria, VA)

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Develop Innate Skills Prior to the opening of school Mrs. Locke checks to see if her supplies are in order for use in her Art classes. MRS. JANE KOFLER teaches Art I. She has just completed her second year here at Mount Vernon. Mrs. Kofler received her B.A. degree from Wellesley College, and her B.F.A. de¬ gree from the Art Institute of Chicago. MRS. RHEA LOCKE is sponsor of the Art Club, and teaches Art II, III and IV. She re¬ ceived her A.B. degree from the University of Alabama, and received her certificate in art from Belhaven College. Mrs. Locke has just completed her tenth year here at Mount Vernon. MR. GENE STEINBACH is the Director of Music and has a full day working with the various sections of the band. Mr. Steinbach, who has just completed his twelfth year at Mount Vernon, received his B.S. degree from Northwestern University and his M.S. from Catholic University. Mr. Steinbach, at the piano, and Miss Hopkins, choral director, can be seen and heard many times during the school year when preparing for a concert. MISS LOUISE L. HOPKINS has been our choral director for four years. She received her B.A. degree from Georgetown College, and her M.A. degree from the University of Ken¬ tucky. Miss Hopkins is re¬ sponsible for organizing vari¬ ous singing groups within the student body,- and, she has been successful in directing school musicals. 27

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Business and Art Classes MRS. DOROTHY BROWN leaches typing I and II, and bookkeeping. She received her B.S. degree from Mary Washington Collge, and has done graduate work at the Univer¬ sity of Virginia, George Washington Univer¬ sity and American University. Mrs. Brown came to Mount Vernon three years ago. MRS. KATHERINE CASEY came to Mount Ver¬ non this past October. She teaches Business Math and typing I. Mrs. Casey received her B.S. degree from Emmanuel College. MRS. MARY O ' NEIL teaches typing I and II, shorthand I and bookkeeping. Mrs. O ' Neil re¬ ceived her B.S. degree from Radford College, and has just completed her sixteenth year at Mount Vernon. Business teachers take advantage of pre student days to plan ahead. MRS. FLORENCE PROVANCE sponsors the senior commercial club and the Bible club. She teaches shorthand I and II, and typing I and II. Mrs. Provance received her A.C.A. degree from Bowling Green College of Com¬ merce, her B.S. degree from Duquesne Uni¬ versity, and her M.E. from the University of Pittsburgh. She has done graduate work at the University of Maryland. MRS. SANDRA STEVENS teaches typing I and Business Arithmetic. She has just completed her second year at Mount Vernon. Mrs. Ste¬ vens received her B.S. degree from the Uni¬ versity of Florida. MISS LUCY LOWMAN is the Coordinator for Vocational Office Training; she also teaches Clerical Office Practice and bookkeeping. Miss Lowman has been sponsor of The Surveyor for seventeen of her eighteen years here at Mount Vernon. She received her B.S. degree from Radford College, and has done gradu¬ ate work at George Washington University, University of Virginia and Richmond Pro¬ fessional Institute. MISS BETTY WITHERINGTON teaches typing I and II. She received her B.S. degree from Madison College. Miss Witherington came to Mount Vernon this year. 26

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Being a member of a class in school is an honor within itself. The following pages will now, and in the future, serve as a reminder of the many friends you made during your high school days. An effort was made to provide a complete picture record, but time, absentee¬ ism, and deadline dates withheld some from the midst.