Spingarn High School - L Esprit Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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His duties are many and varied. Dr. Williams Dr. Williams with Mr. Harvey Brown and Royal Tate Dr. Williams and Guest He approaches every task with enthusiasm, warmth, and effi- ciency. 15

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Our Principal .,,, -1: in V w W-33 , ilwilihllgqg as els P' S W . W , I ,,, K - 4 :: ...., . x...., .52 W 77 .4.. DR. PURVIS JAMES WILLIAMS Booker T. Washington High School Norfolk, Virginia B.S. and M.S.- Howard University Ph.D. - University of Wisconsin Dr. Purvis I. Williams, chief administrator of Spingarn High School since its opening fourteen years ago, has directed the complex operations of this modern urban high school with patience, industry, deftness, and energy. He combines a substantial academic background with extensive experience and blends these two factors into a smoothly functioning administrative skill. His immediate job is the supervision of 1700 pupils, 76 teachers, large cafeteria, maintenance, and engineering staffs. His program of studies includes five curricula organized from 14 departments, which provide students with training in academic, vocational, and business subjects. We shall remember always his Warmth, his abiding interest in all of the students, his good judgment, and his impartiality. His Message To me, education is living, in the proper setting, it is loving. It is growing in countless ways: par- ticipation in sports, in clubs, in council activities, in student government, in social functions. The measure of an education is the use to which it is put. It is how well you use it that determines for you your personal success. Congratulations and all good wishes to the Class of '67.

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An Assistant Principal and Dean of Girls' Day Includes Numerous Responsibilities fy Kari :VV i V 2 MISS ANNIE E. DUNCAN at her desk Miner Normal School B.S. Howard University M.A. Columbia University Her Message There is an announcement to be made over the public address system. A parent is calling to have a message relayed to a girl. A parent has to be contacted to verify that a girl should be in school. A senior reports to learn she is to rep- resent the school at aluncheon honoring graduates. A girl has a personal problem and needs expert advice. Your commencement has come at a time of real challenge for the human races: a time when there is, as never before, the demand for total involvement of individuals in eliminating social ills that beset large seg- ments of the World population. It is a time for concentration and perseverance, a striving for excellence of performance. The solutions of these problems will not be easy, nor will they be accomplished without un- ceasing work and the application of all of your talents. Coolidge once said that all growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means Work.Work is not a curse, it is the prerogative of intelligence, the only means to manhood, and the measure of civilization. Miss Duncan and Mr. Altice 16 ilu Miss Duncan at the podium