W T Woodson High School - Cavalier Yearbook (Fairfax, VA)

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The six-period day officially began at 8:25 a.m. for the 2800 Woodson students. Activities in the various classrooms brought life to the sprawling, two-story, brick building facing Little River Turnpike. A gym class attentively watched a gymnastic ex¬ hibition. Rodents scurried in the biology laboratory. Lights dimmed in the planetarium. In the cosmeto¬ logy departme nt girls applied newly learned tech¬ niques to fellow classmates. Fluent A.L.M. French flowed from tapes in the language laboratory. In physics, the principle of electromagnetic fields was explained in a P.S.S.C. film. Food odors permeated the cafeteria area, reminding students of the coming break for lunch and perhaps a chance to make that important phone call. But when that fifth period bell beckoned, a quick after-lunch nap was in order before the teacher started his classroom lecture. 8