Wakefield High School - Starstone Yearbook (Arlington, VA)

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IVIRS. GLORIA WILLINGHAM, a young, attractive, and very able speech teacher, was awarded her B. A. by Bethany, Peniel College. Mrs. Willingham, who is not always willing to have her picture taken and who last year hid her face behind a book, learned her lesson this year and was quite co-operative with our cameraman. A representative group of Wakefield’s English teachers beam at the camerman with airs of sophisticated indif- ference. MISS ARLENE JONES is a new teacher here at Wakefield. She replaced Mrs. Dunklee. A graduate of Cornell College, she was awarded her M. A. by Columbia University. MRS. DOROTHY DICKINSON, who was awarded her B. A. by the University of North Carolina, sponsors Beta Chi Tri-Hi-Y, and is much admired by her students for her beautiful dimples. MR. WALTER HATTON, a man with a whimsical sense of humor and the traits of a guilty school boy, re- ceived his B. A. from Montclair State Teachers College and his M. A. from George Washington. MISS MARY ANN HURLEY, a very popular person- ality throughout the school because of her easy laugh, was awarded her M. A. by George Washington University. An attractive brunette, MISS VIRGINIA ODOM, is a graduate of East Tennessee State. Miss Odom is now in her first year of teaching. Let us hope it is not the last. Mrs. Gloria Willingham Miss Arlene Jones, Mrs. Dorothy Dickinson, Mr. Walter Hatton and Miss Mary Ann Hurley.

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Mr. Robert Stevens MR. STEVENS, who received his B. A. at George Washington University and his M. A. at Catholic University, holds the respect and admiration of a large portion of the student body and faculty. Mr. Stevens, the Cecil B. De Mille” of Wakefield, manifests his love for the theatre by expertly directing the various plays which his students produce from time to time. MRS. MARY TOIVANEN, a graduate of Wisconsin State, teaches journalism in addition to 11th grade English. Her Journalism class supplies most of the written material for the SIGNAL. She was SIGNAL sponsor for the latter part of the year. MR. RICHARD TARRAVECHIA, who has become known as a fine story- teller to his homeroom class, was awarded his M. A. by the University of Tennessee. Mrs. Mary Toivanen Mr. Richard Tarravechia 15

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I Mrs. Helen Gelwicks and Mrs. Sophie Minor. MRS. HELEN GELWICKS replaced Miss McCampbell this year. She is a welcome addition to our staff. Our reading instructor, MRS. SOPHIE MINOR, completed her graduate work at George Washington University. At mid- year, she set up a reading improvement course for our staff. Even teachers feel the need to improve their reading rate. MISS BETSY McCAMPBELL left Wakefield before Christmas to take a position in a Texas Teachers College. Miss McCampbell did her graduate work at Ohio State. Our true-blue Virginian, MISS EDITH WALTER, did her undergraduate work at Randolph Macon and her graduate work at George Washington University. Miss Walter, one of the few Wakefield teachers who chose to transfer from Washington-Lee when our school first opened, now teaches social studies. Miss Virginia Odom. Miss Edith Walter and Miss Betsy McCampbell.