Wakefield High School - Starstone Yearbook (Arlington, VA)

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Mr. James Gibson Gibson s text published this year. When MR. JAMES GIBSON explores the innermost reaches of the human mind, he really gets to the meat of the thing. That little piece of gray matter he is showing Fran Ingmire and Porky Pennell is a sou- venir of his college days at George Wash- ington, where he was awarded his M. A. Mr. Gibson’s book. Psychology and Per- sonality, a textbook in the field of child and adolescent psychology designed primarily for high school consumption was published this year. Mr. Gibson, we hope, will pub- lish many more texts. I $ Dr. Marianne Peplow 22

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i Miss Mary Davidson MISS MARY DAVIDSON, who holds a M. A. from Akron University, has taught 14 years. She became part of Wakefield’s original General Education staff with her transfer from Madison. Shown here crooning his way to stardom is MR. DONALD DIFFENBAUGH, who was awarded his M. S. by Indiana Univer- sity. Mr. Diffenbaugh, a General Educa- tion teacher, is notorious for his musicians, Diffie’s Combo, who are most popular at school dances. MR. NORMAN JONES, a recent addi- tion to our staff, MR. JOSEPH SIMMS, a graduate of Wilson’s Teachers College and MRS. DICIE ARMSTRONG, who did her under-graduate work at Madison are three of our General Education teachers. Mrs. Dicie Armstrong, who attended Madison, teaches 9th grade General Educa- tion. Mrs. Armstrong came to Wakefield from Stratford. This year she works with I. c. c. Among his other duties, Mr. Joseph Simms is in charge of the bulletin boards and displays at our school. Mr. Simms is a graduate of Wilson Teachers College and although he majored in art, he teaches 9th grade General Education. MRS. MARY KENDRICK is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan. She teaches 8th grade General Education. Mrs. Kendrick’s daugh- ter is a Junior at George Washington Uni- versity. MRS. ADA TAYLOR, 8th grade Gen- eral Education teacher, was awarded her Masters Degree by George Washington, She enjoys teaching very much and her pupils enjoy having her. m Mr. Don Diffenbaugh

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Our language teachers smile all the time We are quite proud of our language teachers here at Wakefield. They seem to smile more than the rest of the faculty. Could it be because they can’t read English and don’t know what’s going on in the world MR. DEMETRIUS MARKOV, Spanish and German teacher extraordinaire, has a wide European education complemented by degrees from the University of California and Columbia. MR. DAVID MACINTYRE was awarded his M. A. from the University of Oklahoma and gave up a higher paying position to work with the Wakefield staff as a French teacher. Also a French teacher, MISS KELLY GODWIN, a vivacious red-head, graduated from the University of North Carolina. DR. MARIANNE PEPLOW, holds her advanced degree from the Universidad Catolica in Ecuador. Mr. Demetrius Markov Miss Kelly Godwin Mr. David MacIntyre 23