Wakefield High School - Starstone Yearbook (Arlington, VA)

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US. History ; World On government field trip to New York, John Liftin and Pat Creekmore stand in awe of the U.N. Building’s majesty. MRS. GWEN CARR Psychology Theta Tri-Hi-Y MR. DONALD DIFFENBAUGH U.S Va. Government Y Council BISA Miss Frances Keck is chairman of the seventeen- member staff of social studie s teachers at Wakefield. This staff strives, as its principal aim, to inform students about their country and its people and to keep them abreast of world affairs. To this end, U.S. and Virginia History is required of all juniors, and U.S. and Virginia Government is compulsory in the senior year. In addi- tion, instruction is offered in World Affairs, World His- tory, and Psychology, and more capable students may take Advanced History and Intensified Government. The social studies showcase houses informative displays. MR. KENNETH DIXON U.S. Va. Government Debate Club MR JOSEPH FLICOP UR. Va. Government N.Va. Discussion League MR ROBERT FRULLA World History Health P.E. Maximi Hi-Y J.V. Football. Track MR. JAMES GIBSON Psychology MR. MORT IRWIN U.S. Va. History Baseball Coach Monogram Club MISS FRANCES KECK Department Head U.S. Va. History Advanced Placement History National Honor Society 24

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f Members of the Spanish and Drama class perform in “Evening Dress Indispensable , a one act play. Speech and Drama Mrs. Ruth Sinnock and Mr. Ray Vanderbilt manage the Speech Department, which is a part of the larger English Department. In Speech, a popular elective in the tenth grade, emphasis is placed on public speaking, but students also work on oral interpretation of litera- ture and are introduced to the techniques of radio and television speaking, of discussion, and of debate. Public Speaking and Discussion is an advanced speech course for juniors and seniors. Another important part of the speech department is drama instruction in which elev- enth and twelfth grade students at Wakefield experi- ence all the phases of theater work. In addition to act- ing they study directing, scenic design, and the history of the theater. The Speech Department sponsors both the Drama Club and the Thespian Society. MRS. RUTH SLNNOCK MR. RAY VANDERBILT English and Speech Speech Thespians Thespians 23

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History Government ; Psychology The Social Studies Department fosters participation in the annual United Nations Contest and the Northern Virginia Discussion League, and it sends Wakefield students to the George Washington University Student Conference. Among new developments and projected plans are trips taken by government classes to the United Nations Building, a greater number of assem- blies with historical emphasis, historical movies in the auditorium, and improved instruction in world geog- raphy through full utilization of available maps. Two interesting and often very helpful facets of the instruc- tional program are the formation of room libraries in the various social studies classrooms and the talks giv- en by diplomats and other people familiar with the af- fairs of the world who are invited to speak before social studies students. Curt von Kann speaks for democracy at a social studies assembly. MR. JOSEPH MISS BETSY MRS. MARCELLA KING McCAMPBELL MOSHER World History U.S. Va. History U.S. Va. Gov ' t. Student Assembly MR. HENRY RENZ U.S. Va. History Intensified Gov’t. Senior Class Sponsor MR. EDWARD REYNOLDS U.S. Va. Hist., Gov’t. Zeta Hi-Y MR. WALTER SCHULTE U.S. Va. History Varsity Football Coach MR. JOSEPH SIMMS U.S. Va. History Starstone MRS. INGE MRS DEBORAH STAFFORD TYSON U.S. Va. History U.S. Va. History Eta Tri-Hi-Y 25