Warwick Junior High School - Cavalier Yearbook (Newport News, VA)

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Here are our Assistant Principal, Mr. Jack M. Custer, and our school secretaries, Mrs. Joseph W. Mahanes, seated, and Miss Audrey Davis. Mr. Custer came to Junior High in 1957. He has B.S. and M. Ed. Degrees from the College of William and Mary, and before coming to Junior High he taught mathematics for five years at Warwick ' s senior high school. Mrs. Mahanes has done substitute teaching at Briarfield elementary school and has super- vised the Parkview playgound during the summ- er. Miss Davis was a secretary for two years at the senior high school before coming here when this school was established. She attended Madison College. These are our librarians, Mrs. Ernest J. Colburn on the left, Miss Helen Elizabeth Ha- verty on the right. Mrs. Colburn was graduated from Newport News Business College and has worked previously at Buxton Hospital, the U.S. Navy Department, and the U.S. Post Office. Miss Haverty has A.B.and B.S. Degrees in Library Science from Westhampton College and the Univer sity of North Carolina. She has taught for a number of years, worked in the Public Library in Washington, D.C. 14 years, and, in the summer 1955, studied at the Univer- sity of Munich. These two V.I.P’s. are our Dietitian and our School Nurse. Mrs. L. H. Basford on the left, attends to that all-important business of feeding about 1400 people daily. She has man- aged the cafeteria here since it first began operating shortly after the school was estab- lished. For three summers she has attended the School Lunch Conference at Madison College. Mrs. J. I. Bateman is a sort of house- mother who attends all kinds of ills from toe to toothache. She is a Registered Nurse; a grad- uate of Riverside Hospital, with three months training in Pediatrics at the Medical College of Virginia. She is on duty all day every day.

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AFTER MEETING MR. AMOTT, WUBBY MAKES THE ROUNDS TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE STAFF After Wubby had met Mr. Amott,Dick suggested that they get acquainted with the other people who are responsible for the operation of Junior High. You might be surprised to know, Wubby, that one doesn ' t have to be from ' outer space’ to be uninformed about our schools. We wish all our earth-people were more ' informed, and more interested, Dick said. For instance, many parents don ' t really know anything about our faculty. Here are the students, some 1400 strong, becoming acquainted with life, so to speak. Here is the place where ideas, ideals, abilities, character traits, and complexes are mass produced. That ' s a big order, Wubby, and the quality of the faculty determines how much or how little is accomplished, and how right or how wrong our progress is. All our people should know how effective our teachers are. They should know something about the long-range purposes teachers have in mind, and about the capabilities of these men and women for preparing young people to meet life ' s prob- lems. People should recognize the tremendous responsibilities these teachers have, and the tremendous influence teachers exert. You see, school is much more than just a place where boys and girls are ' looked-after ' a part of each day. Whether this is for good or bad depends upon the quality of teaching that takes place. So let ' s meet the teachers, and get at least a little information about each of them. 10

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These are our home economics teachers. Seated from left to right are Mrs. Edwin C. Good, Miss Willadean Dalton, Miss Helen Bar- row, and Mrs. Charles L. Breckinridge. Mrs.Goodis a graduate of Madison College, where she received her B.S. Degree. This is her first year at Junior High. Miss Dalton holds a B.S. Degr.ee from Radfordand has taught here two years prior to this year. Miss Barrow and Mrs. Breckinridge have B.S. Degrees from Longwood and each is an experienced home- making teacher. And here are the shop instructors, Mr. Garland Brown, at the left, has a B.S. Degree from East Carolina College, where he is doing work toward a Master ' s Degree. He is new at Junior High this year. He has worked as a highway engineer, and he served three years as a paratrooper. In the center is Mr. Kenneth Williams, with a B.S. Degree from East Carolina where he , too, is doing graduate work. He is also a grad- uate of the N. N. S. D. D. Co. Apprentice School, and he served five years in the Navy. The gentleman at the right is Mr. Archie Hughes Jr., first industrial arts instructor to be employed at Junior High. Mr. Hughes holds a B.S. Degree from West Virginia Institute of Technology. 12