Washington Lee High School - Blue and Gray Yearbook (Arlington, VA)

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After the food is prepared in the cafeteria and ready for consump- tion Mrs. Lucey Marcus and Mrs. Celeste Newman must face a farnished horde of W'-L student! and teachers. Every afternoon a cavalcade of brooms makes a clean sweep of W-L. Here Valentine Poples and Tekla Trebacs guide them be- tween the empty desks of an equally vacant room. Careful adjustments by Henry Wifzstofz and james Marcus assure the comfortable heating of W-L. 4:1-'Fl x 5 ' N1 F - , X XA X es E x W X5 f' . .NG , .? 'F num-3'-v - Auln I ll 'I t I Mrs. Maude Bradley makes sure that the students get the correct change before they leave the line with their lunch.

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SPEEI L SER IEEE 'lv ,f-A? Mrs. Ruth Watkins, Registrar, and Mrs. Thelma Ross, Secretary for Guidance, listen carefully to a student's question concerning .the guidance clepartm ent. Somewhere in here is a card on. . . , mumbles Mrs. Marietta Campbell, Secretary for the Library, as she goes through the schedule changes. W' 281 If Georgianna Naglefs temper- ature is other than what it should be, Mrs. Barbara Rhynedance, School Nurse. might suggest that she go home before her condition gets worse.

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en iam In the fall of 1952 almost 1100 sophomores entered the halls of Washington-Lee High School. Amid all the confusion of entering a large school for the first time, abetted by the stark incompleteness of an unhnished addition, this behemoth class had much to look to in the future. After one year grades and transfers had reduced the number to 950, The 1953-54 school year brought added fire and enthusiasm to the Class of '55. They had mellovved with age, new found maturity, and a new kind of group spirit. They were ready to really settle down and be something. Ideas brought from all over the United States, and many parts of the world, were contributed by members of the class. It was discovered that size isn't what makes a class, it's the people in it and their activities that count, The class developed another trait, one of not being satisfied with the obvious. They probed deeper than what things appeared to be, they thrived on new challenges, they made full use of the material made available to them on all sides. Soon the Class of '55 discovered they had the ability to sell themselves. The student body found itself responsible for a major part of school life. Student Government, ofhce work, hall-monitoring, and many other duties fell to a group who had become more than five-day-a-week scholars, the average W-Lite became an active citizen in an equally active school community, and he found it most enjoyable. Educators from every point of the compass have visited W-L, and most of them have expressed amazement at the Way the students handle their responsibilities. The Class of '55 has already boxed the compass thoroughly, but there are still many points to be covered, and the successful behemoth will cover them Well. Each individual will go in his own direction, be it college or a career, but he will carry a part of Wasliington-Lee with him, the part that contains three pleasant school years. 014'