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

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'Y it '. 2 Dorothy Baumle Music department offers leadership opportunities Whether performing before the student body at religbus assemblies or fachg rain-soalced spectators at football games, the vocal and instrumental branches of the music department are often on view, Much of the behind-the-scenes planning for these per- formances is conducted by the officers of each music group. These officers plan performances and aid in selecting the compositions, The officers of Mixed Chorus, Girls' Chorus, Girls' Ensemble, Choir and Madrigals meet to evaluate the general success ofthe vocal branch. A similar evaluation of the instrumental branch is made by the officers of the orchestra and the three bands. Under the cooperative direction of officers and teachers. the music department adds a special touch to nearly every W-L gathering. . we Mary Lou Alexander 1 Girls and Mixed Chorus, Music Appreciation Orchestra, Music Theory Florence Boolrer Choir Madrigals Fred Pfeiffer Band AT THE LAST PRACTICE prior to the Christmas Assembly, the choir carols the hymn, Christmas Day. ' SOLEMNlTY IS MIRRORED upon the face of Diana DeAngelis as she and other members of the orchestra rehearse a musical selection. Faculty 25

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i Lei 24 Faculty Leroy Anderson Artl ll lil Franklin Moon Accliecl De: gn, n Gereral Art t PALATE IN HAND, Gwenda A 5 Boren places the tinishing i' on her original painting. Artists brighten W-L corridors with color Mosaics, bloclc printing, tashion design, illustrations- these are created by art students studying under the di- rection ot Mr. Leroy Anderson and Mr. Franlclin Moon. Presenting what his students want to learn, Mr. Anderson teaches the tine art in the three general art courses. This year, throughout the county, second year art students may choose the type ot proiect tor their nine weelc's work. Each report period the individual, or a group, concentrates on a particular undertalcing, Applied design students pursue the study ot art as associ- ated with industry and everyday living. Among their learn- ing experiences are the designing ot a car dashboard, creation ot an original lamp and the producing ot a monogram using their initials. The Penman Art Club provides illustrations tor that literary publication. The cover design tor the Penman, its advertisements, and the decorations tor the Soclc Hop are supplied by this organization. The posters and murals which announce coming events and which advertise the sale of publcations carry the approved stomp ot the art departmert. Artistic students corstrccted the large fvhite rabbit, labeled l-larvey, which roamed the halls daily announcing the play. Alsc tor this production artists drew the paintings which hung trom the walls in Mrs, Simmons' living rcorn and a student designed the cover tcr the program, Five ct the ten student drawings. to be considered tcr printing in the Washington-Post Times Herald, were painted by W-L students. Une ccture will be published and the artist will be awarded a titty dollar scholarship. CARVING A STATUE tram plaster ct paris, Judy Weihe gains experience in one ot the media studied in art.

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,Q Mrs. Mary Enzlor Home Economics I III vs Mrs. EThel Pillar 'N Home Economics II, Foods JUANITA PARKS begins one OT The ini+ioI sTeps in creaTing her winTer cloThing proiecT. Fall display highlights W-L's fashion season The wool bermudas and spring Tormal displayed in The home economics showcases presenT The resuIT aT work and sTudy by girls in The cIoThing and The general courses while sTudenTs specialize in The Toods and The cIoThing courses. Learning To care Tar a home, sTudenTs Take advanTage of The rooms available Tor pracTice. The home economics deparTmenT manages a combinaTian dining and living room, a den, a baTh, and a uTiIiTy room. Dazzling Their parenTs and Iriends wiTh Tall creaTions, The girls presenTed a Tashion show wiTh The TaurTh R, righT Tashionf' as The Theme. EveryThing Tram sleep-wear To Tailor- ed suiTs, sewn by The more advanced sTudenTs, were pre' viewed aTTer insTri4cTion from a proTessionaI model. SeTs, scripT, inviTaTicns, music and narraTian were developed by The sTudenTs. Me+hods ol cooking and The imporTance of correcT Toads are sTudied by The sixTy sTudenTs engaged in The Toads course, One sixTh oT Those inTeresTed in TurThering Their culinary knowledge are boys. HOPING FOR GOOD TENNIS WEATHER, Ann C-3orreTT and PaT Sullivan model Their new sporT fashions, 26 FaculTy