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

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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

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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 X , X X, Q3 ' r K 'Q N , Richard Ball General Shop, Graphic Arts Andrew Elsea Transportation Shop, Auto Mechanics Hans Klose General Shop. Wood Shop Bruno Paros Radio Theory and Repairs, Electric Shop Ernest Parry Transportation Shop Eugene Yager Advanced Mechanical Draw- ing, Mechanical Drawing I Industrial arts students turn skills into service Students enra. ea in tne lraustrial Arts Program oe er known as shop courses 'are gafcihg efperience ara sewfog the school. Eectronics teaches wiring or circuits, radio, tele- vision, and martains a sound service which assists the school by setting up loud speakers at assemblies and other events. Wood shop fhfs year 'z instructed by Mr. l-tons Klose a graduate tram a traae school in Germacy. Ergreet and architects at tomarrow who take up to three yeari at mechanical drawing, ald everyone by drawing ana blue printing master schedules and bell schedules which appear in each classroom. ln Graphic Arts, students use acquired skills to print tickets and programs tar many actlvitles, Auto mechanics helps boys learn by ther exoerfence at working on their own cars and those oi the teachers. Trawspartation covers a broad area including most modes ot modern trans- portation. GOGGLES ARE PROPER ATTIRE tar welder, William Largen, as he puts into practice one ot the many skills he has learned in metal shop. Faculty 27