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

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wg P I cis .5 1' A lu-.,,,i-- ' s l .nw li, d A Mr. Ray E. Reid Mr. Howard Bovee Dr. joseph B. johnson S , I -, 5 gg, 525, V , ll 3 'lj f 'U'-x 4 ' 3 7, I H J l I 5 I , f , 'A' ,v . Mr. Charles Walsh Dr. Edward Braun dministrators Spend Budget of 12 Million Twelve million dollars was working for every' one in the Arlington school system. Part of it was increasing teachers' salaries, some was building new schools, while more was purchasing bottles and Bunsen burners for science laboratories and new equipment for other departments. To give each student the benefit of the money, Mr. Ray E. Reid, superintendent of schools, and Mr. Howard Bovee, his administrative assistant, worked with the Business Management and Finance Ufhce directed by Dr. E. J. Braun. The office of Mr. C. Walsh, assistant superf intendent for school personnel, hired 195 additional teachers. Two new supervisory posts were created by the ofhce of Dr. il. B. johnson, in charge of county supervisors and instruction. Administration 1 1

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Two Board Rulm s Two school board decisions directly affected students. Board members decided that schools could continue their clubs and athletic events but could sponsor no dances. At the same meeting, they voted to lend ollicial support to school prohibitions of fraternities and sororities. Affect ACtlV1t16S Planning a yearly budget and providing facilf ities for all students were other responsibilities of the live member school board. When Yorktown opens it will be a result of the board's ZVZ million dollar building program. , 5 cl, Lv - of S Mr. Lee Bean . ' , l 'H-','ff:f2: Q, V 'F 8 x 1 .af- -: -,g'-,g-.::-5, .4 ff- - T ::,p-21314 ,.-4 ::::- ... - .V 11:37 4 . . Q I Vi ql ef? rs 4 0. 1' ' 'Iggy' I 141 1 3 ' f1::'-iv Activities should be continued, livers Mr. Lindsay Harmon, father of Bruce Hg? -'eu Harmon, at ai special school board meeting held in the Little Theater, w' h,....t.-..,.. Mrs. Helen Lane , I :ff , 1, l X p '1 Dr, Barnard joy lVlr. james Stofkard MF- R0b9l't PCCIC I0 Administration

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PRINCIPAL r. orris Stresses Growth of Individual Supervising the school program, conferring with parents, and becoming personally acquainted with students were only a few of the many duties that concerned Mr. Benjamin Norris this year. A native of Hickory, North Carolina, Mr. Norris has an M.A. from New York University and has done considerable work toward a doctoral degree in education. He has served in the Arlington County School System for nine years, two of which have been as principal of WashingtonfLee. Mr. Norris considers the primary objectives of his office as being twofold: the perpetuation of the WashingtonfLee tradition of achievement and the development of the individual through academic performance and extrafcurricular activity. His letter to the student body presents his own appraisal of the underlying principles that are a vital part of life at WashingtonfLee. A study in serious concentration, Mr. Norris discusses am aidminis trativc policy with ai school board ofliciaili