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

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FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION 1927-1967

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PRINCIPALS Principal Staff Crgonizes All School Functions Mr. O. U. lohansen, Principal To keep a complicated institution such as Washing- ton-Lee functioning properly involved many special- ized departments within the school network. The chief executive of the entire school program, Mr. O. U. Iohansen, had the difficult duty of synchronizing all the activities that took place in the school. Invaluable in this huge task were the vice-principals, who took the responsibility in certain areas of administration. Mrs. Doris Matthews, besides holding the position of dean of girls, co-ordinated the student activities throughout the year. Continuing into his second year as dean of boys, Mr. Boyd Webb had many other duties such as traffic control, pupil attendance, and data processing. Mr. Richard Blocker's duties as director of instruction encompassed homebound instruction, study halls, and the master schedule. The principals depended heavily on the capable secretarial staff to type, telephone, keep the books, and mail letters. Because of this laborious task, it became necessary to hire six additional part-time secretaries. Lines of students waited in the Guidance Office for assistance with schedules, information on colleges, or job opportunities. The Guidance department gave di- rection and counsel to make the path easier for the troubled students. After twelve years as a biology teach- er, Mr. Donald Lewis joined the guidance department, raising the staff number to eight. Often behind the scenes, but very important to school life was the school personnel. The nurse managed to maintain student health records and administered to sick students. Throughout the day and half the night. the custodial staff worked long, hard hours to keep the school in first-class condition. Eight new teachers, three 'in languages, two in social studies, one in science, a librarian, and a physical edu- cation instructor readily adjusted to W-L life.