West Point High School - Point Yearbook (West Point, VA)

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Faculty K Continued from Page 61 the West Virginia Institute of Technology. During World War II, Mr. Haynes served as a pilot in the United States Army Air Force. lk I It MR. JOHN KoLcUM teaches English, acts as guidance direc- tor, and assists in coaching ath- letics. Born in Milwaukee, Wis- consin, Mr. Kolcum had lived in several other States before com- ing to Virginia. He attended the College of William and Mary, the University of Richmond and Western Reserve University. Mr. Kolcum served as Ensign in the United States Navy during World War II. 1 1 ll Miss DOROTHY SHIPMAN is librarian of our school. Miss S h i p m a n was educated at Averett College and George Washington University. Before coming to West Point she had served as librarian at Averett College and in the library at the College of William and Mary. Miss Shipman is a member of the American Library Associa- tion. il Ill l Miss JANE STAPLES instructs in Home Economics and directs Girls' Physical Education. Miss Staples is from Harrisonburg and is a graduate of Madison College. Miss Staples is a mem- ber of the American and Vir- ginia Home Economics Associa- tions. i 1 U Miss MARGARET THOMPSON, of Charlottesville, teaches General Science, Biology and Chemistry. Miss Thompson was a student at Westhampton College and later at the University of Virginia from which she received her Bachelor's degree in 1948. l I ll MR. E. M. WARE instructs vet- in agricultural subjects. in Washington, D. C., Mr. had lived in several Vir- towns before coming to Point. Mr. Ware received crans Born Ware ginia West his B. S. degree from V. P. I. and has since studied at the Uni- versity of Maryland. He was Top row, left to right: Haynes, Kolcum, Shiprrwm Bottom row, left to right: Staples, Thompson, Ware formerly employed as a market- ing research analyst for the U. S. Department of Agriculture. During World War II he served as a First Lieutenant in the Marine Corps. O ll U MR. W. E. GARBER has been Superintendent of the Schools of West Point and King William County since 1923. Recently he has been appointed Superinten- dent of the new , - Division of King i and Queen and King William Counties. Mr. Garber was born in King William County and received his early education in the county public schools. He has a B. S. degree from the College of Wil- - liam and Mary and a Master's degree from the University of Virginia. He has also done graduate work at Peabody Col- lege in Nashville, Tennessee. Before becoming Superintendent of King William County Schools, Mr. Garber was principal of high schools in King William County for two years and prin- cipal of Driver High School in Nansemond County for a like period. School History Several private schools were established in the,town of West Point in the second half of the last century. According to Mrs. Mary New Lipscomb in Recollections of Early West Point, Mrs. Lainia Couch taught possibly the earliest of these schools. For a number of years, begin- ning in 1886, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Broaddus, formerly of Caro- line County, conducted private schools in West Point. The Broadduses held school at vari- ous times in several different buildings-in the house on Main Street, between Eleventh and Twelfth, now occupied by Mr. Wm. Hudson, in Ware Cottage on Eleventh Streetg in the large house no longer standing at the corner of Fourteenth and Lee: in the Owen house on the corner of Main and Second, and in the Terminal Hotel, which stood on First Street between Main and Lee. The Broadduses first had a girls' school, then a boys' mili- tary school, and again a girls' school known as the West Point Female Seminary. In the early twentieth century, the Broaddus family sold the school to a Mr. Bethel, who operated it for a short time for both boys and girls, first on the Hill and later at Ware Cottage. Page 7

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Faculty Grows From 3 to I3 There were only three teach- ers in 1906 when the West Point High School was established. Today there are thirteen. Pk if 'lf MR. HOMER A. HUMPHREYS is completing his fifth year as principal of our school. Before coming to West Point, Mr. Humphreys had taught in North Carolina a n d Virginia public schools and had served as prin- cipal of Dar- lington Heights and Green Bay H i g h Schools. A native of Augusta Coun- l ty, Mr. Hum- phreys grad- u a t e d f r o m Bridgewater College. He has had graduate work at Cornell University and holds a Master's degree from the University of Virginia. He is now working to- ward the completion of his doc- torate in the Iield of Education. Mr. Humphreys holds member- ship in Phi Delta Kappa, N. E. A. Department of Audio-Visual Instructors and Department of Secondary School Principals. lk lk 4' Miss MARY MowBRAY BRANCH teaches world history, American h i s t o r y, Government and French. Miss Branch is from Toano, Virginia, and received her Bachelor's degree from Hol- lins College. She has since studied at the French School of McGill University in Montreal, Canada: Teacher's College of Columbia University, and at the American University's Institute on World Affairs. Miss Branch is a member of the National Council for the Social Studies and the Archeological Society of Virginia. Ill 'll ll MR. C. C. BRIGGS is director of the West Point High School Band and instructor in band in- struments. Originally from Dav- enport, Iowa, Mr. Briggs receiv- ed his musical training in Dun- can's Professional Institute of Page 6 Top row, left to right: Branch, Briggs, Cluverins l Bottom row, left to right: Ferguson, Gaines, Geyer that city. He has taught band music in the College of William and Mary and in several Vir- ginia high schools. Mr. Briggs came to Virginia as manager of a lumber company in Ivor, Vir- ginia. He now makes his home in James City County Where he spends his time writing music and gardening. Pk Pk PI1 MRS. W. B. CLUVERIUS, JR., teaches Mathematics and Eng- lish, and coaches Dramatics. Mrs. Cluvcrius comes from near- by King and Queen County. She was educated at Westhampton College, the University of Vir- ginia and the University of North Carolina. Before coming to West Point, Mrs. Cluverius taught in the Schools of King and Queen and New Kent Coun- ties. 41 11' 211 MR. SAM FERGUSON came to West Point this session with the inauguration of the Agricultural department in our school. Mr. Ferguson was born in Newsoms, Virginia, and is now making his home in King and Queen Coun- ty. He was educated at V. P. I. and before coming to West Point taught in Pleasant Hill High School. all Pk Bk Miss ETH!-:L GAINES, commer- cial instructor, has classes in L l Typing, Shorthand and Book- keeping. She is a native of Madison, Virginia, and received her Bachelor's degree from Madison College. 114 ik wk MRS. MABEL G. GI-:Yen has served as the Eighth Grade teacher since this grade was added to the high school in the session 1945-1945. A native of Washington, D. C., Mrs. Geyer has lived in this section for a number of years and has served as principal of Port Richmond Elementary School and as teach- er in the West Point Elemen- tary School. Mrs. Geyer receiv- ed her Bachelor of Arts degree from Hollins College and has since done work at Mary Wash- ington, The University of Vir- ginia, College of William and Mary, and the University of North Carolina. Mrs. Geyer also teaches Latin and directs the Choral Club. Mrs. Geyer is a member of the National Music Educators Association. Sli fl! lk MR. RAY HAYNES, our Indus- trial Arts instructor, Boys' Physical Education director and athletic coach hails from Free- man, West Virginia. Mr. Haynes attended Concord College and fContinued on Page '72

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Participate In H. S. Government Student government in a mod- ified form was introduced in the West Point High School in 1915 and in December, 1918, the Stu- dent Council was established. '1'oday the organization is known as the Student Cooperative As- sociation headed by the Student Council. The duties of the Stu- dent Council are to propose plans for student participation in advancing the best interests of the school, and to advise stu- dents whose work and conduct are not in keeping with the spirit and purpose of the organi- zation. Under the S. C. A. func- tion these student committees: Recreation, Health and Welfare, Building and Grounds, Assem- bly and the Safety Patrol. A different type of organiza- tion existed when student par- ticipation was introduced in 1915. Grade students as well as the members of the high school department were included. The officers of the first organization were Adelaide Leigh, Girls' Stu- dent Representative, Thomas Pumphrey, Boys' Representa- tive, Frances Bland and Liv- ingston De Farges, Grade I Cap- tains, Elizabeth Chandler and Charles Bagby, Grade II Cap- tains, Catherine Pumphrey and Joseph Sohm, Grade III Cap- tains, Mary Emerson and Ed- ward Topping, Grade IV Cap- Hudson, Evans, B. Dyson, Robertson, J. Dyson, Anderson and Westmoreland tains, Stella Sohm and Clarence Wolfe, Grade V Captains, Clara Aumack and William Moore, Grade VI Captains, Meade Feild and Thomas Cheatham, Grade VII Captains, Virginia Farin- holt and Edmund Henshaw, Grade VIII Captains, Eloise Brown and Sam Puller, Grade' IX Captains, Mary Burke and Patrick Robinson, Grade X Cap- tains, and Mary Hudson and Richard Bullard, Grade XI Cap- tains. The officers for the past scs- sion were William Robertson, President, Barbara Dyson, Vice- president, and Doris Anderson, Secretary. Margaret E v a n s, Bynum Westmoreland, Jack Dy- son and Mary Montague Hudson served as class representatives to relay ideas back and forth I INSTALLATION OF NEW COUNCIL Page 8 between thc Council and the class. The Student Association sent delegates to both the state and district S. C. A. meetings. Mr. Humphreys served as program director of the district meeting and Miss Branch, William Rob- ertson and Barbara Dyson were members of the program com- mittee. Sidney Newton has been named vice-president of the Richmond District S. C. A. for the year 1949-50. On May 25, the Council held installation services for the stu- dents chosen to direct S. C. A. activities for the session 1949- 1950. The new officers are: El- vira Fary, President, Donald Dickerson, Vice-president and John Hasty, Secretary. In the induction of these ofii- cers the students participated in the following ceremony: Processional, New and Retir- ing Ofiicers. Song, God of Our Fathers, Assembly. Talk, Vijlliam Robertson, Re- tiring President. Song, The S. C. A., Assem- bly. Installation of New Officers by Retiring Officers. Talk, Elvira Fary, New Presi- dent. Reading, S. C. A. Obligation, Assembly led by the President. Recessional, New Ofiicers.