Western High School - Westerner Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Mr. Ahern Miss Mary Bass Miss Nell Bass Miss Blandford Mrs. Bowen Miss Bray Miss Brewer Miss Connell Frm FI Miss Daniel Mrs. Daniel Miss Dessez

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BHTIDII Miss P. Edna Thiinssen received her B.S. and M.A. degrees at George Washington University. She took her Dean of Women course at Colum- bia in New York City, and studied at Cornell and the University of Vermont. She taught physics, chemistry, and math at Limestone College before coming to Western as a teacher. Miss Thonssen taught chemistry until 1911 when she went into mathematics teaching ex- clusively. She was made the first assistant principal of Western in 1924. Miss Thonssen is in charge of the making of the master pro- gram, the lunchroom, and is the dean of girls. Her special interest is her new home in Wester- leigh. She is fond of trips and is called a veteran traveler. Her favorite spot for short trips is Atlantic City. Mr. Robert Anderson came to take Mr. Nelson's place in 1935. Mr. Anderson received his early education in a country school in Pennsylvania, the Westchester State Teachers College, and the University of Pennsylvania. He was principal of an elementary school in Upper Darby, a suburb of Philadelphia, for seven years. During this time he earned his Bachelor's Degree at Columbia University. After completing work for the Master's Degree at Columbia in 1931, he came to Washington as a statistician at Franklin School, where he remained until his appointment at Western in 1935. Mr. Anderson, a member of Phi Delta Kappa, is interested in travel, antiques and music. Miss TH5NSSEN Ma. ANDERSON

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