Winter Haven High School - Wha Hwa Hta See Yearbook (Winter Haven, FL)

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MRS. LINDEN DAVIDSON MR. RODNEY PADGETT MR. MAYNARD TRAVISS Music Music plays a big part in all campus life and is important not only to the band and glee club but to the entire student body. Mr. Woods is the assistant director of the music program and is director of the high school band. The band through his leadership has generated a great deal of school spirit. The band has also won many honors and awards during the years he has been instructor. We have been most fortunate for the past two years to have a most talented person. Virginia Starnes Davidson, as glee club director. She has sung in the Messiah for several years and at many other concerts in the community and state. This year the Glee Club under her direction made a fine showing on their concert tour of Gainesville and Tallahassee. She is a graduate of Southern College with a US. degree and of Memphis State College with a M.A. degree. Languages The world of today is a fast moving one with many people traveling from one country to another; therefore, a knowledge of different languages is needed more than ever before in order to communicate with people everywhere. Mrs. Dillard is assistant director of this particular staff. Her specific field is the teaching of Latin which is the basis for all romance languages. She is a graduate of F.S.U. Mrs. Dillard sponsors the Latin Club and enjoys art very much. Mr. Padgett is well known to almost every student in the Winter Haven High School for he is the attendance director of the school. He studied at various colleges but received his M.A. degree from University of South Carolina. During the holidays Mr. Padgett and his wife took a trip to Cuba and had a most enjoyable time. He teaches four periods of Spanish. D.C.T. In our school we have a program that allows students to work part time at various places of business. The students in this department learn by experience a particular vocation. Mr. Saul directs this program. He helps them in every manner that he is able, for almost all of his time is spent in working with and for the members of the D.C.T. program. Mr. Saul is a graduate of Southern College but received his M.A. degree from the University of Florida. Mr. Traviss recently joined the teaching staff of Winter Haven High school. He has been in the real estate business. We are glad to have him as an addition to our faculty. MR. ROY WOOD MRS. DOROTHY DILLARD MR. W. R. SAUL Page 15

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English MR. MARION SLOAN MRS. LUCILE NOLEN MISS EVELYN ENGELKE Page 14 MISS RUTH LOVELESS English plays a very special part in everyone’s life and our school has very competent staff of English teachers. Miss Ruth Loveless, a graduate of F.S.U. and Duke University, is the assistant director in charge of this important staff. Seniors give much credit to Miss Loveless for the foundation in English that they receive, so necessary for the college work they plan to do in the Fall. The Senior class as a whole owes a great deal to her because she directs the graduation exercises, advises Senior class officers, and helps with many other Senior activities. Mr. Marion Sloan is beloved by the entire student body, for he is considerate and friendly to all with whom he comes in contact. His pet saying, as anyone can tell you, is “Now, Children.” He teaches Junior English and two classes of Creative Writing. Mr. Sloan attended Vanderbilt and has been on the faculty of Winter Haven High for six years. When a student of Winter Haven High School reaches the status of Junior he comes into contact with Mrs. Peck, who shows her great patience and understanding through her work as faculty sponsor of the Junior-Senior Prom and Banquet. Mrs. Peck teaches English and is faculty sponsor of the Senior Sub Deb. Two other outside interests are dramatics and music, subjects in which she majored at F.S.U. Mrs. Connor, a fine violinist and a member of the Winter Haven Pops Orchestra, is a tenth grade English teacher of Winter Haven High School. This year she has taken over the sponsorship of the newly organized girls’ club, Tri-Hi-Y. She is a graduate of F.S.U. where she received an A.B. degree. Mrs. Nolen is faculty sponsor for the “A” and “B” squad cheerleaders. This year she is also faculty advisor of club council, and she directed the college day program in the Fall. Mrs. Nolen, graduate of Georgia State College, teaches five periods of tenth grade English, and for outside enjoyment she finds great pleasure in sewing for her daughter, Nancy. One year ago a new member was added to the faculty. Miss Evelyn Engelke, a graduate of F.S.U., teaches Junior English and Speech. Her majors in college were Dramatics, English and Spanish. This year she has given her time to direct the Junior and Senior class plays.

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Physical Education COACH JOHN DEEDRICK COACH JIM WHITNEY MISS BECKY WALDROP The athletic directors are very necessary to most high schools in the Polk County area and the better they are the better the school publicity and school spirit. Coach Ausley is the very capable head of this department. He has been on the staff for many years and each year he endeavors to make the department function in a most dynamic manner. COACH BRICK AUSLEY Coach Deedrick, better known as “Coach Deed.” is the proud possessor of twins. For the past few years he has been head coach of the WHHS basketball team which has been most successful. He attended Southern College and received his M.A. degree from University of Florida. Coach Whitney is a well known figure on the campus of our school. He is a very fine baseball coach and has had many successful seasons. He and his wife give many of their free evenings to chaperone school activities. Miss Waldrop directs the girls’ physical education program. This year she taught ballroom dancing to the girls. Her Physical Education intern this year was Miss Hales of Southern College. Agriculture is important to the people of Florida for their livelihood. Mr. Harrell, who majored in Agriculture at Gainesville, has done much in his years as director to establish WHHS as one of the top schools with an agricultural program in Polk County, state and nation as a whole. Mr. Jamison was mentioned in the Who’s Who of American Education. He is the faculty member who trains the boys in different skills such as mechanical drawing and shop. He graduated from Southern College with a B.S. degree and later from University of Florida with a M.A.E. degree. Agriculturei Industrial Arts MR. WARREN HARRELL MR. ROBERT JAMISON Page 16