Woodberry Forest High School - Fir Tree Yearbook (Woodberry Forest, VA)

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Lefl zo Rigbl: Carnes, Bowman, Goerchius. LATIN AND GERMAN DEPARTMENTS The Latin and German department at Woodberry Forest, consisting of Mr. William Carnes, Mr. Eugene Goet- chius, and Mr. Harry Bowman, em- phasizes College Board requirements for these phases of learning. Mr. Carnes and Mr. Bowman com- prise the Latin Department wherein the course of study begins with the fundamentals of grammar and covers both translations in Caesar and in Cicero. Mr. Carnes, a graduate of Harvard, has charge of the upper sec- tions of Latin, while Mr. Bowman, who attended Davidson and Colurn- bia, teaches the younger boys. The German language is ably taught by Mr. Goetchius, a graduate of the University of Virginia who has done 25 extensive work in the held of German manuscript translation. Because of the importance of' the classics as well as the interest found in German Literature, both Latin and German are very important parts of the scholastic curriculum at 'Wood- berry Forest.

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Cottages A and B Cottage A and Cottage B are two of the more attractive buildings around Wfoodberry Forest. The latter con- sists of masters' apartments while the former is inhabited by boys as well as being the residence of Mr, and Mrs. Iolln. Rapidan from The Bridge 24

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Mr. White, Mr. Herbert Woodward, Bzzrinerr A-Imzager, Mr. Embry. THE STAFF The advent of Dr. Davis Middle- inas as the School's physician, of Mrs. Dorothy C. VVhite, RN., of the Mar- quette University School of Nursing as head nurse, and of Miss Mary Pattie, R.N., as assistant nurse, high- lighted the staff activities of this past session. Dr. Middlenias, graduate of South Carolina's Medical College, spent one year of private practice at Latta, S. C., before coining to Woodberry. He has already established for hiniself the en- viable reputation as an excellent doctor and a friendly nienrber of the School's coniinunity. Miss Pattie, who is a graduate nurse of the Kings Daugh- ters Hospital, Portsinouth, Virginia, was a Captain in the Army Nurse Corps during the past war. After the tragic death of Miss Georgie Welcli in the fall of this year, M55 Ellen THVIOF Mrs, Virginia Snead Miss June Anderson