Woodrow Wilson High School - President Yearbook (Portsmouth, VA)

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The C P res i den t s 93 9 Jfefn ' uarp Class S ong Dear ole Wilson High School Which we love so true, How we hate to leave you, But we must bid adieu. All these thoughts and memories Which will linger on When we leave this high school And go on and on. Now that we have finished And have said farewell, We’d like to remember Things we’ve done so well. As we strive on up to Heights of victory, Dear ole Wilson High School Now we’ll bid adieu. Words by Dot Eason Sunt Class j§ ong THE ROSARY The time has come to bid adieu To treasured nooks and friendships true. We’ll cherish all our memories of you, Dear Wilson High, Dear Wilson High. W e’ve had our work and had our fun, So as on this school life sets the sun, E’en tho’ with you we can’t remain Our hearts you will retain. As from these halls we now depart, There are great hopes in every heart. We’ll know when we have each our vict’ry won ’Twas here our dereams were spun, Dear Wilson High. Mary Elizabeth Deans Jean Glisson Colors: Rose and White Flower: Gardenia Motto: “He who serves best profits most” t 9 ]

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The ‘Pres i d en t 1939 Jfacultp Teacher Subject Mr. J. Leon Codd Principal Mr. R. L. Sweeney Asst. Principal , Physics Miss Clotilde Rodes Chemistry Miss Gertrude Foster Biology Mr. Thomas Stewart, Jr. Biology Miss Catherine Costello . General Science Mr. Allen M. F.ckstine . . General Science Miss Anna S. Johnston English Miss Virginia Martin English Mi ss Hilda Devilbiss English Mi ss Louise Mays English Mi ss Audrey M. Vincent English Mi ss Lelia A. Deans English Miss Ellen L. Lash English Miss Emily I. Dashiell English Miss Clyde V. White English Miss Grace Va. Woodhouse . . . English Miss Dorothy W. Dail English Miss Mary B. Ames Library Miss Zaidee H. Smith History Miss Katherine Timberlake . . . History Miss Lois T. Williams History Mrs. Loiuse Fontaine History Miss Susan Gresham History Miss Marjorie V. Codd History Mr. Ernest A. Wild . History-Phys. Education Miss Mary B. Brittingham Latin Miss E. Virginia Griffith Latin Miss Katherine B. Woodward Spanish Teacher Subject Miss Helen Brent .... . . . . French Miss Mildred I. |ames . . Miss May R. Horton . . . Mathematics Miss Elizabeth Culpepper Mathematics Miss Eleanor H. Dashiell Mathematics Miss Margarette I. Gage . Mathematics Miss Mildred Overton . . Miss Emily G. McGavock . . Mathematics Mr. Robert J. Young Dir. Com l Education Miss Ella B. Wheat Commercial-Gen. Science Miss Marian R. Goodman . . . Commercial Miss Nannie V. Perkins . . . Commercial Miss Page Fry Commercial Miss Dorothy Johnson .... Commercial Mr. Shirley L. Meek . Dir. Ind. Education Mr. John Dragseth . . General Metal Shop Mr. L. C. Padden . . Mechanical Drawing Mr. Arthur S. Owens Diversified Occupations Mrs. Carolyne M. Tyler, Distributive Occupations Miss Dorothy N. Diehl . . Domestic Art Miss Martha B. Porter . Home Economics Miss Harriet E. Bartow Art Mr. Lester E. Kibi.er Dir. Physical Edit. Miss Ruth White . . . Physical Education Mr. A. J. Lancaster . . High School Music Mr. Paul Brown . . Asst. Orchestra Band Miss Taylor Jackson . . High School Clerk Miss Nancy L. Page Butt . . Dir. of Cafeteria

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FEBRUARY Thelma Bunch Valedictorian Barbara Drewry Salntatorian Maury Nichols Brownley Owens JUNE Edmund Barlow Adamson Robert White Adams V aledictorian Salutatorian Margaret Kesler Aitken Vernon Lynn Alley Ellie Cornelia Baines Frank Nash Bilisoly, III Margaret L. Brewer Elmer Clyde Covert FIarry Duffield Cox Mary Elizabeth Deans Jean Carmel Fester Walter Thomas Gardner, Jr. Mary Jean Goodson Clarence Everett Harrison June Sterling Henry Selma Virginia Holland Margaret Gregory Howard Ella Thomas Hudgins Anabei. Jean Hunt Mae Ernestine Jolliff Lena V ' irginia Jones Tai.madge Craig Jones Georgia Elizabeth Knick Lonsdale Roper Lawrence George Woodring Melcher Mary Louise Morris Margaret Mae Munson Jaculyn Feniel Oliver Irene Mae Parker Kenneth Christian Rowe Anne Bf.ale Scott Morton L. Smith, Jr. Virginia Blanche Till John Hines Underwood, Jr. Martha Alberta Vaughan (Following the names of the two highest honors, the remaining honor students are listed not in order of their scholastic standing but in alphabetical order.) [ 10 ]