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Woodrow Wilson
High School
Portsmouth, Virginia
1927-1928
TOP ROW
Lucy Frances Bourke
Miss Zaidee Smith
Martha MacKenzie
William Wellons
Editor-in-Chief
Literary Faculty Adviser
Editor Organizations
Art Editor
SECOND ROW
Crawford Syer
John Ball
Picture Editor
Business Manager
THIRD ROW
James Thomson
Miss Mildred James
Deale Blanchard
George Wray Morse
Assistant Business Manager
Business Faculty Adviser
Circulation Manager
Advertising Manager
FOURTH ROW
Herbert Earl Buxton
Richard Vaughn
Joseph Jacobson
Assistant Advertising Manager
Assistant Circulation Manager
Typist
LAST ROW
Nancy DeBerry
Grace Virginia Woodhouse
Millard Parker
Shirley Dashiell
Feature Editor
Literary Editor
Assistant Athletic Editor
Athletic Editor
PRESIDENT STAFF
Willard Humphlett
Jack Davis
Charles Brown
Purl Powell
Emily Busby
George Wray Morse
Sidney Goldstein
Ralph Savage
Jerome Carr
Sarah Codd
Alice Mobley
Sam Buxton
Annie Rowe
Miss Ellen Lash
Mr. Lysle Padden
President Student Body
Director of Publicity
Director of Public Service
Director of Traffic
Director of Lunch Room
Representative, President Staff
Representative, Student Staff
Representative, Athletic Association
Representative, Senior Class
Representative, Junior Class
Representative, Sophomore Class
Representative, Freshman Class
Typist
Faculty Adviser
Faculty Adviser
HIS year Student Government has proved more successful than ever before, much of its success being due to the work of the four departments.
At the beginning of each term the Publicity Department distributed
letters welcoming the Freshmen, secured the poll tax of approximately one thousand students and assisted Miss Woodward with Community Chest subscriptions, collecting, by April fifteenth, three-fourths of the five hundred dollars pledged by the Student Body. This department also conducted a study campaign and encouraged students to go to class supplied with their necessary equipment.
The Public Service Department issued permits to those students regularly excused before three-fifteen and at the front doors stationed members whose duty it was to allow only those holding permits to leave the building. 'I'his department also attempted to improve the appearance of Home Rooms.
Much credit is due the Traffic Department for the improved conduct in the auditorium and in the halls. It has also encouraged pupils to be in their Home Rooms by five minutes to nine. There was a noticeable improvement in the order of the line in the cafeteria during the past year.
The Lunch Room Department worked hard to solve the problem caused by the crowded conditions and met with singular success. One of the most outstanding accomplishments of this year’s Council was the presentation of the Citizenship award to the Senior who has meant most to the School.
