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Mrs. Myra Ferrier Wolf of Woodville received a Masters of Arts degree in Teaching (French) from the University of Virginia at summer Finals exercises on Saturday, August 15, 1964. She was among a record 286 receiving degrees, breaking a previous high of 273 degrees conferred in August 1962. Dr. Edgar F.Shannon, President of the University, awarded the degrees. Mrs. Wolf Is a faculty member ,of Rappahannock County High School where she instructs English and French classes. This is the fourth summer that she has taken a six-week course in the French Institution at the University. Prior to coming to Rappahannock, Mrs. Wolf taught 14 years in Baltimore. She was on the Rappahannock County High School faculty for five years, then spent two years teaching in Culpeper County High School before returning here last year. Mrs. Wolf received her A. B. degree from the University of Maryland where she majored in Modern Languages After the traditional procession down the Lawn to Cabell Hall at 10:30 a.m., President Shannon briefly addressed the 1964 summer graduating class Dr. Shannon told the graduates that granting of degrees “is the fruition of the University’s mission to develop the minds, to expand the vision of men and women, and to provide qualified practitioners of the professions." He added that, as the educational process is largely carried out through words, “your life in whatever occupation or profession you now embrace will depend upon words." Dr. Shannon said words betoken the self-conscious mind of man that permits him to avoid becoming the slave of instinct and the present moment. Because of words, printed and spoken, he can think of the past and the future. “He can look beyond himself."
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