We continue our sixth installment about Viola Woolfolk who served as Saint Margaret’s headmistress from 1950 to 1984.
From the desk of Linda May Shields of the Class of 1963:
Perhaps it was this sense of discipline and control that made her a wizard in math. Often I think of her almost genius-like qualities when it comes to the numbers. Faster than an adding machine she could total figures, and word problems weren't even brain teasers. My nemesis at St.
Margaret's came in geometry class. From the beginning I knew I was in trouble when the teacher referenced theorems and I thought it was a foreign language. My ignorance only grew. In his thick accent he would go over several theorems in class, and I found myself trying to comprehend
but failing miserably. He had little patience with slow students and would start rubbing the back of his head when answers were not forthcoming. Birds also bothered him and often he would throw books in the direction of the windows in an attempt to silence their songs.
