Bertha Boykin Todd talks about the first principal she worked for — B.T. Washington — upon arriving in Wilmington in 1952.

Mr. Washington (1903 - 1990) was principal at Williston Industrial and Senior High Schools starting in 1951 for roughly a decade and a half. Washington came to Williston Industrial School to teach Biology and Chemistry in 1929 and worked at Williston Primary in the mid 1930s. The Class of 1960 dedicated the Willistonian to him, writing that he took pride in their "sorrows and successes" and "dedicated himself to [their] advancement."