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Principal Owens is the imposing but genial principal of Gordon High. He is a large, towering man who frequently smokes a pipe and is never seen in anything less than a three-piece suit. Owens, who is usually open to new ideas and experiments in furthering his students’ education, is initially skeptical of The Wave when Ben Ross brings him the idea—but Owens has faith in Ross as an educator, and admires Ross’s goal of teaching his students an important moral lesson. As the movement gets out of control, though, and Owens has to field more and more phone calls from and meetings with concerned parents, he warns Ross that if he doesn’t bring the movement to a swift, calm end, Ross will have to resign.
Principal Owens Quotes in The Wave
The The Wave quotes below are all either spoken by Principal Owens or refer to Principal Owens. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 10
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Ben stepped out into the hall and started down toward the principal’s office. On the way more than a dozen students paused to give him The Wave salute. He returned them and continued quickly, wondering what [Principal] Owens was going to say. In one sense, if Owens was going to tell him that there had been complaints and that he should stop the experiment, Ross knew he would feel some relief.
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Principal Owens Quotes in The Wave
The The Wave quotes below are all either spoken by Principal Owens or refer to Principal Owens. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 10
Quotes
Ben stepped out into the hall and started down toward the principal’s office. On the way more than a dozen students paused to give him The Wave salute. He returned them and continued quickly, wondering what [Principal] Owens was going to say. In one sense, if Owens was going to tell him that there had been complaints and that he should stop the experiment, Ross knew he would feel some relief.
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