George Mason High School - Mustang Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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Organizational Budding authors, critics, and journalists got off to a quick- moving start this year as under- classmen familiarized themselves with newspaper and magazine pro- duction. However, ROUND-UP, the Junior High newspaper, was in difficulty. Due to organizational problems and the waning interest of its staff, it was forced to aban- don production plans for this year. Meanwhile, DIMENSION, the younger generation ' s literary magazine, was successful in turn- ing out both Winter and Spring editions. A limited group of readers screened prospective material which ranged from poems and short stories, to original art work on various versions of Happiness is. . The resulting magazine showed promise for future talents in journalism. Problems Plague ROUND-UP ROUND-UP. From Left, Front Row: Margaret Karnis, John Walls, Kim Walker. Second Row: Susie Miller, Mark Stein, Ann Yoshihashi. Back Row: Cindy Longerbeam, Stephanie Curtis. JUDITH SUFFIELD B.A., University of I Ili no is. English. Seventh Grade Sponsor. BARBARA FIRKIN A. A., Pine Manor Junior College; B.A., Connecticut College for Women. English. Sophomore Class Sponsor.

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Jr. High Finds New DIMENSION DIMENSION. From Left, Front Row: Paul Brucker, Ann Dexter. Second Row: Vanessa Steubing, Mari Miller, Kathy Vanneman, Kim Walker. Third Row: GiGi Gittings, Debbie Holcomb, Susie Miller, Drew Rider. Fourth Row: Ann Yoshihashi, John Lawless, Linda Johnson. Fifth Row: Mark Checknoff, John Walls, David Hornstein, Louise Willis. Back Row: Mark Stein, Pam Millan. ROBERT SMILES B.S., Millersville State College. English. JV Basket- ball Coach. l 16 DIANE JENKINS B.S., University of Wisconsin. English. DIMENSION, Seventh Grade Sponsor.

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Dramatists Combine Experience, Ambition in Recognizable by their bleary eyes and wilted scripts, Drama Club members ranged from the Class of ' 69 on down. From Everyman to the Children ' s Play, the club showed that high- quality productions could be per- formed on low budgets. The clubs involved the entire school with Everyman ' s production in true house-that-Jack-built style. Art students designed sets for shop students to construct, to the cos- tumes that Home-Ecers stitched, for the cast to wear, to the origi- nal score that the band played. The result was lauded by the community. Late winter found Senior Drama actors at Madison in prep- aration of the Three One-Acts, while Junior Drama Clubbers ex- perimented with stage techniques. Efforts paid off as a bus load of eager members arrived at District Competition. CAROL HULL B.A., Hamline University. English. Speech Drama. Senior High Drama Club. From Left, Front Row: Betty Eckert, Donna Smith, Carol Gray, Gayle Waitzfelder, Karen Daniel, Sheila Jones, Susie Gendreau, Melanie Allan, Judy Wurz, Beth Mileson, Vicki Boyd. Second Row: Lisa Drummond, Anita Cerio, Peter Herrick, Suzanne Hollandsworth, Candy Siler, Chris Larson, Susan Mileson, Rory McBroom, Mary Oltman, Craig Medak, Barbara Mahaffey. Third Row: Alycon Pierce, Sandy Jones, Laura Avery, Janet Harding, Lyn Grove, Robin Segall, Carolyn Diehl, Carol Humphreys, Cindy Herfindahl, Susan McQuary, Tricia Kinney, Mary Karnis, Barbara Checknoff. Back Row: Jeff Strait, Keith Thackery, Robert Waring, Ted Bain, Laurie Hilliker, Pete Fredenburg, Linda Fernald. 18