George C Marshall High School - Columbian Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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Above: With pom-poms, kicks, and spirit, the Georgie Girls embellish Marshall’s pep song at an afternoon rally. Right: Conversation makes the tirne go faster while students await their bus. i r

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COLUMBIAN 7 Check- my name in the upper right hand corner. I have to turn this in tomorrow, Have to practice my horn or Fix my equations that aren’t equal yet. Who gives a damn what x equals? Why wasn’t Thoreau born after me? Weekends never last. There’s really little to do; It just never gets done Til Sunday night. Why doesn’t everyone speak En¬ glish? Why am I doing this? I go to school in the morning; I come home later. Is that all there is, Or is there more? Why does the librarian think I have those books? Why does my counselor give me funny looks? Is there something going on here? Or am I just waiting — Waiting to graduate, Waiting to leave. What of the work I’ve done here? What about the projects that seemed so important at the time? Are the hours I have spent here Worth anything to me? When I have left Will I have changed anything? Maybe what I’ve gotten from my time here, how I’ve changed, Depends on how I’ve tried to change what already existed. Maybe the mark I’ve left Is my personal memory of the changes in me. ipos fe page, above: Jody Lannen gets rspective on herself while on a yearbook :ursion to Harper’s Ferry. Opposite page, low: Senior Principal, Mr. George Felton, es an inquiring student, as Mrs. Eloise ams looks through her appointments. ove left: Donna McGeihan studiously omps on her pencil. Left: Stained glass ef- ;t made by an art student brightens arshall’s front window during the iristmas holidays. GCM

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... - Why do they do it? Why do all those madrigals, Georgie Girls and club joiners, Stay after school? What do they get out of it? When the bell rings, Books slam, teachers sigh, The halls fill with people, Rushing to lockers, Buying goodies to eat, Watching the pep rally, Boarding long yellow limousines, Or, Getting together to work. Only those are left Who want to remain, Who have a purpose. For them, The bell marks a beginning — A time To accomplish something, To blend individual efforts, Compromise individual ideas, Come together, For a common goal. There are others Who depart with the buses. They have worlds of their own, Goals away from Marshall; Personal goals. Where do they go? Why do they leave? What do they do? What do they leave? mm