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

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With the crash of flying pins, the Marshall Bowling Club got off to a great start. Though the “Rolling Statesmen” were a very new club, participation was popular among students and faculty alike. The seventy-five active members met weekly at the Falls Church Bowl America Bowling Alley and en¬ gaged in spirited inter-club compe¬ tition. Although abilities did seem to vary, fun was the main objective of the league and through the rumbling of bowling balls, laughter and excitement could be heard ev¬ erywhere. Most members looked forward to Wednesdays so that they could release their tensions, let out their frustrations or just relax after the normal school day functions. To satisfy any competitive spirit, trophies were awarded to the indi¬ viduals with high game and high set. The first and second place teams also received recognition. Above right: Mike O’Bannon and Mike Peer count the pins. Right: Rick McNulty attempts to hook his ball into strike territory. Opposite page, above: Though bowling is a group sport, the actual scoring is an individual ef¬ fort. Opposite page, below left: Despite their low scores, Tracy Nigg and Tim Houck enjoy themselves on an October afternoon with the bowling club. Opposite page, below right: Mrs. Kathrine Barrett demonstrates her unique follow-through.

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Although scarred by scandal and rumors of foul play, the extended climax of the 1972 presidential election was somewhat low-key in feeling as far as the outcome was con¬ cerned. Beginning with the party nomination conventions during the summer of 1972, the election was rather colorless. Although pacifist demonstrations had been threatened before both the conventions, even the demon¬ strators who camped in a Miami park seemed worn out by years of protesting President Nixon’s military policies. In sharp contrast, the clean-cut Young Republicans, who had been sent to the convention by a Republican party eager for bright new faces, were greatly in evidence. The new law enabling eighteen year-olds to vote also helped give young peo¬ ple unusual prominence in a field customarily dominated by aging political professionals — representation at the conventions was required to be balanced as to age, sex, race, and geographical district of all voters represented. The fresh blood didn’t do much to change the character of the conventions, however; the Young Republicans, on the whole, led cheers and peppily walked around rather than using their newly-won political power to change the convention’s outcome. The highly-touted reforms (after 1968’s defeat) in the Democratic party also showed little effect at the party convention. Senator George McGovern, at the crest of his popular¬ ity, was selected nearly unanimously as the Democratic nominee — Senator Edward Ken¬ nedy had firmly declined to run, Senator Hubert Humphrey’s old image had stood in his way from the first primary, and Senator Ed¬ mund Muskie’s fitness to handle presidential pressures and responsibilities had been made questionable by a tearful speech in Mas¬ sachusetts and his shameful showing in the Florida primary. The Democratic vice- presidential choice was somewhat more complicated, but the party finally settled on Senator Thomas Eagleton of Missouri. His previous record of mental illness and Mc¬ Govern’s wishy-washy reaction to the public outcry were to seriously hurt the Democratic campaign. McGovern eventually dumped Eagleton because of the public stigma, and chose Sargent Shriver, of Kennedy fame, for his running mate. The whole situation was very embarrasing to the party. The result of the Republican convention was a foregone conclusion. President Nixon and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew were renominated for second terms, with the only slight opposition coming from Congressman Paul McCloskey. Governor George Wallace of Alabama, another contender for the presidency during the primaries, was shot as he campaigned in a Lanham, Maryland shopping center before the Maryland primary. Although he was in critical condition for weeks, surgery to remove the as¬ sassin’s bullets saved his life but left his legs paralyzed. Wallace’s political campaign was thus shockingly cut short, but a horrified na¬ tion was forced to realize the inadequacies of current protective measurers for spotlighted public figures, and the law-and-order move¬ ment, which Wallace had, ironically, promoted in his campaign, received a sharp boost. After the nominating conventions and brouhaha over Eagleton, the campaign settled down to a rather numbly followed debate about the Viet Nam War, a subject which many voters were so sick of thinking about