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

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Courtyard rally held for Fairfax MM - 1 wrt t a Top: Georgie Girls give high kicks in uni¬ son, as a finale to Marshall’s lively pep song. Above: During the courtyard pep rally, cheerleaders demonstrate their own pep song routine. Right: Mr. John LaCava directs as the Concert Jazz Band tears into the piece “Fire.” Far right: Instead of cheering, some people choose to jive to the Concert Jazz Band music.

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f-Qj rr i w Girls’ Tennis, though little publi¬ cized as a sport, came through with a commendable season. In ten matches (doubles and singles matches against district and non¬ district teams), the Stateswomens’ only loss was to Langley. Two Marshall team members went on to the All-Regional matches. Opposite page, far left: A smashing serve is executed in good form. Center, above: Coach Fay Wagoner analyzes a serve. Center, below: Keeping her eye on the ball, a doubles player gets into position for the volley. Below: Terry Mulloy snaps a quick return. STUDENT LIFE 51 Q O 1

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One hundred-seven points were scored by Marshall’s football team in its first five games, while the defense allowed only nineteen op¬ posing points to be scored. There were three shut-out games in a row for Marshall. Such a record war¬ rants high spirits, and the Sta¬ tesmen were proud of their team. The sixth game was against Fairfax, a great team — first in their district, as Marshall was first in the Great Falls district. It was an important game, but the excitement that was usually evident on a Friday seemed somewhat lacking. The Statesman spirit had lost some of its dash. At 1:58 on October 13, the date of the Fairfax game, Mr. John Broaddus spoke on the P.A. Mr. Broaddus doesn’t speak very often over the intercom, in the middle of class, so when he did, people lis¬ tened. He emphasized the impor¬ tance of this game, and he stressed the need for student support of the team. Even though Marshall was predicted to win by one point over Fairfax, we did not, by any means, have the game wrapped up. Mr. Broaddus stated that to boost Marshall’s spirit the last fifteen minutes of school would be an in¬ formal pep rally. Since it was warm and sunny, the pep rally was held in the inner courtyard. Mr. John LaCava’s Concert Jazz Band was playing in the courtyard, along with the Georgie Girls who performed a routine to the music. People leaned out the windows to look down on the scene. Some students sat in the shade, but most people wandered around, as the cheerleaders dapped and jumped and the majorettes twirled their sil¬ very batons. At first people were self-conscious about cheering, but when everyone entered into the spontaneity of the affair, they relaxed and joined in. The pep rally was so successful that many students didn’t hear the final bell ring and missed their buses. Marshall spirit was back to normal; but unfortunately, Fairfax was the only loss of the 9-1-0 season. mMMK WHEfeJ