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

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Teachers work on students day off BELOW: Mr. Joe Dove shakes hands with Mr. Herb Yost over a table of heart-shaped tags for the facul¬ ty Valentine Party. LEFT: Lisa Barlow carefully tends the pancakes for the faculty breakfast. OPPOSITE PAGE TOP: Mr. Joe Dove demonstrates an easier method of turning pancakes. OPPOSITE PAGE BELOW: Faculty friends gather ' round to watch the gift opening at Mrs. Shipley ' s retirement party. Activities 55

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Students often complain about the overwhelming loads of homework as¬ signed by teachers, but it ' s not all one¬ sided. Each year, there are specific days on the calendar alloted as in-service or teacher workdays. While students spent the morning sleeping in, faculty members are in their classrooms averaging grades and tallying absences, or in the IBM room recording them. To make at least one of these work sessions a little nicer, the Keyettes spon¬ sored a pancake breakfast in the cafete¬ ria. They worked diligently over hot stoves to serve a delicious breakfast of pancakes, orange juice, and coffee. Then it was back to work, and searching for lost papers while trying to fill in all the empty spaces in the gradebook. At times, everyone feels a little unappreciated, and it ' s an occupational hazard for teachers. Letting them know how much the student body really does appreciate their efforts was a week-long project of the Keyette and Key Clubs. Teacher Appreciation Week, a tradition at Marshall, again proved popular with teachers, as well as administrators, secretaries and cafeteria workers, who received such tokens as posters, flow¬ ers, fruit, and sweets. They were surprised and delighted to find mail¬ boxes full of flowers instead of the usual morning memos. 54

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Inexperience led to a relatively inactive year for Marshall ' s Forensics team. A new sponsor for a rookie team, Mrs. Janice Howell, tried to arouse participation, but poor publicity led to little interest. Forensics provided students with an opportunity to express themselves academically in the English lan¬ guage. Students competed in such areas as prose reading, spelling, original oratory, and extempo¬ raneous speaking. Although inex¬ perienced and small, the team made a good showing at the district meet and a few were able to go on to compete in the regional meet. Other such opportunities were offered to those students interested in the French language. Students could compete in poetry recitation, reading, debating and speech¬ making. Such topics as Womens Liberation vs. Mens Liberation, Freedom of Speech, and How to Get Along With the Opposite Sex, were offered for those competing in speech. Academically, Marshall was well represented in all areas by those who participated. ' 4. % t r V . Poor publicity hinders Forensics 56