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

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Foreign fun. food featured Strange posters and announce¬ ments in Russian, Korean, Indian, German, Spanish, and French proclaimed the coming of the annu¬ al International Banquet. Achtung! Romme Sie Bitte Zu der Interna¬ tional Fest! !Venga! Enervez-vous! Venez au Banquet International! Preparations began before Christmas for entertainment for the banquet which was held on March 9th. With tickets at the reasonable price of $2.50, students, parents and faculty come to taste foreign delica¬ cies and see the magnificient show of skits and dances from the various clubs and organizations: the AFS sponsored a demonstration of the art of Karate; the German Club presented a comedy, • Cinderfrog; members of the Russian Club per¬ formed a traditional dance with a bear (and a tricycle!); a Flamingo dancer was the entree for the Spanish Club; and Vampire Club sponsor, Mr. Ned Vergason pre¬ sented a selection of monologues. As overseers and organizers, the AFS was proud of their success at involving the school in a cultural exchange.

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Opposite page, top: Columbian staff members demonstrate deadline tension. Opposite page, bottom left: A newcomer to the staff Jennifer Essley amazingly retains a look of innocence. Opposite page, bottom right: Editor, Kathy Mayer, makes corrections on deadline material. Far left: Dave Watt sneers at a bad joke. Left: Jody Lannen recoils in horror as she looks at some terrible captions. Bottom, Row one: Karyn Dewey. Row two: Jill Perry, Marcia Doran, Karen and Kay Bellor, Larry Wilson, Greg Bart. Row three: Debbie Cestaro, Karen Chick, Pat Stewart, Ellen Williams, Bernie Bailey, Ellen Montgomery, Walter Howes, Ji m Cuthbertson, Jennifer Essley. Row four: Dave Watt, Kathy Mayer, Not pictured — Anne Slither, Gregj Burg( L JtfsCfQr Columbian Slightly heterogenius in composi¬ tion, the Columbian staff bimbled and bambled through each other ' s bumbles. Come deadline time, a comparatively small nucleus carried the book through rain and sleet, as not even snow kept Hunter Publishing from its appointed ap¬ pointments. Occurring the week of the snow-in, a major deadline fell heavily upon the editors ' shoulders. The definitely improved photo orga¬ nization was rarely apparent, as pic¬ tures seemed scarce. A staff so in¬ volved in other activities, with little time for yearbook, caused an ob¬ server to chant: Half the staff is loud and mean; the other half is never seen. For further information write copy. Organizations 63

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Opposite page: Top: Demonstrating the art of karate, livens up banquet festivities. Bottom: Pretty girls introduce onlookers to native Hawaiian dances. Left: Lee Hae Young does a Korean fan dance fro an ap¬ preciative audience. Below: Dutch Sch¬ weitzer performs his own original musical compositions. Organizations 65