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

Page 106 text:

Togetherness makes Drill Team click Enthusiasm erupted from the Georgy Girls as they raised school spirit with entertainment at games and pep rallies. New uniforms and new routines added variety to the Homecoming halftime show. As a frivilous gesture, they bought cokes and hamburgers for the football team. Ccorgic Girl — Bottom Row: Gail Lang, Donnie Algie, Susan Rui , Kathy Freeborn, lulie Alum-ha ugh. leanne Bonnate; Second row: Pat Scelig — Captain, Susan Marshall, Kim VanDuyse, Janet Bishop, Diane Prosise, Kathy Childers, Connie Booth, Carol Laliberty; Top Row: Kim Coker. Barbara DiMassimo. Cheryl Tilton, lean Pavlet, Ellen Williams, Kathy Hart, lulie Fetner, lean Adams, Leslie Mayer — Co-captain.

Page 105 text:

Crazy ideas reek turmoil a nee upon a time in a small green room, a yearbook staff consisting of many capable and industrious sophomores, juniors, and seniors decided to create an award winning publication — specifically the Columbian '75. Columbian staffers realized they had a huge task before them, so a few got together and attended a yearbook workshop in hopes of training rookies and exposing oldies to new and innovating ideas. The week-long summer workshop at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana proved successful and those who attended returned home to share their new knowledge with the rest of the staff. Prior to the beginning of school, the editor-in-chief of the Columbian staff held a semi-cookout and organizational meeting at which he lectured for an hour on the fine points of writing copy, typing copy, and creating layouts. Coordination of team efforts was necessary to this year-long operation, therefore section editors also took the opportunity to organize their mini staffs and to On birthday 'tynlB con gregate in the Columbian room during 3rd lunch. hand out assignments for the approach-ingdeadline. Standards were set high in hopes of not only pleasing yearbook reviewers, but producing a quality publication, responsive to the desires of the student body. With hopes of bypassing the usual midnight deadlines, yearbook staffers worked steadily to complete the first deadline on time. The photographers even succeeded in submitting prompt quality pictures. Other deadline chores included deciding on a theme of the book, writing copy, and setting headlines and rules. Fortunately, the ol' fake deadline trick was incorported; giving the editor and assistant editor plenty of time to redo everything before the friendly and sharply dressed Hunter rep-resentive came to pick up the deadline material. Generally, deadlines were met to everyone's satisfaction. However, the operation was not running as smoothly as had been previously hoped. You mean the fake deadline was last week?! Does H come before G? I can't find the ladder. I'm going home to be sick. We don't need a freshmen football group shot, let Steve draw it! I know it's 1:30 AM, but we're almost finished. In February, an Index Party was held to combine fun with indexing every name in the whole yearbook. Names were drawn from a paper bag and Columbian staffers indexed in twenty-minute shifts while the others ate and played games. Gosh! I've already done it once! There is no such person in the whole school! What do you mean I can't go home until I index Concert Choir? As all fairy tales must end, so did the story of the Columbian staff 1974-75. In May, final proofs were returner! and staff members were relieved of pressure. Deadline nightmares were to lx? replaced by the anticipation of a mess or a masterpiece. Hey Mom, I'm coming home for dinner tonight! Columbian Staff — Bottom Row: Chris si Laura Eversmeyer, Mary Hayes, Tracy Kuglor. Gad Bartholomew; Second Row: Anno Sudu-r M.i Newcomb, Ann Coniura, Buddy Morrison, . nifer Cooper; Third Row: Laura Johnson, Saral. Banks, Susan Durrin, Pat Stewart, Greg Barth olomew, Enid Berglund. Joan Bobchck. Wendy Tate, Frank Balint, Dadene Faulkner; Very Back: Jody Lannen, Debbie Cestaro. Thanks Maureen!

Page 107 text:

Somebody must have done something right, as the hour-slow clock shows that it's nearly time for the 3:30 late buses. Majorettes spark interest Valerie Collins and Liz Simpson form the end for a afternoon practice outside the auditorium. Interest in the Majorettes grew as they performed increasingly complicated routines. In addition to performing at football and basketball games, they participated in individual competitions, receiving excellent ratings at a majorette camp in Seton Hill, Pennsylvania. Majorettes — Donna McCiehan Co-captain. Barbara Brazas, Robin Clayton, Kim deWilde Captain, Liz Simpson, Donna Wilson. Valerie Col lins. 103