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

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Descending upon Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington, D.C., thirty Marshall Humanities students compared classes and customs. Wilson was composed of 70% black students, 15% foreign, and 15% white students. Since Marshall sported a 3% black population, the Marshall students arrived with some measure of apprehension, uneasiness, and lots of curiosity. But, after spending nearly 3Vi hours there. Statesmen had definitely changed their opinions, and in many cases, their entire viewpoint. Perhaps even more enlightening, though, was the second half of the exchange, when thirty-six Wilson students visited Marshall. Because it was the day of the first basketball game, Cheerleaders, Georgie Girls, and Majorettes were decked out in full uniform, so the Wilson students got a taste of the school spirit their school both lacked and missed. The vocational department was the highlight of the tours; most of the visitors were appalled that academically-minded Statesmen knew very little about such fine facilities. Generally, the Wilson students considered their student body to be more unified than Marshall's. This, one Wilson senior stated, was because of the fatal shooting of an administrator three years ago. It made us realize how bad it could be, he said, and we didn't want it. We realized we had to stick together. The two-part field trip dispelled rumors and false ideas that D.C. schools are full of hoods and racial tension, and opened the eyes of a handful of Marshall students to the notion that friendship is colorblind. 24

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Susan Phillips gives a Colonial Heights bump to Greg Schwemley. Gail Perry rolls the Freshmen wheelbarrow in a valiant but vain effort. Jeff Monet and Lee Harris dance with Donna Ces-taro and Sean O'Connor (not pictured). urn LV'fcii-

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Exchange-coordinators Jody Lannen (Marshall) and Rene Bennett (Wilson) let their smiles down for a few minutes before distributing SCA-funded lunch tickets. Joan Bobchek waits with a Wilson student in the A Wilson student expresses his pleasure as he eyes library until they are released to take a tour of the the doughnuts and milk donated by the SCA as an school. early morning snack for exchange participants.