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

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bfeiaL monotony Spanish II and III students arc amazed at their own abiHtyjo undcrsUncTy cuide. Having been on their feet all day, Cindi Hart and Deena Dunn eagerly board the bus to return to Marshall. On her free time Denise Barbato encounters a Washington area artist studying a Renoir. Among the most entertaining methods of enhancing classroom instruction was the “field-trip . A field-trip could once have been described as a trip to the school playground to investigate various forms of weed growth. In 1974-75 field-trips came to encompass anything from a five hour visit to D.C.'s National Gallery of Art to weekend trips to New York City. Sometimes referred to as “exchange trips (a field-trip in disguise), the visiting of Marshall students to other schools and vice versa was a frequent excuse for students missing a day of classes. Particularly alert students could manage to get their names on the field-trip absentee list” almost once a week. Never mind the fact that they were not taking Humanities when they went on the trip to Saint Elizabeth's Mental Hospital. Of course, field-trips were used legitimately to illustrate various aspects of a subject. Marshall's proximity to D.C.'s cultural centers made it especially convenient as a destination for eager field-trippers. The National Gallery of Art was host to a melange of Spanish classes, as part of their study of Spanish art. 27

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Field-trips Spanish teachers Miss Martha Abott and Mrs. Patty Doyel help Kathy Kugler find Spanish paintings in the National Gallery of Art. An hour tour of the Gallery given in Spanish includes Salvador Dali's last Supper. After the tour students are on their own forj two hours; lisa Smith browses in the museum shop. 26

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Christmas benefit a Joint effort 28 Mr. Ed Santa Claus Anderson prepares to Ho RO forth and multiply, are sawing down trees for ho ho! about the one where Noah finds his two building log tables so that they can multiply by snakes. Mr. and Mrs. Adder, who, being unable to adding.