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

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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.

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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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Marshall in the Community was the theme of the 1974 Christmas Dance. Sponsored by the SCA and aided by various Marshall org,inizations, the benefit dance for Children's Hospital was open to the community; parents and friends as well as Marshall students were encouraged to attend. A spaghetti dinner preceded the dance. The Key Club tore lettuce, the Home Economics Department gave French bread, and VICA helped provide spaghetti and sauce. Mrs. Peggy Brazas and Mrs. Virginia Blackford, members of the cafeteria staff, greatly aided in the preparation. During dinner the Madrigals and Concert Jazz Band performed, and Mr. Ed Anderson, as Santa Claus, distributed candy canes among the guests, but his own children were afraid to sit on Santa's lap. The dance featured two bands: Omega, a band from D.C., and Legacy, a band largely made up of Marshall students. In spite of light attendance the dinner-dance was a social and financial success; a $200 check for Children's Hospital was the result of everyone's combined efforts. Debbie Pence and Mary Lou Tillotson wait to serve spaghetti to the guests at the dinner-dance. Barbara Mosely dances to the music of Omega, a Andy Culhane and Ed Bright look on as a malici- NSHS babysitters' Hearts championship was held band from Washington, D.C. ously gnnning Tiare Wilson prepares to play the in the coat room during the dance. (}ueen of Spades on Rebecca Reeder's King. This