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

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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

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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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How to Cheat, Mastering the art of deception, in the forms of cheating, cutting and BS-ing, is a major accomplishment. The person who commands the most respect is the one who comes up with original and ingenious plans to thwart, defy and defeat the spirits of the administration. These people are antischolastic heroes and are the real rulers of the school. Members of this elite group are headed up by the aces who have successfully cheated, cut and BS-ed their way to the office five times in one week. These bold and fearless leaders are entitled to sit on the radiator in the hall any time. After observing the habits of students, one notices a definite pattern (see Table A). Cheating starts off very slowly, especially on Mondays, because of the tendency to oversleep, thus reducing planning time. This is also the reason for cutting starting off at a snail's pace, as one place to sleep is just well as another. BS-ing is always high on the chart. There are many forms of cheating going on in the duration of one school day. One is buying a copy of a test. This can be costly but is usually a sure way to get an A”. For the more adventurous soul there is the ever popular stretch-the-neck-to-see-the-neighbor's-paper trick (See fig. A-1). This is merely glancing at the paper next to you for an answer. It is advisable that you sit by a smart person, however, as this trick does not work for both people. Another method is the old cheat-sheet-under-the-cuff trick (See fig. A-2). This takes more preparation than the previous two, but is safer and has a lot more class. To do this, you must first learn to write and read very small writing. Then you take a piece of loose leaf, available at any drug store, and cut it into a tall, thin sheet. Now take all your notes and information and print it as small as possible to still be legible. If needed, you can fill out two of these and put them under both cuffs, but remember what is on each sheet, as looking from wrist to wrist is slightly obvious. If it takes more than two sheets try one of the other methods. Another idea is that of the cough-sneeze code. This is used on yes-no and true-false tests. The length of the yawn tells the other students which number is in question; if a cough is returned, the answer is true or yes, and if a sneeze is returned, false or no. This method is only for the most alert person, for all watches in the class must be synchronized, as a difference of a second could be disastrous.