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

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Juniors stage benefit concert Canada came to the rescue of the Junior Class with its folk-star Robert David. Junior officers invited him to appear in a concert on February 20th to help raise money for the prom. Famous in Canada for his folk hit Sunshine Man, David tried his luck at making it in the US. His struggle was complicated by his relative anonymity in the public eye. However, he met with success in well-received appearances at Washington's Cellar Door, and neighboring universities. His concert at Marshall was highlighted by short performances during lunch periods to publicize the show. The concert was held at 2:30 in the Marshall auditorium and late buses were held for the event. David sings to a small but appreciati au-

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Girls can dribble SWAN — Support Women's Athletics Now! Humanities classes studying communications wound up the semester with the study of the effects of Mass communication. They planned a simulation to study the effect of large-scale promotion of an activity on the student body. Since it was the middle of the basketball season, girl's basketball was a logical selection — here was a talented and successful group of girls who had thus far received little or no attention. SWAN was born. The students in all three classes worked on posters, signs and buttons that kept the student body mystified as to their meaning. The actual game against W-L on February 24 was never mentioned in the PA announcements or on the posters, during the major part of the campaign. The game had been scheduled to be held in the main gym, but snow interferred with practices, and it was finally held in the auxiliary gym. The 100-plus spectator turnout was probably the largest ever for any of Marshall's girls sports teams. It was also very exciting as the Stateswomen took control of the game from the start, to win with a 41 point spread, 61-20. too’ Betsy Bailey signals the beginning of another offensive play. In the closing moments of a tight home game, Claudia Griffith and Chadene Payne attempt to block a W-L field goal. 44

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