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

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Let's Iiear it For tIie tFieme! Yearbook themes often fail to fit the year they portray. So what was the theme of Marshall 1975? Yearbook pros suggested The Center of the Action, because of Marshall's proximity to Washington, D.C. and the supposed awareness and involvement of Marshall students in national affairs. But in application to the real GCM, this theme was not valid. Everyone knew about Watergate and Wilber Mills' midnight fun, and anyone with money felt inflation, but Marshall students were more concerned with class assignments, who's going with whom, and where the big party was going to be on Saturday night. So impressions of Title page: Breaking through the windows, a burst of light explodes within the halls of George C. Marshall High School. Marshall 1975 were sought from the general student body. Seniors thought they were the theme (so did some of the underclassmen). Seniors enmasse made their superiority accepted by winning the school symbol, the M week after week. Seniority gained status with an outburst of energy and involvement which was thrown around by the Marshall biggies. A whooping majority of under- classmen polled thought the SCA ought to be a big part of the theme. One sophomore put it together saying, The SCA has really been active, exciting, and inviting. The SCA was largely responsible for the rah-rah spirit that circulated the school. Not everyone got such optimistic feelings from the year, however. One person, not alone, felt slighted by Mar- shall's mask of being re-organized, re-unified, re-enthused and un-apathied. School spirit and smiling faces sometimes seemed only an attempt to hide that classes were a drag and regulations were depressing. Rather than being involved in the developments in the latest National Crisis, it appeared that Marshall students led a little existance of their own, cushioned from the national scene. In the midst of the outside world's explosion, Marshall 1975 imploded. Senior Homecoming Princesses Julie Alumbaugh, Suzy McKeever, and Debbie Nalls parade by ihe Marshall fans during halftime festivities, anticipating the big moment when Debbie Nalls would be crowned Homecoming Queen.

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ColuivibiAN 1975 CeoRqE C. MarsNaII Hiqh School 77F1 LtEsbuRq Piks, FaUs Chunch, ViRqiNiA 22047 VoUlME ThiRTEEN Wanna booqiE? 8 Step RiqhT up! 62 HustIe! 108 Can you maI e ThE qRAtk? 164 Pick a wInner! 180 PAy The man! 260

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