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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 Crack-down on cuffing is too severe. I'm making up for lost time. The big, fast start is unwinding to the nothingness underneath. I'm involved in school more than ever before. This year is characterized by nothing more than active apathy. I have more friends, more people to have fun with. School spirit is all talk ano no action. More responsibility is being given to the student. Are we really getting anywhere, or is everyday just another beginning? Classes are closer and more unified in spirit. This year is a farce — a joke. There's a great upsurge of interest. Nothing at all is new around here. I'm changing my social circle to a wider, broader base of people. It's pretty sad that people around here have to get their kicks by pulling fake fire alarms. I'm having more fun in class after smoking pot before and during school. There is to many restrictions. Cheerleaders don't have to drag cheers out of fans. Everyone's in his own clique. Marshall cydists enjoy the independant feeling of environmental wheels. Seatless in a two-period Steno class, Debbie Kennedy shows signs of fatigue. Industrious Kcyctte Jane Dawkins prepares Sadie Hawkins messagrams. Students paid 10 for public and private messages which were later delivered to unsuspecting recipients. Polly Batchetder awaits an executive decision from SCA President Debi Bender. Besides painting the room a bright stars and stripes, temporary Vice-President Don Rellins stenciled gender determinations on lavatory doors.