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

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Delving into specific scientific areas, the Astronomy Club and the Rock-hounds overcame the generalities of the Science Club program. Extremely ambitious, the Astronomy Club succeeded in purchasing a new six inch reflector telescope. Money for payment of the new telescope was raised by members selling doughnuts and hot chocolate after school. Observing sessions were held frequently during the Fall and Spring depending on the weather. In these sessions the use of the telescope was demonstrated for the benefit of future club leaders and less experienced members. Adding variety to organizational meetings and observing sessions, students invited knowledgable astronomers to lecture on such topics as Variable Stars and Celestial Coordinates . Patience and skill were shown through the work of the Rockhounds. The thirty-three members could work any afternoon except Wednesdays on their stones and jewelry. They were able to come as often as they wished, but were required to participate at least one time each month. For each piece of jewelry that a member made for himself of the semi-precious and harder stones, he also had to make one for the club. In the spring, the club took a field trip to a quarry to find their own stones. Rockhounds Bottom row: Phillip Frazier, Craig Repp, Dave Frazier, Jon Bennett, Tom Merten; Second row: Robin Dexter, Felicia Bulka, Beth Austin, Susan Swisher, Ann Walker, Sherryl Daugherty, Shari Clark; Third row: Jeff Clayton, Roger Bowman, Mr. William Reed, Greg Brown, Doug Rowley, Ian Cath, Mike Bowman, Brian Messing, Wendy Tate, Mr. Lewis LaFever.

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• • i t, «I i M ' 33 f'v r -j-j1 1J-| ffir. 'ha£ T£ rrCi?Ztt $Z£i!blxf-- ’ L .; ' .•- '» ‘ • ». J A Soccer fields honorable battle Participation in school activities ’and an outstanding scholastic record was the key combination for acceptance in 'he National Senior Honor Society. Acceptance into NHS was primarily a type of recognition for exceptional students, but members were determined to make NHS an active part of the school. First, a tutoring service was set up for students and members of NHS volunteered to tutor in the subjects of their speciality. NHS members tutored students during study halls, after school, and during the evening hours. There was a great demand for tutors and the service provided by the NHS was greatly appreciated by students and faculty alike. Monthly meetings for NHS were mandatory and at the meetings plans were made for social and fundraising activities. A few of the planned activities and projects included iceskating, an ac- tivity attended by six of the thirty-three members of NHS, and planning a play to raise money for charity. Encouraging and rewarding individual student achievement in journalism, Quill and Scroll recognized outstanding student contribution to school publications: Rank and File and Columbian. Frequently referred to as an Honor Society for Journalists, Quill and Scroll was not an active organization but members were kept busy meeting the deadlines of their respective staffs. Reporting, writing copy, typing, making and setting headlines, and creating layouts were just a few of the tasks that beset students around deadline time. Working and contributing individual journalistic talent to a school publication resulted in obtaining the honor membership in Quill and Scroll. NHS — Bottom Row: Donna McGiehan, Kim deWilde, Lori Kellan, Gail Lang, |ulie Alumbaugh, Kathy Childers, Dana Wenzel; Row Two: Steve Redding. Suzy Hardesty, Susan Reeves. Suzie McKeever. Powet Brown, Tom Strother, Nancy Watt, Mike Murphy, Pat Horton, Jim Saintsing. Robin Dexter; Row Three: Tiare Wilson, Rebecca Reeder, Debi 8ender, Renee Valiere. Karen Hibbs. Enid Berglund, Lisa Barlow, Karen Lighton Debbie Cestaro, Gene Lowe, Clorinda Ermini, Debbie Minan, Anne Harrison; Top Row: Tom Hoose, John McMorris, Helen McDonald, John Clouser, Andrew Culhane, David Frazier, Alex Shang. Ed Bright, Jill Anderson, Cheryl Koerken-meier. Quill Scroll — Bottom row: Kay CawelLo Debbie Cestaro, Susan Martin; Second row: Mr. Charles Cascio, Walter Howes. Sarah Tavlor Greg Bartholomew. Jody Lannen, Frank Balint, Susan Reeves, Steve Vandivier.

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Special interests support clubs Astronomy Club Seated: Karen Bellor. Steve Balint, Mike Bowman, David Fra-’ier. Eric Mer-cier. Second Row: Powel Wilson, Chuck Hyland, Mark Trapp, Alex Shang, Jerry Buhl, David Ellison, Ian Cath, Mr. Kent Logan, Tom Strothers, Mark Nagurny. Bill Conrad, Jeff Crenshaw. 71