George Mason High School - Mustang Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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Revolutionary English Program Frees Formerly distinctive as the only six-year required subject, the English Department this year was updated with a new format. Students chose quarterly courses from a range of topics after completing a first-quarter composition course. Silas Marner and Moby Dick were supplemented by The Inferno and Siddhartha. Mind-bending ideas richocheted around classrooms as students ex- plored black power, philosophy, and warfare. The department ' s en- thusiastic teachers inspired stu- dent performances that outshone past accomplishments; term papers became interesting re- search, and third quarter slump disappeared. Valuable experience was gleaned by adapting to the dif- ferent standards of each course. For all concerned, the vivid transformation of the department from formal structure to spon- taneity proved both successful, and inspirational for 1969-70. MILTON DAVIS English Department Chairman. B.A., Beria College; M.A.T., Duke University. English. nmr ivyw MARILYN K RZYWKOWSK I B.A., University of Michigan. English. Junior Class Sponsor. PEGGY SANGE B.A., University of California at Berkeley. English. Junior Class Sponsor.

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Guidance and Special Services Expanded Guidance Department KATHERINE HANLEY B.S., B.A., University of Missouri; M.A.T., Harvard University. Keyettes, MUSTANG. PHILLIP LINDSEY B.A., Anderson College; M.A., Ohio State University. TERREL ADCOCK B.S., M.S., Southern Illinois University. George Mason Wilderness Society Sponsor. RICHARD TOMALTY, (seated) Guidance Director. B.S. Wayne State University; M.A., University of Michigan. ELIZABETH DRISCOLL B.S., New York University College at Plattsburgh; M.A., George Washington. Resource Teacher. MARY JANE JONZ B.A., University of Texas; M.S., Northwestern State. Special Education.

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Students to Pursue Private Interests HERMAN MENZER B.A., M.A., George Washington University. English. Debate Team. BARBARA STUCKEY B.A., Mary Washington College. English. Wilderness So- ciety Sponsor. Junior Class Sponsor. Apparently the Debate Club had trouble getting its point across to league directors this year as the GAA double-talkers were complete- ly left out of the inter-scholastic debate program. For lack of other opportunities, they resigned them- selves to intra-club debates on Tuesday afternoons. The club, open to all grades, consisted of Seniors, Juniors, and Eighth Graders, all of whom did justice to topics as controversial as The Draft and Criminal Investigation Proce- dures. This year of practice, as well as Mr. Menzer ' s excellent coaching, will help in producing some smooth talkers who will be heard from next year in League debates. Debate Club. From Left: Nancy Nicholas, Debbie Wood, Victor Rutgers, Chris Terman, Abbie Wilson, President; Mr. Menzer, Sponsor; Mac Scott, Paul Brucker, Janine Hardy. 13