John Marshall High School - Marshallite Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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Mother finds out . . . the punch is good Art for art’s sake John Marshall honors its own { 16 } Typical typers T. J.-J. M. football game Out in the hall again, smooth humming of singers floats to our ears. Melody reigns as the stu- dents harmonize in a classic of the old school. We pause spell- bound awhile. Then we pass to the lab. The class is intently prying into the inner workings of a dead, lowly crayfish, cousin of the crab. The teacher lectures as the students, with rapt expressions on their faces, dig in to see what they can about this dumb child of na- ture. We tip-toe out. Across the hall, the whirring of machines beckons, and we enter the sewing room. Busy as bees, the girls baste, snip, stitch, fit rip, and zipper. They can look the part when they apply for that

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All the king’s horses and all the king’s men The unusual silence Another shrieking siren and the silent big-eyed pupils go back we realize it is an air raid drill. seems to shout at us with its strangeness. to their studies. We trickle up to the auditorium and peep in through the dark curtained doors. Wonder upon wonder! There Oh, well, it’s just the rehearsal for the Senior Class play, ““The on the stage are a boy and a gal in a clinch. Importance of Being Earnest.” The machine shop is of particular importance in these trying days when so much emphasis is laid on mass production in factories. Boys prepare to aid their country by learning to take their place in industry in the future. The beautiful lighting of our stage has made each The beautiful lighting of tage | | | finance of Senior Class High Marshallite swell with pride as colors of just the right tone flit across the stage, establishing the mood of the play thereon presented. Students of electricity plan and operate the stage lighting and sound to gain experience for future success. Brilliant, eye-catching posters, soft, smooth-toned paintings, novel costume designs, or plans of buildings— The divisions, free hand art and mechanical drawing, have all are products of the Art Department. two long been the subject of admiration for the splendid products they turn out. We spring up the steps to the third floor. Sniff, sniff! What’s that delectable smell? Home Ee. girls and sample their goodies. They're learn- Let’s look in on the ing the way to a man’s heart, through his digestive tract. The curtain rises The awful truth

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plum of a job in store for them. The cadets in gray blue are one of the sights around school, a grand one at that. We watch the cadets on parade. A prettier sight’s hard to find, or so think the girls that watch on the corner between Jayem and George Wythe, many with skirt length colors fluttering in the breeze. The cadets have won many honors for their alma mater. We hear now the familiar strains of a military march as the cadet band comes into view. Brass in- struments as shiny as the boots of the cadets go by on parade. The band won highest rating at Harri- sonburg in competition with other high school bands. A gala day at John Marshall is the once-a-term ceremony, sponsor day. Then tall cadet captains pin If es ae Our Champions feted by Manchester Lions The weaker sex? Knitting for Britain Keeping trim {17 }