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

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colors on their lovely sponsors, and intro- duce them through the ranks. Each boy in the company adds his colors to the sponsor’s dress. The girls are an eyeful with all their bright streaming ribbons. Pigskin lovers were thrilled from the bleachers this year by Jayem’s own classy football team. The fact that the Justices were undefeated again this season is some- thing to yell about. Thanks go to the team and Coach Dick Esleeck for this. The brawny players hugged the pigskin for dear life as they ran, passed, and made record home runs to win the All-State High School Championship for the second time. Each broad shouldered player did his part in the downfield blocking, kick offs, and hard passes. Team work did the trick. The Justices won, by one lone touch- down, the annual prep classic against our ancient rival, Teejay. The reward was a handsome silver trophy. Jayem’s cheer leaders—peppy lads and lassies—trucked, bounced, twisted, and leaped as they led the cheers. Their snappy white costumes and megs flashed up and down. The basketball campaign, with five letter- men from last year, made a fine record under Coach Phess Woodson. Looping in goals, dribbling to the basket, and fine Information, please

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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 }

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guard work have made the varsity basket- ball season very thrilling. Tennis came into its own when our new faculty member, Mr. Arnold, recently started a team of racket swingers. Confi- dentially, Mr. Arnold has won many honors in tennis himself—quite an expert, but really! The old clock has ticked around slowly to 3:10, and from the historic old building pour hordes of gay, laughing boys and girls. They fall into groups and stand around on the sidewalk chatting and screaming to each other before breaking up into woosome twosomes to begin the homeward trek. It has been a thrilling experience— watching a school doing its daily work, and such a school! As we go out of the front doors, we see to our left the home of Chief Justice Marshall, for whom the school was named. It rightly occupies its place of honor on the John Marshall campus. Lastly we take a peep at the J. M. athletic field, used for sports and as a drill field for the Cadets. It occupies the block behind the school. We now turn reluc- tantly to join those leaving. Waving to the mournful have-to-stay-ins who wistfully watch from the windows, we too move homeward, softly humming “School Days.” Grease monkey Would-be chemists 119 }