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

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incidentally, was the first time in her history that Iohn Dlarshall had held mid- term graduation exercises. During the second term, daily, boys would he turning in their books with the sad explanation that they were reporting to the Army or Navy the following day. Miss Peple, who was directing the opera, 1olanthe, told Ann when she paid her a visit, that she already had girls doing the tenor parts and doing them well. Incidentally, during that period Ann thoroughly enjoyed seeing the drama class do scenes from The Barretts of Wlimpole Street. Ann was so pleased to learn that the Iunior Red Cross membership drive had broken all records. Every home room in the Iohn Marshall building was a 100 per cent room. The total amount collected during the drive was 329161. The Red Cross sent boxes to children in England during the fall, and at Christmas fixed very attractive gifts for the disabled Army veterans. The sewing classes made slippers to be used by the convalescent soldiers in Army hospitals. Two hundred dollars was sent to the Children's Fund. Large quan- tities of paper were collected in the various scrap paper drives and sold, the money being used by the Iunior Red Cross. Ann had to learn second-hand about the annual football game with our rivals, Thomas Iefferson. The stadium was deco- rated with the Iustices' blue and white and the Ieffs' red and white. The smell of chrysanthemums on girls' shoulders scented the air. Our mascot, the goat, was the center of attraction during the half. A

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way we worlc and play Helping to keep their country free, students, organized by home rooms, competed in the sale of shares in America. The Jlonacle kept us informed as to which home room led each week in the sale of stamps and bonds. Several stu- dents bought bonds amounting to 510,000 Iohn Nlarshall certainly showed her patriotism to America in her time of need. The regular Nlonday morning cry of every home room teacher was, Any bonds or stamps today? Ann was glad to learn, too, that a course in home nursing was given to all the students of the cooking and sewing classes. Having com- pleted these courses, they received home nurs- ing certificates which they all prized very highly. The courses were taught by trained nurses furnished for the school by the city. These students can help carry on at home, and relieve somewhat' the shortage due to the great demand for nurses in the armed forces. Iohn Nlarshall had also introduced five new preinduction courses, namely, preinduction physics, preinduction radio, preinduction ma- chine shop, preinduction electricity, and re- fresher mathematics. These courses were be- coming increasingly popular among the boys who were soon to become candidates for Uncle Sam's Army, Navy, Nlarine Corps, and Air Corps. The lowering of the draft age to eighteen caused Iohn Alarshall to lose a great many of her boys before the February graduation, which, We learn XVTITIC VVC CEIFD Mr. Iames Taylor Robinson Mr. Floyd E. Fowlkes The Honor Society Banquet 1191

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little Miss who showed oft' her cheer leading was the mascot of the cheering section. To end a perfect day, Iohn ltlarshall tri- umphed over Tee-Iay 27 to 7. Why, hello, Ann Tucker! I didn't ex- pect to see any ot' my class today, said a Sailffr IJOFH Yvalking d0YVl'1 the hall. immediately he was surrounded by a group ot' pretty young Iohn lwarshall girls, all of whom wanted to ask questions and hear his varied experiences. But since he was a good sailor, he wouldn't tell too much. Daily some of our alumni who are serving in the armed forces, and even some of our WAACS and YVAVES visited our school during their turloughs, The Jlanocle, our cherished newspaper, kept us posted about our former boys with bits here and there from all the battletronts and army camps. We were indeed proud to have been repre- sented at the Roosevelt-Churchill confer- ence in North Africa by Lieutenant Colonel Frank Wtccarthy, who is a former graduate of Iohn Iklarshall. He takes his duty seriously Eff- il fron? Ann ventured into the class in journalism in Room 104. Here she heard about the Christmas party the Quill and Scroll Chapter had given at Christmas for their former members who came back at that time. A lovely little tree trimmed with icicles and tinsel, and the walls decorated with holly, made the room look quite Our girls do their part to keep up morale lf! ' il, 'DV' X 1 nomrpzirnialslacz Q whwttf Alumni return . . . Wouldn't you? The art class extends greetings at Christmas 21