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

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oe r ‘A Sharply cutting a corner, halfback Dennis Coward slips from his opponent’s grasp and runs down field for extra yardage. Driving for perfection, a player practices mercilessly. Gridiron, classroom accents discipline From the beginning impressions ... getting acquainted ... change the first step ... ad- justing ... then learning sharing ideas acknowledgement and respect for other’s ideals involvement the playing field or the classroom .. vigorous training ... long hours of practice ... sweat ... mental and physical ... each Marshallite played a role all roles fitted into a puzzle the mechanism was complete students became ... devoted individuals, excited, vivacious, efferves- cent ... their chanting voluminously ... full of rhythm ... “say it loud, we’re just as proud” “we got soul, now you get some” anything to express the mood pride the key element the mass of students contribute, support ... every- one is important without one the oversoul be- gins to decay ... moral support for team and school chants continue enthusiasm never ending ... then ... frustration and fatigue ... the game became rough the moment expanded ... fear succumbed joy and passion ... but the mech- anism’s precision, effort unaffected ... it con- tinues to grind and screams out with emotion ... 110% ... time grows closer, closer, closer “be calm, be cool” again the voices ... that familiar beat slowly drawing towards its cul- mination point hearts about to burst ... the risk is taken first they observed ... then, called the bluff ... did it come through? ... vic- tory was sweet.

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Harrison quickly listens to reassuring dir tions.

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“Great day, you wouldn’t believe what is going on in there!” exclaims Benny Ross.