Slatington High School - Reflections Yearbook (Slatington, PA)

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CLASS OF 1945 Babyak, John Bailey, Anna Gladys Eailey, Bertha Ida Bailey, Miriam Lovie Barney, Fauline Margaret Beers, Evelyn Alvera Beltz, Westly Ralph Benninger, Elaine Eleanor Betz, Charlotte Mae Billig, Helen Mae Blose, Claudine Bobal, Francis James Boward, Arlan Nevin Breisch, Francis David Christman, Reuben Edgar Confer, William Feter Craig, Benjamin Robert Cunfer, Ralph Jacob Davies, Evan Vaughn Deibert, Doris Jean Diehl, Fern Edna Diehl, Grace Estella Diehl, Kenneth Austin Dorshimer, Harold James Dotter, Dorothy J ne Edwards, Dolores Olive Evans, Elinor Althea Evans, Beatrice Joy Evans, Lois Lae Evans, Sonia Charlotte Evert, Ethel Irene Fatzinger, Dalton Raymond Fethoroff, Donald John Fister, Florence Kallie Fister, Raymond Fister, Vi Hi am James Focht, i aurice William Follv oiHr, Nevin James Frantz, Jean Emma Freda, Marian Rosalie Friend, Betty Jane Roberts Geary, Betty Jayne Geary, Betto LaEuo George, Jean Althea German, Joan Ann Gloss, Lava Joyce Green, Madeline Grace Gross, Gladys Georgette Guldner, Glv en Jane Gusick, Liko Thomas Hadingor, Lorraine 1aulino Kainos, Ruth Emma Hall, Sterling Stanley Hallman, Shirley Lorraine I andwork, June Harriet Fausman, Althea Acquilla Iicffolfingcr, Shirley L. Homerly, Clinton Thomas Henritzy, Charles Lindburgh Herman, Robert Charles Hewitt, Kenneth Elwood Hughes, Walter Arnold J.unsicker, Allen Larry I.unsicker, William. F. Jones, i onne-th Arthur Jorms, iarilyn Luella Jones, Rollin Clifford Kt-rn, Edgar William Korn, Jane Ann Kern, Lo An.andus Raster, Fhyllis Ir nc iidd, Wallace Edwin Kincher, George iaul Kincher, Kenneth xaul Kistlar, Carl K-rtry Kline, Dorothy Sarah Kline, Emma Ruth Kline, Kenneth Edwin Knecht, Elizabeth Lillian Kolb, Richard Henry Krause, Delphine E. Kreitz, Edward John l.untz, Margaret Lary Anna Laudenslager, Forma Lenhart, Anna Hattie Levan, Lary Jane Lev.is, Harry Scherer Loch, Marian Lukasevich, Victor L.adtes, Raul Clayton j-.ant z, x. ona E ana M; ritz, l.uth Esther mc.rlatt, Russell John Li rshall, Eugene Joseph Leagh„r, Robert Fhi lip Merkwl, Lawrence Jacob Hssingcr, Warren aioyd Li1l r, Carl Richard tiller, Wcstly Minnich, Label Anna Losteller, David Hammond Musselrr.an, Jeanette Irene Lusselman, Joyce Irene Nestor, Charles Jake iapay, Helen Mary 1arry, Sara Louise ierson, Charles L. H'roirm, F.alph Hugh, Fauline Irene Rehrig, Florence Keinert, Harold William Reinsmith, Lucille Lllen i.eitz, Thomas Herbert Rettew, Charles William hex, Lae Riedy Rex, Marie Alice Roberts, Betty Roberts, Eetty Jean Roberts, Charles Roberts, C. Ldmund Roberts, Eldon James Roberts, Karl William noderick, Marvin David Roxberry, Fatricia Helen Sauerwine, i olvin Richard Skeath, Ruth Irene Smith, Helen .'artha Smith, Lary Ellen Jane Smith, Ralph Homer Snyder, Dorothy Carrie Snyder, Leonard Allen Snyder, Mildred Mabel Snyder, Reuben Abraham Steiger.valt, Haul Harold Trexler, Violet May Ulrich, Roy V.anamaker, Geraldine Anna ••'.'as sum, Jean i aulino Wassum, Winfield Russell V eber, Bertha Minnie Vainer, Marilyn Williams, Gordon Stanley Williams, June Emma illiams, F.uth Elaine otring, laul War ran Yeanish, May Ada Yensor, Sherwood Daniel Lellner, Alton Arthur Zellnar, Grace Elizabeth

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ATHLHTICS AND WORLD WAR H World Vfar 11 has had an amazing although not a necessarily bad effect upc” the athletic system of our country and upon the physical fitness of the average American citizen. Aftor the last war, a war for lasting peace , the United States and all of her Allies immediately cut down their own armament and supposedly cut down Germany’s too. But the Gormans were still feeling the punch that had been delivered to them by the Treaty of Versailles. They were determined to bide their time and strike again and take back the land that they had lost as a result of the war. All the time while Hitler was struggling into power, he was secretly arming and training his followers for the war he was soon to create. All that time ho was getting a head start on the other countries, not only in military armament but in physical prowess too. Then the time came and he struck, catching his victims flatfootcd. In a short time he had conquered all the smaller countries in Europe and was pounding on England's door. But at that point the resistance held; and while Hitler's legions tried to invade England, Americans sat bad: and watched. Vfe in- tended to remain neutral and not be drawn into this war as we had been in the last. Yet while Americans watched the front door for trouble, it came in the back way. By this we refer to Hitler's two crowning mistakes, his attack on Russia while still occupied by England;and Japan's attack on the United States. How that we were really in the war.Americans finally saw the need for armament and physical fitness and began to do something about it. War plants are going full blast and physical fitness is a household word. Since Pearl Harbor,many high schools and colleges have changed their physical education courses into veiritable murder clinics . They now teach courses in Ju Jitsu and commando tactics which can be used with deadly intent in close combat fighting. These gym classes arc being used as toughening up classes to get the boys ready for the arny and navy. The different things taught in these classes are ilsafuli- In the armed forces they simply carry on from where they left off in high school or college. Of course the learning of these various means of fighting becomes a deadly business instead of fun. This type of fighting is dirty to the average American soldier, but wc are fighting an enemy that is ruthless-----an enemy that recognized no rules and an enemy that must be dealt with accordingly This is when a soldier's former athletic training comes in handy. Ho must be in perfect physical condition to take care of anything or anyone that cones his way. Thus physical fitness and the armed forces go hand in hand, for only such men are accepted. The cooperation by the students in different schools all over the country has been very good. Before the introduction of theso various courses, gym classes were not as well attended as they are now. The interest in these classes has heightened, and now the students willingly take gym and unknowingly become healthier at the same time. Americans,always healthy people, are nov.' probably in the best physical condition they have ever been and in as good health as any other group of people in the world today. A war, no matter how small or how large it may be, is not won with planes and guns and tanks alone. It is won by the men behind the guns and by the men who fly the planes and drive the tanks. These men must be physically perfect in order to do their work right. Physical fitness is the answer to the winning of a war, and the answer to physical fitness is athletics.