Slatington High School - Reflections Yearbook (Slatington, PA)

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 Ihe student who devised the experiment, Jeffrey Stoneman, felt that students have a natural instinct to bump into each other, no mat- ter how much space they are given in which to move about. So, a random sample of students were selected to participate in a test of the Stoneman hypo- thesis. They were given an area the size of a football field and no instructions. After 46 seconds had elapsed, the students began to madly crash into each other. The experiment was repeated un- til 3 of the students re- quired medical attention. On 106 test runs, the stu- dents exhibited a 96 percent collision factor. Even more startlingly, the students seemed to need a collision about every 19 seconds. These figures surprised the world of social psycho- logists, many of whom are now conducting their own tests of the Stoneman hypo- thesis. Stoneman, meanwhile, has received a federal re- search grant to investi- gate the bumping habits of social psychologists. The participants in the land- mark Slatington test were honored at a special dinner at the Allentown Hospital. They were: Mary Ann Oswald, Mike Parry, Susan Peters, Eric Ralston, Lisa Reitz, Randy Reitz, Dean Remaley, Deanne Remaley, Jay Reppert, Christine Rex, Kenneth Rex, Mike Rex, Donna Roth, Scott Rowlands, Carl Rucker, Joyce Schaeffer, Greg Schall- er, Darryl Schellhamer, Terry Schew, Charles Sch- moyer, James Schrayer, Mike Schuck, Angela Scott, and Rhonda Serfass.

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OVERPOPULATION AT SHS 18 Overcrowding has been a slowly growing problem at Slatington High School for a number of years. The extent of this problem can be seen in the crowded halls, classrooms, and lunch periods. Many students as well as faculty members voiced their concerns on this matter; they all agreed that an overcrowded building is not beneficial to either students of teachers. Presently, there are 695 students enrolled at SHS. This exceeds the ideal en- rollment by 132, or nineteen percent. More importantly, the population at SHS will con- tinue to climb even more in the next two years before all the construction projects are com- pleted. The projected enroll- ment for 1981-1982 is 792 stu- dents, grades 9-12. These freshmen from Homeroom 32 were stopped just as they were crowding into the cafeteria through a narrow doorway. The students uncomfortably jammed into the picture include Willis Hough, Tammy Jones, Bryan Kadingo Becky Kaul, Todd Keiser, Gregg Xemmerer, Dale Kem, Brian Hest- er, Randy Kibler, Robert Kibler, John Kirchner, Bruce Kistler, Craig Klevenhagen, Rodney Kline, Sharon Kline, Lisa Klingborg, Roxanne Knappenberger, Wayne Koch, John Konowall, Steve Ko- pecki, Justine Kraynik, Shelly Krotzer, Lisa Krysiuk, David Kunkle, Tammy Kunkle, Michelle Kurtz, Edyth Lahanas, David Lear, Johnny Leibold, John Lichtenwalner, Donna Lobach, Troy Long, Jim Lorah, Jim Mac Crindle, Arnold Mack, Donna Mack, Tracy Markell.

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DISCO DECLINES These people from Homeroom 20, who obviously get into music, will watch as music makes the transition from the 70's to the 80's. Disco and Heavy Metal sounds are fading, while interest in the musical trends of the early 60's seems to have revived. These soph- omores from Homeroom 20 include Jeff Bailey, Paul Bretz, Kevin Byler, Dawn iefenderfer, Dean Dieter, Angela Fritzinger, Charles Hahn, Eugene Jones, Pat Kern, Kevin Krum, Mike Krupa, Richard Kuehner, Scott Kuntz, Brenda Nierer, Alan Rex, Glenn Sauerwine, Jeff Schmick, Brian Schweitzer, Anita Verba, Janice Wieand, Denise Allesch, Deb Arndt, Sherry Arndt, Danean Auman, Robin Balliet, Kelly Baum, Scott Bechtel, Keen Beltz, Sheryl Bennyhoff, Donna Berger, John Bolton, and Rich Bosco. 20