Slatington High School - Reflections Yearbook (Slatington, PA)

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TESTS LINKEDTO SUDDEN ILLNESS Although the number of absentees has declined this year compared to other years at SHS, the nurse's office is often filled. When the REFLECTIONS staff re- porters looked into this mat- ter further, they discovered a strange pattern. Many of the students were being struck by a sudden, temporary type of illness, lasting for approxi- mately one period. Even more startling than the amazing re- coveries the students made was the fact that a large percent- age of the students struck by the mysterious illness had tests scheduled at the time they became ill. Some authorities speculated on various causes for the strange illness. One suggestion was that the paper used to print tests was radioactive. Another medical source attributed the attacks to the virus testitis studentis which has been detec- ted in nearby states. Presently the matter is being investi- gated by the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta. Another recent epidemic has surfaced. The victims seem to become rrysteriously addicted to crutches. This rrysterious ad- diction has its benefits, though. It allows the victim, often along with one fortunate friend known as the book holder, to leave classes three or four minutes before they are act- ually over. The common result is to see many cripples either wandering the halls casually or eagerly standing in the front of the lunch line, waiting for the bell to ring. On one day recently, the REFLECTIONS staff found the entire population of Homeroom 26 struggling toward the door to the nurse's office at the beginning of period 5- They included Terry DeLong, Franes DeSanctis, Jim Dick, Sharon Dieter, Peter Donello, Sally Dorward, Edward Eckhart, Dan Ehrich, Eric Evans, Mamie Everett, Chris Farber, Derrick Fatzinger, Donna Faust, Todd Fisher, Bobbi Jo Flexer, Wendy Fogle, Darrin Follweiler, Felicia Frantz, Dawn Frey, Rochelle Fritzinger, Kathy Fron- heiser, Todd Gable, Tim Gades, and Henry Galio.

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LITHUANIAN SNOW DANCE The students in this picture are freshmen from Homeroom 10. They are chanting and dancing an old Lithuanian snow dance, reported to have caused many a Lithuan- ian blizzard. Although the dance was quickly broken up for fear of snow, it still caused the last snow day of the decade in Northern Lehigh. The weather stations said, an inch at the most , but by 7:30 two inches had fall- en, and snow was still com- ing down. The scene of cars, trucks, busses, and people sliding uncontrollably closely resembled a circus. One school bus slid into a gas station, shearing off a pump, while another col- lided with a furniture truck. By 8:00, a few dar- ing students and faculty were inside the building. Then, an announcement was made that Northern Lehigh was running two hours late. The students who were in the building were told to wait in the auditorium for two hours. Many of the students upon hearing this tried to leave. Most were soon seated again, but sev- eral seniors left by sneak- ing out side doors. Finally, after an hour wait in the auditorium, the students were told that school was can- celled for the day. While many felt that the snow dance was somehow re- sponsible for the school district's confusion, the students who performed the dance were not punished at all when it was discovered that none of them spoke a single word of Lithuanian. After doing some fancy in- vestigative reporting, the yearbook staff found the above picture and a list of the students' names: Tim Marlatt, Chris Marsh, Tom Martin, Charles McHen Sheila McHenry, Dwight Miller, Jay Miller, James Milot, Brian Minnich, Derek Minnich, Drew Minnich, Todd Minnich, Barb Montan- aire, Narda Montrom, Joanne Mumaw, Michele Muthard, Mark Neary, Laura Neff, Doug Neustadter, David Oienweller, Tim Olsen, Lisa Ondrovic, and Steve Ortiz.

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The Return of The Draft ? This year. President Car- ter enacted plans to re- sume the Selective Ser- vice System's function, in other words, to bring back registration for the draft. While regi- stration doesn't actually mean the draft has return- ed, it does mean that if an emergency should arise, the draft could be used. The REFLECTIONS staff con- ducted a poll to see how students felt about the possibility of being drafted. Surpris ingly, over sixty percent said they would serve in peace- time; seventy percent would serve to combat a Soviet invasion, but very few students said they would serve to protect the oil fields in the Persian Gulf. The last question that was asked dealt with the question of women serving. The student body was about evenly divided, for and against, on this issue. Here, some of the students from Homeroom 21 demon- strate their feelings about the draft. They include Brian Acney, Dawn Ahner, Karen Andrews, Teriy Andrews, Wayne Ang- stadt, Sandy Anthony, Tim Appel, Larry Arndt, Shan- non Arndt, Jerry Ault, Steph Auman, Donna Bachman, Julianne Bachman, Judy Bauer, Lynn Baum, Mark Bauer, Scott Becker, Diane Beil, Todd Benner, Bart Bilheimer, Christine Blose, Emeli Bobbyn, Bob Book, Lori Borger, Lisa Bossons, Phil Bretz, Dar- lene Brown, Tina Chamber- lain, Linda Christman, Su- zanne Clause, Cindy Claus- er, Laura Cook, Tony Cor- vino, Laurianne Davis, Lori Delbert, and Jim Deiter. 26