Wilson High School - Wilsonian Yearbook (West Lawn, PA)

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'WV' 5 WILSON 'S CHIEF SPACE DIRECTCR To graduates -- Class of l963: You have selected the theme Space Age for your annual, a challenge timely and significant in education today and tomorrow. May each of you as graduates remember well the quotation of a great American military leader who sized up the magnitude of the challenge you face. General Douglas MacArthur said, You now face a new world, a world of change. The thrust into outer space of the satellites, spheres and missiles is the beginning of another effort in the long story of mankind. ln the five or more billion years the scientists tell us it has taken to form the earth, in the three or more billion years of development of the human race, there has never been a more abrupt or staggering revolution. Yes, the basic principles of spacemanship are being taught in the classrooms of America right now. To insure a better, growing America, continue your education either through college and graduate school or technical training for strengthening our man power for space age triumphs. Major Robert M. White, U.S.A. F. offers this advice to future astronauts with great ambition to keep pace with the Space Age. The gateway to space is through the doorways of our schools, and there is no conceivable short cut. Our best wishes to all of you as some of you may prepare to participate in a new logical aerospace step in human progress. Sincerely, offgzzzg. WILLIAM C. KUTZ Chief School Administrator 9

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SITTING: Messrs. Art Smith, Donald Miller, Samuel Glassmoyer, Thomas Greene, George Wissler and Richard Eshelman, Esq. STANDING: Messrs. John Stowell, Joseph Clapper, Frederick Keene, James Erb, Arthur Stover, Mahlon Miller, Richard Bollman, Martin Flickinger, Millard Reiff and Henry Eckenroth, Missing from photo- graph -- Mr. John Riegel. SITTING: Mrs. Carolyn Shaplin, Mr, Arthur Holrzman 1 and Dr. Alfred Johnson. STANDING: Messrs. Leon S SPACE AGENCY Providing finances and establishing policy for the astronauts' training grounds, Wilson's Space Agency and Building Au- thority meets monthly to solve intricate and far-reaching problems involved in the operation of a complex institution for the training of young minds. The Space Agency is composed of three member districts: Lower Heidelberg Township, Sinking Spring Borough, and Spring Township. These districts have worked together as a jointure since july, 1954. The Building Authority fleftj created in April 5, 1956, by the Commonwealth, has the function of con- structing and leasing school buildings to the school board. Members of both the school board and theubuilding authority serve without pay, giving freely of their time and talents to provide the best facilities for the optimum development of youth who will, in turn, become worthwhile and contributing mem- bers of society. Keller, Henry Flailing, Charles Reedy and Chester Quinter.

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T ENGINEER SPEAKS Dear Graduates: On the morning of Friday, May 5, 1961, Cape Canaveral, Florida, was the scene of an historic event. On that memorable day Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr., America's first astronaut, was hurled through the reaches of the stratosphere, and beyond, into the fringe of outer space. The successful launching of this space craft was followed shortly thereafter by a safe landing of Astronaut Shepard at a distance 302 miles from Cape Canaveral, only 7 miles from the planned landing point. That day the oft -repeated go word A-Okay became the signal reminder of our entry into the Space Age. According to President Kennedy, the benefits from the peaceful 'space program, are becoming increasingly evident. Not only have the horizons of scientific knowledge been lifted, but the resulting international coopera- tion and world -wide dissemination of knowledge and understanding have strengthened the world image of this country as a force for peace and free- dom. Along with the space program and its accompanying challenges, we must not turn a deaf ear to the constant pleas for support from our institu- tions of higher learning. We dare not take the risk of having too few and too late the necessary facilities and trained personnel required to educate ourever-growing population if we expect to maintain our country's posi- tion as a world leader. We will count on you, as Wilson graduates, to take an active interest in meeting these challenges. The faculty joins me in wishing you a happy, successful, and A-OKAY future. Sincerely yours, 10 Clayton D. Rehrer Principal PROJECT