Liberty High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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Scenes ol destruction like this one became alarmingly common. Vandals run rampant, fire destroys Interim Vandalism is a recurrent pestilence in any school dis- trict, but in the Bethlehem Area School District it reached almost epidemic proportions this year. Various incidents resulted in damages to school buildings which topped the 550,000 mark. But the worst was yet to come. On a cold December night the most shocking event yet took place as a 51,000,000 fire raged through the Franklin building which had been the home of the Interim School. A subsequent investigation left little doubt that vandals were responsible. The destruction necessitated the trans- fer of nearly 120 Interim students to the ground floor of the Commons Building at Liberty and seriously threat- ened in the process a program for troubled youths which had been enjoying a measure of success. As of spring the vandalism had subsided, but there also seemed to be considerable doubt as to whether or not the Interim pro- gram would be continued. The Interim School, housed in the old Franklin building, lies desolate after a Iire attributed to vandals.

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'Picnic' a success as all-school play The Drama Club began the year with the highly success- ful, award-winning play Picnic by William Inge. The story centers around the theme of small-town people chasing dreams and involves strong character acting and the ability to convincingly project the turmoil of inner conflicts. Leads Brucie Patterson and Mike Richardson gave sensi- tive portrayals and were aided by a fine supporting cast. Although production time was shorter than usual, coo- peration between cast, stage crew, and the committees enabled the play to be a most enjoyable evening's enter- tainment. Charles Russell did a superior job as student director. Mr. Dale Kehler served as faculty adviser. The various committees were headed by Randee Nicholas, Scott Ryder, Liz lohn, and Bill Argeros who were responsible for make-up, publicity, props, and the stage crew, re- spectively. Madge . . . .... Brucie Patterson Hal .... .... M ike Richardson Millie .... .....,,. 1 ulie Pinter Flo .... .,... S arah Grace Allan ...... ...., I ohn Couch Rosemary .... .... C indy Moyer Howard .... .... I im Mulcahy Mrs. Potts ..... Ruth Feaver lrma ....., .... K atie Sikorski Christine ,. . ....... Sue Szabo Bomber .,., ..... 1 amie Marrero Confronted by Hal, Alan reacts with surprise,

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Liberty plays host to District Orchestra Ninety-six of the best high school musicians from a five- county area gathered at Liberty on February 12 to perform a concert as members of the Eastern District Orchestra. The group, originally scheduled for a three-day festival, appeared at Liberty when no other school in the area expressed a willingness to sponsor the event. Rather than cancel the performance entirely, officials of the Pennsyl- vania Music Educators Assn. gladly accepted Mr. Sherry's invitation. He and Mr. Richard Hinkle of Allen High served as guest conductors. Although rehearsal time was severely limited and many of the musicians were seeing the music for the first time, the concert went quite smoothly and served as proof of the excellence of the performers. Representing Liberty were 13 students, with Senior Da- vid Lo chosen for the honor of concertmaster. Others who participated in the festival were Cindy Lo, Eileen Christman, Maribeth Scurry, Carol Evans, Karen Fuhrman, Paul Thurner, David jacques, lessica Lee, Ellen Christman, Hope MacMurtrie, Karen Kaffine, and john Zervos. 'Qiiu-filtwf L ll The orchestra opens rehearsals under the baton oi Mr. Sherry With Mr. Richard Hinkle ol William Allen conducting, the orchestra works with intensity on a tricky passage.