Mount Hebron High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Ellicott City, MD)

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The way if was The stately tall ships of Operation Sail and the gleam of bombarding fireworks dominated summer skies and the nation's bicentennial birthday bash. At the XXI games of the Summer Olympiad in Montreal, Canada, Comaneci was perfect, although the games themselves were in trouble. The Viking spacecrafts pf if landed on Mars and the swine flu immunization program was suspended amid controversy. A peanut farmer named Jimmy Carter made Plains, Georgia a landmark. After defeating President Ford in November's election, Prezdent Carter really had something to smile about. Transition dominated the news as plans were made for selecting new cabinet members and constructing a tree house on White House grounds. Locally, plans for the Burleigh Manor landfill were dumped and Governor Mandel's trial ended in a mistrial. Raw, glacial, sub- freezing temperatures and snow made the winter the coldest in years. A natural gas shortage developed and local and national businesses were forced to lay off workers. School officials lowered the building temperature in their effort to conserve energy. President Carter chatted by the fire and declared a war on energy. The eight episodes of Roots made television history. The U. S . cried out for human rights throughout the world and Gary Gilmore's execution stirred the capital punishment debate. Howard County's measle epidemic forced every student to be vaccinated or suspended. Richard Nixon reminisced of Watergate days with David Frost, Seattle Slew won the Triple Crown and the U.S. played baseball diplomacy with Cuba. PROLOGUE 5

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ople For people the idea of transition was a matter of survival. There were changes to cope with and firsts to encounter. As in previous years, the school population continued to grow. The faculty, freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors numbered over 1500 and moving was a challenge as the masses stood huddled in hallways. There were also nine new faculty members and a new administrative assistant, Mr. Clarence Miller. During the second semester, officials prepared for an enrollment drop to 1000 students for the following fall and teachers learned they were surplus and would be transferred. OPPOSITE, TOP LEFT: The Student Senate sponsored a Halloween Dress-Up Day and Lisa Petti was one of the participants. OPPOSITE, BOTTOM LEFT: Cast members of the Musical Theater class' December production of AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS included Becky Hardy and Sally Caner. LEFT: Mid-year, the cafeteria staff was forced to close the vending machines in order to provide students such as Timmy Ryan more nutritious lunches. PEOPLE 7