Walt Whitman Junior High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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DEDICATION Because his remarkable success lenge to the loyal- has been a chal and devotion of young Americans 't d States, we 'CY throughout these Uni e ' 's issue of the Walt dedicate thi Whitman Pioneer to COLONEL JOH Astronaut N H. GLENN the whose courage and daring as first American to orbit the earth ' ' tal fame. have earned him immor

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WW Q 'nl-'laid . Q .Q o nan: : 2 '-9-C'l fE CONTROL PANEL Julius Manney, Acting Principal Arthur Elovzin, Acting Principal Lester Gilburne, Assistant Principal Margaret V. Wall, Dean of Girls Abe Rosenberg, Dean of Boys Fred Chernow, Guidance Counsellor

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I S-114' F, P ,,f' ...f- ii- ,NNNN NNNX 6 if THE FIRST MEN INTO SPAQE Americans were exuberant on February 20th, this year,when Lt. Col. John H. Glenn circled the earth three successive times in his rocketship Friendship 7. Lt. Col. Glenn was the first American to succeed in this astounding feat. To say that we are proud of our out was pioneer in space goes with- Lt. Col. Glenn question. feted with celebrations in his honor in Washington D.C., New York, and in his home town, New Concord, Ohio. He received thousands of letters from en- thusiastic citizens from every state in the union. He was awarded medals, keys to the city, and other tokens of affection. The orbiting of the earth took approximately five hours. A large compliment of scientists, technicians, and helpers were re- sponsible for the successful carrying out of plans that re- ,Pk quired months of preparation. Previous to Mr. G1enn's notable achievement, two Russian cos- monaufs had likewise achieved worl- wide acclaim by orbiting the earth. Yuri Gagarin and Ghermane Titov circled the earth one and seventeen times respectively. We must not forget astro- nauts Alan Shepard in the Free- . if-, dom 7 and Virgil Grissom in the Liberty Bell 7. Mendick wr