West Deer High School - Coalagra Yearbook (Russellton, PA)

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'l 0iLil2'h table of con ten ts 1965 COALAGRA volume 21 R. D. 1, CHESWICK, PA. QWEST DEER TWP?

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1964-1965 . . . YEAR IN REVIEW We're the champs again . . . Supercalifragilis- ticexpealidociousn . . . A new Dutch bluei' school building . . . Vietnam -:escalation . . . But how do you dance the Freddy ? r If you were around the West Deer scene during the 1964-65 school year, these were some of the major topics of discussion. Here at West Deer the school term began in September with another record enrollment, this time 1,083 students in a building constructed to house some 600. However, everyone squeezed through the hall traffic one more time and then sighed in relief when construction began on the new 7th-Sth grade building - the one featuring razzle-dazzle Dutch blue masonry. We were really going high class! ANOTHER SECTION WINNER The sports arenas provided plenty of thrills for the year. In basketball, Coach-of-the-year jim Marsili piloted another section winning team, the second in three years. And in base- ball, West Deer High School was again assum- ing its once-traditional role of being the team to beat. As for football, well, at least the boys learned some good sportsmanship. It was Presidential election year, and political students really became serious about it all. Few will forget the debates and antics of both the Goldwater and johnson forces during the mock elections held by P.O.D. class. And it was difficult to turn your back from news of the ever-increasing escalation of the war in Vietnam. It was becoming quite obvious that the world was facing a rendezvous with destiny in this area. DO THE FRI-EDDY But, while there,s life, there's gaiety, and the high school crowd knew where to find it. For instance, there were the usual new dances, the jerk, the swim: and one called the Freddy,', which had a kind of heck with it alll, rocking- swinging happy-go-lucky pattern to it. Oddities?? The year was full of them. To mention a few: the misunderstanding when the school buses didn't shown up one morning . . . the winter of little snow and sunny, warm days on Christmas and New Years Conly one day missed because of slight backroad driftsj . the chorus receiving an invitation to sing at the World'sl Fair . . . the Thursday nights, everyone stayed home to watch Peyton Place on T V. That was school year 1964-65 .Q. . what a year!