Whitehall High School - Whitehall Yearbook (Whitehall, PA)

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from first bell to last,days rarely monotonous With the persistent sound of an alarm clock loudly ringing, a new day began for even the sleepiest students. Despite the daily routine, signs of an energetic student body enlivened each day. The initial rush from buses to homerooms was made more hectic when the schedule was changed due to the opening of the middle school. Homeroom began 15 minutes earlier and was shortened. Although students may not have welcomed an earlier start, the sound of the final bell, not quite as late as before, was appreciated. Another rearrangement of the day was necessary every other Wednesday while teachers prepared for an evaluation of the school which will take place next year. On these days each class was shortened so that school could be dismissed one hour earlier. The blissful sound of the last bell began another mad rush. Hurrying through crowded halls to lockers and finally to buses, students ended another day. typical day 26 Telling Santa. Perry Rothdeutsch. their Christmas wishes are Carol Jacobe and Cecily Kulp. Both girls are longing for what they obviously need their two front teeth. They performed in both assemblies.

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beckoning stars whisper man's destiny By Nancy Keeler No oceans left to cross ... no land to be conquered . . . no barriers to be surpassed. Slowly man has uncovered the shrouded mysteries of his world. Only a few scattered corners of unexplored darkness still exist on the earth. Yet the human race is now bursting with curiosity about an infinite frontier which holds the climax of all knowledge. The deadly black void of space has been opened. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first man to step on extra-terrestrial soil. Newspaper accounts of that day were more like old-time radio show of Orson Welles or the stories of Jules Verne than reality. As Edwin Aldrin accompanied Armstrong on the Sea of Tranquility, Michael Collins spent a lonely vigil in the orbiting Columbia. November 12 the Saturn V rocket boosted Apollo 12 in what seemed to be only a rerun of the preceding Apollo flight. The crew of Charles Conrad, Richard Gordon, and Alan Bean also accomplished many firsts. To determine the amount of wear and erosion on the lunar surface Conrad retrieved parts of Surveyor III, an unmanned probe that softlandcd on the moon in 1967. Followers of the flight had to be satisfied with listening as live television coverage failed because of a camera malfunction. As lucky as the American space program has been in the past so was the ill-fated Apollo 13 unlucky. The world gasped as a liquid oxygen tank exploded in midflight to endanger the survival of the threesome of Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and John Swigert. However, a concentrated team effort by ground control and the astronauts brought the ship to a safe landing in the Pacific Ocean April 17. The beckoning stars will continue to whisper man's destiny as they appear twinkling in the sky each night. The Apollo I I space vehicle is shown mounted on the launching complex. I he flight crew was Commander Neil A. Armstrong. Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. Photo by NASA space travel

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Hungry German students enjoy a meal typical of the country which they are studying. Under the supervision of Mrs Danielle Gilly. German student teacher, the students prepared the meal themselves. Two crutch-supported students. Frank Mellsch and Linda Rartoni. find they have a common problem. Above: A dictionary placed well above eye level proves to be a difficulty for word-curious students. 27 typical dav