Whitehall High School - Whitehall Yearbook (Whitehall, PA)

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Homeward-bound students make a wild dash for buses and cars. Right: Robert Christman wears a look of dismay while observing three girls taking advantage of the dress code change permitting slacks. typical day

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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

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posters most popular form of propaganda Where have all the young girls gone? For four months they were hard to find. Girls were granted permission to wear slacks from December through March. Petitions stating that girls be allowed to wear slacks and boys be permitted to wear blue jeans were circulated in late November by Student Council. They were presented to Clayton Northup, principal, who agreed only to the girls' request. Naturally most boys objected to females donning slacks. Kenneth McClellan, freshman, emphasized, “Girls should look like girls and boys should look like boys.” Posters lined the walls announcing dances. Student Council campaigns, highway safety promotion, and the cheerleaders emphatic urge for a team victory. Competing with teachers and students were the machines necessary to construct Whitehall's additional wing. Increasing population of the surrounding area forced Whitehall to adjust with an expansion. Although distracting, the noise may have been welcomed by students as teachers unwillingly forfeited daily plans. The arrival of long-awaited spring was equally disrupting as many students strayed from their studies. Caught in the excitement of Student Council election and tryouts for various activities, the prospects of the oncoming vacation were not far from everyone's minds. Members of the senior doss decorate for the Junior Prom with signs of the zodiac. Above: Driver theory and training instructor Edgar Beidleman tests Robin Brennen'speripheral vision. 29 typical day