Whitehall High School - Whitehall Yearbook (Whitehall, PA)

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IS It's finally done. sighs Sondra Brown as she and iMura Wheeler admire her dress. Clothing classes kept up with the latest fashions Below Right Harold Evans makes a paper swan in American Cultures class. Cutting wood is made easy by modern equipment in Corey Derhammer melt metal is instructor Warren the shop Gerald Greb utilizes this powerful saw to Hausman. center. Craftsmen were required to pay for finish his project. Bottom: Helping Scott Heinly and materials they used.

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14 Learning through I D) ollution, a word LT that has been common in every political speech since the early '70s, has finally hit home in Whitehall. Advanced biology classes decided to test area water to sec if pollution existed. Much to the surprise of Edgar SteckePs students a high degree of foreign particles were detected in all the untreated water samples. especially those from Trcichlcr's Spring. Once again Robert Kratzcr’s Writing II classes wrote kiddie books for the elementary school children; however, there was one new addition. The students involved compiled all they learned through Mr. Kratzer's open teaching methods into a lecture which was given to his graduate class at Kutztown State College. Michael Watson, Andrew Buda, and Miss Linda Spcctor displayed their students' art projects at an art show at the Whitehall Branch of Fidelity Bank. Mr. Watson and Mr. Buda also allowed some students to paint huge bicentennial pictures which were hung by the auditorium as murals. Due to student vandalism, however, “babysitters” were needed to protect the pictures from being damaged or destroyed so several seniors were excused from study halls to stand guard. A few talented seamstresses of the home economics classes were selected to sew the costumes for the entire cast of the school musical “Once Upon a Mattress.” Some other home cc students did charitable work for Meals on Wheels by baking Christmas cookies and making centerpieces. But the real public service was that several of the girls involved visited the aged who received these presents. Michael Broschak decided to test his general music students' abilities in composing original songs. “They did fairly well,” he said, “and it seemed as though they really liked what they were doing. Who knows? With a little practice and a lot more theory we may even produce a few Rodgers or Hammersteins!” river practice instructor John Bendekovils risks his sanity every day hy Stanley Luckenhill and William Gossler. taught drive theory classes to teac mg students the Jundamentals of handling a car Here he grades and most sophomores. Both courses were optional hut essential if the standard gives pointers to Dennis Brown. In addition. Mr Bendekovits. along with 10 per cent reduction in insurance rales was desired

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16 Learning through hal was that person doing running around the hall ripping up a heart? Did she break up with her boyfriend? Not really, it's just Mrs. Diane Luhrs' family home living classes doing an experiment on child abuse. “Each girl made a heart which represented her total being as she woke up in the morning,“ said Mrs. Luhrs. “As the day went on a part of the heart was ripped off each time she was insulted or made to feel unloved. This was then related to the newborn child.“ Later while reading about budgets, budgets for their married and teenage years were planned. After studying cake decorating from textbooks as well as demonstrations, the foods classes were turned loose to develop their own creative designs. “Oh no you're not,” stammered the horrified biology student. “You are not going to prick my finger!” Once again, as a part of determining gcnctical background, Mrs. Nancy Thatcher and Wayne Young had their students do blood typing. More college bound math classes have started to learn business math as preparing income tax statements. “It was really great,” commented Carole Reincrt, “for once we learned something we could always use.” “Winds of Change” by the Bee Gees, a modern song of social change, was analyzed by a group of Thomas Szabo's American Cultures II students as a final project. They found pictures relating to the meaning behind the lines and then explained how it related to the state of the world. Handyman Richard Picone repairs a water heater. Right: Arranging clothing at the bookstore are Nancy Stranzl and Connie Wechsler