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1965 WQS Q porticulory significant year in
Wilson history, with o mojor orgonizotionol
change toKing ploce in the District's secondory
schools. In the foil of 1965, Wilson, with the
new "D" wing completed, became the sole
groduoting high school in Bristol Township, with
oil juniors and seniors ottending Wilson.
Delhoos High School housed only the District's
ninth ond tenth grode students. This orgonizo-
tionol arrangement continued until the foil of
1973 when both Wilson and Delhoos reverted
to four-year high schools.
The late 1960's ond eorly 1970’s were tur­
bulent years in the United States. Since the
schools ore o microcosm of the lorger society, it
should not be surprising that the turmoil of the
cities, the college campuses, ond society in
generol ot that time should eventuolly seep in­
to the high schools.
These were yeors of dynamic change, with
severol reform movements merging to cause when we were minus one public address system.
severe student unrest. The civil rights move­
ment, the onti Vietnam Wor movement, and o
generol rebellion of youth ogoinst odult
authority turned the high schools of the period
into bottlegrounds at times. Woodrow Wilson
did not escape its shore of disruption.
The members of the Class of 1960 would
hove been hard pressed to recognize their
counterports o decade loter os dress codes fell
by the wayside, hair seemed to get longer
each yeor, ond the somewhot "docile " student
of the lote 1950's hod oil but disoppeored.
"Student militonce," "student Activism," ond
"student rights" were commonplace topics
whenever staff members and students met,
Rociol confrontotions flared occosionolly, even
to the extent of shortening school days ond
closing the schools tempororily while everyone
could re-evaluate their behovior. Some
students in the eorly 1970's were unable to
deal effectively with their newly recognized The shelves were bare.
freedoms ond the necessity to respect the
rights of others, irrespective of race or other
superficiol differences.
As Woodrow Wilson High School completes
its twentieth year, few of the originol stoff re-
moin. The members of the Class of 1960 ore
scottered for and wide, occupying o voriety of
positions in our society. The building shows the
wear of twenty years and the mony thousonds
of students who hove passed through. Wilson is
not old, however, becouse it is repeatedly
renewed by the hosts of new students who
enter its halls eoch yeor. Woodrow Wilson High
School is twenty yeors YOUNGI
Dr. Leon Dovidheiser
Department Chairperson
Sociol Studies Dept.

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