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The following is our time capsule of
1968.
Read
and remember things you may have forgotten.
Head Girl Arlie
Daily
Head Boy
Phil Ashby
Class Colors: Turquoise and Bronze
Class Flower: Turquoise Carnation
Class Motto: “It’s not what we gain, but what we give that measures
the worth of the life we live.”
Senior Class Song to the tune of “High Hopes.”
Greatest class that Junction has known
“68” we’re out front alone
Confident of success – yes
Standing out as the best
Cause we are – Seniors
We are Seniors
We’re the class that’s on top
We’re the class that won’t stop
No matter where we’re going to,
We’ll be true to you.
Junction High you are great.
These are victories we can proudly claim,
Tiger creed and spirit built our name,
Excellence will lead us on to fame now – ‘68
Music Top Hits
(linked to YouTube)
September
Light My Fire – Doors
Brown-eyed Girl – Van Morrison
All You Need is
Love – The Beatles
October
Natural Woman –
Aretha Franklin
People are Strange – Doors
November
I Can See For Miles – Who
I Heard It Through The Grapevine – Gladys Knight & the Pips
December
Hello, Goodbye – The Beatles
Chain of Fools – Aretha Franklin
January
It’s Wonderful – Young Rascals
Green Tambourine – Lemon Pipers
February
Darlin’ –Beach Boys
Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding
March
Scarborough Fair – Simon & Garfunkle
Lady Madonna – Beatles
April
Honey – Bobby Goldsboro
The Unicorn – Irish Rovers
May
Mrs. Robinson – Simon & Garfunkle
Do you know the Way to San Jose – Dionne Warwick
June
MacArthur Park – Richard Harris
Delilah – Tom Jones
Best Selling Books included:
Soul on Ice – Eldridge Cleaver
Rosemary’s Baby – Ira Levin
Myra Breckinridge – Gore Vidal
Topaz – Leon Uris
The Naked Ape – Desmond Morris
Popular Movies:
In the Heat of the Night
In Cold Blood
The Graduate
Valley of the Dolls
Planet of the Apes
2001: A Space Odyssey
Cool Hand Luke
Top TV Shows included:
Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In
The Dean Martin Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Lawrence Welk Show
The Smother’s Brothers Comedy Hour
Major Presidential Candidates:
Hubert Humphrey – D
Robert Kennedy – D
Eugene McCarthy – D
Richard Nixon – R
Nelson Rockefeller – R
George Romney – R
George Wallace – I
Vietnam Conflict:
In October 1967, a Harris Poll
revealed that 58% of the American public had confidence in the war
effort. But by mid-February, following a one-week record death toll of
546 American men, the national approval had dropped to an unacceptable
35% . US Army Reservists were activated in some areas and by
spring President Lyndon B. Johnson decided not to seek re-election so he
could concentrate on finding a solution to the fighting.
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