European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday january 30, 1986 the stars and stripes Paga 3 shuttle tragedy stuns Dodds students Frankfurt or a Sers a Fern teacher might have been on doomed Craf Liy Mary iilm1kv Anil Chris f5tes stuff Willers As i lie space shuttle challenger burst into flame Frankfurt High setup in senior drum Lehigh almost immediately thought Aboul his physics teacher i though of my . What he must feel fur lie Crew " inc a year old student Council member sail wednesday.  was among Many smile its ill Frankfurt and  High schools who thought about i to Spe Cial teachers us Ira Pedy unfolded on Iligir television screens. For Lehigh and other physics and chemistry Stu dents at Frankfurt High the teacher was Kenneth Vanlow 42, for Stephanie catch and other physics. Earth science and photography students it Kaiser slam Lern High the teacher was Mary smothers 41.  and smothers were among 114 teachers who watched the shuttle s doomed launch it the Ken Nedy space Center. The teachers were invited to Florida to attend to four Day workshop on the space program and to Walch the Blastoff because they were Semi finalists for the  of first Lii Cher in space. They acre named space ambassadors to spread word Boul the space program. Students said inc disaster was made More horrible by Cali ing it might have been their teacher aboard instead of Chrisla Mcauliffe a Concord n.u., High school social is tidies teacher. I was pretty shocked said catch a 17-year-old senior. I was thinking of my god she smothers could pc been up there to a As bad enough that other Iii Char was up there but i was thinking somebody 1 actually know could pc been on here.1 it s  Lehigh said  had talked to classes about the launch since he first i in of Sci Biol. While prod Icline that his teacher would be deep grieved Lehigh doubled that the Accident u nil id end  s me for the space program. I ill Ink for a while it will haunt   said. Hut it won t Dampen his enthusiasm at All. Ilc has such enthusiasm for the program if Herc were a space so Ullic tomorrow.  would  agreed James Thomasson a senior and president of the f rank fart Studem Council. Council members grappled for ways to pay tribute to challenger s seven Crew members during a wednes Day meeting. Suggestions that will be voted on Nuit week include creating a Mcm Crial encouraging All students to Wear a Flower in tribute holding a moment of silence or scheduling an Assembly to learn More about the space program. Other students planned to create a Banner to Welcome Vanlew Back to school thursday. Principal Daniel Basa Rich said students will discuss Llie disaster during one period thursday. A s such an emotional thing that ii is Good if they can Var Favali a their fears  said Frankfurt students said so Ullic launches Long have been a routine and unexciting pan of their lives. But Vanlew sparked i hair int Crest. He inspired us to shool fur the stars and go far our  said Siccy Coughnour n Junior who heard Vanlew speak last school year at Hanau High school. This has touched us. Space travel is our future. It is affecting All of   students also Hud words of Praise for smothers who talk Cut la science classes earlier this month when she returned to Germany. Smothers is on sabbatical this school year to attend a California slate University graduate program she knows a lot. And she taught me a lot. Not just about photography but about a lol of   in thirus id. Ulin Lull smothers beginning Mil advanced photograph classes. I was Surpi cd she Dizin l make it because of All her experience colleagues said they were mansion to Uel Cnoc smothers Back into the leaching fold. I just in Nushi the Nam pm i Lay cye on Mary Aglikin i m Goine to give her the biggest hug said Ursel Kennedy a Ckark. I d go. I d go. I suppose if in inc building of this country we slopped every Lime there was a in agcy we would not be the country we arc  Connie b. Fakes 40, an English teacher Ai Lebanon High school in Lebanon. Tenn. Said last summer. I was so disappointed when i was t Selce cd and now i ills. I m feeling Grule Ful that was t on in and feeling guilty that 1 feet  takes said her voice breaking. I can t imagine How her family must feel. She has a 6-year-old daughter Jusi like 1 do. I have an 11-year-old son. Her son is Paul Dorrance u teacher at Helena High school in Helena. Mont., and one of that slate s iwo finalists. Said. I would certainly Volunteer again to be a teacher in space. Despite what happened Mankind will never get ahead if we Don t dream. If we Don i risk everything we have we won t find out. Chrisla would not want any of us to lose sight of that