Allentown Preparatory School - Alprescho Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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l938 ALPRESCHO Science Club These sons and daughters of Arlstotle have spent a very profltable year flndung out how entertaanmg the task of absorbing knowledge can be The tireless efforts of Mr Russell self termed deus ex machma of the club combined wlth the busunessluke cooperatuon ot Cordon Payrow Pres: dent Alan Campbell Vlce Presndent and Caroline Black Secretary resulted an enjoyable and sernously Interesting programs These took the form of demonstratlons and lectures by club members and lnspectuon traps to various Industries and museums The journey through the Franklnn lnstntute was of most outstandung mterest The Fels Planetarnum the exhrbnts dealing wnth chemrstry and physucs not to mention the kmds of bicycles our grandmothers rode and a huge Baldwun locomotlve were only the begnnnmg of a fascnnatnng processnon However the mann lmpressron made by that trlp seems to be summarlzed thus Well' Only a dollar seventy flve for the round trnp Not so bad How about lt? Science speaks ll Harold Baty Davnd Bachmann Carolme Black Vnctor Brancatu Allan Campbell MEMBERS Carolnne Ferguson David Coyle Ward Kemper Edward Lxcker Albert Nacrelln Gordon Payrow Davnd Rehmeyer Gwendolyn Long Lester Stoneback Mrtchell Strohl ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Theodore Hamsley Jay Stradley Membershrp requnres B or better In any science or mathematncs Associate members are those nterest d but who have not made the grade requured lS2l - 4. . ry . , ' n t ' l - u 1 v - v l . ,, . . . -v . ' 9 .

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l938 ALPRESCHO Dramatrc Club The curtarn rrses the pantomrme begins Tnls partrcular one happened to be the frrst public appearance of the year by our school Thesprans The un doubted success of thus attempt aroused ambrtron to do more plays whrch ambition IS absolutely the proper thrng for the consumers are breathlessly wautrng for the producers to produce But rn our humble oprnron the forth comrng presentatrons wrll have to be mrraculous to arouse a more enthusr astrc response than A Tragedy of Tragedres drd Probably the outstandrng hut of the show was Bobby Schealer who played Zrngerella draped rn a lrttle blue and whnte prrnted artncle of rndetermmate ancestry The officers of The Wag and Buskrn are Cordon Payrow Presrdent Randall Alexander Busrness Manager and Caroline Black Secretary and Treasurer The treasurer part of Carolrne s lob IS somewhat of a farce for the club has never rn :ts hrstory been known to charge admlssuon Can rt be that there rs an rnferrornty complex lurkrng backstage somewhere? MEMBERS Cordon Payrow Lester Stoneback Randall Alexand r Margaret Afflerbach Carollne Black Robert Schealer Mitchell Strohl Paul Dougher Davrd Bemrs Coyle Anton Baarslag Faculty Advrser Mr Raymond Waller I5 . . . . ,. . v n . .1 . -, . . v - . H . . ., . . . l v . - It v- . , . . . . E'

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V938 ALPRESCI-IO Parent Association Under the leadershup of Mrs H L Ketper the Parent Assocuatlon functloned very capably They held meetings every other month on the furst Frlday In the month In Novembe a Parents Week End was held and was very successful Dr Harold P Thom s Head of Department of Educatuon at Lehlgh Unuverslty was the speaker At the February meetung the parents held a blrthday party for Dr Hackemann and In Aprll s meetlng Mrs Arner furnxshed entertaunment The Parents Assoclatnon gave two cakes a month for the best tables In the dumng room A New York branch conslstnng of thlrty members has been formed under the leadershlp of Mrs Irene Roggeveen Durmg the year a meetlng was held at the Hotel Taft OFFICERS Presudent Mrs H L Kenper Stroudsburg Vlce Presudent Mrs Howard Hoch Bethlehem Secretary Mrs Harold V Stewart Allentown Treasurer Mrs Ernest Schwund Allentown Pa ALUMNI ASSOCIATION In I93I the Alumnn Association rous d Itself from practucal lnactuvnty Into an actuve group Yearly a meet ng ts h ld nn Allentown and durlng the Commencement week a pucnuc us held at I-less Lehngh farm The assocuatton has dtvnded :ts membershup unto drstrncts wnth a r presenta tuve IH each dxstnct These groups are becomung actlve wnth Increasing Interest un the furthering of school plans and polucues The offucers at the present turne are Louus Albrlght presldent Mark R Buttner vlce presud nt N Sttne Eckert secretary and Robert Moyer treasurer The executuve commnttee consusts of Paul J Cebert Charles Boluch Edwtn Klnne Edward Kane Henry Newhard Martln Rutter and Dr Ralph Hennck I53J -- 1 , , I' I . , . . D F - . . . a, . . ' . .. ' , ,Pa. I A . , ,Pa. . . , ,Pa. i , S . , . .. - . .. .. . . , . . . D -