Altoona High School - Horseshoe Yearbook (Altoona, PA)

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ur Principals Our principal, Mr. Levi Gilbert, has made a splendid success of his school life. ln both elementary and collegiate institutions, he attained a record excelled by few. After being graduated at Shippens- burg in 1917, he entered Franklin and Marshall College. During his college career, our principal played football and basketball. For two years C1990-1991D he was captain of his football team. He was graduated from Franklin and Marshall in 1999 at the head of his class. At the University of Penn- sylvania, Mr. Gilbert earned his M. A. degree in 1998. He is now working toward his Ph. D. which he intends to obtain at the University of Southern California. Mr. Gilbert had a great deal of teaching experience before coming to Altoona High, in rural and city schools, in normal and high schools. For a while he was Dean of Men at Shippensburg and later accepted a position as mathematics instruc- tor at Girard College. In 1997, Mr. Gilbert was chosen principal of Lansdowne High School, in 1930 he was elected our own principal . . . AND ARE WE GLAD! Mr. Madclocks, our assistant principal, was graduated from our own High School in 1917. From here he went to Juniata College. ln 1918, he transferred from Juniata College to Penn State, where he earned a B. S. degree in 1991. While a student at Penn State, he was Circulation Manager of the PENN STATE ENGINEER. He was also elected a member of the Scarab Fraternity, an honorary architectural fraternity. Immediately upon his graduation, Mr, Maddocks came to Altoona to teach. For eight years he was an instructor in mathematics at our High School. ln 1995 Mr. Maddocks was awarded his Master's degree at Columbia University. During the years 1997-1998 and 1998-1999 he served as the Director of the School District Evening School. In his eighth year of teaching, his conscientious efforts resulted in an advancement to the position of assistant principal, an office which he now holds. i Page Ten

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Y 4 1 YJ? IA -.f 4 ,IJ5 v-1 ii - 11 .IF - C ig- 'M- .if 1 Altoona High School Faculty Superintendent .... ... Robert E. Laramy,fM.A. Principal ...,....., ..,...... L evi Gilbert, M.A. ,Assistant Principal ..... . .. .... Joseph N. Maddoclcs, M.A. Attendance Director .,...,.... ......... P aul A. Zetler, BS. Assistant Attendance Director . . . General Assistant ..,......... English .. History ..., Mathematics .. Science ...,...,,... . . . Rena Lauver, M.A. ... E. C. Hare, B.A. Department Heads Modern Language .... ... Latin ........... Commercial .... Vocational . .... . l-lome Economics . . Music .......,,. Art .....,.,.......... Physical Director, Boys . . . Physical Director, Girls ,... ,, Annie C. Campbell, M.A. ...... E. Marie Lentz, M.A. .. George B. Williams, Ph,B. ... l-larold C. Wimmer, MS. Charles M. Grimminger, M.A. ... Minnie F. Stockton, B.A. ,... J. L. I-loover, B.A. .. Charles C. Sadler ..,.... Zitella Wertz, M.S. . l-loward W. Lindaman, B.A. ......... Mary A. Tressler .. Robert l-l. Wolfe, G.G. ....... Elizabeth K. Eyre Miss Eyre, Miss Stockton, Mr. Wimmer, Miss Lentz, Miss Wertz, Miss Campbell, Mr. Sadler, Mr. Gilbert Mr. Maddoclcs, Mr. Laramy, Mr. Hoover, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Zetler, Mr. Grimminger, Mr. Williams Page Elev CD i gf. 1? ll- Ii l lil. 5 as i A . I I . :if fi 5 .3 Z :... y l it lc ' 'F 5 3 a n ali-