Northampton Area High School - Amptennian Yearbook (Northampton, PA)

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Develop the Policies That Govern Our Education The gymnasium, which will occupy The wing nearesT Laubach Avenue. will have approximaTe seaTing space Tor Twelve hundred people and will provide separ- aTe TaciliTies Tor shower and locker rooms. The classroom wing will be direcTly behind The gymnasium. This is To be The only Two-sTory secTion oT The building. AccommodaTions Tor eighT or nine buses will be provided by a semi-circular ramp adjoining The wing. Along wiTh The adminisTraTive oTTices, The caTeTeria, healTh suiTe, library, and homemalcing deparmTenT will also be lo- caTed in This wing. The audiTorium, which will seaT ap- proximaTely seven hundred and sevenTy- Tive. and The arTs and craTTs rooms will Torm The oTher wings oT The building. We are up in The clouds over The plans and we know ThaT all sTudenTs aT- Tending This new school will derive much from The educaTional beneTiTs iT will pro- vide. fs-Qf 'ETQA Y? NQ Mr. L. J. Boucher, on behalf of The Universal ATlas Cemenf Company, prcsenTs The deed To a TwenTy-acre TracT oT land To Mr. RoberT SchaTTer. This will be The siTe of our new senior high school. l Quan'-. 'wuvwullwllr-'nm-w . The archiTecT's drawing of our new senior high school. Page 7

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Men of Foresight - Capable and Efficient Our School Board Takes Time ouT from building plans To give us a pic'l'ure. Sfanding: Dr. George A. Eichler, Superinlendenfg Joseph George, Raymond A. Newhard, Russell S Becker, 2nd Vice-Presidenfg Sianley Easferday, George C. Newhard, Jerome W. Burlcepile, Jr Solicifor. SeaTed: Howard G. Raubenhold, Isi Vice-President RoberT L. Jones, Secrefaryp Roberl D. Schaffer Presidenh Eugene R. Milham, Treasurer: John S. Dreisbach, Kenneth Haidle. School board president Mr. RoberT Schaffer, presenTs cerflflcafes of apprecialion To Mr. Paul Bachman and Mr. Claude Troxell, reliring school direcTors. Page 6 The Board of Educalion, The nucleus aloouT which The enTire school sysTem re- volves, esTal:Jlishes good relaTionships be- Tween The school and The communiTy. VViTh Them The main oloiecTive is always To advance The inTeresTs of educaTion and To improve our schools so Thar They may beTTer serve our ciTizens. This compeTenT group of men has sTarTed us on The sTarliT paTh To realizing a dream. AT presenT They are working diligenlrly on plans Tor our new high school. The proposed building, which will be locaTed on Laubach Avenue beTween SixTeenTh and SevenTeenTh STreeTs. will be builT in The shape of a Tour-poinTed sTar. and will accommodaTe a sTudenT populaTion of one Thousand. IT will con- sisT of TourTeen classrooms. a gymnasium, an audiTorium, adminisTraTive offices, and TaciliTies Tor arls and craTTs.

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Experienced Educators lnterpret Policies And GEORGE A. EICHLER A.B., M.A., Ed.D. Superintendent ot Schools Our Superintendent is Mn Edt.- cationm himselt. As he undertakes the general administration ot all the schools in the iointure. As a representative to the education Darley in Vtfashington, D.C., Dr. liichler brought recognition and honor to our schools, With pride we aclcnowledge his continued in- terest in us and our tuture. . je Q , X A WM We tw twig NWWNQX? . 'WW wwswwl RM use-Awe-sf M- Page 8 NORMAN A. LAUB, B.S., M.A. Principal Coordinating all parts ot a very complex school program is no small task. But in our Principal we have a man to meet the challenge. Seri- ously and with integrity he per- torms his worlc. l-le lends a helping hand today and dreams ot better things tor the school ot tomorrow.