Pottsville High School - Hi S Potts Yearbook (Pottsville, PA)

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FW! MMS Thls my fr1ends IS our beloved prxncxpal Danlel H H Lengel At txmes hrs ohn Han cock may read Hard Hearted but do not let that frlghten you for he IS a grand fellovs He rs as square and faxr as any man could be He IS your frxend and aide untll you have made thxs nmpossxble and then he gxves up the shxp slovxly and regretfully M1 Lengel ns a home grown product He IS a natlve of that delxghtful lxttle town Cres sona and was graduated from the Cressona Hxgh School From there he contmued hrs h1gher educatlon at the Keystone Teachers College Because hxs thlrst for knowledge was msatxable he studxed at the Muhlenberg College vxhere he obtalned hls B S degree There deeply unto book lore at Harvard Alas he falled to acquire the famous Harvard accent' Hrs fxrst posxtlon was as mstructor of mathematlcs and sclence ln the Schuylklll Haven Hugh School Shortly afterwards he was offered the role of hlgh school prmcxpal at Mauch Chunk Then he was induced to act ln a snmrlar capaclty at Pottstown Hxgh School and later Pottsvllle Hngh School Mr Lengel IS an actxve member of several orgamzatxons among them bexng the P I A A the Secondary School Dxvnslon of the Eastern DlStflCt of Pennsylvanla State Eclucatxonal Assocratlon and the Knwanxs We fervently hope he w1ll have as pleasant memornes of us as vue w1ll have of hlm D H H LENGEL Prlnclpal D H l. - ., ' ' .' ' . V 7 1 . ' - l I I X V. I l . . . are some people who are never satisfied, and Mr. Lengel was one of them, so he delved more . 7 V . . .

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L A BU DAHN Supermtendent Another year has sped away but rn xts trall lt leaves us many memorles of Mr Bu Dahn s welcome companlonshlp humor and deep understanding Well always carry wlth us the many fine thoughts that were so kmdly glven to us when he spoke to us ln our assemblles Hrs words were those whxch were taken to heart and gnven a great deal of thought Hns fine humor was another outstandmg example of a pleasmg personallty Mr Bu Dahn came to our school ln 1930 He was born nn Theresa Wlsconsln where hrs father operated a department store a Creamery and a farm lmplement busmess Even 1n boy hood he gamed much experlence ln work by helpmg around hrs father s busmess He attended many fine lnstltutlons of learning galnlng hls elementary educatxon xn Theresa and h1s hlgh school educatlon ln Harlcon Wnsconsxn Hrs formal educatlon dld not stop here but he con tmued ln Mllwaukee where he graduated from Normal School the Spenserxan Busmess Col lege and the Unxverslty of WISCOHSIH Later he took up work at the Unlverslty of Chxcago and Teachers College Columbna Umversxty Hrs teachlng career began IH a rural school and from that time on he contmued to advance flrst becommg a hlgh school prmcnpal and then supermtendent of schools xn varnous c1t1es In 1925 he was appointed Professor of Psychology IH State College, Kent Ohno and m 1930 he came to Pottsvllle to take over the superlntendency of our schools SCIHIQDQD

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4 sv DOROTHY K cmrz Dean of Cnrls To be capable of fulfxllmg one s dut1es satxsfactorxly IS deserv1ng of pralse but to be doubly trlply CHHCIBHI IS an art Our beloved Dean of Glrls Mlss Dorothy K Cr1tz IS one of these artlsts Three things xx hlch alded ln makmg her llfe one about xx hlch any xxoman can proudly thlnk and boast a llttle are her tralnmg experlence and mostly her natural sympathy Recelvlng her f1rst preparatlon from a school of the hlghest standlng Wxlson College would seem to almost anyone sufflclent educatlon but our knowledge thlrsty Dean souqht further study at the Unlverslty of Pennsylvama Unlx erslty of ChlC3QO and Columbla Unlverslty For nlne years MISS Crxtz has been Dean of Glrls She exerts her every energy toward makmg our school hfe happ1er To keep up wxth the latest developments m thls work and to dlscover hoxx' other Deans work, Miss Crltz attends conferences and lectures annually The smooth functxonmg Student Councll of XVl'1lCh our school can boast IS under the com petent hand of our Dean MISS Crltz keeps ahve the lovely trad1t1on of P H S by annually coachmg the Mmuet Lastly, our Dean IS ever ready as an understandmg, sympathetxc frlend to help the glrls xn any posslble way Her gentleness and kindness break dovxn all barriers and a b63UtlfLll relatxonshlp IS estabhshed The love she expresses, the compassxon she demonstrates and the leniency of the yudgments whlch she admmlsters make her a Dean whose loss would be such a catastrophe that xxe refuse to consxder lt ' ,, ,i'Q:.i21'?,51-52l', 'f 5, :,' ' . . .- ,f'z1ff,wsF 'T- , gc' 'lin I f . we-i ,, 'y A, 71?- . ' f f - U .inf ,W -L 3 12,72 . - -W, 14, V ' I . .s . . r . . . . . V , Y