Altoona High School - Horseshoe Yearbook (Altoona, PA)

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Administration Front Row-Mr. Laramy, Mr. Barclay, Mr. Meek, Mr. McKerihan, Mr. Decker Second Row-Mr. Getz, Mr. Sellers, Mr. Reynolds, Dr. Tippery, Mr. Sell, Mr. Thompson 1 BOARD OF DIRECTORS William E. Barclay Robert McKibben Daniel M. Sell David B. Getz J. Foster Meek William F. Sellers Joseph C. McKerihan Paul R. Reynolds Dr. Guy S. Tippery OFFICERS J. Foster Meck ........ ......................... .............. P r esident William F. Sellers .... ......... V ice-President M. M. Morrow ...... ............,... S olicitor Samuel Wilson .......... ................. T reasurer William N. Decker ....... ......................... S ecretary Robert L. Thompson .............................................. Assistant, Secretary SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Robert E. Laramy ATTENDANCE Harry H. Beacham Herman W. Shiplett Barnett N. Lukens Page Six

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Principal 1 EVI GILBERT, Principal of the Altoona High School, is a genial, friendly man, who never appears to be perturbed. He speaks with deliberation, but his remarks, usually interspersed with humor, hold the close attention of his listeners. It is nothing unusual to see Mr. Gilbert stop in the hall, put his arm across the shoulder of a student and talk with him. A student to whom he is speaking does not feel a barrier of superiority but rather a sense of comradeship. It is, perhaps, this sympathy for young people that makes him prominent in welfare Work in school and city. Through his efforts many pupils are provided with food and clothing, transportation, and medical attention that are sorely needed. Mr. Gilbert is the type of person who believes that misdemeanors of the past should be forgotten. Thus he is not prejudiced, when dealing with students, by any unfavorable reports of previous difficulties. Although he has been a resident of Altoona for only live years, he is keenly interested in all civic enterprises and takes an active part in the work of' the Rotary Club and of the Young Men7s Christian Association. His most outstanding interest outside of school affairs is Scouting, and he now holds the responsible position of President of the Blair-Bedford Council of Boy Scout Organizations. Mr. Gilbert has a large interest in athletics. As a student he always took an active part in this phase of school Work, and at Franklin and Marshall College he was captain of his football team. He follows the teams of Altoona High School and stands back of them with an excellent spirit of sportsmanship and fairness. Scholastically he has set an enviable record. He was valedictorian of his class, both at Shippensburg Normal School and at Franklin and Marshall College. He earned the Degree of Master of Arts at the University of Pennsylvania in 1929. He served as teacher and Dean of Men at Shippensburg from 1922 to 1926. ln 1927 he became Principal of Lansdowne High School and in 1930 he came to Altoona. At present Mr. Gilbert is working for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh. Page Eight