Nazareth Area High School - Comet Yearbook (Nazareth, PA)

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Nazanth High School

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The Comet 1922 School History HE YEAR 1891 marks the beginning of the History of old Nazareth High School. At that time High School opened for the first time with an enrollment of 57. At first only a two-year course was offered to the students. But as time went on and more pupils came, conditions were changed un- til in about ten years the two-year course changed to a three-year course. Even this was not satisfac- tory, so the three-year course soon made room for a first-class four-vcar course. Graduates of this course can enter Lehigh, Lafayette and the Normal Schools without passing any examinations. In 1918 a very valuable addition was made to the curriculum of Nazareth High School when a Commercial Course was included in the course of study. This course is equal to any Business College course and is invaluable to High School students. Any High School would be incomplete without some form of athletics, so the students of Nazareth High organized football, baseball, and basketball teams. But as there was not much room available for football and baseball practice, basketball was soon, and is yet the chief sport indulged in. The past teams have always been fast and the future teams have even better prospects in view. In the spring of 1921 a new form of athletics was introduced. This was track work. At that time we had our first inter-class track meet and everybody enjoyed it. The Nazareth High School Literary Society as a live school organization must by no means be for- gotten. The Society meetings are held every other Friday and are of great benefit to the students. Re- cently the Society started to give public meetings in the Nazareth Y. M. C. A. auditorium. The meet- ings arc appreciated very much by the public. While all these improvements have taken place in the curriculum, the High School building itself has steadily become poorer and now it is condemned to make room for a new building. Very likely the class of '22 will be the last to leave the doors of the old building. We hope that the classes following us will enter the new building and continue the good work begun in old Nazareth High.

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The Comet 1922 FREDERICK A. MARGKS. A. B.. Nazareth. Pa.. Supervising Principal. Graduate. Emaus, Pa., High School; Allentown Preparatory School; A. B. Muhlenberg College, 1909; Graduate Work. Lehigh University. 1918-19. ADAM H. MARTIN. A. B.. New Holland. Pa.. Principal of High School and Instructor of Languages. Graduate of New Holland High School; Franklin Marshall Academy; A. B. Franklin Marshall College. 1917; Graduate Work, Columbia University. 1919-20-21. WILLIAM L. EINOLF, Lancaster. Pa., Head of Commercial Department. Graduate, Lancas- ter High School; Millersvillc State Normal School; Engrossing and Supervisor’s Course in Penmanship at Zanerian College of Pen- manship. Columbus. Ohio. CHESTER G. STOCKER. Nazareth, Pa., Instruc- tor of Mathematics and Chemistry. Graduate, Nazareth High School; East Stroudsburg Normal School; Columbia University, 1919. URBANUS S. WIREDACH, Easton. Pa.. Instruc- tor of English and History. Graduate Easton High School; Easton Academy; Two Terms Lafayette College: Three Years at Muhlen- berg College; Work for Degree at Muhlen- berg during 1919-20-21-22. RALPH E. STOCKER, Nazareth, Pa.. Instructor of Mathematics and History. Graduate, Naz- areth High School; East Strodusburg Normal School. FLORENCE L. NICHOLAS, Nazareth, Pa., In- structor in Civics. Graduate. Nazareth High School; East Stroudsburg Normal School; State Extension Work. Philadelphia, 1916; State College, 1919-21.