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

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Area School Board Seated: I . A. Marcks, Superintendent; Peter F. Ycislcy, Nazareth; Charles P. Schnerr, Treasurer, Nazareth; C. J. Knauss, Secretary to the Committee; George A. Smith, President, Nazareth; John Fox, Stockertown: A. Russell Snyder, Nazareth; Stanley W. Clewell, Nazareth; Elwood J. Unangst, Nazareth Standing: John Urban, Nazareth; Gustave Fox, Lower Nazareth; Charles Peischl, Upper Nazareth; Frank Sours, Tatamv; Edgar Fehr, Hush kill NAZARETH AREA JOINT SCHOOL COMMITTEE Following the 1950 Jointure, formed to combine the resources and provide better facilities for the six-district school population, the first step toward the realization of a new senior high school building was the appointing of a building committee on September 26, 1951. After acquiring a building site, plans were formulated, approved, bonds issued, and ground was broken on February 6, 1952. Approximately two years and eight months later, on October 3, 1955, the partially completed new high school was opened. The following April 8, 1956, the new F. A. Marcks Building was dedicated. To the Joint Committee, the School Board, and the superintendent much credit is due for the foresight, time, and cooperative effort used in planning and erecting a modern building for the improvement of the educational facilities of the students of the area school population. NAZARETH AREA JOINT SCHOOL BOARD NAZARETH BOROUGH Stanley W. Clewell Charles P. Schnerr George A. Smith A. Russell Snyder Elwood J. Unangst ohn E. Urban F.TER F. YEISLEY C. J. Knauss, Secretary to the board BUSHKILL TOP'S SHIP Vincent 0. Altbmose Edgar E. Fehr Floyd Lahr William E. Miller George O. Werner STOCKERTOWN BOROUGH John J. Fox Carl A. Fry Gilbert Heyer Melvin G. Kanipkr Russell A. Metzgar LOITER NAZARETH TOP'S SHIP George F. Bartron Walter A. Buss Gustave Fox Frank B. Heckman Norman Mili.heim TAT A MY BOROUGH Paul R. Burley Fred A. Finkbeiner Lester B. Happel Rev. Floyd R. Shaper Frank J. Sours UPPER NAZARETH TOP'S SHIP Louis C. Hoffmeister Charles F. Peischl Frank T. Reich el Leo H. Shook Marguerite A. Thomas 4

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to Honor Superintendent Marcks Superintendent F. A. Marcks The F. A. Marcks Building, dedicated on April 8, 1956, was named in honor of Frederick A. Marcks, who, at the end of this school year, will have served the Nazareth Public Schools continuously for forty- seven years and the Joint Area Schools since the inception of the six-district jointure in 1950. Coming to Nazareth in 1909 as a teacher of Physics, German, and English in the local high school, he was elected high school principal in 1910 and five years later, in 1915, supervising principal. When Nazareth passed the 5,000 population mark in 1937 and became a third class district, Mr. Marcks was elected District Superintendent. Since the six-district jointure in 1950, Mr. Marcks served also as superintendent of the secondary schools of the jointure. Under his guidance the schools have made great strides in both their physical and educational pro- grams. During this period both the present Junior High and the modern Area Senior High School buildings, with ample football, baseball, track, and tennis areas, have been completed. Paralleling the physical expansions, the entire curriculum has been expanded and enlarged to keep the educational program abreast the times. In 1918 the commercial curriculum was added; in 1923, music; in 1924, sewing and industrial arts; physical education and the beginning of a sports program in 1926-27; and a department of health in 1928. In 1931 the secondary school was reorganized into a junior and senior high school. In that year the high school library service came into existence. In 1936 instrumental music was introduced. A foods laboratory in 1938 made the home making course complete. A guidance counselor was added to the staff in 1949. Keeping pace with the ever-expanding curriculum and the increased enrollment, the staffs of the combined schools, numbering approximately 15 for both elementary and high school in 1915, now in- clude 71 faculty members, all of whom have college certification. Since the inception of the six-district jointure in 1950, administering the school system has become increasingly complex and difficult. In addition, the planning in connection with the construction of the new building has made the superintendent’s work more strenuous and time- consuming. The schools of the community and the jointure owe much to the foresight, careful planning, and the devotion of this educator.

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Achieves Long-Range Program Besides serving as super- intendent of the Nazareth Borough Schools since 1937, Mr. Marcks has been chief administrative and super- visory officer of the joint school since the six-district jointure of 1950. At the end of this school year Mr. Marcks will have completed forty-seven years in the Nazareth Public Schools as a teacher, prin- cipal, and superintendent; and the Nazareth Schools owe much to the wisdom, foresight, and efforts of this educator. While Superintendent Marcks reads a report, his secretary, Mrs. Margaret Sheklelski, looks on. Moving into the new F. A. Marcks Building created new problems for Dr. Lee Graver, high school prin- cipal. In addition to his regular duties of preparing student and teacher sched- ules and supervising in- struction and the numerous extracurricular activities, he attended to the practical problems of adapting the various facilities of the new building. He was respon- sible for checking the numerous details that need- ed completing about the building. Dr. Lee Graver, principal, goes over a report with Mrs. Elaine Doyle, his secretary. 3