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

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RUTH ELLEN SEMMEL “Compel me not to toe the mark, He ever prim and true, But rather let me do the things That I ought not to do.” This little rhyme will tell you much about Sentinel's actions in school, which make her the despair of the teachers. But in spite of that she certainly can play the piano, her favorite tune being I wonder what 'case' 1 can break up next. Besides playing the piano, playing Basket Ball and being a good student. Ruth keeps up a steady correspondence with “Him”, of whom we have heard so much. We know that if she can put the afore-mentioned Him” out of her thoughts, she will succeed with her music. FOSTER REICHARD WEITKNECHT A wise old owl sat in an oak. The more he heard the less he spoke. The less he spoke the more he heard. Why aren't we like that wise old bird? Foster came to join our ranks from that prosperous and very lively city of Laurys. and never he nor we have been sorry that he took such a bold step. His purpose in so doing was to be improved and we certainly have made a big success of it. Foster at one time was very bashful, quiet and afraid of the girls and consequently stuttered, but under the good training received from his classmates, he has overcome all these difficulties, much to the delight of some people. — IS—

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MABEL PAULINE ROYER “A Winning Smile Always Conquers. Pauline was always a good sport when it came to doing anything for X. H. S. and especially for her own class. She really was one of the very few with a lot of class spirit. But she was also good at other things. She spoke at the Oratorical Contest and captured the first prize. She was a member of the Girls’ Glee Club and was great admirer of basket-ball and a certain star. She believed in treating the lower class-mates a little better than her own. Try to picture Pauline in an up-to-date school room, administering knowledge in small doses to the children. Don't give up. Pauline, we are sure you will succeed. JOHN PATRICK DREISBACH “Silence is Golden If silence is golden. John surely has enough gold stored up to fill a house. Perhaps we had better say knowledge, because while the rest of the class chattered and giggled, John paid attention to what was going on and was the wiser for it. we are sure. He had a little trouble with the girls however, for his mannerly conduct won the favor of all of them. John expects to become a mechanical engineer and we are sure that he wdl make good. —17—

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GLADYS SARA MILHAM “IVhat's in a Xante f Hold your hats, here comes Windy Mil—ham . She seems well contented with the prefix Mil of her surname and never intends to part with it. Gladys can talk and talk and then talk some more and when you think she is finished she can even talk some more. She is all that can be secured in the Edison. Columbia and Victor talking machines combined and possesses an inexhaustible supply of ten cent records. Taking is by no means a fault of her's, allhough some of the teachers consider it thus, but it is in reality a remarkable talent. She was considered one of the best elocutionists of the High School and always made a favorable impression as such. Then she did not use her teti-cent records but used the three and four dollar type. It is very evident that she will be a teacher of elocution and we should be happy to have our children receive her excellent training. SAMUEL DAVID FARBER For e'en ho' vanquished, he could argue still. Samuel David Earlier (for old times sake, Sammy) was fortunate to have biblical names galore—Samuel David. Get that ? Some religious boy. Nevertheless religion and its representatives have done a great deal for the young man. Although he has a very heatlhy appearance, nature never intended him to be an athlete. But we must say, he is a great athletic fan and had actually made a gruesome effort to be a ball player. It is a ball game in itself to see Lefty Farber “pitch his head off trying to make the Varsity. He seems to oossess some undeveloped ability in his left arm and we unanimously advise him to practice slinging the dish rag to get into trim. Yet Samuel has his triumphant sphere, which Ls his intellectual and oratorical ability. He showed remarkable ability by capturing second prize at the Oratorical Contest. We either expect him to become a sales agent or a great statesman. Best Luck, Samuel David. —19—