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

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LESTER YEAGER In every rank, or great or small His industry supports us all. —Gay As the piston goes down for its first stroke, the intake valve opens,” etc. Surely none of the hoys leaving high school will ever forget this explanation imparted to us by Mr. Yeager. After the many semesters any hoy that was able to assimilate all he learned of soldering, reed weaving, mechanics, tin smithing, electrical wiring, would make a fine handyman for any leap-year bride. If rny of his students are so lucky as ever to have a home of their own, they’ll surely think of Mr. Yeager when repairing one of those damaged electric cords. Subject: General Shops. Graduate of: Bloomsburg State Normal School. Graduate uwrk at: Muhlenberg College, Pennsylvania State Colli ge, Oswego New York State Teachers College. HELEN M. NEWHARD, A.B. Music hath charms to sooth a savage beast. —Congreve A smiling face, a pleasant voice, and the gift of conversing with anyone on anything. You’ve guessed it, MissNewhard.A bright word of greeting to everyone is her password as she goes through the hall. As capable as she is understanding, Helen Newhard not only assists in operetta work but directs the Girls Glee Club competently. Expertly, she holds her music classes so that non-musically inclined students find themselves singing. To speak to her, you cannot help but appreciate her sympathetic nature and her friendliness. Greatly interested in musical achievements, she finds pleasure in attending as many musical gatherings as possible. Subjects: Music, Theory, and Composition. Graduate of: Keystone State Teachers College, Pennsylvania State College. Graduate work at: Pennsylvania State College. CLINTON BILHEIMER The fruit dented from labor is the sueetest of pleasures. —V AUVEN ARGUES How often we marvel at the creative ability of the painter, the sculptor, the designer. Yet we think none too often of the man who carves and shapes out of wood the chairs, the desks, the chests: pieces of furniture to suit our comfort, our daily need. Visit our Mr. Clinton Bilheimer whose workshop contains all kinds of queer tools to cut roughly or smoothly the surface turns of wood in either a plain or twisted form. Humbly, Mr. Bilheimer says that he wants boys to learn how to handle tools, to know that a little work can make the handy thing; but he does more than this—he creates in the hearts of boys an appreciation of home beauty. So careful is he in his practices, he teaches how to avoid slovenly thoughtless things in using tools and things in the home. Subject: Woodwork. Graduate of: Kutztown State Teachers College. Graduate Work at: Pennsylvania State College.

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MARION LAUBACH, A.B. Her very frouns are fairer Than smiles of ether maidens are. —Coleridge I passed by her window —and heard her playing the piano, beautifully. In a v» ry depressed mood, I entered her classroom, and left a little later, giyly, by reason of her extraordinary smile and cheering nature. 1 selected a course in Latin, pessimistically, and was graduated from it, knowingly. Now—of whom arc we thinking? Miss Laubach, of course. Who wouldn't recognize that smile, that generous nature, those willing hands, that cultured mind, as Miss Laubach. Truly, to know her is to love her. Subjects: French, Latin. Graduate of: Wi'son College. MICHAEL LISETSK1. Ph.B. Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and unting an exact. —Bacon Mr Lisetski's first year on the N. H. S. faculty finds him a universal favorite, especially with our class of '36, for he is truly an all-around person and a real sport. This is proven by his varied interests: his precise manner and systematic methods, spiced with genuine humor in P of D and History sessions, his active interest in school athletics, and the general air of helpful agreeableness which seem to belong” very much to him. Outside of our N. H. S. you may find Mr. Lisetski on a football field or a basketball floor, ref-ing, or in a blue coupe and a bright mood, driving! Subjects: History and Problems of Democracy. Graduate of: Allentown Prep School and Muhlenburg College. Graduate work at: Pennsylvania State College. CRACK H. FLICK. B.S. We call some books immortal, do they live ? If so, believe me, rime hath made them pure, In btmks the veriest wicked rest in peace. —Bulwer Lytton I looked up from my ‘‘Reader’s Digest” and saw Miss Flick bending over stemmed, yellow roses. I looked again and marveled at the blue serenity of her eyes against the yellow velvet of the roses. At a crowded desk of eager students. Miss Flick’s slender fingers deftly worked over bocks. My gaze was held fascinated by the efficient fingers admirably disposing of books and books and books. Glancing upward my eyes met the unperturbed glance of Grace Flick, the tall, slender librarian. Moving in an atmosphere of calm and tranquility, she is never too busy to help you find a book on anything fron Alice in Wonderland to a Harvard Classic. Subject: Library Instruction. Graduate of: Millersville State Teachers College.

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HARRY NEWHARD Who through long days of labor, and nights devoid of ease, Still heard in his soul the music of wonderful melodies. —Longfellow Come, let’s step into the auditorium. We are taken by storm as the joyous, enlivening music meets our ears. It fills the audit orium beating a gay tempo above us, around us, beneath us. And pray, who can be the cause of all this harmony, this exhileration, those gladdening notes? Yes. that little dignified figure down there in the orchestra pit is that of Mr. Newhard, commanding the instruments to send forth those sweet sounds. To speak to this man is to become aware of the sincerity behind those kindly eyes and the mischievous quirk about his mouth. We greatly value the directing this man gives to the orchestra and the band. Best wishes as he continues his work with us. Subject: Director of band and orchestra. Graduate of: American Business College. VERNA A under heart, a will inflexible. —Longfellow Perhaps if you had been to Atlantic City this summer, you would have bumped into a slender “nut-brown maid” capering on the sunny sands. At first glance you might not have known her, but after penetrating through three or four coats of golden tan, you would have recognized Verna. When Verna comes back from the shore, she is as brown as a hickory nut just raring to go. On Miss Dotter’s slender shoulders rests the responsibility of coaching the Girls, what a grand coach she makes! Verna seems so much like one of us that an outsider would hardly take her for a teacher. And what are her interests? Only these: knitting, swimming, coaxing tunes out of the piano, and tripping the light fantastic”. Subjects: Health, Supervisor of Athletics. Graduate of: West Chester State Teachers College, Penn State. WILLIAM BENNETT, PH.B. The hand that follows intellect can achieve — Michelangelo What can be more beautiful than nature? Answer: a keen appreciation of it. Here, then, we have a man who p ssesses much beauty, for his interests and experiments arc greatest in the art of nature which is broad and inclusive. Aside from teaching the subject of nature in school, Mr. Bennett proves his love and respect for natural life by raising bees and pigeons on the grounds of his lovely stone home. Mr. Bennett is a student of natural studies both in the practical and scientific value of his subjects. His other interests are social studies, business, and a delightful family which add greatly to his intellect and social nature. Subjects: General Mathematics and Biology. Graduate of: Keystone Stare Teachers College, Muhlenberg College. Graduate uork at: Muhlenberg College, Lafayette College, Pennsylvania State College.