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

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.. ,nr Enncerl-Meister NORMAN A. LAUB An accomplished violinist in his own right, Mr. Lauio is iiteraiiy, as Weil as figuratively, a concert-meister, and We find, in delving through hack numioers oi this volume that, in his student years here, he was First chair violinist in the high school orchestra. Recently, however, he has had to iay aside his heioved instrument in assuming the re- sponsibility for administering hoth the junior and the senior high schoois, which iast year began a merging process, now compiete, from an administrative viewpoint. Young, capahie and efficient, We find in Mr. Lauh a true con- cert-meister, iceeniy attuned to the many sounds and iniiuences emitted by his schools. Principal . Ranking a ciose second to the conductor oi a symphony in importance is the concert-meis- ter. This individual, of necessity, must know as much aioout the orchestra and its components as the conductor, ior, in the aiosence oi the maestro, he must he prepared to take up the ioaton. in many cases he is an understudyfoi the director. . The concert-meister is the ieading violinist oi the symphony orchestra, and as such, must ioe thoroughly familiar with every whim and gesture oi the conductors haton. He is the pivot upon Whom the entire organization turns, for ali other musicians depend upon his guidance in interpreting the conductor,s desires. Page I7 'MT J Ii- 1 i 1 ,il

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Ennllulztnr 1 DR. GEORGE A. EICIZILER . Superintendent , The conductor of a symphony has a clual responsibility. First of all, it is his duty, through interpretive genius and the meclium of his expressive baton, to thrill his audience by ei awing the maximum of beauty out of the musicians before him. His other phase of responsibility, which is just as important, if not more so, than the first, is to carry out and aclminister the policies of the symphony sponsors. This often calls for assistance even in establishing policy, for the concluctor is usually more familiar with details than anyone else. The administration of a school system such Page 10 as this one can, in many respects, be said to parallel closely the difficult taslc of the sym- phony conoluctor, anol, We find in Dr. Eichler, a man who has been successfully and capably shoulciering the enormous responsibilities which the office oi superintendent entails. Although not a musician, he is a music lover, and is especially ioncl of the semi-classics ancl light opera. Highly progressive, he is clecicleclly in favor oi the 'expancleci school music program: in fact, he is ciecicietily in favor of anything for the benefit of the schools or the community in general, in Whose service most of his out of school hours are spent.

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Section c All musical organizations are composed Similarly, this term. the dean-class acl- of sections, and the first chair musician in visor system was inaugurated by Principal each bears the unofficial titte of section Laub, anct, to our faculty Usection lead- ieader. ers,H we ctevote these two pages. Mrs. Nellie Stoycr, dean of senior high girls fseaicd, rigtitl, talks over a problem with Dorothea Pyndus, fscat- cct. Ieftf, of the junior class. Snnq fur Snpranns Enntraltn Enunturpnint Page 18 Junior high sings its mxn melodic accompaniment, as Kathleen Nlillcr and Mar- garet Lucky fleft and center, discuss matters with Laura Vvccd friglwtj, clean of girls.