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

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Enmmerlzial RoBERT R. WEDDE Smaii, sprightiy, and perenniaiiy springing samplers of hornespun humor that iceep us in stitches is Nh: Vvedde, who administers us large doses of commercial iaw. Although compieteiy lacking in musical training as such, the song of the harvest is the song of songs for Mr. Wedde, who can usually he found communing with Mother Earth on his farm at his native Kreidersviiie in off-school hours. Here, the warhiing of the hirds accompanies the soft Iuliahies sung hy gentle spring breezes, causing the plant life lovingly pianted hy him 1 n 111:15 Hume Ecnnnrnilzs to reach out leafy arms. His farming knowledge he imparts to his agricultural ciuh, and his delight in the roar of his tractor Finds a twin furrow in the smooth gliding of his Studebaker over hiii and dale. ELEANOR ROBERTS t Keen wit and innate love of music. especiaiy singing, seem to he DOEQOTHY L. MUS SELMAN A iover of the classics is iVirs. Musseiman, our diminutive home economics teacher, who shares her affection for the worlds greatest music with her favorite companion, her husband. A ciose competitor, of the classics for Mrs. Musseiman, who enjoys the distinction of being the smallest teacher in the entire junior-senior high school, however. is the kitchen, where she hears music in the aromatic sizzling of the siciiiet and the cheerful whistling of the steaming pot. Responsihie for a large part of the success of our school luncheon room, where she piays an invaiuahie roie, she is a devotee of sewing and traveling in off-time. attrihutes peculiar to the Vveish, and Miss Roioerts is no exception. If youhwant to know something ahout music, asic her. Or, if you need information ahout a trip, the logical consultant is Miss Roioerts, our school Richard Haiiiiourtong ii she hasn,t been there, sheys read about it. You,H enjoy partaicing of the wealth of information she possesses, and she is as simpie, direct and charming as the many outfits shess designed for piays and operettas. While her accent is focused on the husy hum of the needle, may we add a toast to her inestimahie performance in planning our school luncheon program and aid in managing its operation. Cut ot school, you will find her interested in any activity for the good of the community. Page 23

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wx English Enmmurnial HARRY B. WALIA The term, Hman ahout townf' is appropriately descriptive oi lVl1. Wall who is sure to turn up in connection with most anything that occurs in the community. An enthusiastic tooter oi the saxophone in h s high school and college Clays he has desertecl his instrument to hecome a tutor oi English However his classroom duties are only the small nucleus of multltuclrnous Interests. An active proponent oi athletics he conslclers not taslcs lout pleasures, assisting in coach- ing anti managing the Konlcrete Kids, developing wrestling as a major sport anti coaching the grunt n groaners, coaching anci playing on a community league haslcethall team, as well as holcling clown the sports eclltorshrp oi a local newspaper. ELIZABETH C MIKLUS An accomp isheci pianist In her own right as she has proven time and again ln assemhlles it is only normal to assume that her artistry on the IVOIY lieylooarcl IS ut a natural transposition of her clexterity on that of the typewriter She is equally at home on hoth a ri It our contention that the one supplements the other for her mm le hngers race over each with seeming ease ancl laclc oi effort Any visit to her room is sure to he pleasant for one is certain to he greetecl hy the merry tuneiul claclcmg of typewriter lceys either emanating from classes or from the secretarial clulo which pours out enormous quantities of worlc for the school In general Aslso a master of short han she clevotes her spare time to sports reacllng ancl lcnittmg IVAN SCHNECK Page 22 The same qualities that marie lVlr Schneclc the outsanclmg pro clucer of oompah in the former Schneclqsville hanci, as alto horn player now lend themselves aclmirahly to the Hoomphu he procluces in commercial classes Uur commercial Nclreamu teacher, Mr. Schneclc a fl his witty remarlcs are always arouncl to help us in any difficulty, to lceep us lnterestecl and to further our eclucation, whether weyre talcmg an imaginary trip arounci the worlcl or hecoming emhryo mathematicians hoolclceepers ancl accountants, or typists. A Hnaturalu to us he s the same to the hoys oi the .lunior l'li-Y, whose organiza- tion he fostered last year and which is continuing to grow uncler his sponsorship i ' . . 3 , 7 I. . . . . ,' A X - ' . ' , n ' is . V V . b . . . l 7 . . .. . . A B - CI, . , . . . ' .. ,, , , n . . Y . 9 , , ,V , Y-. V , ,vm-,Q V -'f 1, ' lLf1,..u-J-.,Q'1-V A , i W- '

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reaciing mysteries, or French puhiications, playing, or traveiing. - . Languages Mathematics MARION I. LAUBACI-I As skiiifuiiy as her fingers run up and ciown the piano iceyhoarci, so ctoes Miss Lauhachis tongue circumvent the musical, yet oh so ciifficuit French vowels, not to mention her heautifui, sonorous intona- tion of the measured Latin. A true iover of symphonic music, her greatest cieiight is the pastoral. Normally, Miss Lauhach, the pos- sessor of a paractoxicai minci, is one of the more studiousiy inciineri memhers of the faculty. However, at times, her Hair for drama comes to the fore in hriiiiant ,presentations oi the annual commencement pageant, which she heads, and in senior ciass productions. Sponsor- ing the Alpha Tri-Hi-Y completes her schooi clay. Afterwards, it's ALVIN N. FEGELY , The sensitive fingers which devoutfuiiy sound the Amen on the organs of two churches and direct the choir anthems of ceiestiai heauty are also those which siciiiiuily prohe the mysteries of elec- tricity and cieiicateiy gauged the material for this volume hefore it went on the press. Their ownerss minci is just as otextrous as his fingers are, so cionst try teiiing secrets in French or German when Mr. Fegeiy is around, for not only wiii he understand them, hut he wiii correct your grammar as weii. in addition to languages, he is equaiiy as hriiiiant in geography, the sciences, mathematics and printing, although he teaches only the iast two named suhjects. Always husy, yet finding some time for the hest things in life, Fegeiy, hesicies his teaching and musicai ciuties, maintains his own printing and electrical shop at his Maxatawny home. Page 24 HENRY WEIR . The thrill of the chase is the thriii of thrills for Mr. Vveir, and the haying of the hounds is sweet music in his ears. Although we admit that this couici sometimes he misconstrueci as Hgoing to the ciogsf, it is cieiiiniteiy not the case with Mr. Weir. In reaiity, he is a canine fancier and an ace trainerg a crack shot, having achieved the state ritie championship and seconci piace severai times, and an expert on fieici and stream, as is attested hy his recently heing elected president of the Lappawinzo Fish and Game Protective association. Likewise a cracic mathematician in the classroom, he also exceis in the sciences and in offering frank opinions on the woes of the world.