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

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- -1 - -a-...,, fu Physical Education 5t:iem:'e ALBERT ERDOSY The roars of the massed thousands of people who witness his hoys play leave lVlr. Erdosy unmoved. However, he is totally and lceenly attuned to the shrill trehle of the referees whistle, to the rhythmic thudding of ground-flailing leet, or to the thump of the pigslcin as it leaves the punterls toe. Une of the most successful coaches ever to head the Konlcrete Kids, this man with the physique of a Greelc god, toothpaste smile and nonchalant Wallc, last fall hrought the Blaclc and Grange gridders through their third straight undefeated season. Although he lilces to spend an evening at home listening to good music, his mind lceeps straying to footloall. An excellent physical education instructor in school, he is equally as excellent in the role of artist, interior decorator, or wood Carver at home. YE? wif? MABEL W. JENKINS The contralto voice which she formerly used to grace the A Capella choir at East Stroudslourg State Teachers college is now utilized loy lVliss ilenlcins to count cadence lor the paces through which she puts her classes in girls physical education. The possessor of an innate sense of rhythm and inherently music conscious, she has heen largely responsihle for most of the dances featured in school plays, operettas and assemhlies. Example? Ch, yes'-frernemher the Gay 90,s Revuen this spring? An ingenious decorator, many are the demands hy various organizations for her original ideas in this field. On the outside, her activities include hunting, fishing, arts and crafts, and photography. ERNEST A. PAPP The familiar phrase, Uhless your,little heartf, immediately con- jures up the image of Mr. Papp, our congenial class advisor, chemistry and physics instructor. The possessor of a heautilul tenor voice, he loses no opportunity to use it, and was formerly an active rnemher of the Bach choir, Bethlehem. However, most of his arias are now sung with us in music class, either literally or through the medium of frequent ntonicu tallcs. His experiments in chemistry have several times caused him to he suspected of heing a pyromaniac, while others have loeen so odiierous as to malce Chemistry the most unpopular suhjcct in school. An authority on love affairs, especially those oi the seniors, he has hecome adept at turning laces red. An nen- gineeru of field trips, haslcethall games, good times, hearty laughs, and a Hscrapu collector, we Wonder Whether he will ever Hengineeru himself into hecoming a furniture salesman. Page 25

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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.

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FV- . . 8 l 2 'I- i l K i I I ' s N Science Secial Science MICHAEL LISETSKI mqfaiie Me Out to the Bali Game!! must he Mr. i..isetsici,s favorite song, for, outsicie of ciassroom, practically aii of his waking hours are cievoteci to sports'-'any sport. A three-sport star in high schooi, he is now assistant footioaii coach and ioaseioaii mentor, not to mention the fact that he is in great ciemanci as an ,official at gridiron, hasicet- haii and ciiamonci contests. Comes spring, anci the great out of doors iures him to the stream with a song he cannot resist. An inveterate angier, he not oniy casts a mean iiy, hut aiso patrois fishing sites as speciai warden for the Northampton area. incicientaiiy, his American history course is comprehensive and thorough. A granci teacher and a Hreguiar guy,U Mr. Lisetsici is, in our opinion, a reai ifsportfy Page 26 ROBERT J. SNYDER The same fingers which iinger iovingiy over Bach or Niencieissohn are useci hy Mr. Snycier to siciiifuiiy dissect animals anci, currentiy, in compiling a voiume on identification of Pennsylvania iiowers. A true iover of aii kinds of music, he is not only a virtuoso on the piano, hut a taienteci performer on iorass instruments, inciuciing trumpet anci ioaritone. His iove of nature, however, cioseiy paraiieis his iove of music, anci much of his spare time is spent searching for rare speci- mens to acici to the menagerie in his hioiogy room, or in snapping pictures to enhance his coiiection of photographs. He is aiso icnown to match wits with the finny denizens of trout streams quite reguiariy. v - NELLIE R. SLOYER A thoroughly schooieci anci fine musician, Mrs. Sioyer is the pos- sessor of an unusuaiiy sweet soprano voice that never iaiis to enthraii us when we hear it. We are far from being the only ones to enjoy her iiiting tones, however, for she is in great ciemanci at churches anci puioiic functions. Aithough she stuciies anci teaches music on the outsicie, her pursuit of this art comprises hut one of her many interests, which inciucie church woric, puhiic speaicing, anci, at home, knitting. Pieasant, inteiiigent anci resourceiui, her history ciasses are iooiced forward to hy aii. Especiaiiy favoreci is the Gamma Tri-Hi-Y, whose acivisor she is. As fiean of giris, she is ever a reaciy confidant anci aiways Hjohnny on the spotu when a prohiem arises.