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

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Gladly Did They Teach Fifty years ago our entire high school faculty consisted of one man, Mr. Ahner Buck, (see picture on left). Today we Ijoast thirty-seven teachers on our faculty roster, and we are very jiroud of the fact that twenty-two of these teachers have ])een with N. A. J. H. S. ten or more years. With the addition of new faculty members came advances in curricular and extra-curricular activities. To these instructors who shaped our student lives hoth past and present, we owe our deepest gratitude. Thev cultivated and nurtured the seed of knowledge that had been planted by who was a capable one-man our grade school teachers. MR. ABNER BUCK faculty, left Northampton to become Principal of Catasau- qua High School and then Superintendent of South Bethlehem Schools. He re- tired in 1934 and died in 1938. Below is the first faculty picture on record. It was taken in 1908 outside the Alliance High School I now Central Build ing). Standing: (back row) D. Protzeller, E. Shawl, M. Prutzman, M. Howell, B. German, B. Meyers, F. Lambert, A. Laubach. Slanding: i front row i Unknown. L. Lichtenwallner. E. Williams, E. Bernhardt, C. Folweiler, E. Willman, E. Rice. Sitting: Erb, I. Shea£fer, C. Bilheimer, C. Bilheimer, F. Dreisbach. Page 12

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. . . Make Good Schools Our School Board scored again in choosing the finest in high school principals. From 1902 to 1905, Mr. E. J. Bernhardt was principal of the Alliance High School. Mr. William D. Landis of Emmaus succeeded him and was declared Supervising Principal in 1906. Mr. Harry W. Shinier, who had served as assistant principal in 1905, now became principal and served faithfully in this capacity until 1913 when he resigned to become Supervisor of the Woodstown, New Jersey schools. In 1913 Mr. Clyde Frankenficld was nom- inated High School Principal and nine years ' ■ ' r-nrtf MR. HARRY SHIMER 1905-1913 MR. IRA SHEAFFER 1922-1946 later, 1922, jjecame Superintendent of schools. In 1922 Mr. Ira L. Sheaffer was appointed Principal of Northampton High School. He had been serving as assistant principal since 1913. It is needless to sing his praises, for he was respected and loved by all. Until his re- tirement in 1946 he brought a zeal and devo- tion to his task which is apparent even today, for he is still actively interested in N. H. S. es, as we of 1951 look around us, we see evidences everywhere of the leadership that has made our school progress. NORMAN A. LAUB B.S., M.A. Principal Just as Dr. Eichler holds the reins, Mr. Laub co-ordinates the movement of our complex school curriculum. He has the exceedingly difficult job ot scheduling classes and activities, and seeing to the efficient gearing of our junior-senior high school machine. Mr. Laub has brought with him the best in progressive educational ideas. During his six years as Prin- cipal, he has put the school first at all times and has I)een striving for the best in modern education and effici- ency. N O W

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MR CLINTON BILHE1MER-MR.CHAS,BILHEIMER-MR. RALPH SHfTH INDUSTRIAL ARTS MATHEMATICS SOCIAL SCIENCE !qOI-iq 5 ig ' 99-l S ' § PRINCIPAL N.JM.S 1 (3 -i 4i In the above picture we present three men who are rememljered and revered l)y N. A. J. H. S. students. The name Bilheimer has been prominent in the fifty years of our school ' s historv. An older brother, Mr. Henry Bilheimer, was secretary of our first School Board, while Messrs. Clinton and Charles Bil- heimer devoted their entire teaching career to N. H. S. and are still actively interested in our school today. Mr. Ralph Smith rose from the ranks of classroom teacher to become Principal of our Junior Hinh School in 1935 where he served faithfully until his death in 1945. We thank these men sincerely for giving their utmost in service to our school. jNor would our book of memories be com- plete if we failed to mention those members of our High School faculty who guided N. H. S. stud ents for ten or more years along the rugged path of learning. A vote of grate- ful thanks goes to the six loyal instructors pictured below. MISS MADOLIN TUCk ER-ni5S RLINE KISTLER-MISS V£RNA DOTTFR COMMERCIAL ENGLISH PHYSICAL EDUCATION 1931-1946 iqaS-RWS ' ' lS3l-iq ' +3 MI5S HELEN SEIDEL - MR HARRY NEWHARD- M SS LYDIA MARTIN HOME ECONOMICS ORCHESTRA g, SAND FREMCH g LATIN 1921-1939 191 -194-8 I9E4-I934 Page 13