Tamaqua High School - Sphinx Yearbook (Tamaqua, PA)

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tory Department BENJAMIN B. BAER RICHARD G. JONES RUTH KRAUSE A.B., ,M.A., Penn.tylt'ania State College Mr. Baer teaches and prac- tices democracy in his Sopho- more and Senior h i s t o r y classes and likes to get back to the land as a hobby. He is busy after school hours with his duties as faculty manager of football and secretary of the A.A. FLORENCE M. WALL B.S., Kutztown S.T.C. Her Junior English classes are alive with her wit and per- sonality. She has shown her di- recting talent by coaching the Senior class play and her skill- ful writing ability by acting as advisor to the very successful Blue and White. B.S., Stroudsburff S1AT.C. gy x X ,uf Mr. Jones, whh oiinigdgthe senior High 'chodlsfagdity iii F ebruary, tela5y,eQSophon1ore histo . Hisjriteresting classes sens humor. He is an ar- e fan of all sports, but espe- 'a of basketball. ,A giiibbi get with his terrific I A.B., Pe1z1zsylz1ania State College Q As teacher of Senioruffgeheli and Junior history, Miss Krause worlcs hard'making her classe,s,,'as.1nteresting and in- formative as they are. In the extracurricular program, she is faculty advisor of the Bugle Corps and of the Senior French Club. Mathematics Department EDVVARD KEMZURA A.B., NLA., Pennxylvafzia State College In school this efficient mathe- matician conducts the plane and solid geometry and the trigonometry classes. His most interesting class this year is one of eighteen boys-no girls. In the extracurricular Held Mr. Kemzura is faculty manager of basketball. 11 WENDEL WELSH B.S., Muhlenberg College Mr. Wlelsh clarifies the dark mysteries of business math and algebra for his Sophomore stu- dents. Unsuccessfully he tries to conceal his genial person- ality behind a hard veneerg he is really a very nice person who knows mathematics backwards and forwards.

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Art Commercial Department MARY MOHRBACH B.S., Kutzlown S.T.C. Miss Mohrbach is an ap- preciative, friendly critic in the art classes she teaches in all Tamaqua schools. Very talent- ed, she works in her after school hours teaching adult classes, painting scenery for school productions, and just doodling for her own pleasure. . - s Jig? ,K .072 GRACE M. BAHRT B.S., Kulztown S.T.C. Her neat, nicely decorated room makes absorbing typing and office practice easier for her Senior and Junior students. She is quite a gardener if those plants in 202 are any evidence. Miss Bahrt is faculty advisor of the Commercial Club and the Commercial Club's Mixed Chorus. English Department D MARY R. BREWER A.B., Coucher College Imagination is the keynote of her classes and activities. She works very hard after 3 : 30 as faculty advisor of the Sphinx, the Senior class, Class Day, and the French Club. Warning-open that closet carefully, lest you start an ava- lanche. r 1.-.-A If VERNA M. BRITTON A. B., Penna. State College Miss Britton likes to tell her German and English classes about her experiences in her car. She is a mine of any kind of information as is evidenced by the rip-roaring class discus- sions. She is faculty advisor of the German Club. 10 if 3 F, 2 K. FEY B.S., Surquehanna Univerxity f M.A., New Yorklfnioersity Teacher of Junior and Sen- ior shorthand and bookkeep- ing, Miss Fey is also the orig- inator of the newly organized Order of Gregg Artists and the Triple Trio. Her room decora- tions make evident her love of flowers and of the fine aikixsl. . , HEL 1 g l V ' All XV, . kin 'D fx . fi X. ,NJ if X H. PAUL -IEVVELLS A.B., Dickinson College M.A., Columbia University Mr. Jewells keeps his stu- dents on pins and needles in his interesting Sophomore Eng- lish and Latin classes. He is a perfectionist who inspires per- fection in others. A wily chess player, he is advisor to the chess club which meets in his room at noon.

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Music Department HELEN M, DAVIS B.S., Lebanon Valley College Mrs. Davis, a small but ef- fective package of musical knowledge, skill, and know- how, adds her professional touch to the operetta and the Glee Clubs. She makes her rounds to the music classes in the Tamaqua schools in her blue Studebaker, vf-11.1 1 e n: Q ' , ,iff ffl , 2'457'-QI? A ,,,,.,a. . ,,.,,.,,,.,.,., -rffszszszzzz-rf' ' G ,. . .,.. 2 Q. i if 1 ' if t 22522153 , ' - ' it J 1 , fx.: I e 4 4 r ,, f f, , :gf f a ye 4 ig rr 1.-. - gf GH, V -W .H 'L 51. r Jz W P 1 1' 1 , , , f f - ' 1' W Q 2 1 PA ' UL WV. HOlxNER B.S., juniata College Mr. Horner supervises in- strumental music in Tamaqua. The band concerts, which he directs, show his ingenuity as do the skits which the band and the majorettes perform at the football preciativ tor. games. He is an ap- e and talented direc- Physical Education R. A. HARTWVIG, B.S., Univerrity of Pennsylvania A tall, friendly man, familiar to both Junior and Senior High School students, Mr. Hartwig, an ex-football-star, is now coaching the team, supervising track, and teaching physical education. He is also the well- liked advisor of the Junior Hi-Y. , l JOSEPHINE A. PAOLO B.S., Lock Haven S.T.C. Miss Paolo teaches the girls physical education classes in a friendly and informal way. She is understanding and conscien- tious in class and efficient in her other activities which in- clude advising the Tri-Hi-Y and su sports. pervising intramural 12 Secretary Q MARY JANE DOWD Mrs. Dowd is an efficient librarian and secretary. Her pleasant, patient manner and appearance belie her hectic days spent in filling out in- numerable absence and tardy slips, taking care of the school correspondence, and carrying out her duties as librarian. Science JOSEPH A. DUNCAVAGE B.S., Wake Forert College LLB., Catholic University This year he taught a hodge- podge of subjects-algebra and biology to the sophomores, chemistry to the Juniors, and physics to the Seniors. He had no uniform, but he was still a Marine at heart. During foot- ball season, he was an assist- ant coach. g,d1OwwW 9'?4 N