Tamaqua High School - Sphinx Yearbook (Tamaqua, PA)

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Other Faculty and School Information Mr. Kemzura is the father of a year-old son. M1'. Hlelsh is a grandfather. Miss Vlall is work- ing for her Master's Degree at Pennsylvania State College. Mr. Baer has a farm. Mrs. Dowd's hus- band is with the U.S. Army in Japan. Miss Paolo's home is in Williamsport. Mr. Purnell, Mr. lN'elker, and Miss Steigerwalt supervise a summer camp near Boyertown. Miss Bahrt plans to go to Cali- fornia this summer. Miss Mohrbach has an adult education art class and makes a profitable hobby of ceramics. Miss Brewer is secretary of the Pub- lic Library Trustee Board. Miss Krause and Miss Bahrt are active members of the Business and Pro- fessional YVornen's Club. Miss Britton commutes from Lansford. Mr. Stine is an active member of the local Lions Club. Mrs. Davis is living in her new house in Minersville. Miss Krause chaperoned a group of students on a trip to Washington. Miss 1'Vall is vice-president of the Tamaqua High School Alumni Association. In Senior High School there are seventeen regu- lar and three special teachers for a school popula- tion of 528. These students are housed in twelve assembly rooms. There are 318 resident students and 211 students from the outlying districts. Wlest Penn Township makes the largest contribution of rural students-55. The school has a library of Fif- teen hundred books, fifteen magazines, and two newspapers. The visual aids include a sixteen milli- meter projector, a slide projector. and a victrola. lN'ith this background of faculty and school, the Seniors began their last year in the Tamaqua School system. Department HARRY C. FETTERMAN S! M. PURNELL H. RODEN WELKER B.S., Stroudxburg S. T. C. B.S., Albright College B.S., Pennsylvania Sophomore history and bi- ology teacher and instructor in the boys' physical education classes, he is a firm believer in good health habits-he stands on his toes to exercise his gas- trocnemeus. He is assistant football coach and Sophomore advisor. M.Iid., Penn.rylzva1zia State College Mr. Purnell teaches biology and bookkeeping. Those jokes make his classes fun as well as educational. He is faculty advisor of the Hi-Y and head basketball coach. He proved himself an able substitute for Arthur Murray at the school dances. 13 State College Mr. YN'elker left school in February to study at Columbia University. He teaches Junior chemistry and coaches the -lun- ior Varsity basketball and foot- ball teams. His students miss him because of his sound phil- osophy, understanding, and wit.

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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

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Senior Class O 4 Organized O F F I C ER S President ...... . . HAROLD MOORE Viee-president . . . . . . IQOBERT BANNAN Secretary ..... . . . DORIS KANTNER Treasurer . . . . . . MARX' SMULLIGAN Class Advisor . . . .... Miss BRENVER In September the Senior class was Ofbeially or- ganized under the above officers for its final year. The presidentss first act was to appoint the dance committee, which you see below, to organize and conduct the dances necessary for the social as well as the financial success of the year. His second of- ficial act was the appointment of a committee to MM, manage the refreshment stand at the football games. In September also the yearbook staff was selected and the book started on its way. XNith football practices and games, pep meetings and parties, new subjects and new teachers, Septem- ber was a busy month. SENIOR DANCE COMMITTEE-Kneeling, left to right: H. Moore, C. Knepper, P. Sherry, B. Phillips, A. Ober- man. L. Moser, W. Wetterau. G. Malusky, K. Shilko. R. Brode. Standing, left to right: Boyle. R. Bannan, A. Faust, B. Neifert, B. Billig, D. Kantner, B. Wolfe, G. Carlson, M. Smulligan, K. West, J. A. W'eaver, D. Walters.