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CLAUDE EDWARD HAUSKNECHT THE TASK of getting started in America was scarcely completed by the early English-speaking settlers when there came to our shores, as early as the middle of the eighteenth century, a large number of people from southern Germany. Many of them settled in Pennsylvania, locating in the counties north and west of the English settlers who had come earlier. These sturdy south Germans brought with them their language, their religion, their customs, their food, but, most of all, their frugality, thrift, and industry. Because of their sterling qualities, they have left an indelible impression on our American life. From such sturdy German ancestry the subject of this sketch is descended. Claude Edward Hausknecht, familiarly known on the campus as Uncle Ned, was born in Hazleton, Pa., the son of Edward Hausknecht and Rose Elizabeth Klmger. Here he grew to young manhood and completed his elementary and high ' school education. His parents, cognizant of the value of honest toil well done, did not fail to seize every reasonable op- portunity to have the lad advantageously employed. Consequently, he spent his summers and vacation periods in such employment as boys of his city might secure. His parents were appreciative of the value of higher education, and upon the completion of the high-school course, Uncle Ned began work at the Bloomsburg State Normal School where he graduated m 1900. His first year of teaching experience was secured in a one- room rural school where he was obliged to teach all of the eight grades. This year of teaching was followed by continuous service in the schools of Hazleton until the director- ship of music in the West Chester State Normal School called in 1921. A wide range of experience was gathered in Hazleton each part of which prepared for the task which was ahead. A period of teaching in the grades was followed by the pnncipal- ship of a lower grade school and later the principalship of a grammar school. In this later capacity he served as the special teacher of music m the building of which he was principal. Early in his life, our friend showed talent for music, and his mother was wise enough to insist upon the practice periods on the piano. A few years after his teaching career began, Uncle Ned turned his serious attention to public school music, and in 1907 attended the session of the Institute of Musical Art in New York City. The summers of 191 1 and 1912 were spent at Cornell University, where he graduated in the Music Supervisors Course under the direction of Dr. Hollis Dann. The same year he was chosen as the special teacher of music in Hazleton, in connection with his grammar school principal- ship. The year 191 5 again saw him at Cornell where he did post-graduate work in music. In 1918, the late D. A. Harmon, then Superintendent of Schools in Hazleton, chose Mr. Hausknecht as the Supervisor of Music for the city schools. Three years of successful supervision followed, when Dr. Smith was looking for a man to head the Music Depart- ment m thi s school. With little reluctance Dr. Smith chose Uncle Ned, and he began his Normal School teaching at West Chester in September, 1921. Mr. Hausknecht has served for three summers on the faculty of the Music Summer Session which was conducted at Cornell, later at West Chester, and now at New York University. He has done considerable work in institutes and often delights audiences in piano recitals. He is a regular attendant at the opera and has many friends among the famous musicial artists. He finds constant musical contact with his well-chosen victrola records and his Steinway grand piano. The dedication of the 1926 Serpentine attests the esteem in which the students hold him. The many friendships he has formed attest the charm of his human qualities. His early training is manifested in the close allegiance he has for his church, and his appreciation of his family is evidenced in his many references in conversation to father, mother, brother, sister, and little niece. By honoring this man, the Class of 1926 not only recognizes service well rendered but expresses the hope that he may be spared for many years of usefulness. loHN A. KlNNEMAN CM ' -
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THE SERPENTINE VOLUME XV -Published b THE SENIOR CLASS West Chester State Normal School west chester, penna. m
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