Education: 1930 Horseshoe, Altoona High School, Altoona, Blair, PA - Administration

 

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THE

 

 

THE YEAR BOOK OF THE

 

 

ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA

 

 

FOREWORD

 

AS THE world is wide, so wide and scattered are the devious ways that we, the Seniors of 1930, shall follow.  In the stress of life, when "auld acquaintance" will have been forgotten, may this book be as the stirring of an old memory, the reviving of those days before yesterday, a reunion of acquaintances and recollections of dear old A. H. S.  Behold the shrunken petals of a long neglected bloom!

 

DEDICATION

 

TO ONE who is responsible in no small measure for the greatest athletic teams Altoona High ever had, whose ideals of clean sportsmanship have endeared his name to all, we affectionately dedicate this volume.

 

Edward F. Emanuel

 

 

Alma Mater

 

Blow, oh gentle mountain breezes,
From the golden west;
Breathe thy peaceful evening tidings,
To the A. H. S.
Whisper to us words of pleasure,
As the dim twilight
Softly gathers round our colors,
Dear Maroon and White.

Now the shades of night grow darker;
Birds have gone to rest,
But our colors shine the brighter
Of the A. H. S.
Sinking sun behind the hilltops,
Sighs a soft good night
To the colors waving o'er us,
Dear Maroon and White.

Night has slowly crept around us,
Stars are shining bright,
Waving, oh so calm and peaceful,
Dear Maroon and White.
We shall always sing thy praises,
Work for thy success;
Hail to noble ALMA MATER,
Hail to A. H. S.

 

 

The regal beauty of your brownstone front,

The pillars with their lofty heads held high

Diffuse a quiet dignity and peace

Found in the vast calm of an evening sky.

 

 

Massive iron-clad monster breathing fire

Spurt forth your flames and let your smoke curve higher;

For well I know you wait but my command

To carry me to some far distant land.

 

 

High above three glittering pools of blue

And nestled close in Allegheny's curve

Lies a narrow ribbon cast from iron.

Upon it massive engines dip and swerve.

 

 

The myriad bits of yellow sunlight gleam
And glitter on the windows row on row;

The entrance stands imposing to the sight

Its railings gilded with the sun's first glow.

 

 

To the Class of 1930:

  For the past several years I have been asked to express some message to the graduating class through the pages of the Annual.  The most helpful message that I know of for young people leaving the High School, is one by Dr. N. C. Shaeffer, a former State Superintendent of Public Instruction.

  "At the close of life the question is not, how much have you got, but how much have you given; not how much have you won, but how much have you done; not how much have you saved, but how much have you sacrificed; how much have you loved and served, not how much you were honored."

  With highest personal regards,

GEORGE D. ROBB.

 

 

ADMINISTRATION

 

Board of Directors

  Joseph C. Mc Kerihan

  John W. Lees

  Harry A. Brenaman

  J. Foster Meck

  Robert D. Elder

  William F. Sellers

  H. King MacFarlane

  Dr. Guy S. Tippery

  Lynn McG. Moses

 

Officers and Committees

  J. C. McKerihan - President

  M. M. Morrow - Solicitor

  M. G. Smith - Treasurer

  W. N. Decker - Secretary

  Robert L. Thompson - Assistant Secretary

 

Superintendent of Schools

  Robert E. Laramy

 

Assistant Superintendent

  Charles S. Kniss

 

Attendance (High School Building)

  L. C. Smith - Director

  H. W. Shiplett - Officer

  B. N. Lukens - Officer

 

Altoona High School Faculty

 

Principal - George D. Robb, Pd.D.

Assistant Principal - Joseph N. Maddocks, M.A.

Attendance Director - Paul A. Zetler, B. S.

Assistant Attendance Director - Rena Lauver, B. A.

General Assistant - E. C. Hare, B. A.

 

DEPARTMENT HEADS

 

English - Annie C. Campbell, M.A.

History - E. Marie Lentz, M.A.

Mathematics - George B. Williams, Ph.B.

Latin - Minnie F. Stockton, B.A.

Science - Carl E. Whipple, B.S.

Modern Language - Charles M. Grimminger, M.A.

Commercial - Herbert E. McMahan, B.S.

Vocational - Charles G. Sadler

Music - Howard W. Lindaman

Art - Mary A. Tressler

Home Economics - Zitella Wertz

Physical Director, Boys - Robert H. Wolfe, G.G.

Physical Director, Girls - Elizabeth K. Eyre

 

 

First Row - Mr. Zetler, Miss Campbell, Miss Wertz, Miss Stockton, Mr. McMahan,

Mr. Lindaman, Mr. Wolfe, Miss Eyre.

Second Row - Mr. Hare, Mr. Maddocks, Mr. Robb, Miss Lauver, Mr. Sadler, Miss Lentz, Mr. Williams.

 

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

 

Head, Annie C. Campbell, M.A.

 

Margaret J. McCauley, B.A.

Marian R. Bancroft, B.A.

 

Fannie E. Magee, B.A.

Helen M. Bowser, B.A.

 

Hilda M. Orr, B.A.

Jennie R. Brennecke

 

M. Florence Rollins, Ph.B.

Edith G. Frederick, B.A.

 

Norma G. Swayne, B.A.

Elizabeth V. Holley, B.A.

 

Mary V. Turner, B.A.

Anne E. Krick, B.A.

 

Mildred L. Wieland, B.A.

R. Eleanor Krick, B.A.

 

Gertrude Wray, B.A.

Rena Lauver, M.A.

 

 

 

SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

 

Head, Carl E. Whipple, B.S.

 

W. H. Hoffman, B.S.

Edward G. Ankney, Jr., B.A.

 

Helen K. McCartney, B.A.

Kenneth R. Bashore, B.S.

 

William H. Peters, M.A.

Leah S. Decker, B.S.

 

Leah Weisman, B.A.

Verna Faust, B.A.

 

Harold C. Wimmer, M.S.

 

 

First Row - Mr. Peters, Mr. Hoffman, Mr. Ankney, Mr. Whipple, Mr. Wimmer, Mr. Bashore.

Second Row - Miss McCartney, Miss Frederick, Miss Krick, Miss Faust, Miss Holley, Miss Bancroft, Miss Magee, Miss Krick, Miss Weisman.

Third Row - Miss Wray, Miss McCauley, Miss Decker, Miss Morrison, Miss Campbell, Miss Bowser, Miss Baird, Miss Rollins, Miss Wieland.

 

MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT

 

Head, George B. Williams, Ph. B.

 

Irene J. Sauserman, B.A.

Grace E. Allen, B.A.

 

Bertha A. Swartz, B.S.

Ella G. Burley, B.A.

 

Elizabeth E. Taylor, M.S.

Edward F. Emanuel, B.S.

 

Nell J. Thomas, M.A.

Walter H. Passmore, B.A.

 

Carrie F. Waite

Mary G. Ross

 

Paul A. Zetler, B.S.

 

VOCATIONAL DEPARTMENT

 

Director, Charles G. Sadler

 

Ceylon S. Romig

William A. Fickes

 

James C. Ross

Walter H. Grove

 

Henry F. Selwitz

Stephen W. Hoover

 

Samuel B. Smith

Carl O. Lundegren

 

Clyde N. Snyder

Jacob C. Miller

 

Charles C. Caveny, B.S.

Joe Miller

 

Charles S. Fleck

Charles G. Plummer

 

 

 

 

First Row - Mr. Fleck, Mr. Ross, Mr. Smith, Mr. Caveny, Mr. Snyder, Mr. Plummer.

Second Row - Mr. Romig, Mr. Lundegren, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Grover, Mr. Passmore, Mr. Miller,

Mr. Hoover, Mr. Fickes, Mr. Miller.

Third Row - Miss Ross, Miss Waite, Miss Sauserman, Miss Allen, Mr. Williams, Mr. Sadler, Miss Burley,

Miss Swartz, Miss Thomas, Miss Taylor.

 

HISTORY DEPARTMENT

 

Head, E. Marie Lentz, M.A.

 

William L. McCreight, B.S.

Earl W. Dickey, B.S.

 

Nelda Miller, M.A.

H. Marjorie Downes, B.S.

 

Robert Patrick, B.S.

Emma C. Eberle, B.A.

 

Harold J. Pegg, B.A.

Irvin S. Gress, B.A.

 

Herbert S. Sheetz, B.S.

Virginia Gwin, B.A.

 

Jeanette Stevens, M.A.

Ethel M. Henry, M.A.

 

Angella Unverzagt, B.A.

Marie N. Lauver, B.A.

 

 

 

MODERN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT

 

Head, Charles M. Grimminger, M.A.

 

Edith R. Fleck, B.A.

Ella M. Deetz, B.A.

 

Lynwood S. Lingenfelter, B.A.

Mary e. Dunbar, B.S.

 

M. Marie Ritts, B.A.

 

LATIN DEPARTMENT

 

Head, Minnie F. Stockton, B.A.

 

Una E. Small, B.A.

Perilla R. Harner, M.A.

 

S. Edith, White, B.A.

 

MUSIC DEPARTMENT

 

Head, Howard W. Lindaman

 

Alma M. Eberle

 

 

First Row - Mr. Lingenfelter, Mr. Dickey, Miss Miller, Miss Dietz, Mr. McCreight, Miss Gwin,

Miss Downes, Mr. Pegg, Mr. Sheetz.

Second Row - Miss Lauver, Miss Unverzagt, Miss Henry, Miss Lentz, Miss Eberle,

Miss Dunbar, Miss Stevens, Miss Ritts.

 

COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT

 

Head, Herbert E. McMahan, B.S.

 

Helen Orton, B.A.

Sarah E. Duncan, B.S.

 

Addison E. Pohle, B.S.
Carl E. Graf, B.S.   Naomi Thurston
J. L. Hoover, B.S., A.B.   Mary Unikel
Joseph M. McBrier, B.S.   Marian Hedden, B.S.

 

HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT

 

Head, Zitella Wertz, M.S.

 

Miriam A. Salter, B.S.

Myrtle Gould, B.S.

 

Grace M. Swan, B.S.

Florence E. Gray, B.S.

 

Anna M. Young

Alberta Johns

 

 

 

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

 

Director, Boys, Robert H. Wolfe, G.G.

 

Director, Girls, Elizabeth K. Eyre

Benjamin Weinstein, B.A.

 

Frances E. Hicks

 

ART DEPARTMENT

 

Head, Mary A. Tressler

 

Edna A. Bottorf

Elsie Weiss

 

LIBRARIAN

Maud Minster

 

 

First Row - Mr. Graf, Mr. Hoover, Mr. Pohle, Mr. Weinstein.

Second Row - Miss McBrier,, Miss Unikel, Miss Orton, Miss Gould, Miss Thurston,

Miss Duncan, Miss Minster, Miss Bottorf.

Third Row - Miss Gray, Miss Johns, Mr. Wolf, Miss Wertz, Miss Tressler, Mr. McMahan, Miss Swan, Miss Salter.

 

Special Information

 

Enrollment - 2696 students

  Seniors - 733

  Juniors - 857

  Sophomores - 1106

 

Faculty Changes:

  Mr. McMahan left Altoona High School.

  Mr. Hoover assumed Mr. McMahan's duties.

  Miss Weiss became a new Art teacher.

  Mr. Harris left Music Department.

  Miss Hedden entered Commercial Department.

  Mr. Passmore was granted leave of absence.

 

Special Courses:

  English:  Newswriting, Dramatics, Modern Literature, and Commercial English.

  Science:  Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Botany, Astronomy.

  Mathematics:  Trigonometry, Algebra, Plane Geometry, Solid Geometry.

  History:  Problems of Democracy, U. S. History

  Modern Language:  German, French, Spanish, Italian, Mythology.

  Music:  Elementary Harmony, Music Appreciation, Glee Club, Band, Orchestra.

  Latin:  Vergil, Cicero, Caesar.

  Physical Education:  Personal Hygiene, Gymnasium.

  Art:  Dynamic Symmetry, Commercial Art, Advanced Art, and Art Appreciation.

  Home Economics:   Clothing, Nutrition, Sewing.

  Commercial:  Bookkeeping, Secretarial Practice, Commercial Law, Typewriting, Salesmanship, Arithmetic, Shorthand.

 

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