Tulpehocken High School - Yearbook (Bernville, PA)

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ADMINISTRATION Page 5 Division Officers Ship's Company CHIEFS ............. Chief Potty Officers Chiefs Page 11 SHIP'S DUTIES .................................... A Day with the Chiefs Arts English and Typing Driver Training Guidance Health Languages Physical Education Science and Mathematics Social Studies Page 17 BLUEIACKETS ...................... First Class Petty Officers Second Class Potty Officers Third Class Petty Officers First Class Seamen Second Class Seamen Apprentice Seamen Page 29 ACTIVITIES ................................................................ Page 41 Arts and Crafts Audio-Visual Aids Band—Junior Band Senior Chorus—Junior Chorus—Senior Dance Band Junior Red Cross Library Club Music Club PENNANT PENN-GUIN Safety Patrol School Arts Sportman's Club Student Council Class of 1954 RECREATION PROGRAM ................................................. Page 59 Soccer Baseball LIBERTIES....................................................................... Page 63 Junior-Senior Prom Dances Assembly. Party. Play Four

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Miss Stella M. Riegel As a symbol of esteem and affection which the Class of 1954 bears her, this volume of the PENNANT is dedicated to Miss Stella M. Riegel, teacher of English and social studies in the junior high school. We shall all remember her for the background she has given us in English and history. During her years of excellent advice and guid- ance since the school's construction in 1931, in the classroom and out. she has taught us beauty of simplicity, value of cooperation, and the importance of study and hard work. When she said, Let's get to work! , uttered with conviction and clarity, she commanded the attention of her pupils. We are sure her students will continue to grow in the spirit of her teaching.

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In tho church-school of Bemville, as in other schools of this kind, the preachers were also the teachers of reading, writing, and other branches of importance . As the preacher-teachers were unable to keep pace with the increasing demands for education, teachers known as Schul-Meisters were given a home as long as they served the 'congregation'. We do know that the teacher of the church-school had to be competent to teach and to sing, to be of good moral character, and to be subject to the preachers, elders, and deacons of the church. Gradually teachers were compensated by small fees paid by par- ents who were able to do so. Thus originated tho 'pay schools'. We can rightly assume that Penn Township and Bemville were a part of such a system, for every district and every community had those • Teachers here were subject to a Board of Trustees, such as the Trustees ol the English School in Bemville. To gain closer local supervision of education a Board of Directors was established. It was the duty of these five men to secure teachers for the children of their districts. Teachers were now being paid by taxes levied on property and by the per capita tax. In order to further unify Berks County's educational system, the office of Superintendent of Schools was established in 1854. The Superintendent conducted oral and written examinations in local areas. Anyone who felt capable was eligible; and if he passed, he was given a certificate to teach in the public schools of tho County. After the erection of Kutztown State Normal School in 1866, many such persons attended college in preparation for such examinations. Today colleges, with the Department of Public Instruction, grant certification. We are proud Penn Township has given her county the sixth County Superintendent. William Zechman, 1890-1896. a former teacher in the Penn Township Schools and tho ninlh County Superintendent, Newton W. Goiss, 1946 —a pupil in the Penn Township school at Bemville. To promote adequate administration of schools, there are local institutes formed in 1854; Teachers' County Institutes. 1862; Directors' Conventions, 1892; and a Teachers' Reading Circle, 1892. From 1901-1903 and from 1907 to January. 1952. Mr. J. Paul Burkhart dedicated his life to the instruction and education of the children of Penn Township and Bemville. He can speak freely of the one-room school, the two-and four-room buildings, as well as the present seven-room high school; for during these many years he served as principal of the schools. In 1949 Penn Township established the office of Supervising Principal. Mr. Walter A. Rohrbach of Womclsdorf holds this office since its establishment. I. Hrpon o) the Superintendent of Common Schools of the Commonwenlth of Penn- iyleanin, 1877, | . 02.