Reading High School - Arxalma Yearbook (Reading, PA)

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if ized Cfwfax A group from senior orchestra has formed their own M U S I C ensemble, the strung sextet. Wh JMQM U, 7449 Both students with a musical beck- ground and those without it learn in the music theory course how to read music and to write it. OUT QF THE PAST: Commencement of 1868: The Jlozarls filfozart lllusical Unionj did the singing with a degree of skill which 'was a delight to all. The Daily Eagle Vocal music was introdufed in the schools in 1860.

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Wm i F ,A WX? Q ' Nffmt' wr-rf' 'O Q- - N ' if r 1 , we Xgx. f ,' H i jar 5 5 .F t or FOREIGN LANGUAGE X :-'Z X I. Y qi X5-.L 5 , siYis'2- t , , Q -M ii M lDQy'-'sunt -n gr! ' out or THE pf-xstz Q 0655 ,ali x2, A fp W Wy - ,xfxx This advertisement for the Reading Academy, forerunner of ou. S s ' V X ' 'Q I first high school, appeared in one of the lofal newspapers in 1808: C it G Y' - - 4 if A , The trustees will receive pupils at the following rates :fSpelling and , dz N 2O'3' Den Mbuf ,LEW hw Reading English--593 per quarter, Reading and WritingAi93M per ditto K X 'i 4 QQ' vi Reading, Writingfand Arithmetic---I ditto per ditto, the same ann . .a iq LH, .. ,,, I ' English Grammar or English Grammare-5 do. per do.,' Greek, Latin 7 ,AN it g 4 f ' ' Geometry, Algebra, Surveying, Navigation, Geography, Bookkeeping Q X I b Qt J or either of them--7M do. per do. e ' X t iv 2 I W 5 V' i The advanced Spanish class has varied interests. A jg X . Among these are conversing in Spanish, reading fi 1 s p - , A - 5 X ii ,X , Spanish novels and newspapers, and discussing f X life in Spanish-speaking countries. As one oi their projects, the third year German dass edits alnevvspaper. The title of this year's paper was Der Lauscheru Cuihe Tattlernl. tfve3tQi X We -. ' f A 1 if f i,,, 5' 'A sf fs? Q ,Q 4. ? f, , ,

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Q2 'Wi The pupils in Mr. Dornsife's art class learn such things as illustrating magazines and advertising for commercial Firms. YR M -- A R T M 1 xx i X i, llgxl pui or THE msn -if ' 7 an if -N Q 9' The old-fashioned art teacher put the gifted and the ungifted through a course which included geometric figures, such as cones, cubes, and spheres, working drawings, and occasionally a simple still life. including Ceramics, leather, and metal. The art craft class worlcs on projects in many materials i mis fa uf, . 70542144-fc,