Reading High School - Arxalma Yearbook (Reading, PA)

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Guidance Department In addition to the extensive counseling services, members of the department ad- ministered personality, student interest, achievement, aptitude, and intelligence tests. Included in the special activities spon- sored by the department throughout the year were a college night, career confer- ences, forums on character development, teen-age problems, dating, marriageg and for the first time this year, a college orien- tation night for parents. Teen-age problems related to fam- ily life and community affairs were some of the many topics covered in Mr. Connard C. Crampis social living classes.

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Guidance Department Acting Department Head- Mr. Joseph E. Haage Personal conferences and group guid- ance with the students constituted the ma- jor areas of counseling by the members of the Guidance Department. Among the various individual interviews held with the students were those related to school adjustment, college counseling, and curriculum selection. Films and panel discussions in social living classes plus well-planned guidance forums were included in the group counsel- ing program. Guidance programs and activities were discussed, planned, and evaluated at the weekly department meetings. Seated --- Mr. Clinton D. Getz, Mr, Joseph E. Haage, Mr. Connard C. Cramp, Miss Grace W. Trout: Standing - Mr. Peter J. Carril, Mr. Wil- liam H. Wisler I4 In addition to supervising various testing programs, Mr, William H. Wisler served as the vocational coun- selor and the school representative for processing work applications. New students received a preview of Castle life and procedures through in- formal personal conference with Miss Grace W. Trout.

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Mr.-Charles R. Hawman shows the members of his department a special series of records available for use with the new American and English literature textbooks. Row 1 - Miss Elta Unangst, Miss Gloria L. Rodgers, Mrs. Amy Bell, Miss Sarah E. Kochg Row 2 - Mrs. Kathryn A. Kline, Miss Margaret A. Yost, Mrs. Mary A. Moong Standing W- Mr. Charles R. Hawman, Mr. H. Robert Barrett, Mr. William A. Burkhart, Mr. Joseph G. Plank, Mr. Bertolet M. Boss- ler, Mr. Norbert Billinger I6 English Department Department Head - Mr. Charles R. Hawmai Teaching English for day-to-dag use, now and in the future, according to the varied interests and needs of al our students, was the aim of the Eng lish department. Publications sponsored by the de partment included the Red and Blacl newspaper, the Arxalma, and the Rem Pen magazine. A few of the many special activitie: promoted by this department wer1 the sponsorship of several essay con tests, the Robert Birch Speaking Con test, and the weekly student radic broadcasts over station WRAW. Students enjoyed interesting ana profitable units in English literature as a result of Miss Carol Stillwaggorfe excellent practice teaching supervised by Mr. Joseph Plank. One of our new teachers, Mrs. M ary A. Moon, used the blackboard period- ically to emphasize important points in English grammar.