West Reading High School - Vaquero Yearbook (West Reading, PA)

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MARY ANN MCDONALD o!2Ll 6Ll g West Reading High School's library, with its 5,600 volumes, furnishes a ready and valuable source ot knowledge and pleasure to the stu- dents of our school. The library is in charge of the capable Miss Mary Ann McDonald, an alumna ot West Reading. Miss McDonald was graduated trom Kutztown State Teachers Col- lege, and is now completing her second year as our school librarian. During the past term, she has instituted a new vertical tiling system, and has also enlarged and modernized the col- lege catalog tile. This file will be of much value to those upperclassmen who are con- templating entering institutions oi higher learn- ing. ln addition to her duties as school librarian, Miss McDonald sponsors the Iunior and Senior Library Clubs. Both ot these clubs are worthy school service organizations, because ot the ex- cellent services they render in helping to main- tain the library in good order. Miss McDonald also sponsors the Display Club, which was or- ganized last year tor the purpose of arranging the displays found in the showcase in the center oi the third-floor hall, The displays, as pre- sented by the Club, have proven both interest- ing anol educational to the students ot our school. Miss McDonald is to be commended tor the fine work she is doing.

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IOHN H. SI-IANER AGNES MCCARTHY Mya ica! glclucafion At the end of the present school term, Mr. Iohn H. Shaner, our physical education director, will have been a member of the West Reading High School faculty for twenty-five years. Mr. Shaner was graduated from Culver Normal School in Indiana, and furthered his education at Albright, Penn State College, and the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania. After receiving his B. S. degree from Albright, he accepted the position which he now holds at West Reading. He later received his M. S. degree from the University of Pennsylvania. During the past years Mr. Shaner has gener- ously donated both his time and efforts towards the improvement of the athletic program of the school. Coach , as he is known to all the past graduates and present students, is in charge of the varsity basketball team and the track team, and also assists in the direction of the other sports of Vfest Reading. Working with Mr. Shaner in the physical education department is Mrs. Agnes McCarthy, girls' athletic director. Mrs. McCarthy attended high school in Philadelphia, and was graduated from West Chester State Teachers College, re- ceiving her B. S. degree. ln the two years that she has been at West Reading, Mrs. McCarthy has built up a great deal of enthusiasm in girls sports.

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MIRIAM PARKER Olflfle Students in the Home Economics Department of West Reading High School receive instruction in the various phases of homemakingg cooking, sewing, home nursing, grooming, interior deco- rating, and child care by Miss Miriam L. Parker. Although this is her iirst year at West Reading, Miss Parker has already accomplished a great deal toward the advancement of home econom- ics in our school. Miss Parker attended Annville High School in Pennsylvania, and was later graduated from conomicfi Albright College where she received her Bache- lor of Science degree. In addition to her daily teaching schedule, Miss Parker also is advisor of Chefs' Club and Costume Club. The Chefs' Club, composed of junior high boys, teaches its members the ele- ments ol good cooking, While the Costume Club figures prominently in many of the school's dra- matic productions making costumes and acces- sories for period plays.