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

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.gnifiafion At one time in the school life of every West Read- ing Sophomore comes a day which dwells in the memories of every departing student, the hardly an- ticipated day when the Iuniors are given the opportunity to exercise their evil minds in the annual initiation of their fellow underclassmen. The appointed day came this past September 24 to the class of l95l. At the customary Friday morning assembly, the Sophs were Ufairly judged in their attempts to mus- ter an ounce of favor from their 'lmost superior lun- iors. lf they failed, they paid the penalty during the final event of that memorable day-the evening party. Following their noontime dismissal, the doomed Sophomores garbed themselves in the latest fashions for the afternoon ceremonies. Among the articles the boys were requested to Wear Were: a frilly blouse, a full skirt, silk stockings, and earrings. They willing- ly carried a market basket, completely furnished With shoe shine equipment, a nursery rhyme book, and a rag doll. The girls eagerly chisled off their make- up on one side of their face and dismantled their hairdo's to don a man's pajama top, rolled-up trous- ers, one clodhopper and a rubber, big metal curlers on only one side of their heads, and silk stockings rolled up to their knees. These lassies, thus clad so attractively, obligingly dragged a bucket With the necessary articles to give a good shoe-shine upon the gracious wishes of any Iunior. During the afternoon, Sophomores could be seen hopping up and down the stairs on their knees or humbly repeating their pledge to the highly es- teemed luniors . The members of the eleventh grade did not spare the use of lipstick on the beseeching faces of their tenth grade friends, but, by the time the evening dance was begun, familiar faces appeared on the gym floor, and no mention was made of any suffered bloodshed. We the dumb, dopic, dopey, drippy Drip- mores ---- oh' what an impressing day! mmrweMWw 1mms,, wmw 111.u.1-1-iewmm

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FIRST ROW-W. Focht, C. Heister, G. Greene, A. Heckler, B. O'Neill, D. Ratajczak, I. Mengel, T. Stoudt, R. Grab. SECOND ROW-I. Willwerth, D. Smith, D. Schlegel, C. Schnell- enbach, W. Greenleese, R. Lechleitner, R. Feeg, C. Cardinal. THIRD ROW-B. Brown, P. Hoeffer, M, Hartzell, I. Shaner, G. Bright, A. Gray, F. Loser, T. Cardinal. FOURTH ROW -R. DiMascio, F. Betz, D. Reichert, M. Reilly, W. Kaley, G. Ianssen, I. -Rentschler, P, Bail- ey, D. Graeff, R. Stoudt. FIFTH ROW'-R. Leisey, I. Fidler, T. Harkins, F. Wagneff A- Williams, I. Thompson, I. Straub, R. Reber. LAST ROW-E. Brown, F. Stoyer, Mr. Kess- ler, Mr. Shaner, Mr. Hubley, I. Munroe, C, Ernst. lofdaf lam On the twenty-third of August, forty-four candi- dates were greeted by coaches Martin Hubley and Marlin Kessler at the first football practice of the sea- son. During the next five weeks, in spite of the ex- tremely hot weather, both players and coaches worked hard at calisthentics, blocking, tackling, and running plays. When the Saturday afternoon ot the first game rolled around, the West Reading football team that traveled to the Coplay gridiron was a well- conditioned and well-trained machine. In the initial game of the season, the Cowboys were edged out by Coplay, 7-6. During the first quarter, the Maroon and Steel gridders took an early lead, when quarterback Dave Schlegel passed to Milt Hartzell for West Reading's first and only score. From there on, the game was a see-saw affair, until the last quarter, when Coplay pushed over a touchdown and converted the extra point which was to be the margin of victory. A week later the Cowboys reversed the Coplay score, by repulsing West Pottsgrove '7 to 6. The Cow- men were trailing until the last five minutes, when Carl Schnellenbach crashed into the end zone follow- ed by Skip Loser with the extra point. On October 9, the Hubleyrnen returned to their home field and upset Wilson by a 26 to '7 margin, to avenge last week's mauling from Boyertown C33-71. Heckler, Grab, Loser, and Schnellenbach tallied for West Reading. Hapless Manheim Borough were the next victims of the Maroon and Steel gridders. Every member on the squad saw action in the 5l-I4 rout. Annexing their fourth win in six starts, the Cow- boys edged a scrappy Shillington eleven, I9-l3. It was a hard-fought battle from beginning to end. At halftime West Reading was on the short end of a I3-6 score. West Reading rebounded from their setback of the previous week CMuhlenberg, 40-61, and defeated North Coventry by an I8-7 score. This was the first time that the Wildcats were beaten by the Cowboys. The last game of the season was the traditional 'lbattle of the boroughs with Wyomissing. 'In the first period both teams scored seven points, with Dick Grab doing the honors for West Reading. In the second stanza Skip Loser hit pay-dirt, and the hfllf ended, I4-I4. In the last two minutes, Ammon Heck- ler bucked over from the two yard line, for the last and winning touchdown. The West Reading gridders completed the season with a record of six victories and three setbacks. The seniors on the squad are: Bill Focht, Dick Grab, Dale Graeff, Gordon Greene, Milt Hartzell, Am- mon Heckler, Conrad Hiester, Phil Hoeffer, Guenther Ianssen, lim Mengel, Benny O'Neill, Don Ratajczak, Dave Schlegel, Theodore Stoudt, Iordon Straub, Alan Williams and lim Willwerth. KESSLER SHANER HUBI-EY