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

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Ellllflll Lllllllll Our student body governs itself in much the same Way as does our own country. Each homeroom in the junior and senior high school elects one of its mem- bers to represent that room in Student Council. The four officers of Council are elected by the student body as a group. Officers for the l948-l949 term were: DI SS1deHt, Benjamin O'Neill, vice-president, Roger Feeg, secretary, Philip Howerg and treasurer, Carolyn Horn. These officers, as Well as the homeroom repre- sentatives and the advisors, Mrs. Mary Gresh, Miss Mabel Fritz, and Mr. Forrest Schaeffer, are to be com- mended for the fine work which they have done this year. The problems of Student Council are varied and exacting. In order to cope with these tasks, Council has organized eleven standing committees, with a Council member as the chairman of each. Among these Council groups are the Assembly Committee, the Hospitality Committee, the Activities Committee, the Monitors, the Health Committee, and a committee for arranging the school election. Each year the members of Council choose a pro- ject to be worked on during the school term. The proiect chosen this year was the beautification of the school premises. In addition to this program, Student Council sponsored the Activities Conference, which was held in the late Autumn. SEATED--Mr. Schaeffer, C. Horn, B. O'Neill, P. Hower, R. Feeg, Mrs. Gresh, Miss Fritz. STANDING-F. Horn, I. Cuifici, B. Munroe, P. Hessinger, I. Thompson, S. Dauber, P. Hoe-ffer, M. DiMascio, R. Hussey, N. Metz, I. Rentschler, I. Walker.

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HUHUH Membership in the National Honor Society is the highest honor a student can attain in the course ot his high school career, for this organization is based upon the principles ot Character, Scholarship, Lead- ership, and Service. The induction ot February ll was the third of the National Honor Society at West Reading High School, and already it has made a last- ing impression and proved a definite further incentive toward better scholarship. West Reading's chapter is divided into two sec- tions-the lunior Honor Society, and the Senior Honor Society, The lunior Society, which is made up of eighth and ninth grade students, is working on a tile containing information about all our alumni, Mem- bers ot the lunior Honor Society are: Robert Cremer, Ioseph Piscitelli, Frances Hettinger, Rodney McGrath, Philip Hower, Iris Potteiger, Karl Neuroth, Mary Show- ers, Bernadine Spangenberg, George Strattan, and Florence Horn. SUEIHH The Senior Honor Society, composed of eleventh and twellth grade pupils, claims as otticers David Schlegel, president, and Barbara Wolt, secretary- treasurer. The other members are: Barbara Batdort, Gordon Greene, lames Willwerth, Philip Hoeiter, Myrna McGrath, Dolores D'Ercole, Claire Bailey, Bar- bara Hartzell, lean Cuiiici, Patricia Naylor, Christine Showers, and Doris Richter. Foremost among the many activities sponsored by the entire group this school term was the Student Activities Conference, co-sponsored with Student Council. As a result ot the conterence, an All-Berks County Honor Society Dance is being planned to be held at the Rajah Temple. At Christmas, a dance in the school gymnasium was presented, and in March, a play entitled i'Flops A-plenty , was given in as- sembly. FIRST ROW-Mrs. Gresh, D, D'Ercole, B. Hartzell, D. Schlegel, C. Bailey, B. Wolf, Miss Fritz. SECOND ROW--Mr. Yeich, R. Cremer, I. Beyerle, B. Leightheiser, I. Piscitelli, P. Bailey, Miss Lebaris, I. Rentschler, F. Hettinger, C. Horn, L. Haehnel, I. Shaner, Mr. Nay- lor.