Boys High School - Epitome Yearbook (Reading, PA)

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THE EPITOME 57 Class Day Program SELECTION ..... .............................................A.. B oys' High School Orchestra Wilford Reist, Concert Meister, '26 june ADDRESS OF WELCOME ......,,,,.........., ........v...,... H OVVARD C, FRANTZ President Class of 1926 june CLASS HISTORY ,............... .......... ,..,......r....,..w...,.,........ r..,,,,........ D A v 'ID HEsToN BROADCAST BY ' 26 JUNE QUARTET ........rr..,.......,,.....,.,,,,...... TED PRICE HBILLU BURKHART BOB YEAGER EGG FREEHAFER Accompanist, '4FRED YEAGER CLASS PROPHECY I............,..........,................................... ALBERT READINGER PLAY .................i......i...i,..........,L................w.,...,....w.w...,............., It Pays to Advertise , ROI COOPER MEGRUE AND VVALTER HACKETT QBy special arrangement with Samuel Frenchj CAST OF CHARACTERS Mary Grayson ............,,,.,........,...........,.,...,.............................,...,..,.,....... Alfred Rogers Johnson ........,,................,........,..........,.,..........w..,,,,...,l............,...,.....,........... Robert Mattern Comtesse de Beaurien ........,.,.. .w.r......,Y. F rederick Bertolet Rodney Martin ...................,., .,,.,...... F 2. Geier Freehafer Cyrus Martin ....,............,..wl ..........,.......... D avid O'Neil Ambrose Peale ...w,,,,r.,,. .4........... E arl Rickenbach Marie ....,.,............... .......i ,..,...,.,.....,...... H o Ward Boyer William Smith ..,,.i,.. ,....L,..... . R. Milton Poetter Miss Burke ......,,o.,..w.,.... ...,.l.,,.....,Y.....,......, I ames Loose Ellery Clark ,.................,,....w ..,.....,,.... N Villiam Burkhart Donald McChesney ,........,.. ..............,....,.,...,. oi..,....,.,,.. H O ward Frantz Charles Bronson .......l........,.,,,,....,............ ................ ..,ow ....v..........,.. I o h n Reinsel ACT I SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS ................., MR. JOHN H. EISENIIAUER Principal of Boys' High School ACT II RED AND BLACK AXVARDS .....,...v........,w. MR. ROBERT F. ARNOI.D Staff Faculty Advisor ACT III CLASS SONG ..........,.., ..................,......................,........... C lass of 1926 June SELECTION .... ........ ...........,........ B O ys' High School Orchestra Class History ' DAVID D. HEsToN I was chosen by the Class of '26 June to inscribe in the annals of Old Reading High the history and accomplishments Of our fair class. I am, therefore, very proud to record the events of our stormy and successful career to you, as follows: In the fall of the year of 1922 we entered into our High School career as Freshmen and chose as our faculty advisor Mr. Ford. On account of our large

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56 THE EPITOME Slketeh oil ..lIollm To ll-Tariisg our Commencement Speaker It, indeed, is a great opportunity and privilege to have a man of extensive education, Wide experience and great achievements deliver the Commencement Address. Mr. john T. Faris is a noted author, editor and clergyman. The place that Mr. Faris occupies is of national repute. To gain such a position one must have preparation, one must be a hard worker, one must have ability. Mr. Faris is a graduate of Princeton University, with the A. B. degree. He is also a graduate of McCormick Theological Seminary of Chicago. With this background or preparation, Mr. Faris was ready for a career of public service. One of Mr. Faris' early occupations was being local editor and business man- ager of The Talk, Annapolis, Indiana. Later he became business manager of The Occidentf' San Francisco. About that time he was ordained a Presbyterian minister and devoted himself largely to that sacred and holy profession. It was not long before he became the pastor in Mt. Carmel, Illinois, and after that the pastor of Markham Memorial Church of St. Louis, besides ministering in various Sunday School publications and Sunday School Committees, namely, 'fThe S. S. Times, Philadelphia, Presbyterian Board of Publication and US. S. Work, International S. S. Lesson Committee, International S. S. Executive Committeeg World L. L. Association and Council of Evangelical Denominations. Mr. Faris ranks high as an author. He published many books of both re- ligious, historical and travel nature. Some of his books are: The Sunday School and the Pastor, Romance of the English Bible, Reapers of His Har- vest, The Mother Heartf' The Christian According to St. Paul, Romance of Old Philadelphia, Makers of Our History, Seeing the Far West, Seeing the Sunny South, Seeing the Eastern States, and many others.

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58 THE EPITOME number and strength, we easily defeated the mischievous Sophomores in the annual class fight. Consequently we were allowed to choose our own colors. The class, under John Rothenberger, who was our hrst president, chose the colors maroon and gray. The remainder of our first year was spent in selecting watch fobs, numerals and the various athletic managers. Our first year in athletics was only the forerunner to the much stronger teams which represented the class later on. john Rothenberger was again elected president of the class for our Sophomore year. This year there was no class scrap, due to the installation of the new junior High School system, which eliminated the Freshman classes. During this year we improved quite a bit in athletics, giving the upper classmen quite a fight for supremacy in each of the four major sports. Earl Rickenbach was elected to pilot us through our Junior year, which was probably our most successful year in athletics. To begin with, we won the foot ball championship of the school by defeating the strong '25 Feb. team in a close contest. During the basket ball season we were runner-up for the trophy. In the spring we won the Annual Track and Field Meet at George Field. During this year we also selected our class rings and pins. At this time we were forced to part with our most able faculty adviser, Mr. Ford, who left us to take the position of Prin- cipal of the Southwest Junior High School. As a token of our appreciation of his worthy efforts, in behalf of our class, we presented him with a handsome gold school seal. Mr. Dech was then elected as our class adviser for the rest of our High School course. At the end of our Junior year we elected twelve members to the staff of the RED AND BLACK, which included Milton Poetter as editor-in-chief. In the fall of 1925, with Howard Frantz as president, we settled down to assume the duties as seniors. In the beginning of our last year we again won the foot ball championship of the school. In the various varsity teams, we are proud to claim many members of our class. In foot ball we were represented by Captain Charles Schaeffer, I,eVan Smith, Fred Perella, Oscar MacIntosh, john Adams, john Stein, John I-Iawman and David Heston. In basket ball we claim LeVan Smith, Henry Thomas, John Adams, Claude Hangen, Tedl' Price and John I-Iawman. On the swimming team we have Louis Heller, John Rothenberger, Albert Readinger, George Ribble, Wallace Miller, Earl Breneman and David Heston. On the track team we have Howard Boyer, Robert Mattern, Harry Miller, Richard Koch, Claude Hangen and David Heston. On the base ball team we are represented by Edward Schmauder, Henry Thomas, LeVan Smith, Au- gustus Drexler and George Hain. We not only rank with the best in athletic ability, but also stand among the highest in scholarship that the school has ever turned out. Under Brookman Painter, as president, the Philos made a creditable showing for the past year. Howard Frantz was elected president of the Student Council, and made some good improvements. On the debating teams we have E. Geier Freehafer, Howard Frantz, Arthur Bechtel, Seymour Ziff, Alfred Rogers, john McLoed and Louis Heller. We made huge successes in both our dances, the Frolic and the Prom, and each one was well attended. XVe also selected this motto, Viam Inveniemus Aut Faciemus CW:-: Shall Find a VVay or Make Gnej. What could better fit the deeds of our class than the above motto. We could not find a way in High School, so we therefore made one, and I have just finished telling you how we made our way.