Boys High School - Epitome Yearbook (Reading, PA)

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56 THE EPITOME At last we emerged as Seniors. Another presidential battle was waged, and our'President of the Sophomore year, Fenton Laucks, was again put at the head, with LeRoy Snyder as Vice-President. Riley Moyer and Marshall Huey were re-elected. John Heilman was chosen reporter. I i The Motto Committee submitted its Latin mottoes, and we selected Sit Veritas Dux - Let Truth Be Our Guide. Since our class is small, the amount of the dues was raised from 25 cents to 50 cents. Our last year has been ex- ceedingly busy and active. So far only the political side of our class has been mentioned. Though we are small, we have some very fine athletes in our midst. James Rick, 3rd, started his track career in the spring of 1924. He has served as captain for the last two years and as captain of cross-country for the last three.. Charles SchaeiTer for four years played varsity foot ball and was captain in 1925 and served as honorary captain in 1926. Stein, Zimmerman and Artz all were varsity men. Bill Coombs has been a basket ball and base ball star for years. Charles Schaeifer also was a star on the base ball nine. Huey and Thompson both did creditable work on the track and cross-country teams. Stuart ran cross-country his last year. Rohrbach played well on the foot ball reserves for two years. In the spring of 1926 our track team won the inter-class meet, nosing out '26 june. Last year our class basket ball team was runner-up in the Inter-Class League. . The Student Athletic Association was organized in the spring of 1926. james Rick, 3rd, was elected Vice-President and James Gilder was chosen class repre- sentative.This fall Rick was made President of the Association and Charles Schaeffer was elected class representative. Our fellow class members also lead most of the school societies and organi- zations: LeRoy Snyder as President of the Student Council, James Rick, 3rd, President of the Philos, Sidney Ables, President of the Zelosg John Heilman, twice President of the Thespians, and Allan Klopp, President of the Camera Club. Our social activities, particularly the Frolic and the Prom, were very success- ful, and they reflect credit upon those who had them in charge. Thus ends the history of our class for the period that we spent within old Reading High. lfVhat the future has in store for us must of necessity be re- vealed later. We are sure, however, that none will shirk, and that our record will be one of which all can be proud. I

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THE EPITOME 55 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS .................. MR. JOHN H. EISENHAUER Principal of Boys' High School ACT II-Scene I. Office of Robert Cutter. NVednesday morn- ing. Scane 2. Same as Act I. Wednesday afternoon RED AND BLACK AVVARDS ......................., MP.. ROBERT F. ARNOLD A Faculty Advisor ACT III-Same as Act I. Friday Class History BY JAMES RICK, III. We, the Class of 1927 February, entered Reading High in the cold, bleak months of winter in I923. Since we were the last four-year class to come into this institution, no new students entered for a year and a half afterwards be- cause of the Junior Highs. The upper-classmen frequently told us greenies to take the elevator to the third floor, etc. For three semesters we were the under- dogs, but eventually we emerged has leaders. . At our first class meeting Earl Westbrook was elected President. Mr. Mount- joy was chosen as our Faculty Advisor. Before our freshman year was com- pleted Earl l1Vestbrook left school, and James Rick, 3rd, the Vice-President, served out the year as leader. The Sophomore year saw a change in officers, Fenton Laucks being elected President. Marshall Huey was re-elected as Treasurer and has retained that ofhce straight through. Riley Moyer was elected Secretary. It was in this year that we selected our class numerals. As Mr. Mountjoy was transferred to an- other school, we elected Mr. Bunning as our new Faculty Head. Our Junior year saw a closely contested presidential election, in which James Rick, 3rd, came out in the lead. Nevin Hollinger was the Vice-President. Riley Moyer was again elected Secretary and Marshall Huey retained the Treasurer- ship. This year saw a complete change in the attitude of the members of the class, and they settled down to business. . Mr. Bunning left school, so we elected Mr. Oliver as our third Faculty Ad- visor. T he Ring and Pin Committee is to be congratulated on their fine choice. Our rings have been admired everywhere.

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THE EPITOME 57 President's Address of Welcome Mothers and dads of the students of the Class of 1927 February, we bid you welcome to these, our class night exercises. W'e take great pleasure in having you with us this evening because our presence here this evening is due mainly to the innumerable sacrifices you have made and the many hopes you have cherished for the success of your sons. To our relatives and friends present, we extend a hearty welcome, realizing too that a part of our success is also due to the interest you have shown in our development during these most formative years of our life. XVe bid you welcome to these exercises tonight in order that you may see some of the qualities developed in us by our High School training. We shall strive to express these qualities by maintaining, for the most part, a spirit of mirth throughout the evening. These devlopments are due mainly to the influ- ence our home and faculty had upon us. Having ever held high ideals before us. and, with our motto, Sit Veritas Dux -Let Truth Be Our Guide-in our mind, our members enthusiastically entered the fields of athletics, oratory, and scholar- ship, greatly sacrificing to attain the highest possible score in these activities, VVhy? For their own honor? No, chiefly with the idea of raising to unlimited heights the glory of their Alma Mater, dear old Reading High. Loyalty! Faith! Pride! These qualities combined in any youth will always tend to make him a better citizen-the aim of our present day High School. Tomorrow is Commencement: the completion of school education for some of us, the beginning of a higher college education for the rest of us. But, in a larger sense, regardless of whether we engage in our vocation immediately or whether we enter broader fields of knowledge, Commencement means exactly the same thing to all of us: the happy realization that now start those critical tests of the fibre that was woven during the past. And I, with you, am sure that the members of ,27 Feb. will, in later life, make for themselves a name, just as they have done in their' High School days-a-name to be praised highly for its merit. And so tonight, sad with the thought that our good old High School days are over, but happy that we now shall have the opportunity to prove ourselves in practical life, we again welcomeyou, and promise we shall do our best to make this evening most enjoyable to you.