Evening High School - Owl Yearbook (Reading, PA)

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WARREN F. CISH, Principal Franklin and Marshall, BA. Columbia, M.A.

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Members of the Graduating Class of 1935:- Your motto, 'iln Living Learn and Learning, Live, suggests to me the words of Shakespeare?- What is a man, If his chief good, and market of his time, Be but to sleep, and feed? A beast, no more. Sure He, that made us with such large discourse, Looking before, and after, gave us not That capability and godlike Reason To rust in us unused. By your enrollment and faithful attendance in our Standard Evening High School you have given unmistakable evidence of your desire to learn more and live better. To most of you the acquisition of a diploma will mean no immedi- ate increase in wages. Wherein then, lies the profit which you have realized from completing a high school course of study? Your philosophy of life and your attitude toward the future are reflected in the motto which you have select- ed as a guiding star to direct your lives. Members of the class of 1935, as a consequence of your training received in this institution, your capacity for service in your community is greatly enlarg- ed. Our wish is that your opportunity to serve may be correspondingly increas- ed. When this is true, you will be LIVING in the fullest sense of the word for 'il-le liveth best who serveth mostf, To this end you have our best wishes for suc- cess. Very sincerely, Warren F. Gish

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To the Graduates of the Standard Evening High School: This is the Three Hundredth Anniverary of the Founding of Second- ary Education. The old Town Records of Boston say: On the 13th of the second month, 1635, at a General meeting upon publique notice-it was -generally agreed upon that our brother Philemon Pormort shall be intreat ed to become scholemaster for the teaching and nourtering of children with us. These people were far removed from their homeland. Famine, pesti- lence and an unkown wilderness faced them. And they calmly prepared plans for the education of their children by founding a school for the teach- ing of Latin and Greek. Such Was the beginning of the High School. The Standard Evening High School meets the needs of this day as the Latin Grammar School met the needs of the particular group in 1635. Reading is fortunate to be able to offer to the adults of the city such a splendid program of courses in the Evening Schools. The graduating class-the largest in the history of the school-and the undergraduates have my very best wishes for success. THOMAS H. FORD Superintendent of Schools.