Evening High School - Owl Yearbook (Reading, PA)

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WARREN GISI-I, Principal B- A., Franklin and Marshall M. A-, Columbia

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To the Graduates and Students of the Evening High School: The Evening High School fills a very definite place in the city of Reading. A splendid group of men and Women is attracted annually to courses of vital interest, principally cultural in nature. Such courses serve the individual in a variety of ways, especially as a foundation of training essen- tial for the most successful participation in life's activities. The study of history, English, the foreign languages, science and mathematics should not terminate upon the completion of the formal class room instruction. They should' relate definitely to one's future enjoyment and satisfaction. The reading of good books is an excellent indication of the char- acter of the individual. Time spent wisely is Well spent. Those who Will graduate this year to join the ranks of the large group who have graduated in former years are to be congratulated and have our united best Wishes for success in Whatever they may undertake. Many have continued in higher institutions of learning and We hope there Will be those of this class Who will enter colleges or universities, since the diplomas of the Standard Evening High School are equivalent to those of the day high school and fulfill college entrance requirements. The sacrilices made by those Who completed their evening school studies deserve the commen- dation of the people of this city Who have made possible this splendid school for adults through the cooperation of the Board of School Directors. THOMAS H. FORD Superintendent of Schools.

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Members of the Graduating Class of 1937: If there is one outstanding trait which you have shown during your attendance in the Standard Evening High School it is PERSEVERAQNCE. Whether you were enrolled for one year or six years there'Were undoubtedly times Wheniyou were tempt- ed to follow the line of least resistance and Withdraw from school. While it was not until your Senior year that you adopted as your class motto, WE STUDY FOR THE FUTURE , each one of you must have kept this slogan in mind from the beginning, otherwise he Would not have realized the culmination of his ambition, the completion of a high school course of study. Day school graduates usually conceive of Commencement as a period of transition from school life into life's school. As stu- dents of Evening High School you have already had opportunity to correlate the knowledge you have acquired with situations in a real Work-a-day World. We are confident that the training you have received Will tend to make you more efficient in your Work. Members of the Class of 1937, We trust that you will have rea' son to regard the evenings spent in our school as the best in- vestment you ever made. WARREN F. GISH.