Girls High School - Yearbook (Reading, PA)

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EXTRA-CURRICULAR CLUBS Every student in the High School for Girls belongs to a club. At the beginning of each semester we indicate our first, second, and third choices, and then if our individual programs are not too complicated and we are not taking any branches outside of our regular class, we get into the club of our first choice and, perhaps, get our favorite teacher as adviser. VVe have a long list of possible clubs, which may vary from term to term: Art Wax, Dramatic, Travel and Art, Camera, Latin, Health, Junior Chamber of Commerce, Scribblers and Story-telling, Mathematics, Public Speaking, Booklovers, Current Events, Debating, Modern Poetry, Musical Appreciation, French, Hiking, Tennis, Science, Picture Study, Cooking, Chemistry, Radio, Dressmaking, Needlework, Poster. Perhaps the best way to get an idea of our activities is to look at our very interesting Main Room Assemblies. Once a semester each faculty ad- viser plans with her clubs one of these assemblies, and there is great com- petition to have the most interesting assembly. . In connection with these assemblies, the handicraft clubs have an ex- hibit of their sewing, wax work, etc., all artistically arranged along the plat- form in the Main Room. The first club program of the term was given in the assembly Hall by The High-King Club, The Red and Black Dramatic Club, and The Merry Manikins under the direction of Miss Esther Shirey, faculty adviser. The sketch opened with Madame Cairo, rather gorgeous in her Egyptian garb, gazing into a crystal hall and muttering an incantation. Four irnmo- bile attendants stood on 'guard and helped to furnish scenery. Madame's charm brought forth a succession of spectacles to allay her boredom. Five dainty maids of old Japan swayed gracefully before her as they sang We are the Geisha Girls. Five stalwart American boys, handsomely tailored, sang Tokyo, and later joined the Geisha girls in a love song. At the next flash of the crystal four funny little Goops got their absurd lit- tle selves upon the platform and chanted a ludricrous little song to the mel- ancholy strains of a funeral march. If Madame's boredom could persist in the face of the Goops, she had greater powers of resistance than the audience. The Goops were unforgettable. A spirited burlesque on a movie in the making was very beguiling. As the director read the scenario, the actors in The capture of the Lady Vere de Vere gave graphic portrayal of the thrilling action. Handsome Harry made a dashing rescue of the haughty Lady Vere de Vere, while Wild Nell gave to her part a truly Pearl Whitean intensity. The Red and Black Designers, Miss Marietta Johnson, adviser, were the broadcasters of a radio program from station G. H. S. Dorothea Sterrett, president of the club, was the very capable announcer of the following numbers:, Piano Solo- Witcl1es Dance ........... ..,.,,,...,,,,.,.,,,,,,.,, S hirley Sulman RGCipeS ....---.....---.-............------.................... ........ . . ............... Marybel Bachofer Violin Dquet- Medley Of Old Airs .....,..... ....... li thel Handwork, Sara Koch Athletic Report- The Armory Series ,..,. ,,.,,.,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, M i1-iam Weftz PiaIlO S010-- N0.Ctu1'11e ,.........,............,..... ,,,,.,,,, M arybel Bachofer Weather Reports ................. ........ Clarabel Rehrer Bedtime St0fY ------- .-.-. . ....... lv label Hawkins ns

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COLLEGE AND NORMAL SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS The Charles L. Miller Scholarship was presented to the school in June, 1923, by Mr. Charles C. Miller, then a member of the Board of Education and a public-spirited citizen who has long been greatly interested in the cause of education. This scholarship is for the sum of five hundred dollars, to be paid in instalments of two hundred dollars a year for each of the first and second years, and one hundred dollars the third year. By the terms of the scholarship, .the loan is repaid beginning one year after the holder's graduation, and the fund is thus perpetuated. This scholarship is now held by Miss Frances E. Brumbach, of the Class of 1923, February, a Junior at Syracuse University.- Four Museum Scholarships ' - were presented to the school in October, 1923, through the personal influence of Dr. Levi W. Mengel, Director of the Public School Museum and Art Gal- lery, whose wonderful work for the schools is well known. These scholarships are each for four hundred dollars. The persons holding these scholarships receive one hundred dollars for each of the four years, and start to repay one year after, graduation, thus also creating a perpetual fund. Two of these scholarships have been awarded: if 1924-Lillian M. Baer, Class of 1924 February, a student in Wellesly College. 19425-Eleanor R. Geissenhainer, Class of 1925 February, a student in Pennsylvania State College. ' 4 R. H. S. Alumni Scholarship the privileges of which we have enjoyed since 1905, alternating every two years with the High School for Boys. Since January, 1924, there has been a separate scholarship for each of the two senior high schools. This scholar- ship means Iifty dollars a year for two years. It is now held by Miss Mary Breen, Class 1924 February, a student in Temple University, Philadelphia. lt is interesting to note that two new scholarships, within the past two years, have been added to the former list: Women's College Club Scholarship was presented by the university women of Reading. It carries with it three hundred dollars for each of two years, and the holder is selected on the basis of scholarship, personality, and leadership. The college chosen must be on the approved list of the American Association of University Women. Though the scholarship is awarded as a gift, the club will welcome any repayment, which would furnish the nucleus of a perpetual fund. This scholarship is at present held by Kathryn Deininger, Class 1925 February, a student at Syracuse University. Kutztown Normal School Scholarship h was presented t.o the High School for Girls by the Quota Club of Reading, and will be awarded for the first time in September, 1926. Two hundred dollars is paid to the recipient for each of two years, two or three years after graduation reimbursement of the amount is expected so that aperpetual scholarship fund may be created bv the club. To the good friends of the High School for Girls who have been instru- mental in providing these unusual opportunities, we are very grateful and we take this opportunity of expressing our appreciation, 17

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Ukelele Quintet- Collegiate .......... Hildegarde Peplau, Marjorie E. Whitman Marjorie L. Witman, Beulah Wanner, Ethel Spangler The members of Miss Mary E. Sprague's clubs, The Nice Neat Needle- workers, Les Artistes, The Artistic Needleworkers, staged a -most delightful fashion revue, presenting both the picturesque and sometimes humorous variations of the olden mode and the latest decrees of the Parisian con- turiers. Eloise Hettinger, garbed as a colonial maid, played music appro- priate to the period as the models paraded: Afternoon frocks of Revolutionary period .......... Catherine Price, Miriam Delp Grandmother in shawl and bonnet, 1800,, ,,,,,. .,,,..,,.,,,.,,,,,,,.,,,,. ,,,,,.,,, E s ther Kring Old Lady's street costume, 1800 ...,............... ............ E thel lbach Young Woman's street dress, 1850 ........... ..,...,...,........ 1 .... C atherine Herb Afternoon gowns of Civil War period ..,.,.. ...... lv Iaiy Mull, Edith Herbein Gown, 1875 ................,.,............,,..,...,..,..,..,,,, ,,.,..,l,,,r,.,,,,,,,,,.,, H elen Reigner Silk street dresses, 1880 ,,,,,,,, ........ R hea Sell, Miriam Miller Elderly Lady of 1890 ,....,, ..,..........,...... L eah Griesemer Street dress of 1890 ....... ............... C atharine' Brendle Knickers, 20th century .....,.... .................. Z ula Keck, Edith Hain Sports dresses, 20th century ...... ....... lv Iarian Koontz, Miriam Miller Fur coat, 20th century ...,.................. ..,.........,.......................... E lva Wills Orange party frock, 20th century ...........,......... ......... B etty Bernheiser Black evening gown with fur, 20th century ........ ......,...... P earl Cook Blue afternoon frock, 20th century .............,....... .... .-.. E 1 Sie HOrning As a concluding number all of the models reappeared and sang Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party. The Robust Health 'Club, Miss Helen Gojdics, adviser, presented ia play The Magic Window, in which Cho Cho, the jolly clown, restores a neglected little boy to health and happiness. 1 Dramatic Club The members of Thalia, Miss Mildred Runyeon, faculty adviser, have been entertained by dramatic presentations by the Misses Leaman and New- roth. Helen Mohr gave a talk on modern authors, and Mabel Vize gave an account of the recent performance of Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan at the Or- pheum Theatre. Debating Club The Forensic League, Miss Elsie Eidam, faculty adviser, has followed two debates by its members with great enthusiasm. The first question de- bated was, Resolved that criminal news should be suppressed with Mildred Gabriel, Emily Dreas and Marguerite Himmelreich as affirmative speakers, and Esther Fisher, Pauline Abramsohn and Kathryn Rohrbach as speakers for the negative. In the debate on Resolved that capital punishment should be abolished, Elizabeth Henry, Kathryn Bright and Lavina Ely spoke for the affirmative, and Marion Crotty, Olga Weidner and Kathryn Bowers for the negative. 19