Reading High School - Arxalma Yearbook (Reading, PA)

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EVER SINCE PRIMITIVE TIMES, ROADS HAVE HAD A VERY DEFINITE INFLUENCE IN SHARING THE DESTINIES OF INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITIES, AND NATIONS. AS THE YOUTH OF TODAY, WE HAVE CHOSEN A ROAD LEADING ACROSS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SYMBOLIC OF OUR TRIP THROUGH THE YEAR 1941. OUR ROAD LEADS FROM THE EAST COAST TO THE WEST COAST, FROM THE STATUE OF LIBERTY TO THE GOLDEN GATE, EACH HIGH POINT IN THIS AMERICAN TOUR CORRESPON DS QS TQXXITH SOIVIE IVIEIVIO- RABLE ASPECT OF OUR SCHOOL LIFE, AND THROUGHOUT OUR JOURNEY WE RE- VIEWTHE EVENTSAND ACHIEVEIVIENTS WE HAVE EXPERIENCED DURING OUR SENIOR YEAR AT READING HIGH SCHOOL. WITH THE LAST PAGE OF THIS BOOK, WE REACH THE END OF OUR PHYSICAL JOUR- NEY, BUT OUR LIVES HAVE JUST BEGUN

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WE HONOR MR. FREES Mr. Walter S. Frees Will retire this Iune, after having completed twenty-three years of loyal service to Reading High School. He has served the school dis- trict since l9l8 in the capacity of a teacher of printing and has had the dis- tinction of being head of the Practical Hrts Department. Most of the printing for school activities has come under his capable supervision. Mr. Frees was born in Reading and graduated from Reading High School in the Class of l89O. He continued his education at the University of Pennsyl- vania, Penn State College, and Columbia University. In addition to his school work, Mr. Frees has participated in outside affairs. He has done Work at St. Mary's Church, and is a member of the Riverside Fire Company and of the Typographical Union. The entire student body and faculty join in apprecia- tion of his faithfulness and loyalty and Wish him happiness in the future.