Reading High School - Arxalma Yearbook (Reading, PA)

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COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT Numerous surveys of office work show . . . that the niunber of jobs available in this . . . field exceed . . . the number available in any other area . . . - Emma K. Felter Keeping in pace with the increas- ing demand for trained office person- nel, the Commercial Department has constantly modernized and expanded its program to prepare students for successful careers in the complex business world of today. Mrs. Ruth Shafer, a new faculty member, demonstrated typing tech- niques to one of her commercial class- es. U DEPARTMENT HEAD Mr. William Whiteley - PRACTICE .... PERFECTION At the first department meeting, Mr. William Whiteley introduced the two new commercial teachers to mem-- bers of his staff. Row 1-Miss Johanna Mertz, Mrs. Julia F. Sabol, Miss Edith Fairlamb Row 2-Mrs. J. Barbara Martin, Mr. Joseph J. Grande, Mr. Phillip W. Moore Row 3-Mr. Ray W. Reber, Mr. William S, Bannon, Mr. Mark Guth-- rie, Sr.g Mr. J. Norman Taylor Standing-Miss Dorothy Shultz Mrs. Ruth Shafer, Mr. William whitei ley 22

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MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT Mathematics possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty-a beauty capable of a stern perfection such as only the greatest art can show. - Russell Whether mathematics is to serve general vocational use or specialized technical use, students were adequate- ly prepared by the mathematics de- partment's extensive program. Four courses in geometry - indus- trial, co-ordinate, plane, and solid - were offered, as well as algebra, ap- plied mathematics, consumer mathe- matics, and trigonometry. New mathematics teacher, Mr. Carl Boltz, explains a complicated problem to his consumer mathematics class. REASONING .... SOLUTION Discussion and evaluation of department progress and achievement constituted an important part of the bi- monthly department meet- ings. Row 1-Miss Olga M, Pfau, Miss Elizabeth E. Smith, Mr. C. Collins Kepler, Mr. David L. Hoffman Row 2-Mr. Harry M. Scott, Mr. William C. Horine, Mr. Carl E. Boltz, Mr. R. Stuart Stump DEPARTMENT HEAD Mr. C. Collins Kepler

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COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT Group interpretation of shorthand symbols on the blackboard provided an effective means of motivation in Miss Dorothy Shultz's shorthand classes. DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION A cooperative school and communi- ty program which enabled students to acquire the theoretical knowledge and practice experienced in the retail field was the Distributive Education program. 1 Mr. Joseph J. Grande, Dis- tributive Education Coordin- ator, explains some on-the- spot merchandising techni- ques in a local department store. A local business executive, Mr. Stanley Heimbach, con- ducted a D.E. class on an in- structional tour of a local business establishment. COORDINATOR Mr. Joseph J. Grande