Reading High School - Arxalma Yearbook (Reading, PA)

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Mr. Norman Diener's explanation of the new Hewlelberg automatic printing press proved to be an interesting climax to one of the early stajj meetings Standing ---A Mr. J. Kenneth Conley, Mr. Horace C Ball, Mr. James W. McIntyre. Mr. John L. McQuate, Mr. Walter A. Griesemer, Mr. Richard I. Boyer, Mr. Paul Miller, Mr. George A. Schieck, Mr. Norman R. Diener. Absent Mr. E. Raymond Hendricks. Industrial Department Department Head - J. Kenneth Conley Craftsmen . . . Technicians . . . Engineers - in the hands of these specialists, and other industrial workers of the future, rest the in- dustrial progress and leadership of our nation in years to come. In meeting this continuous challenge, RHS offered an extensive and practical general shop program for our industrial arts stu- dents, and a comprehensive vocational cur- riculum for students who wished to specialize in a specific industrial field for vocational or rofessional careers. K' ff.. ,. 3. 1' gi .45 .C QQ, 4? .I if Our print shop teacher, Mr. Norman R. Dien- er, explains the operation of the automatic cylinder press to a few of his junior print- ers. Our new mechanical drawing teacher, Mr. E. Raymond Hendricks, assists his students in the proper interpretation of a complicated blueprint. Progress on one of the many useful student- planned projects is checked by our woodshop teacher, Mr. J. Kenneth Conley. Leif, 'K f ' WZs,f:Ear7FI:Ma

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Commercial Department Transoribing and typing dic- tation exercises constituted a few of the many activities in Miss Johanna Mertz's slwrt- hand classes. Four Distributive Education coordinators from near-by areas discuss the merits of their respective D. E. pro- grams with the state coordin- ator, Samuel W. Caplan. Seated-Joseph J. Grande, Reading High Schoolg Blanche Curran, Pottsville High School: Samuel W. Caplan, Chief Distributive Educa- tion, Stai of Pennsylvaniag Stand- ing - Jerome A. Beidelman, Beth- lehem High Schoolg Robert W. Stimmel, Allentown High School Distributive Education Coordinator - Mr. Joseph J. Grande The Distributive Education course incorporating the co- operative merchandising pro- gram supervised by our school coordinator and local retail merchants was but one of the progressive offerings of the commercial department. Classroom instruction plus practical experience in the school store preceded actual part-time employment in local stores.

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llldUStI'Ial DEp6I'tm6l'lf Mr. Walter A. Griesemer's general shop program ojfered a rich back- ground for boys hoping to specialize in the industrial vocational courses in their junior and senior years. ...ni Interesting projects emphasizing vari- ous fields of electronics were offered to our industrial boys in Mr. Richard I . Boye'r s electric shop. Under the careful supervision of Mr. George A, Schieck, our boys acquire a variety of special skills in operating machine shop equipment. Mr. Paul Miller, our auto shop teach- er, explains the values of the Sun Dis- tributor Tester in checking car igni- tion.