Reading High School - Arxalma Yearbook (Reading, PA)

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Miss Martha M. Morrette and members of her foreign lan- guage department evaluate various instructional aids for effective use in the department program. Seated - Miss Martha M. Moretteg Standing i Mrs. Sarah D. Yatron, Miss Alethia N. Love, Miss Theana Kotrelis, Mr. Warren F. Gish 'tri ra inf. Foreign Language Department Department Head - Miss Martha M. Morrette Cultural . . . Practical . . . Inspirational - As a result of studying French, Spanish, Latin, or German, students were able to gain not only reading, writing, and speaking skills in these languages, but also an appreciation of the life, customs, and culture of the people as well. GXIHY. is 3 ik Frequently, Miss Theana Ko- trelis used Spanish records to help students master speaking skills in the foreign language. In the Latin classes, Miss Ale- thia N. Love used a variety of illustrative material to supple- ment classroom instruction. 22

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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.

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Home Economics Department Chairman - Miss Elsie V. Holland Food Preparation . . . Cloth- ing Designing . . . Personal Management - constituted some of the general areas of emphasis in the homemaking program at R.H.S. A chef's course for boys and a child care program for girls highlighted the special offer- ings of this department. Members of the home econom- ics staji prepare supply lists for their new class projects. Miss Blanche Spaar, Miss Charlotte E. Kahler, Miss Elsie V. Holland Helping students to design and make clothes for personal use were two major aims in M iss Blanche Spaar's clothing classes. Besides preparing meals for themselves and others, stu- dents of Miss Elsie Holland's classes gained experience in table etiquette.