Reading High School - Arxalma Yearbook (Reading, PA)

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English Department Department Head Mr Charles R Hawman Increased emphasrs on oral and wrrtten composrtron work plus the lntroductron of many new text books and a two perrod per week publrc speakrng course were but a few of the many means used by the English de partment to enrrch and expand rts currrculum thrs year Mr Cha1lesR Haurnan head of the Englzsh dfpartrnent, and the members of hzs staff dzscuss the ments of a humorous and well u 1 zttc n artzcle submztted by one of the studs nts on Cornposz tzon day Rau I Mrss Glorm L Rodgers Mrs Jacquelrne Vlfrtkrns Mrss Eltr F Unangst Ron Mrs M rrx A Moon Mrs Olrxe C, Zehntr Mrs Andree S Goldman Ron J Mrss Mrrgaret A Yost Mrss Sarah E Koch Mrss Kath errne A Klrne Stunrlznq Mr Berto 1etM Bossler Mr Imnrls H Gendall Mr Vvllllllll A Burkhrrt N11 Mrhlon Gebhardt Mr Joseph C, Plank Mr H Robert Barrett Mr Charles R Hawman department head Abs: nt Mr' Norbert P Brllrnger Mrs Amy S Bell Students of M1 H Robert Barretts neuly formed publzc speakznq class developed valu able oratorzcal skills and tech mques as a result of the exten swe class program Durmq the year, Mrs Olwe G Zehner made continuous use the weekly zssues of the Practz cal Enqlzsh workbook to motz 'vate and supplement her regular class room mstructzon. R-ailhdf' 5-vo-M Mawr ...mwwaw 4 wa!-Sw-,fp 5' 431: E I

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Guidance Spec1al act1v1t1es sponsored by th1s department throughout the past year lncluded a homeroom guldance program on marrlage a college mght featurlng repre sentatlves from approxlmately flfty colleges and un1vers1t1es the second annual college orlen tat1on nlght for parents forums m assembly on character free dom and responslblllty mar rlagc and employment problems plus a f1lm on soclal maturlty In addltlon members of the guldance staff admlmstered per sonahty student xnterest chlevement aptltude and 1ntel hgence tests for the students cumulatlve records Mzss Grace W Trout often promded spemal gutdance for students uho wrshed to discuss problems of a personal nature Mr Connard C Cramp soczal lwznq znstructor, outlznes am portant phases of a class topzc to panel members of a dzscus szon group At the senzor forum on em ployment problems Mr Kermzt Kohler of the Western Electrzc Corporatzon Mr Wrllzam H Wzsler R H S tocatzonal qui dance counselor and Mr John Hzchey of theP S E S obseme tuo students as they d1scuss the 'zmportance of school ach1eve ment wzth M1 Lee Garrzqan Western Elcetr ac representative Y-7'

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Mathematics Department Department Head Mr D3V1d L Hoffman Th1S year the Math Depart ment expanded 1tS currlculum by addmg a new subject called Mathematlcal Analysls ThlS second semester senlor year course was offered to a select group of mathematlcs students 1n the college preparatory cur rlculum Among the new teachlng a1ds acqu1red by the department thxs past year was a SIX foot demon stratlon sllde rule Mr Wzllzam C' Horznes al gebra course was one of the requzred sophomore subjects for students who chose the college preparatory currzcu um Durmg drzll exerczses zn com merczal math, Mzss Elzzabeth E Smzth gave zndwzdual znstruc tzon when needed. Mr Davzd L Hoffman and members of hzs staff examzne a calculator which uas recently acqulred by the de artment Seated Mr Harxy Scott Mxss Ellzabeth E Smlth Mr Davld L Hoff man department head Mlss Olga M Pfau Mr W11l1am C Horme Stand mg Mr Robert F Frledmann Mr R Stuart Stump Mx John L Sharadm Mr Carl E Boltz I pp ' C . h ' is . . 1 if It Y ' ' , . , , .U 9 - v - - 1 M . . . N ta N. . . . ,