Reading High School - Arxalma Yearbook (Reading, PA)

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Health Services School Nurse--Mrs. Naomi O. Bridegam, RN. School Doctor-Lynwood Keller, M.D. , . A ix' 1 Xjair l Besides her general duties as school nurse, Mrs. Naomi O. Bridegam, R.N., supervised the extensive special health service programs offered by this de- partment. -.L Located on the second floor of the Castle are the modern health room facilities consisting of a reception room, an infirmary, a special utility room, and the oflice of the school nurse. Throughout each school day, Mrs. Naomi O. Bridegam, RN., was available for routine, spec- ial, or emergency health services or for student conferences. Special services provided by this department were the general health examinations for all students, chest X-rays and complete physical examinations for the junior class, plus audio- metric examinations and vision tests for all students of the sophomore and senior classes. X -,xi 9 N NF . Services of Lynwood Kel- ler, M.D., our school physi- cian, were available to all juniors who did not have their complete physical eac- aminations performed by their personal physicians. Free tuberculin tests of- fered by the Reading-Berks Health and TB Association served as a part of the pre- ventive health program available to students of Reading High School.

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Miss Ann L. Taylor, Art Super- visor of the Reading School District, Mr. Ralph A. Dornsife, and Miss Kathleen L. Reilly evaluate a vari- ety of text books in order to deter- mine which books can be used most effectively in the art and craft pro- grains. Members of Mr. Ralph Dornsife's art classes often succeeded in earning top awards or special recognition for their outstanding art work. Art Department Art-Mr. Ralph A. Dornsife Crafts-Miss Kathleen L. Reilly Fine arts, commercial, and gen- eral art courses enabled students to acquire valuable training and skills in the fields of painting, sketching, industrial designing, il- lustrating, advertising art, and clay modeling. Students who selected the crafts program were given numerous op- portunities to plan and to make a variety of creative and practical projects such as metal ware, plas- ter statuettes, leather goods, and ceramic pieces. A field trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art highlighted the de- partment's major outside activi- ties. ,V xi '-'21?9 '. Mg, ,ht Making colorful holiday decora- tions proved to be one of the popular student projects in Miss Kathleen L. ReiIly's craft classes.

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Students of Mrs EZ1 abeth N Ruhrman s semor health class take notes on the pro eedures to folloa m gwmq zmmedz ate and tempor ary first ard 27 Health Department Department Head M1ss Katharlne E Kaufmann Incorporated 1n the extenslve health program at R H S were the general study of health 1n the tenth grade a vxell planned safety educa tlon program Ill the eleventh glade and ln the twelfth grade a compre hensxve health program 1nelud1ng a standaxd first aid course A s1gn1f1cant part of the twelfth grade program was the awardmg of a Standard Red Cross Flrst Ald Cer t1f1cate to all semors vsho earned an average of 85 or better ln then theo retlcal and practlcal f1FSt axd tra1n1ng structor uses a Zzfe sz e skeleton to pomt out varzous bone structures M1s Janet B Gorman checks her class as they practzee d1ffe1ent methods of first ard treatment. 7' Y , - Q , . L , , V , , . Y D 1 U' - 1 . x U1 . . . . . V Mr. Harrison H. Stump, health in- : ' Z A , . 9 ' . l