Reading High School - Arxalma Yearbook (Reading, PA)

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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

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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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Q xx V Wig S-Ctifwi Ufgjp 'I maven TRAiNmG Safety Education Instructors- Mr. Robert K. Mattern Mr. Charles L. Dunkelberger Mr. Bernard Kaplan Safety Education, an eleventh grade course, was designed to em- phasize to Castle students the im- portance of practicing the prin- ciples of safety in the home, in the community, and on the highways. This department also sponsored a Driver Training program where- by three qualified school instruc- tors helped students to acquire the background and practical perience necessary to prepare the prospective drivers for their final test at the State Police Barracks in Wyomlssmg Pennsylvanla Under the supermszon of Mr Bernard Kaplan and the other members of this department stu dents zccewe czqht hours of actual praetzee durznq thetr drzver tram mg perzod A depth perception dmnce used by Mr Charles L Dunkclbcrqer, was one of the fwe speczal ma ohmes whzch was used to supple ment the classroom znstruetzon tn the drwer trazmng program :.. 1 R1-fx t sfl Corporal Charles Wahl conqra tulates one of Mr Robert K M terns students on the successful completion of her drwcrs test 28 ' ex- , . A . 574:-il-44 , ul K , if l . , I , - 5, . , I. I .V , U . Y 'qlxgxr' 2: ' xt as s f . - 4 , y Q . . at- TQXNN. X Q 1 J A N-R E . V. , 1 l ' I ll! Nt Y' MN ' l Q VX , ' H ' ,