Reading Memorial High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Reading, MA)

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Seated, left to right: Eliza- beth G. Hardy, Clilford W. Baker, chairman, Jeannette T. Bell, Hazel M. Percy. Standing: Mary E. Eaton, Francis J. Logan. X, . + Q MATHEMATICS At Reading High School we are fortunate in having an excellent Mathematics Department which offers an exten- sive curriculum in the various phases of this science. There are courses designed to fit the needs of every student. Pupils desiring to enter the business world directly after high school are able to review their fundamental math and then proceed to bookkeeping where they learn the art of recording business transactions in a regular and systematic order. A college preparatory student finds courses rang- ing from simple algebra to the more intricate studies of trigonometry and C.P. 3. A student with a sincere interest in mathematics may, therefore, learn about everything from quadratic equations, multiple variables, and complex word problems, to the solving of spherical triangles and the S.C.T. functions of trigonometry. Living in a scientific age, we realize the importance of mathematics cannot be too greatly emphasized, and the students of RHS do their best to meet its challenge. The answer is zero. X

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-41414 E 5 'fig S3 ?'iiiP1Sf,.v - - ff ,.., - vi -,463 50,13- .-3.5 get . ,,.L ,L aft' Seated, left to right: Helen R. Zimmermann, Frederick J. Pope, chairman. Standing: James T. Murphy, H. Neil Souls, Jerome H. Pieriano- wicz, David Garland. SCIENCE Science plays an increasingly important part in our lives today. The varied courses offered to science students at RHS give a well-rounded knowledge of the physical world and also a good background for those planning more advanced studies in college. General Science, the fresh- man course, sets the stage for the dissections in biology and the experiments in chemistry which come in the follow- ing years. Seniors in physics classes learn the basic laws of the universe and their application to the machines of today's scientific world. Senior girls interested in nursing have a fine anatomy course offered them. Because the experiments we perform give us graphic illustrations of the scientific reasoning we have studied in lecture periods, they are most important, and so we are fortunate in having excellent biology, chemistry, and physics laboratories and extensive apparatus. Our competent faculty, however, is the most valuable part of our science program. Look out, it might explode. i

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1-jf V3 Seated, left to right: Clarissa B. Abbott, .lane R. Cutclitfe, chairman, Rachel Alden, Elis- abeth A. Dagdigian. Stand- ing: Dorothy M. Austin, Ger- bridge, Wendell W. Hodg- old E. Bond, Helen M. Hart. ENGLISH To acquire a ready command of our spoken and written language is the main objective of the English courses. Throughout our high school years, many wonderful realms of literature have been opened to us through the thought- ful and concise analysis of some of the world's greatest literature. No one will ever forget the dark, gloomy mys- tery of Great Expectations, the masterful orations of Julius Caesar, the stirring account of the French Revolution in A Tale of Two Cities, or the fascination of the complex char- acter study of Macbeth. Before a person can expect to experience the satisfaction which comes from fluency in his written language, he must first learn how to apply skill- fully the rules of syntax in composition and everyday speech. Because of the many interesting phases of litera- ture and grammar offered in English, every student goes forth to college or business with the knowledge he is better capable of dealing with all types of people. Macbeth doth sleep no more. ard C. Vincent, Sally Stem- kins, Jeannette T. Bell, Har-