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

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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-

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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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Seated, left to right: Claud- ette Hall6, Arthur L. Spon- cer, chairman, Helen M. Hart. Standing: Elisabeth A. Dag- digian, Gerard C. Vincent, Edward W. Roewar, Rose E. Chiesa. FOREIGN LANGUAGES An important part of the curriculum of a student who desires a liberal education is the study of a foreign lan- guage. Whether he takes Latin, French, or Spanish, the first year student devotes a great deal of time to learning vocabularies, coniugations, and declensions. However, the advanced language student finds all this work has been well worth the effort when he discovers the exciting ad- ventures of a Mexican iumping bean in El Frijolito Salton, when he scans Vergil's Aeneid for the first time, or when he learns of modern French life and times in Topaze and Le Silence de la Mer. Something of the culture, geography, and history of the country and its people is presented to make the study of a foreign language more interesting and to help the student understand how the language he is studying developed and why the characters in the litera- ture he is reading act and react as they do. Amo, amas, amat-even in Latin IV? 2