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

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To prepare students for the part they w1ll play nn scxentrfic progress, a varrery of scrence courses IS offered at RMHS The general sc1 ence course prepares the freshmen for thenr sophomore year and the more advanced study of plant and anrmal lnfe The junxor year offers chemnstry wnth rts study of the ele ments Physrcs, rn the semor year, finds the students learnmg the basnc laws of the um verse For sennor gnrls mterested rn nursrng, an excellent anatomy course rs given We, at RMHS, are fortunate to have such an exten swe sclence program and such a competent faculty to gulde us f ul na.: 5 va Betsy and Pete show Mr Aldrrch the srte of the Battle of Frederrcksburg Wlth a complete and comprehensxve pro gram, the RMHS Mathematncs Department has contmued to further nts excellent reputatnon The currrculum mcludes several courses rn fun damental mathematxcs whlch lead to the more complex study of bookkeepmg to prepare the student for the busxness world College prepara tory courses range from elementary algebra to CP3 and prepare the student for careers 1n math ematrcs or engrneermg The practrcal appllcatron of mathematrcs to danly l1v1ng or the knowledge of srmple and quadratnc equatnons, trrgonomet nc functnons, shde rule techmques, and space geometry covers the needs of all puprls RMHS students are well prepared for a world requxrmg mathematics Wlll thrs experrment work Mr Pope? As the world has expanded, and as natlons have become allled, there IS a greater need for world understanding The present generatron wrll have to face many problems concernmg world peace To cope wrth this responsxbrlrty RMHS offers a varnety of h1story courses In Crvrcs the student studres geography and types of government, rn World Hrstory he studles the begmnmg of man and the advancement of c1v1l 1zat1ons, IH U S Hrstory he learns of the her: tage of our country, and nn Problems of Democ racy he takes a crmcal look at exxstrng govern mental systems and trnes to find solutlons to old problems S 5 S Denny and Duncan future mathemat1c1ans9 13 I , . . 6' 'D u 1 ' H. ,i . - 54 ' ' L53 DQ l ' ,va - 4: , ' 7 L- xl' v R ,,' Y . 4 'Q . : if - - . 4- .4 n In vi 5 xv ' '- ' ' I f- . . . Hip. 3 ff! X , ' fu X, it W VG, XX 7 . . . . :N H Q ax Q - . NNN ' . K ' X, 'lf' -' . . - 'fr-wa 5 N ' K ' , 1 -, 4 -' g ' ' - ,if . V' ' ' .. . . at 1 s ,rf - Ffa T ' ' I X 4' fffipf ' ' l . ' it 7 - N,- , f ' - . . . ' 4 ' - ' I . . I - I nig h if ,

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i .fix '-': 'Z2 ' -Q HISTORY Robert H Dunbar Rlchard E Myers Gale M Webber Aldrxch chaxrman SCIENCE Seated Helen R Zxmmermann Fred errckj Pope chalrman Robert Mnksen Robert R Gray Slandmg james T Murphy Jerome H Plerxanowrcz Davrd L Garland MATHEMATICS Seated Elxzaberh G Hardy Hazel M Percy charrman Mary E Eaton Slandmg Francxs J Logan Robert R Gray john A Hollingsworth Rolfe T Bamsrer

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cs' G? AnneT Landrni Ardis V Chapman One of the final steps marking the hem HOME ECONOMICS RMHS IS fortunate to have a modern, well equ1pped home economrcs surte where girls can develop skills necessary to all homemalters A course in clothlng acqualnts the student wrth fabrics and their use in clothing construction and fashlon design The cooking classes, after becomlng acqualnted w1th the nutr1t1onal value of foods, ga1n experience in planning and servmg basic and tasty meals Also 1ncluded in the home making curriculum IS a new course fn home and family l1v ing, which stresses the need for good management, offers a study of famlly relationships, chrld care, and personality de velopment, and g1ves added mstruction rn foods and clothing L3 :YW fd' -1-1-if Numbers numbers everywhere Sealed Doris I. Kelly Elizabeth A Batchelder Szanduzg William F Lorden E jane Reed chair man John B Pacfno COMMERCIAL A well rounded course in the commerclal field for that stu dent who plans to go out 1nto the world of busmess or on to some secretarial school after graduatfon IS avallable to any RMHS student Courses 1n shorthand, typing, bookkeeping and consumer economtcs, as well as classes in actual office pract1ce, are offered by this department New machxnes make the knowledge acquired easier to apply Girls taklng the com mercial course also put 1n time 1n the high school office, thus gaining pract1cal experience Through the efforts of the excel lent teachmg staff, commercial students are well prepared and well qualified to enter the busrness world y 4 y W Y , 'W ' p . . t f 'E L pi .-s,Wi 6 E l if i ' I ' 2 in T 1 F5 A 5 Q -is ii A L T9 , , E , Fi .. It - J . I ff . A ,S W , K 1 :rg 'D' gg - 5 t 3 Ai 'Q fl G fi ia- l it 'try Ml A A , , . LL A w I 3 'L , f g M Eli' ' ' , o .I l . rf f