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

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The drama on a stage loses all significance when the stage becomes crowded with people other than the actors. The actors must be free to play their parts. If the world is a stage then there is not much choice left to us as to whether we become an actor or a part of the audience. Either we add to the confusion of the world by becoming a spectator milling through the activi¬ ties of others or we accept our roles and con¬ tribute to the drama of life. Mr. Ernest G. Spence The actors must be free to play their parts . . .

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Administration . the thinking person will be capable of being his own casting director . . If the world is a stage and all the people on it are actors, who determines what role or roles a person will play in his lifetime? Unfortunately, there will be occasions when undesirable and unavoidable roles are thrust upon the individual by circumstances beyond his control. Yet, in most instances, the thinking person will be capable of being his own casting director, accept¬ ing or rejecting a variety of roles presented to him by his changing social environment. Thus, in his day-to-day living, the person educated to make critical jud gements can control to a considerable degree whether he will act 10

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The Guidance Department Miss Helen Hart Mr. Gale M. Webber The guidance department assists the students of Reading High in choosing wisely for the part they will play in the future. The door to the guidance office is always open, whether questions be about educational or occupational planning, or personal problems. The able counselors, Mr. Paskowsky, Miss Hart, Mr. Pacino, and Mr. Webber, aid the students in every possible way. These guidance directors administer tests of learning ability and academic aptitude, academic achievement, vocational aptitude, and various other tests to help the students in planning for their future roles. 12 Mr. Walter G. Paskowsky Mr. John Pacino