West Reading High School - Vaquero Yearbook (West Reading, PA)

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4 Lx Nj fx 41 Mildred A. Leinbach MILDRED ADA LEINBACH Art Editor of the Beacon , Pianist of Lincoln Literary Society, 1. Secretary of Lincoln Literary Society, 3. Chaplain of Lincoln Literary Society, 4. Small and Sweet Behold our little curly headed blondy, Millie with the baby blue eyes and winsome ways. The smallest in our class is Millie but that doesn't say she is unnoticed for she is a deadly vamp. Her latest catch is one of her own little classmates, Ginny the Russian goulash dancer. Mildred can sing wonderfully and when it comes to dancing-well-she could teach the Follies' girls a thing or two. Millie loves to wind her mouth up and hear her- self go. Her only fault: She talks too much. MALCOLM STANLEY RUTH Hlllallien President Roosevelt Literary Society, 4. Critic Roosevelt Literary Society, 3, 4. President Student Body, 1. Vice-President Student Body, 2. Vice-President Athletic Association, 4. Secretary Athletic Association, 2. Manager of Baseball, 3. Business Manager of Beacon Mother, get my nightshirt, They're going to burn a cross Before you lies a future statesman of our beloved nation the one and only Mallie S. Ruth, Esq., the general man of importance in the senior class. Ahem! There is no doubt that some clay he will be mixed up in the affairs of our people because he has shown that by his numerous arguments during his high school career. His ability in that line cannot be denied, especially when he is talking about the Ku Klux Klan or Teddy Roosevelt, both of which he upholds heroically. Despite all this the girls think he's a pest, for underneath that fertile brain lies a desire to tease and torment. His favorite hobby is throwing erasers but we think there is something he likes better, and that is holding hands with his freshman miss. His pet phrase is I got a datel' and although some day he may be one of the leaders of our country we know that the ladies are going to have something to do with that. Lv fb Malcom S. Ruth Page 13

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CJ? .4 xl fi rj 4 ROBERT BERNARD ESTERLINE fKZa!1 Class Reporter, 1, 2, 3, 4. Vice-President Roosevelt Literary Society, 3. jest Editor of Beacon Let the rest of the world go by Never worry is Za's motto and he sure lives up to it. Maybe that's why he and the teachers don't get along together as peacefully as could be expected, for.Za is often seen in the office absorbing a lecture of do's and don'ts by one of the profs. It is never quiet when he is around for he loves to sing and make beautiful, harmonious sounds, like those that radiate from a back alley cat fight, much to the annoyance of all the others. However we hope and feel quite sure that he will outgrow all this and allow the rest of the world to go by in a different manner. Robert B. Esterline STELLA VALERIA HERB Jack Class Secretary, 1, 2, 3, 4. Secretary of Student Body Association, 2. Secretary Roosevelt Literary Society, 3. Alumni and Class notes Editor of Beacon . My parents think a lot of me . Hats off to the Belle of Hyde Park, our beloved Stella! From the jungles of Bernhardts, she came wild and afraid. But the ways of the great city soon made their impression until now she is a lady of refinement. Her pet hobby is buying chocolate candy for the boys to steal and when she has none they tease and torment her to beat the band. Stella got a rolling-pin for a Christmas gift to knock 'em cold, but sl1e's afraid she'll break it so she's keeping it in her hope chest for further use. C7 Stella V. Herb xl f? KQ Page 12

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lf 'il fx -4, The Godis Descent In the golden age of Greece, when proud Jupiter was king, And sacred gods and goddesses on the Olympian mount did sing, Three Fates of monstrous guise, with their powers did r contrive, To work and thus determine the true fates of mortals' -- lives. In the golden age of learning, when our days at school are o'er, And we're clasping to our bosoms ancient Virgil and his lore, VVe'll think back upon ,our teachers as those deities of the mount, VVho imparted to us knowledge from their ever-Howing fount. - In the halls of our dear High School and the study rooms so trim, ' XVhere work and pleasure meet and we satisfy each whim, You will see upon the faces of the friendly Senior Class, Likenesses of gods' and goddesses reflected as they pass. just look at Bobby Esterline! He's grinning all the time, Unceasing pranks he has in store, a humorist divine, A messenger of mischief, winged like Mercury himself, He is always flitting here and there, a veritable elf. And here is Milly Leinbach, a dainty little lass, With her charms and pretty graces, the life of the Senior Class, But like Cupid and his Psyche, when they loved alas, to part, Milly's waiting for her Cupid to come back and win her heart. See this industrious maid with a grammar in her hand, A Minerva to be sure, the brightest of our band, So full of high ambition although rather pleasing plump, Mary finds great joy in reading books that cause her heart to thump. You have read the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice so fair, Who fled to a far distant land, the delights of love to share, A There is Bernard, our musician, and the youngest of our class, - VVho finds Eurydice's own charms in a darked-haired Junior lass. , As Jupiter, the king of gods, did their sage councils guide, So Bobby Fisher, president, at meetings doth preside, For indulging his caprice for pretty girls along the way, Bob's the finest little sheik to present a sparkling Kay . But who's this serious looking chap, his face all allawry? He very seldom smiles, unless there is some reason why, An athlete of first degree, with qualities the best, Ellis Miller, like a Mars has always stood the test. Like the Vestal Virgin so immaculate and pure, Is Stella, our modest maid with manners so dcmure, But when she is fooling with a crowd, surrounded by the guys, Stella can smile so very sweetly and roll those wicked eyes. And now, slowly and sedately, walks Sappho through the glade, The coming writer of our age, this yellow-headed maid, But we fear another interest may deprive her of her art, For Milly Folk's in love, they say, and has given away her heart. Then behold proud Janus, who forward looks and back- ward and below, And counts the years that swiftly through life's portals come and go, Oh, Mally is preparing in his student cap and gown, For the time when Senator M. Ruth comes marching into town. And who is that tall beauty in the corner over there, Always beckoning, enticing with her charms, so sweet and fair? 'Tis strange how Thorma Heckman, with Venus' gifts endowed, Cannot refrain from dancing when there's music and a crowd. Thus you see with great immortals ranks the class of twenty-four, With its foibles and its virtues and the frills we all adore, And where'er the Fates may lead us or our earthly missions lie, We'll remember Mount Olympus, our dear West Reading High. Mildred S. Folk J lr NJ CF 41 Page 14