Wyomissing Area High School - Colophon Yearbook (Wyomissing, PA)

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S l Exprressrozn ENGLISH Mr Russell T Mrlford and Mr Ray G Moms THEME DAY Ge-ralclrne Lamm and Bob Herst Englrsh plays a vrtal part rn the lrte of each one ot us Ottentrmes people are 1udged by therr manner ot speakmg and therr knowledge of lrt erature One must be adept m grammar and rn lrterary rnterpretatron For thrs reason Engllsh 1S a requrred subject rn grades seven through twelve Under the gurdance ot Mr Mo ns and M1 Mrlford rumor hrgh boys and grrls learn the fundamentals of grammar and tts use m poems and stones Nrnth graders become tamrlrar wrth plays short storxes and essays RECORDING Fred Mermng and Dorothy Gladmg Senror hrgh students who by thrs trme should be well grounded rn basrc grammar try therr hand at wrrtrna plays and short stones Especrally stressed m the senror year rs the ex posltory paragraph for whrch one day IS set asrde every Week Also rn thls year an rnvestrgatrve theme rs assrgn ed to everyone Thus the goal ot the Englrsh de partment IS to develop rn the student a fluent and coherent self expressron so necessary tor any luture posrtron 1,1 I' P W ' if 1 1 a W I' 'E' I ' - 1 ,zz JK! . . r . , . , L , . . . L . . Thirteen tl?

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71311 ance an ann agennenl SCHOOL BOARD Mr D Charlton Mr I C Heckman M P H Relgner Ms H A GI1'Hm Mr I C Butler The success ol our school IS the result ol the good management ansl leadershrp by the school board and superlntendent The members of the board are Mr P Herbert Rergner presrdent Mr Iohn Heckman v1ce presx dent Mr I C Butler treasurer Mrs H Arnold Grrmm secretary and Mr Donald Charlton These members elected by the c1t1zens ol the borough to h1re employees to make pOl1C19S and to govern all school GCl1V1l1GS Servmg as the necessary coordlna tor between the school board and the schools IS Mr Rank who 1D December was advanced to the pos1t1on of super v1s1ng pr1nc1pal Hrs dutres are to su pervrse 1nstruct1on to make lmanclal reports to the school board and other agenc1es and to mamtam pubhc re lahons ln add1t1on to these dutxes he takes an actrve rnterest rn counsellmg candldates for college entrance ass1st lng 1n the publlcatron of the Colophon and drrectrng the commencement pro gram Hrs vlvaclous support of the schools act1v1t1es IS a vrtal strmulant 101119 SfudeHTbOdY Mr A W Rank SUPERINTENDENT Twelxe isifh- hh- have the power to levy and collect taxes for the maintainance ot the schools,

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'W M155 Thelma V Brunner l 11mllne1r's 43111111 lFllgl.llI tPS Mathematrcs plays an ever 1ncreas 1ng role 1n our complex World today ln th1s age of technology and atom1c power the 1mportance of mathematlcs ha reached an all t1me h1gh Th1s v1tal subtect 15 taught by M155 Brunner 1n Iumor I-hgh and by Mr ru baker 1n Semor l-hgh School lun or htgn mathematms IS a con stant study of fundamentals The pro blems wh1ch are presented are care fully exam1ned mterpreted and ap pl1ed 1n a pract1cal way Small amounts of geometry and slmple tr1g onometry are also 1ntroduced ln the freshman year the students are presented wlth bas1c trammg 1n algebra Sophomores are confronted Wllh second year algebra Iunrors study the mterestmg subyect of plam geometry and the f1nal year of hrgh school of fers sol1d geometry and tr1gonometry lt IS these subjects wh1ch w1ll help mankmd for 1n 1lS complex forms mathernahcs 1S bas1c for sc1ent1f1c mvestrgatton On the other hand the s1mplest 1nd1v1dual can barely get through a day W1thout some knowledge of these fundamentals MEASURING SPl'lERlCAl.. TRIANGLES Bob GRAPH .STUDY Carol Cu1'1n1r1gham I-lmkle and Bob Morgan and luck Gruber XEQLQB Fourteen ' ' ' .B - , A MATHEMATlCS-Mr. H, Y. Brubaker and ' 7 .V . - ,fl , B