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

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HCC 2 WW5? DEAR SIR Mary Ann Hmkle The flommerclal Department under pares students for entrance 1nto the busmess World They acqu1re a sound knowledge ot shorthand typmg book keepmg and general olhce practtce Speed and accuracy are especrally de Slfed m th1s department for both are lmportant factors ln the etflclent opera tron of a modern busmess The stu dents are taught the constructron and operatron of vanous types of ofhce egurpment such as the m1meograph d1tto dlctaphone and calculatmg ma chmes Thrs tralrung IS carrled 1nto practrcal use ln our own school For rnstance tests reports radro scrlpts Cooperatlve bulletms and programs whtch are used by the teachers stu dents and the pubhc ahke are pro auced by the advanced commercral students Hence they are well htted to take the1r places 1n the vanous com merclal helds MCC QILIIIUICCS Nmeteen COMMERCIAL Mlss Esther Nagle TOUCH SYSTEM Barbara Chrlstel and Ernestme Harkness Tint W T at T Ht, 'xl . s o L X ' UH lltt x .ff- ,.f the supervision of Miss Nagle, pre- . . . A 1 , .

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4, c to astro ,enter HERES THE BOOK Iudy Scholl and Shlrley Dxerolt STUDY HALL Frltz Shenk Bob Mast Shella Murphy and Harold Kretz .L4...L.L- Elghteen LIBRIRTAN Mts lean Stack Perhaps the lbrary may best be descnbed as the scholastrc center ot the school Here under the super v1s1on ot Mtss Stack students hnd a great deal ot research matenal avatl able to them rncludrng books ol travel hrstory poetry and broqraphy Many books also are brought trom the pub hc lrbrarv and placed on the shelves tor specral vtork on rnvestrgatrve themes Each year more magazrnes are added to the racks untrl they to day number thrrty erght Newsweek Unrted Nahons Hohday Outdoor Lrte and Seventeen are only a few of them All are kept for a penod ot three or four years and are ready for student use at any trnce Our hbrary serves as a valuable source ot rntorrnatton tor all students r 0 , - V . . ., 1, 5 . , . , . LN . i -A I , 15' 1 - - , . t i . , - , f f , , , - . T . . . I , 1 1 r . , fa-Y y 4 l 'z' BK. I w j-. X, fs ' Silk Q '

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Crteafflvc fhlnililby 'Ai ARI MIS Helen A G le prmtz COLOPHON ART WORK ludy Lelnbach Ted Cooke Sherla Murphy Thrs year the art department under the supervrsron of Mrss Prrntz ra trred manv new projects The seventh erghth and nrnth arades worked wrth numerous ma terrals to carry out thrs plan An extensrve amount ot tlme was spent rn maklng srlver 1evxelry and varrous types of shell p1ns bGS1deS workrng w1th brass orls and water colors Other prolects thls year were relrero or plastrc parntmg and r pousse a new type of metal worlc The 1un1or hrgh became acquarnted wrth the correlatron of art ln the tenth eleventh and twelfth grades art rs an electlve sublect Nu merous types ot work were en couraged Some students preferred to parnt wrth olls and water colors whrle others were more lnterested 1n sculp ture and jewelry The outstandrng pleces of work were later shown rn art exhrbrts 1n Readmg and Phlladelphra S-.g WATER LOLORS D1ck Holl Twenty X LLM ' 4 I J, A ,. . W '- ' . xi f' ' - ' 1 S I A ' . . . Q I and music. , , . . . Y , g I V gs ' ' .F I , R : - , Xt It T- ifl will N 4: