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

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Academics x, X Mr. Boehm aids P. Perfect, The audience is over there. W. Jay learns grammatical construction under Mr. Rickolt's guidance. P ay. .fy X Mrs. Houck assists C. Edwards and P. Huff Mr. Milford lends a discussion of the Friday theme with their vocabulary study. 12

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Tribute to lr. Rank The CQLOPHON staff wishes to pay par- ticular tribute to Mr. Allen W. Rank, who, after forty years of devoted service to the ed- ucational progress of the Wyomissing Schools, announced his resignation as supervising prin- cipal effective Iune 30. During the years, he has been active in the classroom as well as in the administrative capacity. Starting his teaching career in 1925, he became high school principal in 1929. Later, in 1948, upon the death of Mr. Lester Appenzellar, supervising principal, Mr. Rank was elected to the vacancy. His interests were not confined only to the academic field. During the years he has served as manager of baseball, basketball, track and soccer teams. Later, he was on the executive committee of District 3, Pennsyl- vania Interscholastic Athletic Association, and is currently its vice-chairman. Mr. Rank attended Gettysburg College for one year and transferred to Princeton, graduat- ing in 1921. He received his Master's degrees from both Harvard and Columbia Universities several years later. It is with genuine regret, then, that Wyo- missing must say good-by to Mr. Rank, who has always made his warm humanity felt among the faculty and students. The COLOPHON, which was one of Mr. Rankfs first projects, feels it owes its continued success to the past labors and devoted interest of Mr. Allen W. Rank. Dr. Shafer agrees that a friendly school is a happy school. .4 Academics , We it P' i .lf,I , I know the school is around here somewhere, comments Mr. Rank as he examines the blueprints. DF. B. Henry SIIHYCI' Dr. B. Henry Shafer, principal of Wyo- missing High since 1954, will succeed Mr Rank next year, who announced his resignation in March. A magna cum laude graduate from Susquehanna University, Dr. Shafer received his doctorate in education from the University of Maryland in 1961. After graduating from college, he taught in Pennsylvania public schools and later served in the Air Force as a personnel consultant. At Wyrnmissing, Dr. Shafer has served as guidance counselor, senior high principal and adviser to the schoo1's chapter of the National Honor Society. The COLOPHON staff wishes to extend its heartiest congratulations to Dr. Shafer upon his elevation to the most important post in the educational system of Wyomissing.

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Academics Mr. Milford briefs D. Hill and B. Schlegel for an oral book report. English This year Mr. Russell Milford instructed the eleventh and twelfth grades in English. In the junior class he taught basic grammar rules, vocabulary, and oral and written composition, and provided a sound foundation in literature. The seniors studied college preparatory English grammar, vocabulary, and English literature, in addition to devoting a great deal of their time to the Investigative Theme, a research paper dealing with a limited literary topic. For the sopho- mores, Mr. Paul Boehm, who taught speech as well as English, stressed clear writing, grammar review, and appreciation of the short story. His eleventh grade section concentrated on American literature, advanced grammar, writing, and vocabulary. Mrs. Lyman Houck, teaching reading and English, pre- sented a reading development program to the sev- enth gradeg basal readers, literature, and grammar to the eighth grade, and college preparatory reading and vocabulary studies to the ninth grade. With Mrs. joan Williams, eighth grade pupils improved their speech, grammar, and literary skill. Her ninth grade studied basic mechanics, drama, poetry, public speak- ing, and the construction of a research paper. The Reverend Becker replaced Mrs. Williams for the sec- ond half of the year. Mr. Lawrence Rickolt intro- duced the seventh and eighth grade students to an outline of grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and a study of short stories. '7 Studying Poe with Mrs. Williams. Mr. Boehm expounds upon l.ongfellow's poem Nature .