Darby High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Darby, PA)

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Q 14 CLASS BOGK 1 The sports themselves were ably coached by members of the faculty, and the results are not to be measured wholly in games won, but rather in the devel- opment of team work, self-control, self-sacrifice and the ideals of clean play and good sportsmanship. However, the football team, under Captain Green, won tive of the eight games played, defeating both Germantown Academy and the Alumni. The boys' basketball team, under the leadership of Captain Sipler, won seven of the eighteen games played, the girls' basketball team, under Captain Russell, who will lead next year's team, won fifteen of its seventeen games. The baseball team, while winning only two of its ten games, showed an exceptional ability to stick to it in the face of defeat, and developed several promising Fresh- man and Sophmore players, who give promise of splendid teams to comef Darby High School went into organized track work for the first time in her history, and with splendid results. The relay team came up from fourth place in the Penn- sylvania Relays for first place against the same teams at Norristown. During the season the team brought in medals from Glen Mills and ran well in other meets. In all of these sports the prospects are bright for next year. Spahr, Sipler, Green, Beacher and Zackey are the only athletes graduating, and good schedules are being arranged. The Blue and White Associations, under the leadership of Philip Sipler and Paul Spahr, respectively, have not only done notable work in gymnasium, field and track athletics, but have branched out with considerable success in literary, platform and parliamentary work. VVhile the spirit has been warm and the com- petition keen, the fact that all were working for Darby High has not been lost sight of. Under the present organization, and with new fields of endeavor ahead, the Blues and NVhites bid fair to become big factors in next year's work. The Contemporary Club was organized to stimulate reading, discussion and a better understanding of contemporary literature, and while necessarily pushed aside for other things at present, it is sleeping rather than dead, and with the new year will arise and take its place among the live organizations of Darby. During the year much interest was aroused and information gathered in a planfof student government. Due largely to the rather lawless times in which we live, the plan did not get sufficient backing to make it operative, although the Seniors backed it unanimously. Good seed was sown, however, and it is hoped that after sober thought the school will see the advantages of democracy over autocracy and choose the former. All considered, the members of Darby High School have a splendid spirit and, with sustained leadership, are in a fair way to develop self-reliance, self- development and the ability and willingness to sacrifice the individual desire for the good of the group, all so essential to self-support, good citizenship and social service. Much depends, however, upon the willingness of the people of Darby to iiwest suflicient money in the schools to make possible adequate school and play- ground equipment, and the securing and retention of. an able and experienced staff of teachers. Darby cannot afford to have her school plant and children used to give training to immature and inexperienced teachers, who must, through lack of adequate pay, give to children of surrounding school districts the value of that experience gained at Darby's expense. VNTALTER R. DOUTHETT, Priu ripal.

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CLASS BOOK 13 7 hitnrial ITH this the last issue of the UTELUM for this year the time is opportune to review the events of the year now closing and to portray the oppor- tunities for advancement possible next year. In school administration Darby High School can now boast of a school office with a fixed and known office routine and a very capable office force of students. Attending school has become more and more a serious business, with each pupil assigned to a definite task at a definite place and at a definite time. Only on rare occasions have pupils been at other than their scheduled places, and then only to be caught in the office dragnet. With rare ability have the members of the school become intelligent parts of co-operative machine. The correspondence and records of the school have been well handled and valuable data gathered that will be of great value in solving school problems in years to come. For this efficient work the school is greatly indebted to a hard-working and self-sacrificing office force, some members of which it now seems to be almost fatal to lose by graduation. While the services of all who graduate will be greatly missed, the long hours of hard and efficient work given to the school by Mae Wilson will always serve as an inspiration to service and industry to those who knew of her work during this year. However, a nucleus of the office force remains, around which another and, it is hoped, an even more efficient one can be built. A force of librarians was organized which gave loyal service to the school and made possible a school library for the use of all. Under trained leadership this force would have become very efficient. The success attained, while helped by all the librarians, was due largely to the courageous way in which Edith Oswald attacked the problem and tenaciously stuck to it. If a library-trained teacher can be secured, this department bids fair to become one of the most important in the school. When gymnasium work threatened to be abolished through lack of an instructor, twelve loyal students willingly took charge of the classes and conducted the work in a splendid manner. They were greatly helped by the installation of a faculty gymnasium instructor in February. VVhile no public gymnasium exhibi- tion was given, the work of Samuel Eckerd and Frank Carpenter was notably good. Through graduation, the splendid services of Paul Spahr, Philip Sipler and Charlotte Ogden will be lost in this department. With nine remaining leaders, a competent instructor and equipment for physical testing and measurement, the department of physical education has bright prospects ahead. The athletic fortunes of the school have been strengthened, through reorgana ization, financial backing and equipment, and training in both good sportsmanship. and athletic ability. The Athletic Association loses by graduation the spirited leadership of its president, Paul Spahr, under whom the reorganization took placeg the painstaking services of its treasurer, Roland Tansley, under whose guidance the finances were put on a firm and business-like basis, the careful and precise ability of the secretary, Mildred Barnes, and the wise counsel of the Senior representatives on the Executive Committee, Elizabeth Bonsall and Evelyn Pearce. Every pupil in the school became a member of the Athletic Association and took part in the various campaigns for funds, so that the association now finds itself with a balance, rather than a deficit, and in the possession of considerable valuable equipment for all athletic teams.

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o CLIQSS 'aooic ELIZABETH BONSALL Commercial l There is a gift beyond the reach of art of being eloquently silent. Before you is the most silent member of the Senior Class. Her reason for remaining silent is natural, not because she has nothing to say. Her relations with the opposite sex are an unsolved mystery, but you never can tell. She is one of the fastest members of the class in typewriting. She can type more words in one minute than some people can talk. GERTRUDE C. I-IONKE Commercml 'AGERBER I'L00k, .their winding up the watch of hm wit By and by it will sM'ikv. And here's our Gertrude-so tall and stately. At times Gerber gives us some very original exhibitions and witty remarks. Her frequent utterance of ta-da found itself to be the byword of the Senior Class. We mustn't forget to add that her favorite pastime is chewing gum. She is now so efficient in this art that she can keep time with the typewriter. But with all these humorous sides of her character she's a good student, being the best typist in the Commercial Course. Gertrude's talent must surely lie in her fingers, for aside from typewriting she can make the piano talk. Ask ann' member of Darby High. They'll agree with me, I know. MURIEL O. MORRISON Commrrrial OLLIE Silence is more cloqnrnt than words. Who would dream that this little lass with the quiet, reposeful, friendly air has so much gray matter in her upper story? Muriel is the girl who seems to know her lessons without wearing out her books. Yes, you think she is quiet, but her friends disagree. No one enjoys more fun than Muriel, provided it is at the right time. But Muriel must be given credit. Remember she has won the second honor, the Salutatory. The class certainly wishes her the best of success in the future.