Doylestown High School - Torch Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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They are fit but to be scorned and spat upon, Still they are human. and, they in their humanity are forgiven, Lastly, one comes upon the child, laughing and happy, Living in his own pure net of innocence, Not realizant of another's woes But content in his own rejoicings, Finally, I return home, desolate and weary, I review the passing incidents, thresh for the final truth, delve into the circumstantial evidence, But all I may retain from my lengthened study of life is- That the life is lived and having lived dies and, in dying, passes into another existence. Rita Mac Donald '32 ..L.l.-,11..l1-- PRIZE EDITORIAL THE PURPOSE or A HIGH scHooL EDUCATION The purpose of a high school is not primarily to give scholastic attain- ment but to develop character and efficiency in the individual. We must first learn to apply ourselves to our work and put forth the best effort that we possibly can. It is not only the effort applied to one or two subjects that counts, but the constant, faithful effort of the student every day on every subject which aids us toward that high ideal of every boy and girl-namely to achieve success. It is the student who does his daily work promptly, carefully and diligently who is going to receive the scholastic attainment. Samuel Hamilton says, The high school is a place for industry and effort, a shop where the pupil sharpens the tools with which he may continue his education through all the years that are to follow. Our school days may be termed stepping-stones to the higher realms of scholarship, efficiency, achievement, and character. Opportunities beckon to all of us. They come within our reach every day, but some of us do not have the perception to see them and the power to grasp them. Every life is burdened with trials, discouragements, and difficulties. Someone has said that difficulties are blessings in disguise-the absolute essentials in the devel- opment of character. If the student has done his best he has obtained, in a certain degree, individuality, preparation, application, self-reliance, self-con- trol, and individual initiative. If our instruction in high school has given us the ambition and power to learn more, it has achieved its highest goal. To achieve our ideal-success-not only in school but in later life, we must learn that loving service to our fellow-men is the priceless gift of earth, and that success is not found in wealth nor social distinction. We must have accomplished our task, looked for the very best in others, and given the very best we had in ourselves. ' Catherine Beck '29

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PRIZE POEM A STUDY OF LIFE I wonder, as the dreamer and the thinker, Diligently, and upon a forethought subject, I question, but to obtain a foolish answer, And then to meditate upon its substanceand its truth, My question is an age old Socratic one, And I travel but to obtain its answer, What is life and why is the life lived? In my travelings I come upon a wooded spot, Beautiful and harmonious in its origin, And there I find the dreamer, the poet and the author, My question does not startle nor surprise them, For they answer as of one accord. The life is lived but for to dream and then to meditate, Not to live unto the common world, But to live in solitude in God's own sphere of thought. Later, I come upon two lovers, Contentment scrawled upon their bliss, They live but for to love and, in so doing die. Then, in a cleared spot, I come upon a gray, aged man, Silent and brooding, He is the pessimist, and him I need not ask, For one can see he lives but for to sigh and cynicize, Then, I come upon the clown, Living on a stage of pretense Laughing off a rending sigh, And in it making others laugh, Now I visit on the brooding priest, Weeping in his barrier of seclusion, He lives but for to give his life to one who gave it him to live Then, in God's own country I chance upon the rancher Living for his dogs, and cows, and sheep, He is separated intellectually, from the outside world, But he is rich only in that he is poor, Returning from this sphere, I pass into another sphere, the city There one finds the fiends, the criminals, the worldly men Living, principally upon another's life,

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- COMMENCEMENT AWARDS OF 1928 -D.A.R. Prize in American History-Grade VII ............,.....,,,.,.......,.,,............., Elbert Leroy Harris -Medal and Certificate-Ladies Auxiliary-American Legion .,...,...............,..... Lenore Boyer -Harlequin Players' Prize to Best Actor ......,.....,........,,,.,............,,.,..,........., .,.....r.,.. R oy Shxddinger -Harlequin Players' Prize for Greats-st Number of Honors ...,......... Dorothy McCoy -The Livezy Prize for Best All Around Senior ..,.........,......, ................. R uth Hojman 6-Class of 1925 Scholarship Prize-S25 .......,.,.,......,. .........,...... F lorence Cornell -Legion Medal ........,.......,....................... .,.,.,..... ..,..... R o y Shaddinger -Rotary Club Athletic Prize . .............,............,..,..............,...,,....,....r.........,.............,.,................,... Benedict Bestler -THE DR. GEORGE H. LORAH PRIZES IN ENGLISH-Each 85.00 Prize in High School Spelling ....,...........,...........,..........................................,,..,.,......,................,... William Mason Prize in Freshman-Sophomore Declamation ........... ........,............,. J ean Kerr Prize in Junior-Senior Declamation .........,........,,,.,.,...,.....................,....,.,.,... ..,............. R uth Hofman Prize for General Excellence in English in Freshman Class ....,............. Robert Pearlman Prize for General Excellence in English in Sophomore Class ...............,.,... Rose Clymer Prize for General Excellence in English in Junior Class ...,...,.,.. ....,........ D orothy Dehart Prize for General Excellence in Senior Class .,.,.......,......,.........,..,.... ,........... E mily Goodling Prize for Best Editorial ...,,....,,.................,..,.... .. ..............,.......... ,,.........,.... F lorence Cornell Prize for Best Poem ......,.,.,,.,.................,.,................. ....,.,......... F lorence Cornell Prize for Extemporaneous Speaking ....,..................,...,.........,..,..,.................. ......... ...., G ranville Codshalk -THE MARTHA JAMES LORAH PRIZES IN DEEDS OF KINDNESS-Each 35.00 To Janet Holmes, Arlene Nyce, Page Johnson, Grade 3, for volunteering assistance to a woman who was having difficulty in descending some troublesome steps, even with the aid of two canes. Frank Frye, Grade 5, for helping a crippled man in a three-wheeled cart the full length of North Main Street Hill. Harold Dunstan, Grade 5, for helping a lady who had stumbled and fallen in the street. Watson Price, Grade 6, for thoughtfully taking care of a boy who was injured on the playground. . Mildred Brown, Freshman Class, for helping throughout the year a classmate who is deaf. Boy Scout Organization, 31000, for their worthy service in performing the daily traffic control around the school grounds. William Mason, Senior Class, for his many deeds of unselfish devotion to the cause of helping others.