Doylestown High School - Torch Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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THE TORCH FARE WELL .- ALMA MA TER PRIZE POEM I have sat here to think and dream Of passing years, And now among the swelling stream Of hopeless tears My thoughts still cling to Thee. My fancy bids nie ope, the gate Of future years. 'Tis there I iind 'tis luckless Fate Controls careers And makes of me a common man. My fancy brings me back again To frail reality. My heart is dull and full of pain, For mute formality Is severing Thee from me. Farewell to Thee so bright and fair - My Mater Queen. Oh, ne'er shall one With Thee compare To dull thy sheen! Forever more my song shall be: Alma Mater, Alma Mater! Of Thee my song l'll sing. Doylestown, Oh Doylestovvn, For Thee my song shall ring. EVELYN BEER 31

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THE TORCH APPRECIA TION CPRIZE EDI TORIAL5 HE lack of appreciation is everywhere. Men have failed to appreciate prosperity until they are destitute. The sunshine is unthought of until it rains. Spring brings the birds and flowers, clothes the fields and trees in green, and yet the joy of spring is not valued until Su111lll6l',S heat or winter's cold overtakes us. Price- less books lie on the shelves unread, and health and happiness are unappreciated, until illness and sadness take their place. Perhaps similar things might be said concerning the pupil's opportunities, which he fails to appreciate during his twelve years of public school life. The joy derived from things achieved is best realized in later life when the student looks back upon his earlier life training, with gratitude and appreciation. He finds that his interest in art, music, literature, good citizenship, and the like, had its beginning in his school days. The public school pupil is not burdened with the financing of his education, the working out of the various courses, the types of books to be used, the management of school affairs, nor is he par- ticularly interesfted in the Work of the School Board. These things dawn upon his mind when he is about to leave the school, his teachers and school chunrs. It is then that he realizes that he has probably failed to show his appreciation. The saying, It is never too late to learn, can be applied to our beginning, now, to show our appreciation and esteem for those who have made our education thus far possible. To take up our next task, whether it is a higher education or a position, to put forth the best of our efforts to accomplish to the best of our abili- ties that which is before us. should be our ambition. Heretofore, classes and organizations have left to the school some memorial in recognition of their appreciation. As individ- uals, let us give as a memorial, a worthwhile life of service. To serve is to live, and to live is to serve? KATHRYN GOODLING, 531.

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THE TORCH COMMENCEME T A WARDS of 1930 1. D. A. R. Prize in American History-Grade VllfS5 ...,, ...............,,. VS 'illiam Power 2. American Legion Ladies' Auxiliary Gold Medal to Qutstandihg Eighth Grade Girl .,.... .,.,,...ll...... .,.............., .,,. . . . ...... M elba Lukens 3. Harlequin Players' Prize to Best Actor-S5 ...........,..ll.....,. ..,........,,,, .,........ D o nald Smith 4 Harlequin Players' Prize for Greatest Number of Honors-355 Pauline Waddington 5. The Livezey Prize for Outstanding Senior-S25 ,,...,,....,..., ,, ..........,....... Donald Smith 6 Class of 1925 Scholarship Prize4S25 .,.............,,,.,.........,,..,,,r........,..,r.......... Bertha Labs 7 American Legion Medal to Outstanding Boy Citizen in High School Th0II13S L. BQHDS 8, Rotary Club Athletic Prize-,Gold VVatch... .,...,..........,,........................ Thomas L. Beans 9 Christian Council Prizes in Bible Literature tFor Seniorsl Influence of Christianity on Education lst-S15 ,,.............,., ......,,...............,,,,, ....,,. ,,,.................... E d na VVagner 2nd-S10 ..,.......... ........,,... H elen McNealy 3rd-S 5 ........... ..,....,...................,.........., ............ ................,...,...... L u c y Beer 10. The Dr. George H. Lorah Prizes in English-tEach 35.003 Prize in High School Spelling ..... ...,,,......... , ,, .....................,................. Robert Pearlman Prize in Freshman-Sophomore Declamation .,....,....,.... ,,.........., ll lillard Robinson Prize in Junior-Senior Declamation ................,....,,...,, ....... . .Florence Fleming Prize for Extemporaneous Speaking ...,,.,...,,,,,.............,r .... ...,........ R o bert Walter Prize for General Excellence in English in Freshman Class ......,....,..........................,...,.,..........,...... ........., M ildred Reeve Prize for General Excellence in English in Sophomore Class ..........,..............,.................., ..................,.,.. ............,,,, L e nore Boyer Prize for General Excellence in English in Junior Class .......,.,,.......................r....... . ............,...,,,............ ........., N Iarguerite Perry Prize for General Excellence in English in S9I1i0I' Class .........................,,,................,.,,..,...,................, ,...,,,,.... ....,...,.,.....,,... L u cy Beer Prize for Best Editorial ..,....... ..................,.,,.,............. ...,,...l.,. A l ice Leatherman Prize for Best Poem .............rrr......... ..............................,.................. . ....,,....... J osephine Kessler Prize for General Excellence in Shorthand, Transcription and Typing ......,....,......,,,,.............,,.,,. .......,....., ,...,..........,.,...r,,,......,.r..., , , , ..,....., Helen Rickert 11. The Martha James Lorah Prizes in Deeds of Kindnessgtliach 55.009 Harriet M. Goss, Grade 2A Jane Campbell, Grade 2A Paul Beck, Opportunity Class Alma Miller and Betty Frome, Grade 5B Doris Penrose and Helen Prawdzik, Grade 5B Emily Thompson, Grade TI Walter Bean, Grade S. - Stewart Mann, High School Frank Brashears, Senior Class William Porter, High School 3 l