Doylestown High School - Torch Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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wind then We View the Features and Leave for Town and Home EFORE we leave for home, let us make a final tour of the school and view some of I the interesting features. First, let us drop into Study Hall to gaze on the students busily at work. We proudly point out that the room has a seating capacity of one hundred and sixty-nine: and that it is the special pleasure of each teacher to be in charge of,wat least, one study hall a week. We follow the students who have signed for the library. Here we find our favorite fic- tion, shelves of reference books, several sets of encyclopedia, and the current magazines, and newspapers. ' Attracted from the library by the click-click of typewriter keys, we enter the typing room and see the students p1 acticing their typing under the guidance of Miss Higgins and Miss Clifton. Winding our way downstairs, we come upon three special departments, Art, Home Economics, and hlanual Training. In the Art room, we discover Miss Sober's students, learning the mysteries of paint and brush. ln the adjacent sewing room, we view Mrs. Stout and her pupils. A feature of this room is the fine triple mirror. We hear the noise of a band-saw issuing from the Manual Training room across the hall. Entering, we notice many worthwhile projects in the course of completion. Sixty- seven students are taking this valuable course under the instruction of Mr. Yocum. As noon is drawing near, we visit the cafeteria and are impressed by the fine varieties of food offered to the students. Leaving the cafeteria, we happen upon our faithful janitors who have many duties to perform. During the entire winter they must keep the building heated. Every morning and noon they must be on time to toll the school bell. Another very important duty is to keep the rooms clean, which they have always done faithfully. We proceed upward to the auditorium and, as we are about to leave, are attracted by the nurse's room. The visitors are amazed by the elaborate dental and first-aid equip- ment. Miss WVinger explains that the dentist comes once a week to attend to the dental needs of school children. We now take leave of the school building and investigate some of the outside activi- ties of the students. One of the favorite spots on hot, summer days is the Fanny Chapman Memorial Swimming Pool. The pool oHers many fine activities including life-saving, swim- ming lessons, and various swimming meets throughout the year. Mr. Wolfe, our gymnasium instructor, is in charge. During the last month of school, many clubs and home rooms stage mammoth picnics. One of the favorite haunts is Chain Bridge. Throughout the year, many dances are given by school organizations, topped by the Junior Prom. 'The TORCH OF 1938 78

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The Qfflrclzery Season SCHEDVLE D. H. S. OPP. D. H. S. OPP. Cheltenham ..,.. .. 147 97 Sell-Perk .... ...., 2 I2 105 Souderton .... . . 131 14-4 Souderton. . . . . . 264 206 Cheltenham .........,,.,.... .... Vt 'on by default. Sell-Perk ........ ....,.. l 64- 129 ARIETY and originality seemed to be the slogan, this year, of the girls who were Xfardent followers of the varsity sports. Archery made its debut in the girls' sports world, and inspired many aspirants to the team, with visions of becoming a second Robin Hood or perhaps an Indian. At the beginning of the season, Mrs. McKinstry, a prominent archer in the eastern d. . . v . . . . lVlSl0H of the United States, spoke to the girls and gave them many helpful hints. When Mrs. McKinstry gave a demonstration of how to shoot, she made bulls, eyes or golds but h t e safest place to stand when the team practiced during the early part of the season was in front of the target. Throughout the course of the season, many amusing incidents happened, the most amusing being the attempt of assault upon Mr. Byerly's car by Frieda Eastburn. This episode resulted in a punctured radiator by an arrow intended for a target, which must have moved. Archery is truly a sport for the fairer sex, originated for these athletically inclined girls, who hold the more strenuous forms of sports to be over-energetic and lacking in graceful- ness. These girls, who readily enter into this seemingly ideal sport, sadly realized that archery was not what it should bc, because they spent their time taking long walks to retrieve the arrows which missed the target and spent several hours nursing bruised fingers and arms which came in contact with the bow string. Proud were the girls who arched for Doylestown High School's first varsity archery tearn. To Miss Kelley, the coach, goes the credit for this new sport. High scores: Gene Leister, 2591 Grace Worthington, 2373 Janet Holmes, 2263 Gladys Fitting. 167. Back Roux' Miss Kelley, M. Shull, VV. Angeny, J. Co- gan, G. Fitting. Front Roux' B. Kober, F. East- burn, B. Gilchrist, K. Rob- erts B. Power, G. Leister, P. Kratz, G. Worthington, J. Holmes, A. Fox. i 77 'Tl1eT0RCH0F1938

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Brick R!JIl'.' ll. l'owel's, F. Mc-Kil1st1'y, Mrs. l,:llln Frou! Row: Mrs, Shelley, Mrs. Leaver. We Have E1f47'oyed Our qjisizf 0 UNE could have greeted us more cordially, not could anyone have been more helpful than the administration, teachers, and students of the Doylestown High N School. It was a memorable day in our lives to visit with them, as they performed their daily duties. No photograph could be more clear in detail than was our general impression ol' the public school set-up, after this day of visitation. Not only were we impressed by the teachers and students, but also were we keenly absorbed in the deeds which the students performed. Such a varied activities program is difHcult to conceive as taking place in such an inadequate building. Our hearts thrilled as we watched the athletic events. One is amazed at the number of championship teams that have been produced at Doylestown High School. To say the least, we did enjoy our day'and were more determined than ever to help bring about a new high school building, where even a greater activities program might be carried on, with much less nervous strain on the part of teachers and students. 79 'TheTORCHOF1938