Doylestown High School - Torch Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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I ,-- - A L : ,.a-.-:E 5 3 fs. 1 1 .xr li g Q A - lf Q ,g W Y gg -Y, ii L Y , 5 A jx A5- rf, fl ,- - T ---. ,Y ' HISTORY OF DOYLESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL ROUPS of students are scattered on the playground-In one corner several boys are playing ball, while in another corner two girls are discussing the Latin assignment. Suddenly the bell rings, and the students gaily enter the classroom, ready to begin another school-day. The time is 1804 at the Union Academy in Doylestown, but the scene is not strange, for students of Doylestown High School are still doing the same things at the same place. However many changes have been made in Doylestown High School since that first school in 1804-the Union Academy. Since then the school has grown greatly in size, enrollment, number of teachers, and activities. The academy at that time was a private school, directed by the Reverend Mr. Uriah DuBois, who was assisted by one other teacher. It was a small stone building and contained only four rooms. Records of the earlyhistory of the academy show that the average enrollment was about twenty-two and that the subjects taught were: Latin, Greek, mathe- matics Carithmetic and algebral English, and rhetoric. The building was Brst used for public school purposes in 1849, and forty years later the original academy was torn down, and the first building of the present school was started. Additions consisting of the second building and the junior high school were made in 1912 and 1926 respectively. This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of that first graduating class of the present school, but the seven members of the class of 1892 would be greatly amazed if they were to visit Doylestown High School today, for they would find that the original three-year high school course has been increased to four years that commercial subjects, physical training, home economics, art, music, and manual training have all been added to the curriculum. Thus during the fifty years that have gone by the Doylestown School System can well boast of adjusting its program of studies to meet the needs of this changing world of ours. 6

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PREFACE HE 1942 TORCH is an anniversary number, for this year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the first graduating class of Doylestown High School. In the pages that follow an attempt has been made to present not only a complete record of the senior class but also a summation of the clubs and activities of the school during these years. The lay-out of the book is somewhat different from previous Doylestown annuals in that the arrangement of material is more like a real book. The contents are divided into five books and these in turn into chapters. The type selected is light face to conform with the style of the book. The art work for the dividers symbolizes the early activities of the school. Credit is given to the School Press Review, a monthly magazine published by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, for the idea, and to our printer, engraver, and photographer for their cooperation in helping us to develop this idea. If there are any mistakes or omissions, the editor asks the reader to overlook them, for there never was a perfect yearbook. 7