Doylestown High School - Torch Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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MR. SATTERTHWAITE'S MESSAGE It is fitting that this issue ,of the Torch with its historical theme should be dedicated to the boys in the service. We may consider the modern history of the high school, as we know it, as beginning in the early years of the 20th Century. The names of a large number of its students up to 1918 appear on the Memorial Tablet in the auditorium. A new Honor Roll is rapidly being compiled from the younger generation who attended school since the first World War. Thus a large percentage of its pupils for the past four decades have been or soon will be in their nation's service. Since the Colonial Days, Doylestown and Bucks County have been well represented in every call for our national defense. Although our school has no course in military training, a patriotic love for our country and a knowledge of its institutions have been a vital part of its curriculum throughout the years. We are confident that in the present emergency its graduates and former students, both men and women, will uphold, either in the armed services or in civilian capacities, their full responsibilities, whether measured by the traditions of the past or the demands of the present. WILLIAM SATTERTHWAITE, President, School Board. MR. HALDERMAN'S MESSAGE Never in my experience as a school administrator have students graduated into a world that offers such uncertainty. History reveals that uncertainty and opportunity go hand in hand. Present economic opportunities prove this fact. Several years ago youth had reason to feel there was little place for them 5 today you are recognized as our first line of defense. It should be remembered that this change is man-made and should teach us that man can create the type of world he desires. You have completed your formal public education. I congratulate you on your accomplishment and wish you success in whatever part you choose to play. It is my hope that none may be called upon to give the supreme sacrifice on the altar of war. Whatever your duties may be, do not loose faith, for civilization is not going to be extinguished by the present world conflict. Out of this period of blood and destruction will come a better civilization shorn of its present short- comings. Remember trials and tribulations make men gnot break them. When you look for honors in future years, you will find the surest test is not, Have you won in every game? , but, Have you played your best? I. L. HALDERMAN, Supervising Principal. ll

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After the resignation last year of Miss Elizabeth Lamb, who was high school principal for a quarter of a century, Mr. Hollis Lachat was elected by the Board of Education to succeed her. He received his B. S. degree from Penn State College and his M. S. from the University of Pennsylvania. He has been a member of the faculty for twelve years. ENGLISH DEPARTMENTYTO acquaint students with some of the best that has been said and thought in the world, new and old, in a way MR' HOLLIS LACHAT they will find enjoyment in it and seek more of the same kind and to learn to speak and write simply, clearly, and correctly are the primary aims of this department. flfenzfienr: Miss Ruth A. Nailor, Chairman, Temple University BS., M.S.g Miss Ruth Snyder, Mt. Holyoke College, A.B.g Miss Mary Rufe, University of Pennsylvania, A.B., Mr. William Lowther, Thiel College, A.B., University of Wisconsin M.S.g Mr. Hollis Lachat, Penn State College, A.B., University of Pennsylvania M.S.g Miss Mary Swartzlander, Swarthmore College, A.B., School Librarian. HISTORY DEPARTMENT-The teaching of history emphasizes the develop- ment of a more active, vital, and appreciative citizenry, because the growing importance of national and international affairs gives added value to the study of this subject. i7Iemf1er.r.' Mr. Arthur T. Reese, Chairman, West Minster College, A.B., Temple University, Ed.M.g Mr. Allen P. George, Lafayette College, BS., M.S. MATHEMATICS DI-3PARTMENTiThe primary purpose of teaching mathematics is to develop powers of understanding and to analyze relations of quantity and space which are necessary to an insight into and a control over our environment. Closely allied with the activities of this department is the Science Depart- ment which aims to give the student an understanding of -the fundamentals of general science, physics, and chemistry. 41I6l77,lI6l'J'.' Mr. Anthony Beshel, Chairman, Bucknell University, B.S., Temple University, MS., Mr. Leland Cramer, Penn State College, B.S.g Mr. Forrest Sowers, Franklin and Marshall College, B.S., University of Pennsylvania, M.S.g Mr. Robert Linn, Bloomsburg State Teachers College, B.S. 12