Doylestown High School - Torch Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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SPELLING CLUB-In 1959 Miss Mae Light organized the Spelling Club of which the Spelling team is a part. The culmination of this organization's activities is the competition with teams from other schools and at the annual Pierce contest. The team, composed of Kathryn LeFevre, Mary Young, Grace Beer, Mar- garet Brunner, Doris Saxton, and Merle Kreutz, was not able to compete at Pierce this year because that school is being used for defense purposes. However, the Geuting Shoor-Tred Shoe Company invited them to broadcast over station KYW on May 7. Since only three representatives were to go, a series of tests were scheduled and the following were selected: Grace Beer, Mary Young, and Kathryn LeFevre. By defeating Lansdale in this contest, each girl received a pair of shoes. Business meetings are held once a month while the remaining club periods are spent in the studying of spelling. The major school activity of the year was the sponsoring of an auditorium program in the form of a spelling contest. All home rooms competed and the winning delegates, which were from Room E, each received a movie ticket as a prize. Officers of the Spelling Club are as follows: Kathryn LeFevre, president 5 Margaret Brunner, vice president 5 and Merle Kreutz, secretary-treasurer. HOME ECONOMICS CLUB-UHdCF the guidance of Miss Ella DeWees the Home Economics Club was organized in 1952 as the Dinner Belles . After a few years this name was dropped and it has since been known simply as the Home Economics Club. Serving to continue interest in home economics among girls who have already taken a course in home making this club allows a great deal of individual freedom in that each girl may choose whatever project connected with homemaking she wishes. Knitting, Crocheting, and making articles for their hope chests seem to be the most popular among the members. Although the club had only nine members this year due to the fact that several girls moved away, it sponsored several skating parties to which the girls invited their friends. Also among the social activities were a Christmas party and a picnic. Officers of the Home Economics Club include: Ella Miller, presidentg Iosephine Moyer, vice president g and Helen Sherman, secretary. 41

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VARSITY CLUB-Begun in 1955 by Miss Lillian V. Kelley the Varsity Club strives to live up to its motto which is: To further good sportsmanship and girls' athletics in Doylestown High School. To become a member of this club it is necessary to have at least one letter in a varsity sport. One of the major events of the year is the initiation of new members in September. This year it was done at a doggie roast where the new girls had to walk across the creek in bare feet and tell a joke or story or sing a song. The following day the girls had to wear outlandish looking clothes to school, give out life-savers, and recite the club motto backwards. Castle Valley was the scene of a doggie roast in October, while in November a Hallowe'en Party was held to which the girls invited boys. In Ianuary the club gave a barn dance and again invited boys. The Varsity Club also sponsored a track meet and an apparatus meet in May. Each girl has charge of one meeting during which the members play basket- ball and other games, dance, or give extemporaneous speeches. Once a month a business meeting is held. The Varsity Club is another organization which has a credit system. Credits are given for a letter in a sport or being a chairman or a committee member. Medals are given as awards to those who have sufficient credit. Officers: president, Mary Wodockg vice president, Ruth Lippincott 5 secre- tary, Charlotte McKinistryg treasurer, Edna Larzelere. SOCIAL CLUB-One of the major points in the club program of Doylestown High School is that of attempting to provide such a variety of clubs that practical- ly every student can find at least one group which is congenial to his needs and interests. As a result of this policy the Social Club was organized this year under the guidance of Miss Iean Runkle, language teacher, who became a member of the faculty this term. A group of twenty-five boys and girls met weekly to learn new rules and dis- cuss old ones with which they had trouble. Reports and demonstrations were given on topics such as: letter writing, introductions, tips on dates, conversation, what type of clothes to take on a trip, how to be a graceful host for hostessj and how to be a guest who is likely to be asked again, telephone conversations, table manners, and the art of speaking well in public. A question box in which all members could drop queries was the source of other discussions on miscellaneous subjects which did not arise in the general discussion. At the end of the year all the members had a chance to use their newly acquired knowledge at a gala party. Officers of the Social Club were as follows: Frances Fray, president g Alma Wolfinger, vice-president, and Iean Filmonowicz, secretary-treasurer. 45