Doylestown High School - Torch Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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DEDICATIUN HEN the dark shrouds of war slowly began to engulf the world in the fall of 1939, many of us in America had not awakened to its true signi- ficance. VVhen planes droned over London, Liverpool, and scores of other cities, to rain destruction on helpless civilians helow, many of us still shrugged our shoulders and said, lt can't happen here. But when the air waves hummed with the story of Pearl Harhor, we knew that that war was inevitable, if we were to pre- serve our American way of life. In the weeks that slowly followed the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, hopeful American families waited to hear from their loved ones, serving their nation across the ocean. When that message came, for some, its source was the United States government statingfuxve regret to inform you that your son died in action, December 7. Such was the news that came to the Zaczkiewicz family, whose son Nlarion was the first Doylestown High School graduate to pay the supreme sacrifice in VVorld VVar Il. He was a true American. To Marion Zaczkiewicz and all other students, alumni, and teachers of Doylestown High School who have joined the armed forces of our nation, either hy enlistment or through the Selective Service Act, we the editors of The 1942 Torch dedicate our yearbook.

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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