Doylestown High School - Torch Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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unior Ho meroom Activities Sponsors Miss ALTHEA ANXANTZ MR. ALLEN GEJIQGE MR, loN FONIRINKE Mu. Svuizcsow Wceizrnxnizlmicu Personality and Social Problems Even though the theme for the junior Home- room Program was personality development, there were other subjects that interested the juniors equally as well. During the year two local physicians, Dr. Harvard Hicks and Dr. Allen Moore, discussed neurosis and social diseases. The former aroused so much interest in the subject of nervous symp- tons that juniors spent another period in con- tinuing the discussion. The latter has been a previous speaker at D,H.S. for a number of years and is always a welcome guest. Vocations were discussed at several group meetings. Teaching. nursing, designing, and telephone jobs seemed to lead in so far as the number of students interested was concerned. School topics such as parlimentary law, student government, student participation in activities- all were entered into in a true democratic spirit. Such subjects as getting along with others, appearance and manners, and boy and girl relationships helped the juniors to see more than ever the need for personality improvement. As with other classes the auditorium once a month was used for student plays, a music program, movies, and speakers, while the gym was occupied once a month at which time the group joyously danced to popular records played in the julie box. Dr. Moore talks to junior Boys Iuniors Study Personality

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Senior Homeroom Activities Sponsors MR. WILLIAM LQWTIIER Miss BLANCHE CLIFFTON MR. ARTHUR REESE Miss MAE LIGIIT MR. BARTl.EY ELFAIAN MR. EUGENE BRICKI.miYI:R Testing and Occupational Information To know one's ability pattern and to select an occupational goal to match this ability pattern was the main objective of the Senior Homeroom Program. Early in the school year a battery of ability tests was administered. These included a mechanical aptitude, a clerical aptitude, and a scholastic aptitude. Interest in nine different fields was measured by the Kuder Preference Record, and the personality test, given in the junior year, was again evaluated. After the testing was completed and each senior had drawn a profile of his ability pattern, sponsors spent several weeks in interpreting the test results. This was followed by the formation of three groupsfprofe.r.r4'onaf, lnechanical, and clerical and .mle.r, based upon the interests and abilities of the students. From February twenty-fifth until the middle of May, professional and business men from the various service clubs in Doylestown came to the school and discussed with the senior groups their respective vocations. In all, there were twenty-one men and one woman who represented the following occupa- tions: journalism, printing, plumbing, retail sellin , law, engineering, photography, psychol- ogy, imitting, chemistry, drafting, accounting, Inechanics, and salesmanship. The concluding activitieshconsisted ofa drama- tization of a correct interview and a good letter of application. Sponsors Interpret Senior Pro'iles

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Sophomore Homeroom Activities Sponsors MR. FORREST Sowxzrzs NXRS, MARIKJN BRUNNER Miss IANE KOHLER Miss THELMA BREWER As Cthers Like You I To develop the social skills of the individual members of the sophomore Class, thru participa- tion in auditorium programs, group discussions, and informal parties in the gym, was the main purpose ofthe Sophomore Ilomeroom Program. For the discussion periods, which were held every other week, the class was divided into four groups of about forty members each. To motivate the study of social skills for these discussion periods, A Test on Social Usageu was administered at the beginning of the year. This was followed by a study of the bookg As Others Lilac You. At the end of the year a second test was given to see the development in these skills. Once a month the entire class met in the auditorium for a program, prepared and presented by the four different student groups. Their repertoire consisted of a talent showg short skits on the subjecteuln the Public Eyef' a play- A Day at Home, two one-act lays- Spring Dance and Paul Splits the Atomf' and such movies as Dinner Is Served, Sharm and Personality Plus Character and junior Promf, The monthly get-togethersu in the gym were spent in dancing and playing games, while in the library those who did not dance learned different card games. Sophomores enjoy enacting student-written plays. 46