Doylestown High School - Torch Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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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

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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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Homeroom Activities 'Via LUTHER BOYER Vins MARY Durr I Freshman Sponsors MR. RALPH MICliENER Miss KATHRYN MCFADDEN An Understanding of Self To supplement the Orientation Course required of all freshmen, the Freshman Homeroom Progranrincluded discussions on topics that help the student in his self adjustment and in his Social adj ustment. In the beginning ofthe year during the Orientation class period, discussions centered around curricular and extra-curriculor offerings ot the school, such as athletics, dramatics, music, clubs, and puhlications. To help students learn how to get along with each other in participating in these activities, the homeroom period was used every other week in discussing such subjects as How Can I Improve My Ability to Talk with Others, How Shall l Act at School Functionsf, Courtesy, How Should Boys and Girls Act Toward Each Other, How Can I Become a Good Leader, My Leisure Time Activities, and How Can I Increase My Self-confidence. For those interested in dramatics and music, opportunities were offered once a month, when freshman presented to the class in the auditorium some type ot' program requiring student talentfsuch as quiz programs, music programs, talent shows, and one act plays. To develop the spirit of fair play, games were held in the library each month for the students who did not care to dance. Dancing in the gym often took the form of a Paul Iones or other group dances,fall for the purpose of etting the students acquainted with each other, for the class was large, with sixty per cent ot the memhers coming from the outside districts. Dancing and card playing among Freshman activities. 47