Phoenixville High School - Phoenix Yearbook (Phoenixville, PA)

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Fftyf Trz Hz Y Clubs The senlor T11 H1 Y club under the super ISIOH of MISS Edxxardme Tyson IS held every Frlday mornlng durlng the second pe11Od The oiiicers that were elected are Margaret Faust presldent Evelyn lVIcMenam1n secretary Jane M1ller treasurel Durmg the year the g1r s held a Mother and Daughters soc1al The g1rls also sponsored a sw1mm1ng meet at the Norrlstown Y M C A At Chrlstmas the members of the club cooperated 1n g1x1ng a baske toys tree and cloth1ng to a needy famrly The club entered the annual Blble study contest The Sex en S1tuat1ons of Youth MISS Tyson dlscussed the toplcs The Junlor Tr1 H1 Y Club conslstxng of twenty elght g1r s was spon sored by M1ss Mary Patterson The club opened 1lS meetmgs w1th the dexot1onal CXGTCISCS followed by the buslness meetmgs and a program whlch conslsted of d1scuss1ons Sex eral meetlngs were used as socxal perlods The Chlef objectlxe of the club was to help needy faml 16S bx g1v1ng baskets at Thanksgwmg and Chr1stmas Books xx ere dlstrlbuted to the club members for the B1ble studv con test The followm speakers vxere secured to lead the club 1n d1scuss1ons Rev Anthony Rex Br1l hart Rev Murphy and Mrs Anthony The 9Y3YTl1I'13t101'l was taken by the entlre club after the Bxble study course was completed The oflicers elected for the club were as follows Eleanor Goxx presl Lou1se Detwller treasurer The SDOHSOI f01 the 1un1o1 Tr1 H1 Y was MISS Kathlyn M Ke lx The persons elected to office were Mary Ehzabeth Voorhees pres1dent Jayne Relfsnelder X106 presldent Dorothy Shoemaker treasurer and MBFIOH Hal man secretary The club a1ded needy fam1l1es 1n the communlty wlth baskets of food at both Thanksglvmg and Cl1I'1StUlaS For the B1ble study course the c ub met xv1th MISS Patterson's group and held 1ts d1scuss1on under the guldance of dlfferent clerlcal personages of town The club also planned a Mother and Daughter soclal before Mother s Day The purpose of the club IS to develop pure thoughts pure words and pure deeds stressm the moral physlcal and sp1r1tual developments of llfe P MISS Florence Halderman and M1ss Rose Ma11e Brubaker comb1ned the sophomore Tr1 H1 Y hax1ng th1rty tvxo members 1n all The oflicers were Al1ce VS all presldent Dorls Hartman x1ce presldent Dorothy Sh1pp secretary Dorls Kllne treasurer Most of the t1me xvas spent on the books on 11x es of outstandlng women called Bes1de Our Camp F1195 ' At Chr1stmas t1me the club donated a Chrlstmas basket tree and toys to the Red Cross whlch dlstrlbuted them to a needy famlly I O . Q.- .- , .L V . 7 1 . ' . i 1 5 - , Z , '- . . . , . 1 Q . 1 ' , I .D I . . . .1 1 E, 3 7 ' . H V . . ? ,, . . . P . 1 . .- .- , . . - . . I , - A Y . . , 1 1 , . . . .7 .1. Y . . o 0. 7 u u .1 . . . C, U 1 1 . . ,I li. A , . i . . . ' Z I Y, V -- dentg Nancy Charles, vice presidentg Katherine Godshalk, secretaryg and , . P K A . . I- - . '- '- , . . . 1 uv. , I . . 7. . D u . Q 3 1 Y 7 A , . 1 1 . s s u Y ul s n , . L1 T L . ,A A l I 7 . 0, . . . . 1 , 1 11 C, ., , 1 1 . .- .- , V. . -A Y . l . .7 ' 7 Y 7 , ku 3 , 1: . 1 xc ' ' , 1 I , 'L . n , 1 is .R A I n , K , , 1 . i - our

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Girls' Glee Club The singing of the Girls Glee Club was an lmpresslve feature of thls year's Christmas Candlelight service This was the first appearance of the vear for the glrls who sang a program of re 1g1ous numbers Some com posltlons were sung a cappella and others were sung Wlth organ accom paniment Each year the Glrls' Glee Club has enlarged under the guidance of Mr Sample and th1s year s organization numbered seventy four singers The girls made two trips this year one to West Ch ster and one to Philadelphia where they sang on a Sunday broadcast over WFIL The girls at the Chester County choral festival were commenced on both thelr ap earance and their singing by the festival adjudlcators Thls event was held in the Phihps Memor1alAud1tor1um at State Teachers Col ege Apr1l25 1938 perfoi mance and for their final appearance the girls sang at the Baccalau reate Servlce The third Chrlstmas Candlellght SBTVICB of Worship presented by the P H S muslc department ws 1th W S Sample Jr director was presented 1n the Memorial J unlor high school audltorlum Sunday afternoon Decem ber 19 1937 at 3 P M The combination of the hlgh school orchestra the glr s glee club and a rellglous play meant that the P H S mus1c depart ment had again presented an impressive Chrlstmas program The drama tlc feature was the play Babouscka ' which dramatlzed the Russian Legen dary figure of Babouscka a story of Woman s search for lost opportunlty 1n quest of truth was presented by the followlng cast Babouscka Margaret Faust Natasha Petrovna peasant woman Julia Worobetz Betty Campbell Dorothy Shutes Marya Andreyevna her slster ln law Olga daughter of Marya Andreyevna Stepan young son of Marya Joseph Devun Neighbor Trolska Dorothy Chrlsman F fly th . 1. . . - L' ' u ,L o 4 -' . ' . . . . Z 9 . . ' . . f ' U n n , u u n L I , 1 c l , A , , . On May 6, at the Spring Concert the girls again gave a very pleasing - 1 -.1 u l' l ' l Y. -1 a l . a, . , I 4 n , a , - 7 ' ' 7 . . , . . . U 1 ., . , . . ' . ' - . ,, ' , . . ' . I I , . , : 9 9 'n ' Y I i -

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Hz Y Clubs The sen1or H1 Y club th1s year has an enrollment of th1rty three The OfTlC6lS are as follows Edward Reynolds presldent John Gotwals VICE pres1dent Ruhald Gay secretary treasurer Dur1ng the Ch11stmas s ason the club gave baskets to needy f3.U'l1ll9S DlCk6HS Chr1stmas Carol was played by members of the club For seven weeks dur1ng February and March a Blble Course The Seven Sltuatlons of Youth' was stud1ed Several tr1ps were take11 to the NOTYlSt0WH Y M C A where most of the membexs xx ent swlmmlng The IUIIIOI' H1 Y under the sponsorsh1p of Joseph Qu1nn completed a xery sutcessful X931 part1c1pat1ng If the State Wld6 Blble Study contest DISCLISSIOHS under the leadersh1p of Mr Qu1nn and Rev Woods were engoyed by the club member throughout the year The club officers WGIQ Harold MCD3Hl9lS pres1dent and Robert O D011 The sophomore H1 Y sponsored by James W Moyer whlch later due to Mr Moyer s leavmg school to complete a course at State College was taken over bv Mlss Eleanor Bothell enjoyed a fa1rly good year The H1 Y group talked on subJects such as the Ch1na Japanese unde clared war and sports A debate Resolved Clty hfe IS preferable to country 11fe was held Th c1ty won the dec1s1on The club also conducted for sevelal weeks a course on the Seven Sltua t1ons of Youth The officers ot the club were as follows Robert K1mmel presldent Walter Funk secretarv LeRoy Frlday treasurer Commerczal Club 'lhe Lomme1c1al c ub meets 1n 15B QVCIQ Tuesday mornmg dur1ng thud per1od The membersh1p lS made up entlrely of commerc1al Junlors and semors who haxe had at least one year of typewr1t1ng All members get an early opportun1ty to make from five to ten carbon coples at a t1me to do stenc1l Cllttlllg' and m1meograph1ng Each copy of the Purple and Whlte IS typed by c ub members before lt reaches the prmters Both MISS M1r1am Knoderer's art outl1nes and MISS Ruth Kl1nger s muslc outl1nes for grade school teachels are typed by club members The club IS sponsored by MISS Marlan Moore Fflyfl I - L ' . x . A 1 ., . 7 ' . 1 ' 1 L . c , , , . u .1 1 1 - . , , . ' ' .' wc: 1 ' 9 ax ' u , Y L x x A l . . ' H . . . , . , . . . . .... , . H Y . . ,i - ' A, A K. , . ' S ' .S D' ', Y' A - . ' ww' w ,- 1 ' ' ' 5 . 1 . . , 5 xy - nell, secretary. - I , ! ' ' ' ! 1, I ' ,, I . . . , . .. , . ,. . . . !! Q , . , . , nc ' L A ' ' Y! . . 1 ' 1 4 1 l . . 0 . . .. , . , , ,. , , , . . I ' L S 7 , 7 Y . K 7 L, , . . K ' A . . S. . t . . I 1 1 ' '1 .V . . Q .