Phoenixville High School - Phoenix Yearbook (Phoenixville, PA)

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The Curtis Publishing Con test The annual Curtis Publishing contest, which was sponsored by the senior class, was held October 13 to October 27. Louise Pollock, a junior, sold seven dollars worth of subscriptions, thereby, leading the magazine contest. The senior class offered to the highest seller of subscriptions of each day a ticket to the Villanova-Temple football game. Those who received tickets for the game were Frank Deger, Louise Pollock, Marian Fegley, Dorothy Shoemaker, Mary Ella Trunk, Mary Elizabeth Voorhees, and Robert Woodruff. Individual prizes were awarded to those who sold subscriptions for the company. The Crowell Magazine Contest The Crowell magazine contest, sponsored by the seniors for the finan- cing of their class affairs, was started on October 13. Representative Adams, of the Crowell Publishing Company, spoke to the school, offering forty-two different prizes for high sellers. AS a special prize he offered a seven jewel watch to the boy or girl in P. H. S. who sold the most American Magazines at the end of the con- test. The contest ended on October 27 with Mary Ella Trunk, a junior leading the contest. Charles Souch, a senior, received the wrist Watch. 1 Lyceum Programs During the 1938-'39 semesters, the senior high school students were entertained by thirteen outstanding lyceum numbers. Edwin M. Dill, known as The Potter, headed the list with a program of clay modeling, on Monday, October 10. The Little Theatre Workshop was featured Monday, October 31. Monday, November 14, brought the Still's Circus Marionettesf' Frederic White, Wednesday, November 23, presented A Pictorial Journal Around the World. Educational Motion Pictures, were shown, free of charge, on Thurs- day, December 1, at senior high assembly. The new semester was started off by the Pollard Players, January 3. The Croatian Tamburitza Ensemble, a musical group, entertained the students Monday morning, January 16. E. C. Jones presented an interesting electrical program Thursday, January 2. Andrew Brennan, a magician, gave a performance Friday morning, March 10. Characterizations by Miss Jessie Raye Taylor were presented Tues- day, April 11. A talk by Colonel Washington Holidays, Thursday, May 4, brought to a close the lyceums for this year. Fifty

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Fifty-six Dramatic Clubs The first meeting of the Senior Dramatic Club under sponsorship of Vernon E. Replogle was held in the art room Tuesday, September 25, 1938. The members of the club voted and the ofiicers were selected as follows: Daniel Baer, president, Gordon Phillips, vice-president, and Dorothy Smith, secretary. Under the direction of the club the exchange program started. The club began a correspondence between Coatesville, Downingtown, Upper Mericin, and Bridgeport and finally arranged dates for the exchange of as- semb ies. March 16, when Upper Merion brought its band to Phoenixville mark- cd the beginning of the exchange programs for this year of '39. The junior dramatic club, sponsored by Miss Marie O'Neill, meets weekly Tuesday third period. The following officers have presided over the Club: Betty Campbell, presidentg Georgia Mooney, vice president, Helen Yeager, secretary. The meetings consisted of discussions on topics pertaining to the art of dramatics, such as voice, posture, interpretation of lines, movements on the stage, and bodily expression. In addition to these discussions committees prepared programs con- sisting of short sketches, longer plays, story telling, pantomine, and simi- lar presentations. Our sophomore dramatic club, under the direction of Miss Julia Rose Ash, has been busy since September. The club was divided into groups of five, each group being responsible for successive weekly programs. The presentation of the different groups were varied. The usual fea- tures were monologues, skits, plays, poems. Amateur contests and Pro- fessor Quiz programs were presented several times and current dramatic topics of interest were discussed frequently. The Club will present its assembly program on May 11. Chess Club The Chess Club in Phoenixville high school was organized before the Christmas holidays of 1938. Since that time more enthusiasts of a fine pastime have turned out. V The P. H. S. players had competition with Spring City. Games were also played among the members of the Chess Club. The club of twenty-four members meets every Tuesday morning dur- ing the third period. Senior members of the club are as follows: Quentin Hamborsky, An- drew Haggerty, C. Souch, J. Kassel, R. Deery, V. Freeman, Ed. Szegedy, F. Deger, and Ed. Eckhart. Howard Moore, the instructor of mechanical drawing, is the adviser of the club.

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Fifty-eight Industrial Course I The industrial course is made up of the following subjects: English, history, mechanical drawing, shop, mathematics. English was studied for a half year for three years. Writing letters and advertisements and applying for jobs are stressed. History is then studied for three half-year periods. Democracy, gov- ernment, conditions of the world to the present time, strikes, and unions are some of the important phases. Mechanical drawing is made up of making blueprints, house plans, plans for objects and other things of great importance. Shop work was had by the group for four years during which time were made bookcase for library, scenery for plays of all sorts, exercises, House, building is in progress. Work is being done on the finishing parts: sashes, doors. Cleaning chairs for school, making bleachers for games, and ping-pong table for tournaments for the borough and school, preparing and other objects of importance are a part of the work. Mathematics was studied for two half-years. This study included the following items of importance: algebra, trigonometry, mathematics, square roots, cube roots, areas, volumes, perimeter, squares, fractions addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, factoring, formulas, triangles, rec- tangles, octogans, trapoziods. Health classes were possible only for one year in ninth grade. Shop When a boy enters metal shop, he is given a chisel, hammer, and block. He must chip all six sides of the block, and then he is given a file with which to smooth and square all sides of the block perfectly. This job will take the average boy about six weeks. After the boy has his block finished he makes his inside and outside calipers. Then he makes his round and square hammers, parallel clamps, and small tap and die wrench. This work will be finished the first year. The following years he can make any outside things which he wishes to make. After he is familiar with the machinery in the shop, he can do more diliicult jobs, such as making taps, dies, and different wrenches. Some boys made miniature airplane motors, other boys overhauled tractors and car motors. The work helped a few boys to secure outside jobs after school. The student finds metal shop very interesting and educational. The Print Shop In the print shop much work is done every day. Tickets for dances, concerts, and plays are printed. Programs for concerts, plays, junior high operettas, and dance cards are also printed. Class day and commencement tickets and programs are made in the print shop. At the present there are six printers in the print shop: four seniors and two juniors. The four sen- iors are Robert Mayo, Robert Sech, Robert Wilson, and Lawrence Detwil- er. The two juniors are Nicholas Krill and Michael Bilinski. During the year Elmer G. Clayton, instructor of printing, had the seniors make linoleum cuts of some object.