TEST II
Here's Our Second Trivia Quiz--"Reminisce About Deptford"
(No Scoring---Everybody Gets An "A" On This Test!)
1. What year did students begin attending classes at the Deptford Township High School building? (answer)
2. Where did most Deptford Township students go to high school before DTHS opened? (answer)
3. In the early 1960s, what were the two types of "emergency" practice drills conducted in the high school ( bonus points for precise answers)? (answer)
4. What team captured the first Olympic Conference sports championship (co-champs) at DTHS? (answer)
5. What is the street address of Deptford Township High School? (answer)
6. What is the official DTHS motto, and what does it mean? (answer)
7. Talk about a bargain, what required school equipment would cost the girls (or their parents!) $6.87 and the boys $7.25 each year in the early 1960s? (answer)
8. Okay, you youngsters, what type of outer clothing were girls NOT to wear to school in the early and mid-1960s (this is hard to believe today!)? (answer)
9. Who coached the first championship varsity football team at DTHS? (answer)
10. Who was Deptford's first Marching Band director? (answer)
1. Students began attending the DTHS building during the 1957-58 school year as 7th, 8th and 9th grade classes.
2. Most Deptford students attended high school at Woodbury High School (hey, let us know about some of the sister-vs-sister and brother-vs-brother sports contests of the early 60s!)
3. Everybody knows about fire drills, but there were also CIVIL DEFENSE (only 1/2 correct if you said "bomb") drills as well. Okay everybody, drop and cover! (I recall huddling in the hallways, as opposed to "drop and cover" drills. What do you remember?)
4. The 1961-62 varsity boys basketball team, led by junior Dave Rowe and coached by Mr. Walter Colman, tied with Delaware Township (okay, what did Delaware Township change it's name to??) for the Olympic Conference title.
5. DTHS is located at 575 Fox Run Road.
6. "Facta non verba" (Deeds not Words)
7. The complete gym suit package, INCLUDING sneakers and socks! I guess the jock cost guys 38 cents more!
8. Slacks or pants! Shorts were not allowed either, for boys or girls (except as in #7 above), but skirts or dresses were the order of the day!
9. Health, Driver Ed. and P.E. teacher Roy Pickens (1965 Olympic Co-Champs)
10. Mr. Ronald Holly took the Marching Band to prominence and many competition championships to start a proud tradition at DTHS.