Lansdale High School - Highlights Yearbook (Lansdale, PA)

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SCHOUL 2 G7 First Row: Wilmer M. Gehman, Sadie M. Hendricks, J. Walter Rex, James W Williams, Ill. Second Row: Harry M. Hunsberger, Charles L. Nace, Leidy S MRS. ELAINE BITNER Capable Mrs. Elaine Bitner does a fine job in helping to keep the office procedure running smoothly. Even with her busy routine she always finds time to answer our questions with a smile. Elaine wins our heartfelt thanks to her for her patience and cooperation. 10 'Q'

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HERMAN l BISHOP PRINCIPAL An EgyptIan archItect was engaged by one of the Pharaohs to buIld a lIghthouse at the mouth of the NIle On a rock carefully selected Cmdus the archItect metuc ulously erected hIs house of llght Engraved upon the cement that covered the outstde of the lIghthouse was the name Pharaoh After some years the Wlnd and raIn wore away the cement and Wllh It Pharaohs name Then It was dns covered that the wIly CnIdus had cunnIngly engraved hIs own name In the masonry beneath Each one of you IS In a large measure the archItect of hIs or her lIfe Each one has been endowed by hlS Creator Wllh certam talents Interests and CbIlIlI6S As you desIgn and develop your lIfe In harmony Wllh these endowments so wIll your lIfe be Your parents teachers and compamons have exerted consIderable Influence In remove the veneer that so often screens young adult hood then your true self wIll be revealed Engraved In the structure beneath wIll be your own name May It denote a personalIty that wIll be a credIt to yourself your loved ones and your Creator MHVIN F SHISIER ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL The real assets of Lansdale JOINT HIgh School are not the Investments of taxpayers In buIldIng and equIpment Important as they may be but rather the qUGlIlIeS of the students whIch are developed durIng theIr perIod of traInIng The degree of success of the class of 1955 IS the result of the graduates doIng theIr best In the pOSl tlons and 'obs they have chosen Your yearbook theme embodIes the noble thought that the archItect has achIeved hlS best when he Incorporates the pattern of hIs llfe and l'1ISlhII'llKII'tg In hIs work and Influences those who work wIth hIm to do the same One of our best loved Amerlcan poets often expresses the complete harmony between has lIfe and character In hIs poetry A well known verse by thIs poet whIch should lnSpIFe all of us follows All are archItects of Fate WorkIng In these walls of TIme, Some wIth massIve deeds and great, X Some wIth ornaments of rhyme 9 I . . , . . I I .UI , . I I ' I this development. But as the winds and storms of life I I I I ' I ll '

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BOARD Kriebel, Erma S. Bean, Daniel W. Moyer, Esther E. Dresher, W. F. Whitman, Dr. Paul T. Bergey, Chester T. Daly, C. Howard Kn0PPf William Fridey. MRS. DURIS RENNER Although she is seldom seen by L. J. H. S. stu- dents, Mrs. Doris Renner is responsible for the efficiency and flawless operation of Mr. Smith's oFlice. We appreciate her efforts on our behalf. ll