Lansdowne High School - Lahian Yearbook (Lansdowne, PA)

Text from Pages 1 - 152 of the 1930 volume:

EX LI BRIS «3)S 'i I 4 5 ) Tj Foreword THE New Era! This twentieth century has been an era of advancement, an age in which our country’s splendid progress has been led by men and women trained in American schools and universities. We, of Lans-downe, also have advanced —from our old, beloved, red brick school house to our wonderful new and modern building. It has been with this thought, that the Staff of the LAIIIAN has endeavored to portray our school life by contrasting it with the school days of the nineties. It is our sincere hope that this latest advancement, a Lansdowne High School Annual, will meet with hearty approval and will continue in the march of progress. Alma Mater Tho’ we roam the wide world over, Tho’ from home afar we stray, We can ne'er forget our school days ’Neath the Garnet and Gray, For our classmates, teachers, lessons We will long with many a sigh And no matter where we wander We'll remember Lansdowne High. We'll he true to thee dear High School And our thoughts will ever stray To our school days spent at Lansdowne ’Neath the Garnet and Gray. Oft in joy and oft in sorrow. We will think of Lansdowne High. And we'll grieve when we must leave thee. When tis time to say “Good-bye.” For we'll never learn thy value ’Till from thee afar we stray, And for thee, dear Alma Mater, We will sing this song today. Cheer again for Lansdowne High School, Sing this song again today And we’ll ne’er forget our school days, ’Neath the Garnet and Gray. ««► f 9 in V THE NEW SCHOOL { 12 } « i3 : In Appreciation of the School Board IT is the sineerest wish of the Graduating Class of Nineteen-thirty of the Lansdowne High School, that the readers of th is year book may appreciate just what the School Board has done for 11s during the past four years to know their value as we know it. During our school days, they have been “the power behind the throne” and have directed our scholastic and athletic activities to the best of their ability. For years they worked earnestly to give us the best and most modern educational facilities possible. They were amply-rewarded for their efforts in providing us with one of the most modern high schools, and one of the best athletic fields in the state. The various organizations of the high school needed only to express a desire for special equipment for their departments and the School Board donated the necessarv equipment. Various citizens of Lansdowne cooperated with the School Board in outfitting the High School Band and this is only one example of their generosity. In conclusion, we wish to express our deepest appreciation for the work of the School Board in making these years “ Neath the Garnet and the Gray ’ the happiest of our lives, “For no matter where we wander, we'll remember Lansdowne High. We, the members of the Class of 1930, feel we owe the School Board a debt which we can neither forget nor repay—a debt of which each student will earnestly strive to be worthy. 14 K MR MEL CHOIR MR KENNEDY MRS COOPER MR UNDERHILL MRS SNYDER MR BON SAL MR STEPHENS CHARLES S. MILLER Allegheny College. University of Pittsburgh. Columbia University. New York University. Mr. Miller received his A.B. degree at Allegheny in 1913. While teaching at Edgewood High School, he received his A.M. degree at the University of Pittsburgh. He held the principalship of the Clairton High School 1916-18. and that of Latrohe from 1918-20. From then until 1930, he was superintendent of schools at Latrohe. At present he holds the position of superintendent at Lansdowne. GILBERT State Teacher’s LEVI Shippenshurg College. Franklin and Marshall College B.S. University of Pennsylvania A.M. Mr. Gilbert received his diploma from State Teacher’s College, his B.S. degree from Franklin and Marshall College, and a degree of A.M. from the University of Pennsylvania. Meanwhile he taught five years at the public schools of Fayette County. He coached two years at Ml. Union High School, Pa., was dean of men for five years at Shippenshurg State Teacher’s College, and taught one year at Girard College. He came to Lansdowne in 1927, as the principal of the high school, the position which he now fills. •{ 16 ) GEORGE J. EPLEY From September, 1917, to June, 1919, Mr. Epley served with the 79th Division of the A. E. F. In 1921 Mr. Epley was graduated from Shippens-burg Teacher’s College. In 1926 he received his B. S. from Gettysburg. In 1926 Mr. Epley came to Lansdowne where lu teaches Biology and General Science. Mr. Epley has proved an exceptional Class Advisor. He has worked endlessly and tirelessly on the Annual. Only the members of the Staff can really appreciate what he has done; without him this book could not have been printed. The class of 1930 wishes at this time to express our sincerest appreciation of his help during the past four years, which we shall never forget. MABEL E. CONDRAN M iss Condran attended Berkley College in Harrisburg. Pa., and then later Temple University. In 1926 Miss Condran came to Lansdowne, where she teaches commercial subjects. Miss Condran during the past three years has served as class advisor for the Class of 1930. Miss Condran supervises the Commercial Club and the Girls’ Hi-Y. In June Miss Condran is being married. We hope, however, she will return to Lansdowne in the Fall. Everyone wishes her all possible happiness. -3 17 The Faculty Charles S. Miller, A.B., M.A. Allegheny College, University of Pittsburgh, Columbia University Superintendent of Lansdowne Schools Levi F. Gilbert, B.S., A.M. Shippenshurg State Teachers’ College, Franklin and Marshall College, University of Pennsylvania Principal of Lansdowne High School Sally L. Allen, Temple University—Girls’ Health Education. Marion Baker, A.B., Swarthmore College—Head of French Department. Elton A. Bird. Williams Trade, University of Pennsylvania Industrial Arts. Mabel E. Condran, Temple University Commercial. Margaret T. Cook, A.M., University of Delaware—Head of Latin Department. Eleanor Davis, Pennsylvania Dental School—Dental Hygienist. Katherine G. Davis, K.S.N.S., School of Industrial Arts Art. Howard R. Drake, Pli.B., University of Chicago—Head of Social Science Department. «( 18 j Geobce J. Epley, B.S., Shippensburg State Teachers’ College, University of Pittsburgh, Gettysburg College, University of Pennsylvania Biology and General Science. Stacey N. Ewan, Sc.B., A.M., Haverford College, University of Pennsylvania—Head of Science Department, Chemistry and Physics. New Principal of Lansdowne High School. Gf.orgf. H. Fettus, A.B., University of Maryland—Mathematics. Frank M. Forsburc, B.S., Franklin and Marshall College—General Science and Athletics. B. Wycliffe Griffin, A.B., Ursinus College, 1 niversity of Pennsylvania—Social Science. H. Emii.IE Groce. M.E., West Chester State Normal School -Mathematics. Edna Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Howard Summer School, Chester Normal School—Attendance. Martha C. Hartman, A.B., M.A., Wellesley College, Boston University -Latin and English. Blanche E. Henderson, A.B., Wellesley College- Mathematics. Mildred B. Hoopes, Wellesley College- French. Roy F. Kraber, Shippensburg State Normal School, Temple University, Susquehanna University—Head of Commercial Department. Dorothy E. Lesley, B.S., Skidmore College Home Economics. Virginia Moore Lilley, A.B., Pennsylvania for Women, Pennsylvania State College— English. Mary A. McAllister, B.S., M.S., Gettysburg College, Bryn Mawr, University of Pennsylvania—Head of Mathematics Department. Margaret M. McCullough, B.A., M.A., Goucher College, University of Pennsylvania— Head of English Department. Irene L. Mitman, Taylor Business College, Temple University—Commercial. Esther S. Morris (Mrs.). B.A., Swarthniore College—Algebra. Mary Cattelle Passmore, A.B., Swarthniore College—English and Librarian. George Robinhold, Temple University—Boys’ Health Education. David 0. Slyter, New York University—Director of Music. Edwin Snydf.r, A.B., Vl.A., University of Pennsylvania—Social Science. John J. Tammeryn, University of Pennsylvania—Head of Industrial Arts Department. John M. Thompson, A.B., Harvard—English. Margaret Stevens, B.S., William Smith College—Head of Home Economics Department. Aurelia M. TraugER, A.B., University of Delaware- Public Speaking and Dramatics. Rebecca Young (Mrs.), Swarthniore Preparatory School—Secretary to Superintendent. Catherine Bleacher (Mrs.), Taylor Business College—High School Secretary. £ EZEZ -3 19 0 On Being Late To Class The Freshman’s View saw a Freshman rushing down the hall; Faster and faster he sped. He was frightened. scared to death. ‘7 is futile said, “You'll never make your class. ‘7 am afraid to cried. n 7 ran on. Our Light-headed Soph .syim’ a Soph merrily dancing down the hall; His classmates he visited on the way. He giggled most of the time. Hurry I warned, “You'll be late again. Oh. is that so? he said. And jabbered on. The Nonchalant Junior An indifferent Junior came wandering along: He walked with head held high. I teas disturbed at this. Hurry up I said. Youll never make French class. IFhat of it? he scoffed. And joyfully walked on. The Mighty Senior The Senior, that noble soul, saunters along: Sophistication springing forth. He is late to class; I did not warn him. I knew better. It disturbed him not. D. Farrell, '31 ■3 20K 3( 21 K- A Tribute to L. H. S. Tlw finest school for us is Lansdowne High, To thee we sing our praises to the sky. If ere sad that we must leave thee, for tis true 7 hat we have gairuul much knowledge under you. he time has come whim we must seek new ways, And learn what tricks of Tate, Dame Nature plays. Well h ave no helping hand to guide us on. For we must make our way in this world alone. But always, we will have those memories. To urge us on and aid us o’er rough seas. We must prepare ourselves to fight the fight. And gradually come to see a future bright. We hope to come again and homage pay. To Lansdowne High, fairest in work and play. Ruth Opdyke, '30. 22 “Tom” THOMAS SPARKS BISHOP Bucknell If you see a 11111111}:, well-built chap with a cheerful manner, you will know it is “Toni,” our “Class President.” “Tom’s” wonderful playing and never-failing spirit have gained him the reputation as one of the best fullbacks in scholastic ranks. “He is in a class by himself.” We are sure that “Tom” will lie just as succsesful in his business life as he has been in school. President Class (1, 2, 3, 4). Football (1, 2, 3, 4, Captain 3, 4). Basketball. Assistant Manager (It. Baseball (2, 3, Captain 4). Track (1,4). Student Council (4). Lahiun Staff (4). Junior and Senior Dance Committees. Chairman Schedule Committee in Student Council, King Committee ( 2). MARY ELIZABETH SHERMAN “Sherry” Taylor School “Sherry” has become well known and very well loved by us because of her work on Student Council hot-dog stands, as hockey manager and a long list of other duties. She always has some new job to do because of her ability to carry it out. “Sherry” is noted for her happy smile and her lovely blonde hair; she is also an adept heart breaker. Our best wishes go with you “Sherry.” Secretary of Class (2). Vice-President (4). Hockey Manager (41. Student Council (2. 3, 4). Secretary (2). Secretary Treasurer (3). Football Stand Committee (4). Handbook Committee (4). Laliian Staff (4). French Club (3, Secretary 4). Secretary Mathematics Club (3). Candy Committee (3). Stand Committee (4). Thanksgiving Poor Basket Committee. Latin Club (2). Chorus (1, 2). VIRGINIA LOUISE BOEHMLER “Ginnie” Skidmore “Ginme” came to us in seventh grade and she’s been coming right along ever since. She is the backbone of the athletic morale of L. II. S., as well as of some other extra-curricula affairs. This can easily lie seen by glancing towards the bottom of this write-up. When she flashes that dimpled smile of her’s we just can’t help falling like a ton of bricks how ’bout it. George? ’Course no one wishes “Ginnie” anv luck—not at all! Secretary (4). Hockey (1, 2, 3, 4). Basketball (1, 2, 3, Captain 4). Tennis (1). Track (1, 2, 3, Captain 2). Student Council (3). Garnet and Gray (2, 3). Hi-Y Club (3, 4 . History Club (2). French Club (3, 4). President Algebra (.Iub (2). Class Ring Committee. Junior Dance Committee. Senior Dance Committee. Laliian Staff (4). Senior Play Cast. “Eddie” EDSON FOSTER PACKER, JR. Drkxel J i t look at this big, handsome fellow. You would never think him shy or bashful, would you? Well, he isn't (just ask any of the fairer sex). FMson was one of the mainstays of the football team this year. At the position of guard, he proved himself quite worthy of the “L.” We must also take off our hats to him as the Class of ’30 Treasurer. We all know about those dues! ‘’Eddie” is always good-natured and cheerful and ready to help the other fellow. Class Treasurer (4). Football (3, 4). Garnet and Grav Staff'd, 2). Lahian Staff (4). A. G. T. Clubs (2. 3. 4) . Bowling Team (3). Stage Property Committee (2, 3). School Bank Representative (4). 2 4 GEORGE: DAI.LAS ALBERTSON “Albertson” Art Yes. he really is a Senior. He looks like a Freshman in size but he lias marvelous ability in the Art Department, not to mention his ambition to master the technique of playing the slide trombone. After a lengthy span of years it looks as if cheerful little George is going to leave us. Somebody had better warn Bud Fisher (editor of Mutt and Jeff to look out for his laurels, for George is after them. Track (2, 4). Garnet and Gray (1, 2, 3 . Dramatic Club (3, 4). Band (3, 4). Orchestra (3, I). THELMA MARIAN ADAMS “Shorty” “Stenoc” If you see a little girl running down the hall yelling, “Fm hungry,” you know that’s “Shorty.” Aon see her everywhere, hut she is famous for the speedy way in which she reaches the lunchroom. Have you ever seen a green Whippet Coach, driven by an auburn-haired young man, roll up to the school door? It is there almost every rainy day—a girl comes running out and hops in it. That’s “Shorty” and “her” Bill. Here’s best wishes for a happy future. Girls’ Chorus (1, 2, 3, 4). Commercial Club (3, 4). Biology Club (2). Class Basketball (4 . ESTHER MARIE ALBERTUS “Esther” Commerce Esther is a Commercial Student who says little but accomplishes a great deal. She plods along slowly hut surely. We expect some day to see Esther rise to the heights of head stenographer in the firm of “Walton and McGee.” When Esther answers in “Office Training” we certainly learn some things we wouldn’t have known otherwise. If winning smiles mean anything, Esther ought to be a success almost anywhere. Commercial Club (3, 4). Garnet and Gray Typist (41. RICHARD BERTRAM B RGER “Dick” Pennsylvani a “Dick” used to live in Lansdowne once upon a time, hut never felt the call of his Alma Mater until this school year. He came to L. H. S. from West Philadelphia, after having been to New York and Cleveland. Though generally smiling, he sometimes pours melody out of a saxophone on home-room programs, Hi-Y dances and at the football games. Dick says, “Just say I’m going to he an engineer and they’ll all know I’m going to he a big man.” We believe he’s right. Track (4). French Club (4). Surveying Club (4). 25 }■ PAUL GEORGE BASEHORE, JR. “Bud” Pbep School The big, broad-shouldered fellow with coal-black hair is “Bud.” He was one of our tackles, and his never-failing spirit and playing gained him the reputation as one of the best tackles in suburban ranks. “Bud” is one of our most cautious drivers; especially going home from school. Ask Mr. Fettus. His frankness and cheerful manner have made him well-liked by everyone. Best of luck to you, “Bud,” in whatever you undertake. Football (4). MONAWEE ALLEN “Mo me” Wheaton Meet the girl who almost won the flag-pole-sitting contest. Her basketball and hockey ability have made her known all over Lansdowne. “Monie” is quite versatile, as she is also a good student. Her smile and cheerful spirit have made her many friends. “Monie” is always willing to help everyone, and some of us wouldn't know what to do if she missed a night of studying. We all wish “Monie” the success in the future that she's had in Lansdowne. Hockey (3,4). Basketball (3,4). Track (1,2,4). Chorus (1, 2, 3). French Club (3, 4). Class Banner Committee (3). Class History (4). Latin Club (2, 3). ALICE NORDENA ALSDORF “Al” Alice is the girl pianist of L. H. S. Whenever we want some nice snappy, jazzy music, we all yell for Alice. She never fails to oblige, and for this she will always be remembered. She also helped in hockey and basketball. Alice is almost late every day, but manages to escape it somehow. She and her tall, lanky boy friend are a feature at the movies, dances, games, etc. All sorts of luck in whatever you undertake. Basketball (4). Tennis (3). Hockey (4). Glee Club (1, 2, 3). ROBERT BIDDLE BISHOP “Two Bucks” Penn State Biddle is a fair boy with many changes of disposition. His pet hobby in school is track, and outside, mechanical trains. In track he has distinguished himself in the hurdles, winning several medals. Biddle can be bright if he wishes, but he evidently doesn't wish to. A person can often see him driving around in an old can that used to be called an automobile, and is now infamous as the “Mayflower.” The car stands up pretty well at that. Football (1, 2, 3, 4). Track (1, 2, 3, 4). Lahian Staff (4). Glee Club (1, 2, 3). Dance Committee (4). 4 26 )■ JOSEPH HENRY BITLER “Joe” Wharton School “Joe” hails from Sharon Hill, hut we won’t hold that against him, for he’s a peach of a fellow. When it comes to pepping up the student body, “Joe” is right there and has no superior. Besides being a champion cheer leader, “Joe” has been a mainstay of both the Boys’ Glee Club and the Dramatic Club for several years. We know that “Joe’s” pep and personality will make him successful in whatever he undertakes. Cheer Leader (1, 2, 3, 4; Head Leader 3, 4). Dramatic (’dub (2, 3, 4, President 4). Glee Club (1, 2, 3, 4). Stage Crew (1, 2, 3, 4). Football (1, 2). Assistant Business Manager, Garnet and Gray (3). NANCY APPLEGATE “Nance” Skidmore Meet Miss Nancy Applegate, a happy little girl, if there ever was one. One of our traffic monitors and a good one. “Nance” is always cheerful, but will listen to anyone else’s sob story. She believes anything you tell her, but she can’t help that. “Minnie” is one of the big attractions for the stag line at a dance. The man who gets this little girl will be lucky, for we have hidden here a real culinary and domestic genius. Happy days, “Nance.” Hi-Y (3, 4). History Club 13, 4). French Club (4). Hi-Y Notes Garnet and Gray (4). French Dance Committee (4). Lahiun Staff (4). Vice-President of Hi-Y (4). Vice-President Home Room (4). Interclass Basketball (4). Tennis Manager (4). Student Council (4). Chairman Traffic Committee (4.) CAROLINE DOROTHY BLACKBURN “Black ie” Drexel Everyone knows our “Blackie.” She is the girl that just about buys out the lunch room every day. Oh, yes! “Blackie” plays tennis, hockey, and basketball. Sometimes I think that the basketball is going to weigh her down. Dancing is another one of “Blackie’s” hobbies, and can she dance? You should see her! Everyday we see a different girl in “Blackie.” One day her hair is in a little knot on the back of her head, and the next day it is hanging down her back. Vice-President Class (2). Hockey (3, 4). Class Basketball (2,3). Varsity Basketball (3,4). Tennis (3,4). Commercial Club (3, 4). Girl’s Glee Club (1, 2, 3). Dental Club (3). MALLOR BOTTOMLEY “Mallor” Penn State Even if he is late for school once in a while, he makes up for it in track and football. Mallor is Lansdowne’s wing-footed Hermes. Go to any track-meet in which he is participating and you’ll be convinced. Mallor was one of Lansdowne’s fastest ends in football, while he played, for he had some hard-luck with injuries. Keep up your pep and speed and you’ll get along anywhere in this old world. Football (3, 4). Track (1, 2, 3; Captain 4). 4 27 ) LYTLE CODDINGTON BOWERS “Shorty” Episcopal Academy Lytle Bowers, known to all and sundry as “Shorty.” As he is not short, one wonders whence the “Shorty.” This is how the story came about, children: Once upon a time sonic-body called him “Little” instead of ahove-said Lytle. So, after being called “Little” for many a year, the name came to be “Shorty.” Hence, dear readers, he runneth under “le nom-de-plume” (French for nickname). “Shorty,” besides this, has three nice sisters, and a fine record in track work. Lytle is one of the best-liked fellows in school. He is not only liked by the fellows, hut how them goils fall for his coils! Football (3, 4). Basketball (3). Track (3, 4). Student Council (3,4). Biology Club (3). Track Club (3, 4). Junior Dance Committee. JULIANNA BOWERS “Judy” Miss Illman’s “Judy” is one of the beauties of the class, as anyone can see by her picture. She is active in hockey, basketball, and track, hut always gets the tough breaks. No one who has ever seen her high jump will forget it. “Judy” is the main attraction for a certain tall young man in Miss Hoopes’ room, and the corridor at noon will feel lonely without them. Lots of luck, “Judy.” Hockey (1, 3, 4). Basketball 1, 3, 4). Track (1, 2, 3, 4, Captain 4). Math Club (3). Sec. “X” Club Treasurer (3). Glee Club (1, 2 ). MARGARETTA BOYD “Marly” Wan am akkr’s Institute Here is “Margy,” our man-hater, until lately. She is rather quiet, hut when you get to know her, you are surprised how peppy she really is. Hockey, basketball and track are her pastimes. “Margy” is the best friend anyone could have and her many friends wish her success in whatever she does in the future. Basketball Class Team (1. 2, 3). Hockey Squad (4). General Math Club (3). Track (4). Basketball Squad (4). CHARLES RICHARD BROWN “Dick” Penn Here he conies, the one and only “Dick” Brown. Ever see Brown of Lansdowne stick ’em in the basket? Well, it goes like this: “Dick’s” been the main support of the basketball team for three years, and the hero of three suburban championships. When better shots are made “Dick” will make them; hut we’re rather skeptical of that. Among other things, this shining light plays baseball and tennis, and coaxes good marks out of Miss Cook. We almost forgot to mention “Mrs. Brown.” Ever see “Dick” and Mig at a dance? Well, you’ve missed something. Best of luck, “Dick”; but watch that heart. Basketball (1, 2, 3, 4). Baseball (1, 2, 4). Tennis (1, 2, 3, 4). Athletic Club (3, 4). Travel Club (3). Math Club (3, 4). «3 28 f DONALD BRICKLEY CHURCHMAN “Don” “Don” is the “new” hoy who lias made his home in Miss Cook’s room. If you have not been eutting assembly too frequently, you have probably been entertained by bis playing. How that boy can “tickle the ivory.” Remember tin Math Club movies, when Donald did bis stuff at the piano? Although “Don” lias only been with us one year be leaves as one of us. Math Club (4). ALBERTA LORENE BRECKENRIDGE “Bert” “Bert” is another of the fairer sex who blew into the senior class, not as a senior but as a post-grad. She comes from the wilds of Tuckerton. In spite of that, however, she easily wove her way into the noble senior class. “Bert” doesn’t blush much, but if you crave to see her do so, just mention the name of a certain handsome Philadelphian. Here’s luck, “Bert”! CHARLES H. CLARK “Charlie” Penn State We don’t often hear from this dark-haired fellow, but sometimes he makes you sit up and take notice. When you hear him coming in that “car” of his, our advice is to jump for the curb, and jump quick. “Charlie” is always busy working ?) in room H ask Miss Baker, she knows. Never mind, “Charlie,” we know Penn State will be lucky when she gets you. CHARLES CLOUKEY “Cloukey” Haverpord Charles is the sage of the class of 1930, and we all wonder what the teachers would do without him. He has already become famous by having some of his stories published in magazines. None of us could guess what would happen if a teacher said to him, “No, Charles, that is wrong.” (’diaries is very cpiiet, but when you know him you find that he has a good sense of humor and is very clever. He and Einstein will probably be classed together regarding his fourth dimension. Best of luck, Charles. Student Council (4). Garnet and Gray (2). Class Prophet (4). Band (3,4). Orchestra (3,4). Math Club 3, President 4). French Club (3, 4. President 4). Surveying Club (3, President 4). -■{29)5- ROBERT JOHN CORNFIELD “Bob” Gettysburg “Boh” Cornfield lias been in lliis class for a number of years and has distinguished himself in many ways. He has won letters in baseball, tennis, and basketball. This year he played guard on the championship team which cleaned up all but four of their games. “Bob” is chairman of the Dance Committee this year. He is a fairly brilliant student but doesn't overtax himself. He is planning on continuing his studies at Gettysburg College. Basketball (3, 4). Baseball (2). Tennis (1, 2, 3, 4). Lahian Staff (4). Junior Dance Committee. Senior Dance Committee (Chairman). Class Ring Committee (2). MATILDA BRITTON “Tilllie” Business College Did you ever notice that little mite traveling down the hall at eighty miles an hour? Well, that is “Tillie.” She has to travel at that rate to be on time. She generally has to “get a note.” She has a special interest in roadsters. At any rate Chrysler roadsters aren’t at all bad. She’s a good little girl. This information came to us through a true and false test given by a classmate. Do we all agree? Commercial Club (3, 4). Orchestra (3, 4). KATHRYN LOUISE CAPATOSTO “Kay” Academy of Fine Arts “Kay” breezed into our class in the eighth grade. This addition to our class was like “casting sunlight over the gloom.” Everyone has enjoyed “Kay’s” company, as she is a girl who is very peppy and is always laughing. For those who don’t know her, she is tall and dark, with that never-to-be-forgotten giggle that rends the silence of Assembly. “Kay” is quite an accomplished artist who intends to go to the Academy of Fine Arts. We know that she will be a big success and wish ber all the luck in the world. Glee Club (1, 2). Commercial Club (3). Travel Club (2). HOWARD WILSON CORNOG “Bus” Penn State Here we have it, H. W. C. It took “Bus” three years to make the varsity in football, and ibis season he broke through with many a touchdown. Also, last year, he decided that he didn’t like baseball, so he came out for track, and made a letter. This is the fellow we like. “Bus” has a tremendous interest in aeronautics, so we cannot tell where he’ll go to college. But he’ll probably end up at a good college Penn State. Treasurer (3 . Football (2, 3, 4). Track (3, 4). Student Council (4). Home Room Representative. Hand-book and Clieer Leader’s Equipment Committee. Math Club (4). President of Urates Chapter. General Science (’dub (3). Lahian Staff (4). Senior Dance Committee. 4 30 HERBERT WILSON CRAIG “Herb” Dkkxkl X hen you see a pair of 23-inch pants, a pair of brown brogues and a green polo shirt come skipping blithely down the ball, you ran be pretty sure that “Herby’s” somewhere under them. Also, when you hear a loud “Heh! Hell!” or an ”Awr, Miss Cook!” floating forth in the air of our high school, you know that “Herby” is still about those pants. Well, pal, good luck! Watch your step and don’t take any wooden nickels. Surveying Club (3, 4). Book Club (3). MARIE ELLEN CLUTCH “Clutch” Cornell Marie travels from Darby every day, and we are cjuite glad to have her here instead of at Darby High. She is always laughing and everyone will miss her happy countenance. Although she hates French, that is no sign that she is not a good student. In accordance with her smile goes her clothes, which are very numerous and good-looking. Here’s to her success in any undertaking. Aviation Club (3). Glee (Huh (3). JOSEPHINE DAY COLI.INGS “Joey” Our diminutive speedy side-center of the basketball team and famous tennis player, “Joey” has proved she can hold her own in school in spite of being so small. Her quietness sometimes keeps her out of the limelight, hut has endeared herself to us and we certainly would miss her if we had to get along without her. “Joey” has a special liking for Latin and East Lansdowne. Basketball (1, 2, 3, 4). Tennis (1, Captain 2, 3, 4). History Club (3). JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS “Jack” Pennsylvania “Jack” is one of the most mischievous hoys in the class. There is nothing he likes so much as to play a joke on someone, no matter how poor the joke, or to spring some five-year-old wise-crack. Never mind, “Jack,” we all love your pranks. Oh. yeah! Well, we know one person who will certainly miss you a lot next year. It’ll he a tough break for a certain petite junior; hut Penn is close, so brace up, both of you. Lots of luck, “Jack,” and here’s hoping the laugh won’t he on you. Basketball Squad (4). Golf Squad (4). 'I ■:•( 3i }: REED de BRUHL de HORSEY, Jk. “Horsey” Pennsylvania Behold the boy who put verse in versatility! Reed is, incidentally, a talented actor, a forceful debater, an ingenious playwright, a clever poet, an adroit artist, and an ardent golfer. He is really one of the prize possessions of the Drama Club, and as for his poetry, many a heart has fluttered and flittered at his flow of rhythmic verse. With his abounding good humor and ready smile, he will surely come through as a successful attorney. Golf (2, 3, 4). Garnet and Gray (2, 3, 4). Golf Club 2, 3, 4, Treasurer 3). Debating Team (4, Captain). Dramatic Club (3, 4). Latin Club (3, 4, President 4 . Consul of Saturnalia. Naval Club (3, 4, President 3). EDNA MARION FORKER “Ed” Penn State “Ed” is little, but she makes herself heard. She is usually laughing and nothing seems to worry her. She has a special interest in basketball this year, so we know she doesn't hate boys. We can't kid her anymore about carrying her knot to school because her hair is long now. “Ed” has loads of friends and everyone wishes her luck in college. MILDRED FREITAG Drkxei. Mildred is one of our little girls who will be greatly missed next year. W hat will Miss Cook do without Mildred's rushing in the last minute and asking if she is late or not? Mildred’s smile will always be remembered by us. Lots of luck to you, Mildred. A. G. T. (3). Historical Clippings Club (3). Hi-Y (3. 4 . “X” Club (3). W RREN C. DIETRICH “Bud” W ho among the Seniors doesn't know this hoy who came to join us in his Sophomore year from up Stale? He fell immediately into the ways of a Lansdownite, because he was willing to try anything and everything. He is all over the field and cinder path running, jumping, throwing the weights, and hurdling. One day I even saw him bagging track and giving some pointers to the baseball team. Football (2, 3). Track (2, 3, 4). A. G. T. Clubs (2. 3, 4). History Club (3). ■ 2} 32 }£• Dinny” JOSEPH EDWARD DONAHUE Drexf.l Joe may not he one of our biggest men as far as stature goes. Nevertheless he is not unnoticed hy his classmates and they will always have cause to remember him. We’re afraid that Mr. Drake will always remember him too, hut for different reasons. Joe is really one of the .diming lights of the Problems classes, hut he doesn’t believe in showing it except on special occasions. Never mind, Joe. we know you’ll he a success and a credit to the class. Happy landings! Football (4). Baseball (4). Commercial Club (3, 4). Orchestra (2). MARIE HELEN GATTER “Ria” Newspaper “Ria” is truly an answer to a teacher’s prayers, an asset to any class and a profitable friend to all. Her willingness and initiative to work are laudable. Marie has a very sweet, even disposition. She is always happy, always in a good humor. She has a very broad viewpoint of life and can always sympathize with the other fellow’s side. She can start and keep up a conversation with anyone on any subject. Above all, Marie is very original and has the most clever ideas. Garnet and Gray Staff 3, 41. Current Events Club (3� . Camera Club (3). Book Club (3). Travel Club (2). Assistant in Library (4). MARIANNA GEAUQLE “Joke” Pennsylvania Marianna is the girl whose voice is the biggest mystery of the class. What we want to know is what it would sound like if we ever heard it. “Joke” is one of our athletic stars and has letters in hockey, basketball, and tennis. She claims to be a man-hater, but sometimes her actions lead us to believe just the opposite. Never mind, “Joke,” even if neither you or your voice ever grows up, we know you’ll be a great success. Hockey (2, 3, 4). Basketball (2, 3, 4). Tennis (2, 3. 4, Captain 4). Student Council Representative (31. Girls’ Athletics Editor of Lahian Staff. French Club (3, 4). JOHN LAFONTAINE DUSSEAU “Fountain” Haverford Hail Lansdowne’s foremost orator! Wherever this boy’s voice is heard, whether from the dramatic stage, at the football game, the debating platform, or in the classroom. John is eagerly listened to, both for his ability and clever wit. Few organizations exist without bearing bis name, for bis versatility is notable, being a poet, golfer, author, actor, and playwright. With his keen intellect, forceful style, and powerful argumentative ability, be will, doubtless, develop into a prominent barrister. Class Vice-President (2� . Garnet and Gray Literary Editor (3, 4). French Club (3, 4). Latin Club (2, 3, 4, President 3 . Dramatic Club (3, 4). Debating team 4 . Golf Club (2, 3, 4 . Saturnalia Committee (4). Senior Play Cast. ■ ■( 33 }• Temple WILLIAM ROBERT EMMERLING “Bill” “Bill” is one of these quiet, inofficious persons that are absolutely indispensable in school. Of course he can’t play football—OH, NO! And, unlike most boys, he has never flunked a year since he graced our fair High School with his presence. He is very fond of one or two of the girls in Miss Hoope’s room just ask her. Everyone joins in wishing you the best of luck “Bill.” Football (41. Basketball (1). Baseball (1, 2, 3,. 4). Biology Club President (3). Stage Property Committee Senior Play (2, 3). Boys’ Chorus (4). MARION ELEANOR GRAY “Mar” Wilson W ho dosen’t know her, our Eaglet scout? Many a person has run to that tall blonde with blue eyes, and has quietly but hurriedly asked, “Loan me your----?” She is a good-natured girl, full of wit and humor, but inclined to expand her own theories on her Latin assignments. Wilson will certainly get a nice, peppy girl when they get “Mar.” Class Basketball (2, 3). French Club (3, 4). Latin Club (2, 3). Glee Club (2). Girls’ Chorus (3). Debating Team (4). WILLIAM HENRY FINNIGAN “Bill” St. Charles Seminary “Bill” is another one of our six-footers who has a lot of grit. Although not a letter man “Bill” was out on the field for practice nearly every day in football season. He also aspires for track honors, being a half-miler. He is, too, one of the few persons in the High School who has been either brave or foolish enough to take Latin for four years. Football (3, 4). Track (3, 4). Orchestra (1, 2, 3, 4). Travel Club (3, 41. Boys’ Chorus (4). Latin Club (2, 3, 4). JAMES ROBINSON FOGG “Bob” Drexel J. Robinson Fogg, still better known as “Bob” was an early member of our class, coming in second grade from Oak Lane. He is going to be another one of the army of engineers graduating this year, an architectural engineer. He may design the High School that the next generation of Lansdowne students will attend. Fogg is also known on the cinder path as a half-mile runner. At any rate here is a promising son of L. H. S. Football (3, 4j. Track (2, 3, 4). Track Club (3, 4). History (dub (3). A. G. T. (dub (3, 4). 3f 34 } ARTHUR PRESTON GARNER, JR. “Art” Drexel “Art” is another of those brilliant students, from across the way, who joined our class in the Freshman year. Soon afterward he acquired a very remarkable car, which never runs oul of pas. Maybe you have seen or heard it, but if you haven’t you surely have missed something. “Art” is never seen with any of the fairer sex, at home, but there seems to be a big attraction at Upper Darby. Camera Club 3). Biology Club (3 � . Golf Team (4). RUTH GREEN “Ruth” Dentistry Ruth is a good reason why “gentlemen prefer blondes,” ask them!!! She has been a wonderful help in girls’ athletics, especially in hockey and basketball. No one will ever forget Ruth’s hard work as guard on the basketball team, especially this year. Ruth is going to be a dental hygienist, and we know she will be a good one if she can keep her mind off “doctors.” Here’s wishing you all the luck in the world, Ruth. Hockey (3, 4 . Basketball (2, 3, 4). FLORENCE ELIZABETH GRIFFITHS “Betty” School of Industrial Arts Have you ever noticed that pleasing, smiling face? Well, that girl’s name is “Betty” Griffiths. She always has a smile for everyone. I don’t believe “Betty” could get angry. We missed “Betty” when she was ill, but she came back smiling just the same. “Betty” not only smiles at everyone, but certainly is good-natured. “Betty” doesn’t have much to say, but when she does say something she says it, and how! Hockey Squad (4). Biology Club (2, 3). Commercial Club (3). Glee Club (2, 3, 4). Garnet and Gray Bank Representative (4). WILLIAM BLAKE GIBSON “Professor” Penn State That Blake will be one of the hot shots of the scientific world we know, as we have all been frequent and amazed spectators to his ability in physics. Blake is a radio fiend and also has had actual experience in flying gliders. He has served as Exchange Editor on the Garnet and Gray for two years, and the paper will miss him hadly. Best of luck, Blake, and give the world a break. Track (3). Garnet and Gray (2, 3, 4). Golf (3). Surveying (3, 4). •( 35 STEWART GILDERSLEEVE “Stew” Pennsylvania “Stew” is the handsome Drama Club member. “Stew” has also played on the football squad. He has spent five years at Lansdowne and says that he came hack the extra year because he likes Miss Baker so much. He favors Southern California University. It will he a sad blow to the girls and indeed everybody, when “Stew” graduates. We all join in wishing him an even more pleasant time when he gets to college. Football (2, 3). MARJORIE HAM “Marge” “Marge” came to us late in the year, and although few know her intimately, those who do are won by her ready smile and quiet voice. She will long he remembered as one of the poets of the Famous (?) Virgil Class of ’30. Dramatics is “Marge’s” main interest and she can’t help hut succeed in it. Good luck, “Marge.” FLORENCE EVELYN HARDEN “Floss” Penn State Surely we know Florence! She’s a member of our famous Virgil Class and one of the lucky few in the group who can write poetry. Then you all remember that she is a member of our 1930 debating team. Florence is also interested in dramatics. Would that I was inclined that way! Hope you have success at Penn State. History Club Executive Committee (3). Drama Club (4). Debating Team (4). Latin Club (3). Hockey Squad (1). LEONARD A. HAHN “Len” Pennsylvania If there is anybody in school who doesn’t know “Len,” he sure is missing something. “Len” can do anything; he gets good marks, and plays basketball. We also remember him on the tennis team, and as center on the football team. This fellow is not only an athlete but is president of the Student Council, which has made itself evident in controlling the traffic in the halls. Well “Len,” good-bye, and good luck ami here’s success to you! Football (4). Basketball 3, 4). Tennis (2, 3, Captain 4). President of Student Council (4). Garnet and Gray Athletic Editor (4). Lahian Athletic Editor (4). French Club (3, 4). A. G. T. Club (3. 4). Chairman of Color Committee. Lahian Staff (4). «•§( 36 “Wood ELLWOOI) MEACHAM HAMMAKER Haverford Who doesn't remember Ellwood as the silent and efficient football manager? Sslih! It's a secret, hut I'll let you in on it. The report is around that he was the best in the suburban ranks. You cannot help but remember his wonderful debating. He could stand up there and present his proof so well. Also another part to the secret is that one of the judges said he was the best debater he had heard. W;e feel sure that he will succeed in anything he undertakes. Assistant Manager Football (2, 3). Manager Football (4). Student Council (4). Assembly Program Committee. Lahian Staff 4 . Math Club (2, 3, 4 . Math Publishing Club (3). Latin Club. French Club (4). French Play. Debating Team (4). Track (4). RUTH BOWERS HASLETT “Ru” Music Perhaps Ruth is better known as the pianist of Lansdowne High. That girl can sure make that piano talk, as the saying goes. Dancing is another of Ruth's ambitions. If you observe her closely you will frequently see her strutting her stuff in the halls. Ruth also studies hard and we wish her the best of luck in everything she undertakes to do. Tennis (2). Girls’ Chorus (1, 2). Accompanist (3). Orchestra (3, 4). Commercial Club (3, 4). DOROTHY HENDRICKS “Dot” Peirce Look out for the cyclone! “Dot” always looks very mild on the surface, but when she gets going Oh! Boy! She’s forceful, so beware. Her big moment is Peggy Sanderson, and the two are inseparable. They cut quite a figure together, one tall and one short. Formerly “Dot” used to go whizzing by in an antiquated “Chevie,” but the ear must have died a painless death, for it is no more to be seen. “Dot’s” a real good scout and is liked by everyone. Commercial Club (3, 4). HOWARD ARTHUR HANSEN “Swede” Penn State “Swede” Hansen is one of the many who preferred our class to that of '29. “Jo” is an addition we welcomed and have never regretted. “Swede” is one of our football men, and also the most striking man in the class. He is usually to be found in the office and is Mrs. Bleacher’s right-hand man. Everybody knows and admires this tall young man and wishes him the best of luck when he gets out in the world. Yeadon isn’t far from Lansdowne, fortunately. Football (2, 3, 4� . Baseball 2 . Athletic Club (3, 4). Parliamentary Club (3). i 37 JOHN HENRY HAUSER Corn km. “Long John” Cornell Johnny is tall of stature and quiet of tongue, hut when he gets on the stage his apparent quietness disappears. Johnny’s fine spirit will be missed by the football team, for there’s not another fellow in the school who has the same “never-say-die” spirit that Johnny possesses. With that spirit we know that John will succeed when he gets “on his own hook.” Football (3, 4). Golf (2, 3, 4). Glee Club (1, 2, 3). Dramatics (4). Class Volley Ball (1, 2). DOROTHY FERN HUSTON “Dot” Drexel “Dot” is one of those few girls around school whom you can ask to help you and be sure that she will. And do it well, too! When “Dot” gets up in Assembly, we all know what that means—a Hi-Y dance, of course. What would they do without “Dot” and her announcements? She is also one of our basketball players. Best of luck, “Dot”—but don’t let the hoys rush you too hard! Class Basketball 1, 2, 3). Varsity Squad (1, 4). Hi-Y Club (2, 3, 4). Secretary (4). Biology Club (2). Commercial Club (3, 4). Commercial Play Committee (4). Senior Picture Committee 4� . Lost and Found Department (3). MARGARET ELLEN KINNEAR “Marcf” Every once in a while the gods favor our class with some extremely nice new friends. Margaret, full of pep. brimming over with smiles, and with her pleasing ways, was destined to come to our midst. We all like her and maybe she doesn’t like some of us! Yes, indeed! Surely we may expect great things of Margaret and wish her all the success in the world. Senior Play Cast. RONALD MIFFLIN HOOD “Speed” Pennsylvania The well-known “Speed,” high scorer of the second team, and the only real woman-hater in the school. “A man for every woman and me for basketball” is “Speed’s” idea of life. He isn’t really asleep, he’s just resting. But, all joking aside, he’s a good basketball player and student combined. The whole school wishes him plenty of luck. May he be a good lawyer. Football (2, 3, 4). Basketball (3, 4). Tennis (2, 3, 4). Math Club (3). Travel (dub (3). Volley Ball (1, 2). Latin Club (2, 3, 4). ■ { 38 )■ CLARENCE HORNER JOHNSON “Horner” Pennsylvania This light-haired chap is one of the few really quiet persons of our class. He always goes about his work quietly and earnestly. You can generally find him with his buddy, Mallor Bottomly, one of his brother track stars. In the spring Horner is always out oh the track practicing for the mile run. He runs a “mean” mile. I don’t mean perhaps. Track (3, 4). Football (2, 3, 4). Track Club (3, 4). EMILY NORISSE KERR “Lee” Academy of Fine Arts Here is a girl who has been with us through many tiresome school days. From the day she entered our school she spread a ray of sunlight and a little gurgling laughter. Is it possible that there can he some one in the school who is not acquainted with this great little girl? RAYMOND H. KABAKJI AN “Ray” Pennsylvania Smiling, affable, always willing to help anyone. That is our “Ray” all over. Although he only decided this year to give Coach Rohinhold a break, he proved invaluable to this year’s football team. For the past two years he has been a member of the championship basketball teams. Doctor Epley wouldn’t know how to arrange the year hook if it were not for “Ray.” He is also very active in extra curricular and outside school work. We have rumors that he is going to follow in his brother’s footsteps and matriculate at Penn. Everyone knows that “Ray” is hound to succeed. Football (2, 3, 4.) Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4). Baseball 2, 3, 4). Tennis (3). Lahian Staff 4 . Math Club (2, 3, 4). GEORGE M. KNAPP “George” Pennsylvania Our George came all the way from Minnesota with a “p” tacked onto his “hello” and a great love for the “Saturday Evening Post” and pretty girls. At Minneapolis he went to West H. S., and indulged in athletics very much. However, owing to a weak shoulder, we have missed him. Well, George, you have friends at L. H. S. rooting for you. Golf (4). Senior Play Cast. ■{ 39 CH ARLES ROBERT KUSTER Rob' Dkkxel This amiable person, with a life-saver for everybody he meets, hails from Virginia, in fact, Norfolk. Charles came here last September to join our illustrious class. He expects to study electrical engineering after graduation. Sometime in the future we may be getting our electric power from a power plant that this hoy built, perhaps another Conowingo. We may even add “more power to you.” Study hard at college. MYRTLE LAMBORN “Myrt” West Chester Normal “Mvrt’s” quiet, unobtrusive nature has won her many sincere friends at Lansdowne. She doesn't say much, but that little is to the point. “Myrt” is one of our choristers—is that right and we expect her to go through in a big way. “Myrt” is going to teach and we know those kiddies will learn plenty when this young lady is over them. Girls’ Chorus (1, 2, 3, 4). History Club (3). X Club (3). A. G. T. Review (2). Current Events Club (1). French Club (4). CATHERINE EDITH LLOYD “Kitty” Newspaper “Kitty” is one of those people we all like to have around. Her quiet, even ways soothe us and make us forget what a burden life is. She is always willing to help, and, take it from me, her assistance is pretty valuable. If “Kitty” doesn’t become a newspaper reporter we expect to hear her in Grand Opera. Good luck, whatever it is, “Kitty.” Glee Club (1, 2, 3). Hockey (1). A. G. T. Review (3). Debating (4). Lahian Staff (4). Music (dub (3). Chorus (4). Operetta (4). Hi-Yr Club (4). EDWIN HICKMAN LEATHEM '■Kin Temple Although “Ed” is rather corpulent he is able to move quite easily and quickly. He plays tennis and is one of the main stays of the school team. He has learned just about all he can about the business part of school and is about to set forth in his career. As “Ed” is rather childish at times the teachers like to have him about, especially Miss McCullough. But “Ed” is a good scout just the same. Vice-President of Commercial Club (3). Editor “Sen Jun” (4). Tennis Team (3, 4). 4 40 CHARLES A. MAHER “Bud” Broker’s Office We all know “Bud,” with a smile and a cheery word for anyone, anyplace. “Bud” is a typist, and what a typist lie is, too. He has appeared on the stage in this role several times. You surely remember him and his side-kick in the newspaper office (incidentally the Garnet and Gray) typing away, with their heads hound in handkerchiefs. But “Bud” isn't only a typist, he also plays baseball every spring. You’ve seen him out there on the field; not a had little fellow, is he? We know that when “Bud” gets out into the commercial world he is going to he just as great a success as he was in high school. Baseball (3, 4). Student Council (4). Home Room President (4). Head Typist Garnet and Gray (4). Commercial Club (3, 4). President of Commercial Club (4). Year Book Staff Typist 4 . Cheer Leaders’ Equipment Committee. ANNA S. MAHER “Ann” Stenography “Ann” is another one of our “blondes” in the Commercial Section. Her only failing is the love of “red” hut she enjoys it and so do we, because it seems to cheer and brighten up our home room. “Ann” gets angry at times, hut she always forgives and forgets and everything becomes O. K. Nevertheless, we all wish her success when she gets out into the big wide world of stenographers. Biology Club (2 . History Club (3). Commercial Club (3, 4). Class Basketball (4). GRACE MAHJOLBIAN “Grace” Philadelphia Conservatory of Music This is that quiet little girl who never talks much, hut when she does it is sure worth listening to. Ask any of her teachers; they’ll tell you Grace knows her stuff. Grace is one of our best scholars and we expect to hear from her some day soon. She is also a talented performer on the piano, and although she doesn't entertain us often, it’s a pleasure when she does. All the luck in the world, Grace. Current Events (2, 3, 4). “X” Club (3). Etiquette Club (3). Music Club (3). Geometry Club (2). WILLIAM SCOTT McCORMICK “Bill” Aviation “Bill” is our aviator and also one of our stalwart football heroes. “Bill” owns a valuable watch which he winds very regularly—always in Miss Baker's hearing. He also has the nicest smile and a collection of wise-cracks which attract the girl friends. “Bill's” unfailing good humor has won him a high place in our hearts, as we know his ability will soon win him a place in aviation. Football (1, 2, 3, Varsity 4). Student Council Vice-President (4). Handbook Committee (4 . 41 K- ■ FRANCIS GROVER MrGEE “McGee” Business None oilier than the ex-army he-man. who was assigned to battery 1) stable where the rest of the “mules” were located. But being too brilliant for this branch of the service, he was put in the machine-gun outfit where he made a creditable showing, and it was not long before he was promoted to private, first-class. On July 8 he was wounded but not by a bullet; he took a ride on the local motorcycle and upon reaching the corner he told the mule to halt, but it “no understana de Engleesh,” and it went headlong into an automobile; he was flipped in the air and landed in the gutter, from where he was taken to the hospital where he recovered, not without serious injury. He is one of the brainiest scholars in the commercial class no wonder, he worked his way up from the array stable. When he becomes president of the lawn mower business he can say, “I got my start in the stable nursing the mules.” MAY McKELVY “Mazie” Business Well here we have “Mazie,” the girl with the jokes and always making someone happy. “Mazie” is good-natured and always will be. She often strains her vocal cords when she is imitating Rudy Valee. She sure can give you a conversation of mixing words, but in the end she cools down. Well, “Mazie,” we sure do wish you luck and plenty of happiness. Commercial Club (3, 4). ELANORE MERRILL “El” Secretarial Work Elanore may be classed as one of our quiet girls, although her intimate friends know that beneath that quietness lurks room for plenty of laughter and humor. We all agree that we look to Elanore as one of our champion typists among the commercial throng. Yes, sir! The Commercial Department is proud to claim Elanore. Biology Club (2). Commercial Club (3, 4). Etiquette Club (3). Camera Club 13 I. GEORGE HENRY MORTON “George” Business College As you all know, George is a member of the Commercial Class In fact, lie is one of the “stars” of the class. Besides this he is a hardworking typist on the Garnet and Gray staff and the head typist on the Year Book. Some hustler, what? Don’t think for a minute that his activities stop here, no siree! George is a member of the pitching staff on the high school team, and he is good even though lie doesn’t go around telling it to the world. You should get acquainted with George before he graduates or you will miss the chance of a lifetime. We know he will make a big hit in the business world because he is not afraid to try. Goodbve and good luck, “Morton.” Baseball (2, 3, 4). Student Council (3). Garnet and Gray Staff (4). Commercial Club (3. 4). Commercial Paper (4). Orchestra (1, 2). Laliian Staff Head Typist. 4 42 H- 1 Gus” JOHN JOSEPH NICHOLS, JR. Villa mov a Whenever there is a commotion in the hall, “Jack” is usually found near the center of the disturbance. These combating qualities that “Jack” possesses aided him a great deal in basketball where he proved such a capable manager. He also helped bring Lansdowne the Delaware County Football Championship in 1928. “Jack” plans to enter Villanova when he “gets out.” We know he will hit his studies hard and come out on top, as he has done here at Lansdowne. Good luck “Nick.” Football (1, 2, 3, Varsity 4). Basketball Manager (4). RUTH PERSSON “Ruth” Drexel Whenever we hear of a new drama club production we always know that Ruth will he in it, for she has already proved her ability as an actress. But this is not the only thing. She has proved that she can hold her own in hockey as well as in school. Ask Miss Cook if she likes Latin? This cheery miss is always ready to help and her smiles have won her many friends. Hockey (3, 4). Lahian Staff. French Club (3, 4). Dramatic Club (4 . Hi-Y (3, 4). Current Events Club 1� . Science Club (1). X Club (3). Geometry Club (2). ZENA ANDRIA PLATOFF “Ze” Drexel I nstitute Zona will he remembered as our efficient assistant librarian. She could even make the Freshmen keep quiet! In the cafeteria, she reigned at the candy counter, telling us sundry (get the Burke influence) times to stop sampling the fudge. Zena was also one of the main standbys of the Garnet and Gray, always being relied upon to get her own and other peoples’ articles in on time. Her favorite expression was “O. K.” and although this sometimes caused us to tear our hair in exasperation, she will never he forgotten for her cheery smile and amiable disposition. Track (2, 3, 4). Garnet and Gray—Girls’ Athletic Editor (4). Library Assistant (4). French Club (4). ALBERT H. OSTROFF “Sam” Pennsylvania Here he comes, the original fruit man, from Sam’s Market. Among his accomplishments, “Al” numbers his membership in the distinguished Senior Commercial Class. We don’t know how we would have any fun if we didn’t have “Al.” He is quite a commercialite, too, as he knows his “Debits and Credits.” Well old pal, here’s hoping you’re as successful in your fruit business as you have been in your work here at school. Good luck to you, Al! Commercial Club (3,4). 4 13 ) Reds' HENRY WILLIAM “Reds’ PHARAOH Mackenzie Prep. Aggressive, capable, agreeable. These are the best of adjectives for a description of one of the most popular hoys in our high school. He always seems to he busy at something. Mr. Gilbert, Mr. Tammeryn, and Miss Trauger swear by, and not at him. I often wonder how the school will continue to function when our “Reds” leaves its fair portals. After being the varsity guard on the Championship Football Team of 1928, he helped Coach Rohinhold with the second team. “Reds” will most likely work a year and then give some college a break. Well, I believe that everyone will join me in saying, “More power to you, 'Reds’!” Football 2, 3, I Varsity). Glee Club (2, 3 Secretary, 4 President). “L” Club. Dramatic (dub (3, 4). A. G. T. Review (2). Stage Crew (1, 2, 3, 4). Assistant Manager Stage Crew (3, 4). Senior Play Cast. RUTH KATHERINE OPDYKE “Ruth” School of Industrial Arts Ruth is the little artist who drew the floaters for our Senior Dances. She’s small but capable, as the floaters proved. Ruth’s ambition is to be an artist, but she has other ambitions, too. Ask her what the attraction is in the hall; that’s one of her other ambitions. Well, Ruth we all wish you the best of luck and know you’ll succeed in your art and anything else you undertake. Tennis (2, 3, 4). Garnet and Gray (2, 3). Glee Club (1, 2, 3). Music Club (3). Commercial Club (3, 4). Dabbler’s Club (3). Hi-Y Club 3, 4). Senior Class Poem. EUGENE CHARLES PRESTON “Gene” Villa nova “Gene” belongs to the good-natured group, always ready with a smile and a good word. He never says much, but when lie does, just sit up and take notice. For the past four years, “Gene” has played on our golf team, and what a whale of a player he is. In his Junior and Senior years he was captain, which is an honor in any sport. Golf is not the only sport in which Preston excels. He is one of the “sweetest” inilcrs in Lansdowne. In his Junior and Senior years lie just burned up the cinder path. We all wish you plenty of luck and success. Track (3, 4). Golf (1, Captain 2, 3, 4). CARL ARTHUR RANCK “Tad” Villanova The big lad with the wavy blonde hair is none other than “Tad,” our “Captain” and “Center” of the basketball team. During the past years “Tad” has always been known for his original wise-cracks. “Take a spoon, you’ll get more.” Everyone knows “Tad” and everyone likes him for his cheerful disposition. We are sorry to say that “Tad” has one weakness and that’s “women,” but we hope he will overcome this later on. Never mind “Tad,” we wish you the best of luck and hope you succeed in whatever you may undertake. Football Squad (3, 4). basket ha 11 (2, 3, 4 Captain). Baseball (2, 3, 4). 44 1+ ROBERT STRAYER In school ‘‘Bob’ always seems to he having a good time and I guess that’s true, hut some people get a wrong idea that he can’t work. When “Boh” digs in he does good work. Some of the teachers will vouch for that. Whenever Miss Cook hears some peculiar noise from the hack of the room, without looking up, she says, “That’s enough of that Robert.” Even though Miss Cook’s room doesn’t seem to appreciate him, he has many good points, too, and we know he will succeed in any job he takes up. Football (1, 2, 31. Track (3). Math Publishing Club (1, 2, 3). Camera Club (1, 2, 3). PEGGY SULLIVAN We wonder how “Peg” gets all those A’s on her report. “Peg” is always wondering what she'll do because those lessons aren’t done; but then she always manages to know them in some mysterious way. What’s the secret of your success, “Peg”? We wonder if there are any chances for a good stenographer at a certain “five and dime.” Ask “Peg,” she ought to know. Anyway “Peg” will most certainly make good and it won't surprise us much if she puts old mail Kresge himself out of a job. Commercial Club (3, 4). Hi-Y Club (3, 4). Class Basketball team (1, 2, 3). CLAIRE TAYLOR “Claire” Have pity on her, for lo and behold, she is the only one in our dear old Commercial Class who hails from the wilds of Rutledge. She surely knows how to hold her own in arguments (especially with Mr. Kraher). And How!! If she is not arguing she is indulging in her other favorite pastime, chewing gum. Just the same, though, she knows howto get along in her lessons, and we hope she is as successful in her business career as she has been in school. Class Basketball (3). Commercial Club (3, 4). Girls’ Chorus (1, 2, 3, 41. Special Music Class 3, 4). EDWARD TRENT Haverford Here is our auburn-haired English boy. “Reds” has centered his attention on surveying, French Club and basketball this year. His surveying abilities are not to be questioned, while his acting in the French play deserved lots of credit. If one had not known him they would have thought him born in France. If a cheery smile and a pleasant word for everyone leads to success, “Red’s” won't have much trouble in succeeding in life. Surveying Club (4 . French Club (3, 41. Latin Club (2, 31. Math Club (4). A. G. T. Editor (4). 45 fr HOMER VALENTINE ROBERTS “Homf.r” Penn State Roberts spells tennis and Homer surely has been on the job. He’s the boy that schedules the games, provides the transportation and does the thousand and one other things any manager can tell you are necessary for a team as successful as ours. Although we do not know what phase of life Homer is expecting to take up, we are sure that he will get along in an admirable way. Loads of luck, Homer, you deserve it. Tennis Manager (4). Golf (2, 3, 4). Garnet and Gray (2, 3. 4). Travel Club 3). Camera Club (3). SOPHIA ROUTES “Sophie” Sophie is one of those quiet young ladies about whom little is known. Her plans for the future are rather unsettled, but we are certain that with those brown eyes and that gleaming smile she will be a success wherever she goes. Best of luck to you, Sophie! Travel Club (31. History Club (2). FLORENCE RUTH REID “Floss” Drexel An efficient blonde helper will be missed from the office this year! Surely we recognize “Floss,” the girl who merrily swings from door to door with the absence sheets. Ask Miss Hall whether she is a ready helper or not. Mr. Drake will miss “Floss,” too (that is her talking). But never mind that. “Floss,” you have always been ready to help us even down to the smallest sub-Freshman. Well, “Floss,” we wish you all the luck in the world in your course at Drexel. Hi-Y Club (3, 4). Biology ('dub (3). General Science (1). Current Events (1). “X” Club (3). Sewing Club (3). Senior Play Cast. SIEGFRIED ALBERT SHENKLE “Sic;” Drexel “Sig” is a great big handsome blond from Rutledge. Although not a letter man, he was out on the football field every day and was a hard fighter. “Sig” and his assistant have lots of fun in physics class giving reports. Here’s to your success, “Sig.” Football (4). Baseball (4). Camera Club (3). Aviation Club (3). A. G. T. Club (2, 3, 4). ■) 46 ( WILLIAM WILSON SIMONS fc. “Bill” Swartiimork “Bill” certainly deserves tremendous praise for his activities in Lansdowne. Every organization with which he has been affiliated has been a great success. As the business manager of the Garnet and Gray, as the treasurer of the Cercle Francois, as the captain of the debating team, “Bill” has added many accomplishments to his record, hut these are not all his activities. “Bill” has always been willing to devote his time and give his support to any organization in the school. The Seniors owe him a debt of gratitude for his efficient management of their dances, and we all unite in commending him and wishing him his well merited success in whatever profession he enters. Student Council (4). Business Manager, Garnet and Gray (4). French Club (3). Treasurer (4). French Play 14). Surveying Club (3, 4). Dance Committee (4). Latin Club (2, 3). Debating Team (4). Senior Play Cast. MARGARET SCARBOROUGH “Mu;” Drexel Give this little girl a hig hand! Everyone will miss our most staunch supporter of basketball games next year. During her years at L. H. S., “Mig” has been noted for her interest in basketball games, love of tennis, and slight aversion to Latin. When asked what she will do after leaving dear old “Alma Mammy,” she answered, “Go to Drexel or work for about five years.” Upon asking what would happen then, we got squelched. Tennis 11, 2, 3, 4). Student Council-Senator (3� . History Club (3). Hi-Y Club (1, 2). ELIZABETH SECHRIST “Betty” “Betty” is one of our commercials who has particularly distinguished herself, not only in athletics hut in friendliness and helpfulness. Her playing on the hockey field and basketball court have brought her much applause, and no one will ever forget the time she scored 45 points all by herself. More than this, “Betty” has given a helping hand where needed, and for this her classmates will always he grateful. Hockey Varsity (3, 4). Basketball Varsity (3, 4). Track (2, 3, 4). Hi-Y Club (2, 3, 4). Commercial Club (3, 4). EDWIN FURLOW STEW ART “Ed” Temple “Ed,” as you probably know, hails from the progressive suburb of East Lansdowne, “The more polite residential section across the R. R. tracks.” “Ed” is a member of the commercial section and a very good one at that. If you don't already know him you had better get acquainted with a “doggone swell guy.” Just look for a short, red-haired boy in the halls—that’s “Ed.” Red hair gives a person “It,” don’t you think so, “Ed?” Commercial Club (3, 4). Social Committee (4). Biology Club (2). School Bank Representative (3, 4). -5(47K« EDWARD WALLACE VERRALL, JR. “Squibber” Villanova Our “loo-old basketball captain football end—first baseman or what have you. A really great sportsman on and off the field. Some say that he never has time to bother with girls—we wonder—still waters run very, very deep. Always seems to get sick on rainy days and shiny ones too-the steelmen lay off on the former—(that right, Lindstrom?) and from what “Dick” Brown says, the A’s are usually good on the latter. Why are you all dressed up, “Squibbs?” Baseball (1, Captain 2, 3, 4). Football (1, 2, 4). Basketball (1, 2, 3, 4). Student Council Representative (4). MARJORIE TAYLOR TOPLISS “Toppik” Obkrlin “Toppie,” with her gorgeous colored hair, is one whom everyone admires. She is always willing to do whatever you ask or whatever she can. She participates in all athletics as well as other outside activities. She is one of the reasons why any dance is a huge success. Just ask Lytle about that. When it comes to pep and fun, “Toppie” surely has it. Everyone joins in wishing her loads of success in the future. Hockey (1, 4). Basketball (1, 3, 4 . Track (1, 3). Manager (4). Lahian Staff (4). History Club (3). Senior Dance Committee (4). Senior Play Cast. Dramatic Club (4). ELEANOR HARDY VAN TINE “El” Pennsylvania All of our class will remember Eleanor. She’s been active in Lansdowne school from the first to the twelfth grades. “El” took part in plays, debates, athletics and clubs. By the way, she has proved quite a confidant for some certain people, too! With her knowledge, ability, pep, smiles, and sense of humor, she ought to make out well in this world. We expect great things of you and wish you happiness and success. Hockey (1, 3, 4). Student Council 2 . Hi-Y Club (1, 2, 3, 4). Treasurer 3 . Drama Club (3, 4). Math Club (3, 4). French Club (3, 4). Latin Club (1, 2). Orchestra (2, 3). Glee Club (2, 3). Debating Team (4). DAVID CHARLES WAGNER “Dave” Syracuse “Dave” has been with us all of our four years iu this school. He is trying to pass a business course and seems to he making a good job of it. During his spare time he plays music and leads an orchestra which goes under his name. The other times “Dave” is seen making eyes at the girls. I guess he acquires this habit from the movies. He was, you know, an usher at the local theatre. Basketball (1). Orchestra (1, 2, 3, 4). Band (3, 4). Manager of Band 3). Boys’ Glee Club (1, 2, 3). Baseball (4). 4 48 K' CHARLES OLIN WALLS, JR. “Charley” Pennsylvania Silent Charles, that's what most people think; hnt just pet him started on a subject; why, he can say so much in such a short time that he is Floyd Gibbon’s only rival. If you do not believe this, peek in Mme. McCullough's room after school, and, if he is not arguing with her, he is reciting memory work (mostly arguing). Charles is also a good track man as was seen in the years passed by. And, this year. Seniors, we will he welcoming a new letter man to our group. Track (2, 3, 4). Student Council (3� . Track Club (3, 4). History Club (3). A. G. T. (2, 3, President 4, Vice-President . CLARA MARIE VETTER “Vet” Clara is just another of those “wicked blondes.” In fact, the blushing blonde of Lansdowne High School. Although this bashful young maiden never says very much, she thinks a lot, and how! Quite unnatural for a blonde though, don’t you think? Rut you mustn’t judge a book by its cover, for sometimes Miss Vetter can he just like any other blonde. “X” Club (3). History Club 13). RUTH CAROL WILLIAMS “Billy” Children’s Hospital Ob Nurse! This is what Ruth will he hearing a few years from now, for Ruth’s ambition is to he a nurse. We know she’ll he a good one if she goes about her work as she does her lessons in school (especially Latin). We wouldn t mind being sick if we knew we’d have Ruth as our nurse. Health and happiness to our Nurse! Hockey (4). Current Events (1). French Club (3, 4). Dramatic Club (3, 4). Hi-Y Club (3, 4). Class Song. Senior Play Cast. CHARLES C. WALTERS “Charlie” Lehigh This is “Dopey” Walters, who is seldom seen awake and never in class. W hen he does come to, it is only to torture us with his own version of St. James Infirmary or the like. He is a regular feature at all Senior Dances and athletic events. Among his other accomplishments he numbers bis position at end on the football team and his place in the track team. Whatever lie does we wish him success. Football (3, 4). Track (3, 4). 4 49 fc MAURY WALTON “Maury” Vill a nov a Maury is a boy who is well-known in school, both for athletics and scholastic standings. As you all know, he played three years of football and made a good job of it, as shown by the fact that he was elected as All-Scholastic end in 1928. He was elected to captain the 1929 team, only it was found out that he was an old man. This lost Lansdowne a good player and leader. Most anytime Maury can he seen with his motorcycle driving around school. Maury sure is a good scout. Football (1, 2, 3, 4). Commercial Club (3, 4). ELEANOR B. WIESSLER “El” Bucknell “El” is what one would biologically call “highly adapted.” She enters into all activities and certainly does them well. Her auburn hair and big brown eyes are two of her outstanding charms. We wonder why she doesn’t like the Pagan Love Song? Can there he some reason in California, “El?” The basketball team can well compliment her for her capable management. She is editor-in-chief of the school paper and intends to carry on this kind of work in college. We all join together in wishing her loads of success, which we know will he well earned. Class Treasurer (2). Class Secretary (3). Class Basketball (1, 2, 3). Manager Basketball (4). Tennis (1, 2). Student Council (3, 4). Garnet and Gray (1, 2, 3, Editor-in-chief, 4). Laliian Staff, Editor-in-chief. Latin Club (21. Hi-Y Club (2). Cheer Leader 2� . Movie Club (3). Candy Committee (2, 3). Cheer Committee (2). F'rench Club (3, 41. Math Club (4, Secretary-Treasurer). Chairman Junior Dance Committee. Senior Dance Committee. Picture Committee (41. RALPH EDWARD WHITE “Whitey” Malvern Prep. “Whitey” is always everywhere—never still and seldom quiet without cause. He will he remembered as one of the most persistent and versatile athletes in the school. Everybody knows “Whitey” and everybody likes him. He is a fine sport and frankness is his biggest virtue. Ralph has a strange affinity for refrigerators and the greatest affection for feminine pulchritude. In a word little “Whitey” is always there and in everything. Best of luck. Boy! Football (2, 3, 4). Basketball (3, 4). S. CLAYTON WICKS “Wixy” Carnegie Tech. Clayton is another one of our famous Senior Class who hails from the wilds of Rutledge. Even if he does humbly apologize for living there, we all like him just the same. He made an excellent manager of tennis in his Junior year, and he has also been on the football squad. All the football rooters recognized him in his hand uniform playing his famous sax—our second “Rudy.” e all wish him the best of luck in the future. Football (2, 4). Tennis Manager (3). A. G. T. (2, 3, 4). Stage Property Committee (2). ■ 50 } ; Imt . +. WILLIAM JAMES WILKINSON “Wilkie” West Chester State Teachers College “Wilkie” may he remembered as the tall lad who liked Mr. Tammeryn so well. He could he heard in the cafeteria at lunch time inquiring whether you wanted beans, soup, or mashed potatoes. He had a weakness for track, basketball and naturally, the weaker sex. “Wilkie” was assistant stage manager and helped to make our Senior play a success. He expects to he a teacher of the Manual Arts. We hope he comes hack to Lansdowne later to teach the little Ostroffs, Bishops, etc. Basketball (31. Track (1, 2, 3, 4). Golf (3, 4). Assistant Advertising Manager—Garnet and Gray (2 . Surveying Club 13, 4). Orchestra (1, 2, 3, 4). Band (2). Glee Club (1. 2, 3). Junior Dance Committee (3). “Willy1 WILHELMINA ANNA YOUNG West Chester Normal Wilhelmina is known as “Will” and “Willy” to her friends. She was known to upper classmen as “that bright Freshman, who walks very straight with an armful of hooks.” Now to her classmen she is known as one of L. II. S.’s star debaters, the girl who will play the piano for home room programs, and the Senior whose Biology experiments are never in on time. That’s all. right, “Willy.” Better late than never. We wish you success in your musical career. Geometry Club (2). Etiquette Club (3). Current Events (31. Music Club (3). Latin Club (3l. Debating Team (4). DORIS EDITH ZEISING Dody Temple Doris is one of those quiet-appearing girls at school, hut when she’s out with a certain party what a difference! Remember those Monday mornings when Doris was so tired at school? We wonder what could have tired her out so on the preceding Sunday nights. Well, Doris, here’s hoping you succeed in the business world as well as you have in high school. Garnet and Gray Staff 4. Commercial Club (3, 4). Secretary-Treasurer (4). Hi-Y Club (1, 2, 3, 4l. Home and School Bank (3). Social Committee Commercial Club (4). WILLIAM BIDDLE WOOD Woody' Hwerford Prep. “Fore!” There’s “Woody” poising at the end of a drive in hopes that Barnum Bailey will sign him up. You’ve seen him; you couldn’t miss him a short, stocky blond with a two-track mind inclined toward golf and orange life-savers. His best point of conversation is Echo Lake and his highest ambition is to break a hundred. A good square gentleman, is “Bill,” a man who enjoys nothing more than to mouth a well-directed slam at “El” Wiessler. Football (1). Golf (2, Varsity 3, 4). Baseball 1� . Student Council (4 . Art Editor, Lahian Staff (4). Art Club (2, 3, President, 3). Golf Club (2, Vice-President, 3, President, 4). Aviation Club (3). 5{51) ROBERT JOSEPH YOUNG “Pep” Pf.nn State “Bob” “Pep” Young is one of those quiet retiring persons who peeps out of his shell only once in a while to be noticed. One of the places where “Pep” is noticed is in the musical program. He performs on the trombone in both the school band and in the orchestra. He also is the manager of the track team and taking care of this very competently. Best of luck, “Pep” Football (2, 31. Track (3, Manager 4). Orchestra (1, 2, 3, ft. Band (1, 2, 3, ft. Track Club (3, ft. Garnet and Gray (2. 3). A. G. T. (3. 4 . Math Pub. (3). 2T3 Class Graduation Sony No longer in our classes, ice'll gather day by day, No longer lads and lasses. ice'll walk the self-same way; Another duty calls us, a wider path awaits, ind we must leave these portals. these dear familiar gates. Chorus Join in one more song together. join with all your heart, Time has cut the classmates' tether, tee must drift apart; Come a store of memories bringing. from the happy past. One more song together singing. one more song, the last. No more morning greetings, of comrades tried and true. No more daily meetings, our problems to renew; We're stepping out together, but as we pass the door. H e take to varied pathways, we walk as one no more. Yet other earnest faces, will shine where ours have shone. These dear familiar places, shall not be left alone; Tor year by year untiring, our Alma Mater true. Will send her loyal children, the world's new work to do. 4 52 } INEZ 1)E LA COVA Died September 3, 1929 The memory of her friendly smile and readiness to help will always live in the hearts of her classmates. Jit fHmurtam i 53 Prophecy of the Class of Nineteen Thirty Professor William Gibson, otherwise known as Doctor Blake, turned to me with a frown upon his striking, handsome countenance. “Mr. Cloukey,” says he, “will you please put aside that Love Story Magazine, and help me pack our baggage on this motorcycle! We must start soon on our tour of the world. Do you realize that it is now the thirteenth day of June, 1950? 'Twas many years ago that we were graduated from Lansdowne High School, leaving forever the stentorian tones of jolly Mr. Drake and the charming physics lessons taught by Mr. Ewan. We shall travel around the world now in our motorcycle and meet again all our beloved classmates. Climb upon the rumble seat, Mr. Cloukey, and we shall visit first the palatial residence of John de la Fontaine Dusseau.” Soon we were off on the first leg of the journey, and before long we arrived in Darby and wrere welcomed by John Dusseau, chairman of the Society for the Prevention of Societies for Prevention of Anything, who was sitting in his parlor vainly trying to read some of his own handwriting. Professor Gibson pointed out that he was holding the paper upside down, so John turned it right side up and couldn't read it that way either, finally deciding that it wasn't his handwriting after all, being instead a sample of ancient Swiss wall paper designing. From there it was not far to the little cottage of Old Father Finigan, who was out in his little garden sprinkling the sweet peas. We helped him for a while and then went to the Darby Roof Garden in search of excitement. Here we enjoyed a fine dinner served by Clara Vetter, and listened to an excellent orchestra—“Ralph White and his Melody Singers”—“The Hit or Miss Boys,” assisted hv Henry Pharaoh, the red-headed blues singer. We immediately recognized Dave Wagner at the south end of a clarinet and Bill Wilkinson with his fiddle and jews harp. Professor Gibson paid the check and we continued on our trip, eventually arriving at Chicago, where we found Grace Mahjoubian and Sophia Polites selling peanuts and pretzels. The Professor bought some for me, and we went over to the Zoo, where Jack Nichols was taking care of the lions and tigresses. We watched Keeper Nichols feeding his pets for several minutes. When we left he was petting a tigress named Edna. Whom did we run over in the wilds of Chicago hut our old friend Jacques Davis, who had become rich, giving French and swimming lessons to retired racketeers. We also stopped for a while to say hello to Wallace Verrall, butter and egg merchant, before proceeding westward to San Francisco, where we expected to find Bill Emmerling. Sure enough, the famous man was in his laboratory working on his latest and greatest invention, cubical beans for school cafeterias. The beans are guaranteed not to roll ofT the hungry student's knife, and can also he used to play checkers on graph paper. Southward then to Mexico did we wander, where we found George Knapp leading a revolution against the President in power, Charles Kuster, because President Kuster had passed a law excluding all Irishmen and Joe Bitler from the country. Joe, however, had managed to get in by swimming the Rio Grande disguised as a Spanish onion, and was then living in Mexico City showing tamales how to be hot. It is reported that Joe acquired this knowledge from Marie Clutch. We reached Panama just in time to witness the famous J. Robinson F'ogg, absolutely the first daredevil to swim the canal backwards, carrying a storage battery in each hand. 54| When we interviewed him, he told us modestly that he owed it all to hdna Porker, who had been his constant inspiration. But life is very sad, and poor J. Robinson hurst into scald-inf; tears when he learned that Edna had run off with Leonard Hahn, the South African Diamond King. “And to think, said Mr. Fogg bitterly, “that 1 swam all the way from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean for nothing.” So he jumped in and swam hack again. We toured South America but could find none of our old classmates except Eleanor Van Tine and Elizabeth Sechrist, who were in Peru demonstrating roller skates and chewing gum to the little Peruvians, among which we detected John Hauser, who had his skates made to order by the Baldwin Locomotive Factory, yet used only standard-size gum. Little Johnnie wanted to go with us, but there was only room for two on our motorcycle. From Buenos Aires W'e crossed to Gibraltar, where we found Margarelta Boyd sketching the famous rock, and Carl Ranck teaching it how to he really hard. At Madrid we found Bill Wood playing Pong-Ping with Senorita Dot Farrell, and at Seville. Toreador Ed Leatham was throwing the same old hull. At Paris we raised whoopee in Zena Platoff s night club, and next morning we went to visit the great mathematician Albert Ostroff. who showed us how to add a column of figures six times and get eight different answers and all of them correct. Mr. Ostroff's intellect was too overpowering for us, so we jumped on the motorcycle and sped to Berlin, encountering Margaret Scarborough Brown and her famous husband, Charles Richard, the crooning baritone, featured in the talking picture “Three Minutes to Play. Dick was resting from work. Working was always one of his had habits. We learned from the Browns that Mary Sherman was in Vienna, so we decided to visit her next, hut when we arrived she had left for Athens. We found Warren Dietrich at Vienna, however, writing his latest scientific article on “Insects I Have Known. He was very glad to see us. When we putt-putted into Athens, Ed son Packer, the snowless ski-jumper, told us that Mary had just left for Constantinople to visit Juliana Bowers, the first feminine brick-layer to wear a red fez in Russia during business hours, and when we got to Constantinople Judy told us that Mary had left the town three jumps ahead of the police, who objected to her parking her airplane in the mayor’s hack yard. We told the police we didn’t know where she was, anil that we were sorry we couldn’t help them. Professor Gibson suddenly recognized one of the cops as Ray Kabakjian, hut he wasn’t, for Ray was hack in California playing golf with egg-shaped billiard halls, a very difficult sport. After a couple of weeks we came to Calcutta. As we approached the city our motorcycle was hurled off the road hv a peculiar four-wheeled vehicle containing William Simons, electrical engineer, who had come to furnish electric light and power to Calcutta hv hooking dvnamos onto whirling dervishes ami tap dancers, who otherwise would waste a lot of energy. As the motorcycle was now out of order, Mr. Simons took us into the city in his vehicle and introduced us to Dick Barger, who had come to India in order to escape the dozens of w-oinen who were always proposing to him. Dick often expressed his sadness and melancholy by wailing into the small end of a sort of amplifier with a lot of levers on it. The sounds which emerged from the other end of this device raised the temperature of India ten degrees and caused all good and faithful Mohammedans to meditate upon their sins for a week straight. In Hong Kong we discovered Margaret Kinnear, who was in great trouble. Margaret was unable to get chop-suey for breakfast because of the terrible failure of the soya-bean £. -Of 55 crop, and so had nothin left to eat but sauerkraut. We promised to send her a soya-bean tree as soon as possible. Vie also encountered Marion Gray, who was debating with Florence Harden about the wisdom of buying long skirts on the installment plan. In Tokio we discovered Edward Trent, renowned detective, who was on the trail of Josephine Col lings, who was wanted for the crime of putting nickels in George Albertson’s trombone in order to prevent the playing of quarter notes. Detective Trent, we remembered, was the mastermind who had caught Homer Roberts stealing a kiss. If it hadn't been for Trent, the stolen property might never have been returned. We also met Mr. Albertson himself, with his double-jointed sliphorn in search of the lost chord. Georgie told us that Donald Churchman and Edwin Stuart had come to Indo-China in order to study the promorthology of dephlogisticated phragmoconatic fiduciaries, which grew in the jungles. Donald claimed that they were monocotyledonous hut Ed Stuart maintained that they were merely hvpoeutectic, much to the dismay of their jungle guide, Herbie Craig, who protected them from the savages by wearing red, lavender, green and orange suspenders. The simple natives mistook Herb for three butterflies, a Christmas tree, and a had dream, so they let the explorers study the whatchamacallits in peace. From Japan we sailed to Siberia in a steamship commanded hv Captain Monawee Vilen, noted for her ability to teach flying fish to chase mosquitoes. Among our fellow- passengers were Wilhelmina Young, the diabolical genius who invented true and false tests for correspondence schools: Thelma Adams, Anna Maher and Mae McKelvv, who were somebody’s stenog, somebody else's stenog. and a bookkeeper on a vacation, and Esther Albert us. a painless dentist, who has never yet hurt herself while extracting someone else's teeth. At Vladivostok we met Maury Walton, the hold hunter of man eating tree-frogs. Maury sold us his motorcycle and a pint of gas in return for thirty cents and a glass of vodka, so Professor Gibson ami I once more proceeded on our putting way. W hen the gas gave out we used vodka instead, averaging 45 miles to the gallon. In a fewr weeks we came to Moscow, meeting Dot Huston and Ruth Leech, Red Cross workers who wrere protecting Russian Eskimos from the heat wave by installing Frigidaire ice boxes in all igloos, including the Scandinavian. Dot and Ruth told us many of our classmates were in London to visit the annual convention of the Society of Peculiar Personalities, so as quickly as our motorcycle and a channel steamer would take us we rushed to England. Sure enough we wen; met by Rob St raver, composer of popular songs, who had made a fortune from the royalties on his famous hit entitled '‘’If Wood Would Do So. Dusseau Would Too.” Bobbie introduced us to Betty Griffiths and Dorothy Hendricks, the smiling candy makers from Oshkosh. V isconsin. who had come to London to interview illiam J. McCormick, inventor of oversize lolly-pops for tuhe-plavers. Bill took us to the convention, and whom did we run into hut Eleanor B. Wiessler. secretary of the society, who had lost the minutes of the last meeting. Professor Gibson and I joined in the search, finally locating the document in the pocket of George Morton, the greatest living expert on love and the price of Swiss oysters, who had picked up the paper in mistake for an essay on “Great Lovers of the Twentieth Century, Including Eugene Preston.” Sitting next to George was Charles Maher in person, the globe-trotter and explorer who discovered polar hears and Mifflin Hood in Alaska. Newfoundland, and the wilds of Media. Charlie told us once again how he distinguished Mifflin from tin' polar hears, because Mifflin wore a blue sweater and a pleasant smile, while the polar hears disliked onions. A few feet away from us sat Kathryn Capotosto, the gargling soprano, and Emily Kerr, { 56 the sculptor whose statue of the Great American Hotdog won the first prize of $10,000 and six feet of sausage offered by llorner Johnson, owner of the world s large mustard ranch. After the meeting was called to order by the President, Robert Young of the Reversible Soda-Cracker Company, the first number on the program was a thunderous oration by Marianna Geauque on the subject of “Boys—1 Hate ’Em All.” When not on a lecture tour, the famous Marianna spends her time as cheer-leader for the International Correspondence Schools. The second feature of the convention was Paul Basehore as Hamlet, playing opposite Nancy Apple-gate, who represented the bacon. Then we were entertained bv the mischievous Joe Donahue, who gave his famous imitation of a tongue-tied debator with the lock-jaw and a sore throat, and later in the evening Reed de Horsey himself addressed us on the topic of “Stewart Gildersleeve’s Beauty Secrets.” Mr. de Horsey is also known to the public under his pen-name. Hector de Bruhl, which he uses when he writes his essays on Golf, Electricity, Latin and kindred subjects. The next day we went to the opening performance of Piccadilly Circus. Among the performers were Seig-fried Shenkle, trick bicycle rider, and Lytle Bowers, a wild animal trainer specializing in gazelles and gorillas. In the side show we discovered Charles Walters doubling for the Wild Man from Borneo, because the wild man was getting a manicure at Ruth Opdyke's Beauty Shoppe. Charles told us Elanore Merrill was peddling tinware in Boston, and that Ruth Williams was broadcasting Household Hints every day from station “WEEP,” which was owned by the Peggy Sullivan Chain Stores, Incorporated. We left old London on the S. S. Insomnia, and on the third day out we found Howard Hansen scrubbing the decks. We knew he was a sailor because he wore a sailor suit. Howard told us the sad story of Thomas Bishop, the big man from the south who was running the St. Janies Infirmary. It seems that poor old Tom had been caught singing the Stein Song at the University of Vermont and had narrowly escaped being massacred by the students. If they hadn't been restrained by Florence Reid, professor of English, Tom would probably not have escaped with his life. At present, said sailor Hansen, Tommy was wailing for the Carolines. Speaking of Carolines, there was one of them on the same boat with us. Her other name was Blackburn. and she was the official cheese-taster for Horn and Hardart’s Restaurants, returning from a cheesetasting tour of Switzerland with some fine samples of cheese from the cheese ranches of Francis McGee, who was also noted for his collection of prehistoric toothpicks, safety razors and Ingersolls. Blacky informed us that Myrtle Lamborn. America’s greatest landscape painter, was stopping in Venice to visit Ruth llaslett. the clever inventor of non-upsettable gondolas for inexperienced Italians to use during the dark of the moon. When we arrived at New York, on the last stage of our journey, we found there Biddle Bishop driving a subway train and Howard Cornog selling newspapers. Professor Gibson bought one. On the front page was a two-column FATWC FlNHI AfH famous Po$es- £ item about Ruth Persson, Senator from Indiana, who was leading the fight for the reduction of the tariff on lipsticks and sardines, two of the country’s greatest needs. Another item told us about Boh Cornfield, poet laureate of Media, who had just created a sensation in the literary world with his poem, “When I Want a Persson, I Gatter.” Glancing at the theatrical page we saw that Marjorie Topliss was starring in the Follies of 1950,” produced under the direction of Clayton Wicks. Of course we went to the performance and as we were leaving we encountered Alice Alsdorf, who was writing Dorothy Dix’s column for the evening papers. Alice gave us lots of news about many of our former classmates. Mildred Frietag, we learned, wras in Ontario teaching school. Mallor Bottomley, Olympic star, was digging ditches to keep in condition. Matilda Britton, for some reason, had eloped with somebody to some place. Doris Zeising had a job cooking flap-jacks in the window of Child's restaurant, but lost the job when she miscalculated and flipped one of the pancakes too far. Unfortunately it hit Charles Clark, millionaire tomh-stone carver, who complained to the manager, Claire Taylor, and Doris had to get another joh selling ice-cream cones at Coney Island. Alice also told us about Marjorie Ham and Catherine Lloyd. One of them, I forget which, had become a deep-sea diver in search of pirate gold, and the other one was married to an Irishman. I forget his name. It doesn't matter anyhow. Mavhe it was Wilkinson. Alberta Breckenridge was designing linoleum as a profession, as we learned from Ruth Green, a traffic policewoman on Broadway. Ruth ran us in for parking our motorcycle on the sidewalk. Of course Professor Gibson paid the fine, and we proceeded to Philadelphia where we encountered Marie Gatter, star reporter for the Bulletin, who had achieved a scoop when she covered the famous heavyweight battle between Ellwood Hammaker, the Battling Boy Scout, and Charles Walls, the terrible Sugar Salesman. When we got out to 69th Street we saw Virginia Boehmler driving a Hartel taxicab. By clever driving the Professor managed to dodge the taxi and our little motorcycle came back to Lansdowne. Professor Gibson dismounted wearily and turned to me. “Well, Mr. Cloukey,” said he, “we have been very successful in our little tour of the world. We have seen nearly everyone, and—” He stopped suddenly and looked at me closely. “What does this mean?” he exclaimed. “You are not C. Cloukey!” “No,” said I. “I admit it. I am not, thank heaven.” “Who are you?” “I’m Arthur Garner in disguise.” “Well, what happened to Cloukey?” “Didn’t you hear about him? A very sad case. He’s been crazy since his early youth.” “Crazy?” “Crazy as a loon. He never was the same again after he studied Latin. If you want proof that he’s crazy, all you have to do is to read the silly prophecy he wrote for the glorious and illustrious CLASS OF NINETEEN THIRTY.” £. -S{58)5- The Class History Large oaks from little acorns prow. Back in 1917, our class had its insignificant . beginning. From this beginning, our class has grown into the largest, most famous and most illustrious class ever graduated from this school. Little did the boys and girls of the kindergarten dream they would he the golden nugget of this glorious class. Biff! Bang! Such a noise in the kindergarten! What could he happening in there? I ran around the corner and peeked in the window. (1 was not privileged to enter this class when it had its famous beginning, as I had flunked kindergarten in New Jersey, and my family was afraid to let me try my luck at Lansdowne.) The sight which met my eyes was an amazing one. Two boys, one in a little blue sailor suit and the other in a little Lord Fauntleroy suit were fighting as though their lives were at stake. I wanted to see that fight, so I hurried around to the door and entered the room. Here I saw Jack Davis greatly enjoying himself putting rosebugs on Dot Hendrick’s neck. Dot was shrieking in anguish, but at that time I was interested in the fight. I asked Jack what it was all about. Without looking up or stopping for a moment his game of Dot’s neck, he said, “Oh, that's Biddle Bishop and Speed Hood; they both want to sit bv that girl in the pink dress.” As he pointed I looked up to see Judv Bowers frantically trying to make peace by telling them she would sit between them. This did not seem to satisfy either one, so they kept on fighting. Suddenly a little boy with sparkling brown eyes jumped up and lisped, “you bovth, leave Judy Bowerth alone. You go jump in the thoup.” Immediately the two contestants shouted in unison, “Rav Kabakjian, you keep out of this fight, do you hear?” Ray did. He swallowed his wrath, waddled over to the other side of the room and started an argument with Peggy Sullivan and Eleanor VanTine on the question of whether mince pie was better than apple. He would surely have been out-talked by the two girls had not Herbie Craig come to the rescue. Herbie’s interest did not last very long, however, because there had just come into the room a hoy with long, dark curls. Herbie’s idea of curls was that they were meant to he pulled and pull them he did. Howls inline-diatelv rent the air, the teacher came hurrying in and in her calm voice began to explain that thev should trv to be kind to one another. Lytle Bowers, the owner of the curls which had been so suddenly and thoroughly pulled was quite upset and asked the teacher if he might go home. Robert Young generously offered to take him home on his kiddie-car, the teacher agreed, and peace was restored. Thus began the education of this famous class. In September of 1918, I decided to try my luck in the Lansdowne School. I started out early in the morning, and on the way I overtook a little hoy who began to talk to me. When he found I was going to he in the first grade with him. he said he wouldn't let the hoys pull my curls. He also informed me his name was Bill Simmons and that his great-great-grandfather used to he a fireman. When we reached the schoolroom there was a little girl with long golden curls talking to a hoy who wras so embarrassed he could not keep from stuttering, “W-w-what's y-y-our n-n-name 1-1-little g-g-girl? M-m-mines’s H-h-homer R-r-rolierts.” “Mine is Dorothy Huston,” answered the girl. Through the open door we saw approaching a small, stout boy dressed in a green suit, green tie, and green socks. He w'as puffing hard as he was out breath. Closelv following him was another boy completely absorbed in mimicking him. Suddenly the stout hoy turned on the one who was following and said, “I’m Bill Wood, and if you don’t quit that. I’ll tell my father on you.” “Oh, oh. he’s a sissy,” yelled Bus Cornog, jumping up and down in great glee. Joey Collings was so affected by this scene that she had hysterics and a newcomer, Reed de Horsey, had to carry her out. A glass of cold water dashed in her face helped her greatly towards recovery. S(59)= There were no more newcomers in the class until January. One morning we found the blackboard in our room all covered with drawings of skeleton's running, marching, dancing, and skiing. ben I asked who did it a little girl popped up and with blazing eyes answered, “I did, ami if you try to erase them something will happen to you or my name's not Margaretta Boyd.” In the Second Grade, three strangers joined our groups, Robinson Fogg, Len Hahn, and El Wiessler walked in. Robinson and Len were standing at the door of the Second Grade Room when El Wiessler walked in and winked one of her big brown eyes. Len ran away crying, “I don't like her, she tried to vamp me by winking at me.” “She did not, she winked at me,” said Robinson, stamping his foot. But El, in her calm way. soothed them by saying she winked at them both. When we entered Third Grade there was one new little girl who fascinated me. She was about two feet high and her head was covered with curls—you know, that long, skinnv kind curled on a pencil. Her name was Caroline Blackburn, and she told me she had come with her friend, Alice Alsdorf. I discovered Alice stamping her foot in rage because those two burly brutes, Ellwood Hammaker and Edson Packer were playing a game of Blind Man's Buff and had knocked her down. Then, just before the hell rang, in came Mig Scarborough followed hv her trusty and faithful dog, Spunk. “Spunk created such an uproar Mig and “Spunk” were both sent home. Mig later returned to class hut “Spunk” was refused. Fourth Grade! When I entered, there sat a little girl studying. Imagine studying before school! The girl that gave our class such a shock was none other than Marian Gray. hen Blake Gibson came in a moment later he was so astonished at seeing anyone study so hard, he ran all the way home to get a camera to take a picture of her. About five minutes after the last hell had rung, Wallace Verrall walked in with such an air of assurance, wre wrere all quite overcome. “Well, here I am,” he called out to us. “Don’t crowd. I'll give you all a break ami shake hands with you.” For causing such a disturbance in the room, “Squihhers was sent out of the room for the rest of the morning. The next year wre wrere in Grammar School ami as we neared the Fifth Grade Room. I heard some voices trying to sing in harmony. After listening for a couple of minutes, I recognized the tune as “Dinah.” When I entered the room, I saw Dick Brown sprawled over two desks using his tennis racket as a sort of accompaniment to the tune. Beside him. stretched out over three desks. wras Tom Bishop lustily singing bass to Dick s soprano. He was heating time by banging his football against the wall. Such were my first impressions of these two famous newcomers. When we assembled in the Sixth Grade, we were happy to meet again hut a little disappointed not to find any new members of our class. At ten minutes past nine, however, we heard someone running down the hall and presently there appeared at the door a black-haired, brown-eyed boy, very much out of breath. “What do you want?” demanded the teacher. “Oh, I’m Mallor Bottomley and I was just practicing my track work in the hall,” gasped the little hoy. I arrived at school early the first day of Seventh Grade and, entering the room. I saw six strangers. They were divided into groups of two. I wanted to get acquainted, so I approached the first group, a boy and a girl both with red. curly hair. The hoy's face was covered with freckles, hut there was not enough of them to cover his blush as he spoke to his companion of the red hair and come hither eyes. “Do you like hovs with red hair, Marjorie?” demanded Edwards “Reds” Trent. “Oh, yes, indeed I do, Edward,” said “Toppie,” rolling her expressive eves. I left this group and proceeded to the next one. Charles Cloukey wras insisting that the kinetic afflaties of heliocentic nebula plus the amplification and the modus operandi of the binomial theorem was categorical, that the longitudinal stability of the { 60 K- neolittuc theodolite obfuscates the effervescence of the decahedron and there is no selectivity or resistance in the numismatic hermeneutics of the quadrilateral vibration. therefore, the collation of abstract aerostatics must have a potential influence upon inorganic metaphysics and result in unintelligible sequidalia verba, or cachinua-tion of the genus homo. “Yes, yes, of course you’re right,” said Charles Clark, completely in a fog. I watched the third group. A hoy with eyes full of tears was taunting a girl. “Oh, you’re a cow-puncher, Ginnie Boehmler.” “I am not,” cried the girl and, so saying, she gave her companion. Boh Cornfield, a resounding slap on the cheek. Boh was so astonished he just gasped. The girls in Pittsburgh had never treated him that way. He retired into a corner and pondered over the hard-heartedness of women. Kighth Grade saw our class enlarged by seven new members. Paul Basehore skidded around the corner and whizzed up on his wheel. When he reached the door, he slammed on his brakes, hut alas! The brakes had seen such strenuous service that they were completely worn out ami he was unable to stop. Doris Zeising, Betty Sechrist, and Kathervn Capotosta were talking together and Paul landed in their midst. There was no damage to he accounted for, other than the shock to the girls. Charles Walls and Horner Johnson, like real he-men, helped the girls to the classrooms, where they slowly recovered. When I spoke to the other new members of the class at recess, Florence Harden informed me she read Shakespeare every night for recreation! The charms of our class could not hold Lytle Bowers. At the end of the year he left to go to a hoys’ school where there would he no girls to tease him about his curls. Freshmen in high school, at last! How grown up we felt! That year, many strangers joined our class. Over the hills came a varied parade. At the head were three hoys, Bill Kmmerling with his baseball and hat, Eugene Preston shouldering his golf clubs, and Bill McCormick with a football under his arm. The three hoys were loudly singing, “Show Me the Way to Go Home,” and were making the parade march in time. The second party of the parade consisted of the candidates for the “Tvpefast Typewriting” Club. Each of its candidates, Thelma Adams, Ruth Haslett, Anna Maher. Charles Maher, Eleanor Merrill. George Morton. Marie Gatter. and Edwin Stewart, carried a typewriter under their arms. From Melbourne came Ruth Opdyke and Catherine Lloyd. Directly behind this group came East Lansdowne’s Harmonica Band. Wilhelmina Young, Grace Majouhian. Myrtle Lamhorn, Betty Griffiths. Clara Vetter, Sophia Polites, ami Florence Reid. This famous hand had at its head two directors, Arthur Garner and Bill Wilkinson. Next came the twro inseparables, Ruth Persson and Ruth Williams, very much absorbed in conversation. Last of all came the orator, John Dusseau, crying out at intervals in a deep voice, “Hear ye, 0I1 people, and look, for this is East Lansdowne’s High School Brigade.” When the eight-fifteen train that came from Rutledge pulled into the Lansdowne station, there were several who were coming to our wonderful High School to continue their education, Claire Taylor, another candidate for the Tvpefast Typewrite Club, Robert Strayer and Sigfried Shenkle each holding one of Mary Sherman’s hands. “Sherry” was afraid to walk up to school alone; she had never before been so far from home alone. Last of all came two aspirants for the track team, Charles Vi alters and Clavton (alias “Sammy”) Wicks. These hoys began their daily sprint from the station to the school singing, “W e’re Just Two Vagabond Runners.” You see, Clayton is Rudy Vallee’s only rival in looks and Charles has the voice, so the two make up a good Rudy Vallee team. May McKelvy came up to school in her little car with Marie Clutch. Mildred Freitag, and William Finnegan parked beside her. a s( 61 y Behind her came Maury Walton on his motorcycle with Dave Wagner draped over the rear wheel. Maury had just taken Dave for such a wild ride and had given him such a scare he couldn't blow his beloved clarinet for three days. Eleven students joined our class in the sophomore year. Edwin Leathern and Matilda Britton came in from Overbrook. Ed tied Matilda to him with a string so he wouldn't lose her in the crowd. Then came “Mutt and Jeffs” only rivals, Ralph White and Carl Ranck. They were both trying to “make” Marianna Geaque and Ruth Green, hut gave up when they found the two girls could not he “made.” I saw a group standing around a little hit of a girl. She was talking and talking. I watched for a few minutes anil she didn’t stop once. 1 went over and joined them. I recognized Jack Nichols and he introduced me all around, Albert Ostroff, Joseph Donahue, Zena Platofl, Warren Dietrich, and Edna Forker, the girl who was doing all the talking. All the group was struck almost dumb; they had never seen a girl talk so much. Paul Basehore's bicycle had completely worn out during the year and he went to another school probably because he missed his old friend so much. As Juniors our class was swelled by five distinguished persons. Esther Albertus and Francis McGee joined the Typefast Typewriting Club upon their entrance. Nancy Applegate came in on her kiddie-car and greeted Howard Hansen joyfully. “Hello. Blue Eyes.” “Swede” was so enraged at this that a hitter fight ensued. Nance was getting the best of the fight hut Lytle Bowers, who had again joined our class, grabbed her and Stewart Gildersleeve grabbed “Swede.” For a few moments there was a struggle to keep them apart, but finally peace was restored when they agreed to he friends. Seniors! At last we had reached our long-hoped-for goal. John Hauser was running down the hall for exercise early the first day of school. As he rushed through the crowded hall, his “suit-case Simpson” feet landed squarely on those of Emily Kerr. Emily threw a hook at him but, fortunately, John escaped unharmed. I heard the sound of music and stamping feet down the hall, so I walked down to see the excitement. A piano had been pulled out into the hall and Donald Churchman was playing while Dick Barger was nonchalantly standing on top of it tooting away on his saxophone. To these strains of music (?) Charles Kuster, Joe Bitler and George Knapp were doing an improved Hula-Hula dance much to the enjoyment of the onlookers. Last of all, Paul Basehore, who had graduated from a bicycle driver to a worse automobile, drove up to the door. In his car he had three girls, Margaret Kinnear, Alberta Breckinbridge, and Marjorie Ham. Paul is a “hit-and-pick-up” driver and these three were his unfortunate victims. And so ends the “history of our illustrious class.” The little acorn has growrn into a great oak. We must now leave the shelter of our beloved High School and must go out into the world to seek our own way. We owe a debt of gratitude to those teachers who have tended and kept our tree growing and strong. Our achievements we leave as a goal for the classes that follow. .May the friendships formed here through the years of disappointment, struggle and happiness grow and keep forever united the class of 1930. Monawee Allen, ’30. 5)62 1 IKitoiu ye all men by tljeae presents:— THAT WE, the notorious Class of 1930 of the Lansdowne High School, having been taught the art of living well land the three R’s), now stand on the brink of the world, about to jump into life on our own wisdom, feel that it behooveth us now or never to signify our wishes with regard to the future. Therefore, we solemnly swear, here and now, to make this our last well and testament. We do bequeath any property which we may have acquired in former years to the following, and in the following manner: 1. To the Faculty a vote of appreciation and good will for all they have done for us. 2. To the Juniors we leave all the esteem and dignity of our class to which they shall have the good fortune to advance. Also a package of pumpkin seeds to grow bigger and better pumpkins. 3. To the Sophomores, our sister class, we leave a fond regard and hope that they will distinguish themselves in social, intellectual and athletic circles as we have done. 4. With all sincerity we leave to the Freshmen the slight dignity of being Sophomores. 5. Furthermore, individuals, members of the Class of 1930, having a fond regard for individuals of the Classes of ‘31 and '32, do hereby bequeath to them the following personal possessions: Thelma Adams leaves her success of hooking a man to Dorothy Roessler. George Albertson leaves his broad shoulders to George Keller. Esther Alhertus leaves her “come hither look” to Helen Cooper. IVlonawee Allen leaves her willingness to help to Betty Wilson. Alice Alsdorf leaves for the farm to raise some chicks. Nancy Applegate leaves her popularity to Betty Snyder. Dick Barger leaves his musical notes to Ed McMichael. Paul Basehore leaves what is left of his auto after the coming accident to Henubers. Biddle Bishop, Charles Clark, Charles Kuster, and Pep Young leave their combined pep to Bill Groswith. Tom Bishop leaves his drag as teacher’s pet to Bee Rust. Joe Bitler leaves his soothing baritone to any young lover. Caroline Blackburn leaves her wise cracks to Alma Grover. Virginia Boehmler and George Knapp leave their partnership to Mary Jane Gotshall and Emory Stanley. Mallor Bottomley leaves his tardy marks to Miss Hall. Judy Bowers leaves her charm to Janette Larned. Lytle Bowers leaves his permanent wave to Bud Mason. Margaretta Bovd leaves her cleverness to Rhoda Carson. Alberta Breckenridge leaves the honor of being the only member of the fairer sex in physics class to some fortunate Junior. Tilly Britton leaves her slim figure to Dot Davis. Kathryn Capatosto leaves her swaying walk to Barbara Carl. Donald Churchman leaves his hook on “How to Play the Piano to Mr. Slyter. Charles Cloukey leaves his brilliant mind to John Gever. -3 63K Marie Clutch and Florence Reid leave their combined chatter to Victor Records. (They'd break any record.) Joey Collings leaves her male complex to Sarah French. Boh Cornfield leaves his love for the fair sex to Bill Boyd. Herbie Craig leaves his purple shirt to Dick Bear. Jack Davis leaves Mary Stevenson alone for a little while. Reed de Horsey leaves his arguments with Miss Cook to Ted Fetter. Warren Dietrich leaves his flashy tennis to Mallory Bradley. Joe Donahue leaves the C. VI. T. C. to join the navy ami see the world through a port hole. John Dusseau leaves his oratorical powers to Herbie Ostroff. Bill Eininerling leaves his sinus trouble to Willie McDowell. William Finnegan leaves his nonchalant manner to the Murad Cigarette Company with no charge for the use of his name. Robinson Fogg leaves his place on the bench to Bill McKelvev. Edna Forker leaves her line to Mary Goeke. I We don't mean dandvlions.) Mildred Frietag leaves her retiring manner to Helen Huston. Arthur Garner leaves his Ford with an empty gas tank. Marie Gatter leaves her place in the library to Anita Speidel. Marianna Geauque leaves her whisper to Miss McCullough. Blake Gibson leaves his camera to the Luedecke Studios. Stew Gildersleeve leaves his cooking ability to Miss Stevens. Marion Grey leaves her studiousness to Mary McGregor. Ruth Green leaves her good looks to Edith Patton. Betty Griffiths leaves her sunny disposition to the Juniors in general. Len Hahn leaves his presidency of the Student Council to his successor. Marjorie Ham leaves her wavy hair to Bus Savournin. Ellwood Hammaker leaves his All-American Managership to Rods Blackburn. Joe Hansen leaves his farm in Yeadon to Wendell Cochran. Florence Harden leaves her A's in English to Alvin Irwin. Ruth llaslett leaves her place in the orchestra to any aspiring “Paderewski. John Hauser leaves two new lifeboats to the Merchant Marine. Dorothy Hendricks leaves her bashfulness to Dorothy Cummings. “Speed Hood leaves his fleetness of foot to Ben Hocking. Dorothy Huston leaves the care of the Hi-Y dances to Estelle Abrahms. Horner Johnson leaves his love for Latin to Robert Tullar. Raymond Kakakjian leaves his I. O. U.'s to Alfred Robinson. Emily Kerr leaves her place in Lansdowne to Rose Hicks. Margaret Kinnear leaves her place as mother in the Senior Play to Dudley James. Myrtle Lamhorn leaves her meekness of spirit to any poor Frosh. Ed. Leathern leaves his “way with Miss McCullough to Morton Berry. Catherine Lloyd leaves her actor pooch to the Dramatic Club. Anna Maher leaves her love of red dresses to Jane McCullough. Bud Maher leaves his speed a la typewriter to Mr. Kraber. Grace Mahjoubian leaves her special reports to Mr. Fettus. Bill McCormick leaves his tailspins and many loves to Tommy Lee. Francis McGee leaves his Irish smile to Louis Murphy. May McKelvey leaves her part of the “Street Angel to her brother. Elanor Merril leaves her willingness to work with Charles Tohin. George Morton leaves his love for baseball to Raymond Slone. Jack Nichols leaves his monkeyshines to Harry Stott. Ruth Opdyke leaves her job of drawing floaters to nobody knows who. Albert Ostroff leaves his hank account in the school savings fund. Edson Packer leaves his flaming pants to the Jones Tent Company. Ruth Persson leaves her English notes (including specific examples) to any needy Junior. Reds Pharoah leaves his famed cackle to William Johnson. Zena Platoff leaves her Parle Francais to Peggy Castle. Sophia Polites leaves an apple a day to Miss Cook. I May she reduce.) Eugene Preston leaves his sox appeal to Newton Walls. Carl Ranck has nothing to leave having deposited his possessions in the hands of a fair maiden on Lewis Avenue. Homer Roberts leaves his Chemistry knowledge to Mr. Ewan. Mig Scarborough leaves another Richard to her sister Helen. Betty Sechrist leaves her athletic ability to Nellie Smith. Sigfried Shenkle and Charles W alters leave tenor voices to the memory of Miss Hoopes. Mary Sherman leaves her place on the Student Council to about ten Juniors. Bill Simmons leaves his spare Ford parts to Boh Applegate. Edwin Stewart leaves his school hoy blush to Ruth Filman. Boh Straver leaves his heavy heard to Dean Polites. Peggy Sullivan leaves her knowledge to Alfred Brown. Claire Taylor leaves her chatter to Evelyn Blackburn. Marjorie Topliss leaves her striking appearance to Jack Greer. We leave Eddie Trent to the care of Bohbv Meade. Eleanor Van Tine leaves her seat in school to her brother. Wallace Verral leaves his likable ways to Dan Palmer. Clara Vetter leaves her knowledge of the League of Nations to the U. S. Government. Dave Wagner leaves the Lansdowne Theatre in a hurry. Charles Walls leaves his running form to Miss Trauger. Maury Walton leaves his motorcycle to Davie Jones. Ralph White leaves his love for sausage to Abe Bennett. Clayton Wicks leaves his saxaphone to Harry McMichael. El Wiessler leaves her mother's apron strings to Germain Carr. (Ismac speaking.) Bill W ilkinson leaves a lengthy stride to Neil Mershon. Ruth Williams leaves the stage to become a nurse. William Wood leaves his wandering ways to Charles Rieksecker. Wilhelmina Young wills her dignity and poise to Harriet Price. Doris Zeising leaves her quiet manner to Oscar Lance. Dick Brown and Bus Cornog leaves the waiting of next year’s will to the poor guy that gets hooked. P. S.: Nancy Applegate leaves her yearly scholarship to Kirkhrides to any worthy Junior. «C( 65 Class Analysis BOY GIRL Most Popular.......... Most Tactful.......... Most Studious......... Best Natured ......... Wittiest ............. Most Likely to Succeed Knows the Most ....... Class Hunt............ Class Giant .......... Sleepiest ............ Cleverest ............ Woman-hater .......... Man-hater ............ Most Pull............. Funniest ............. Most Original......... Best Worker........... Best Dancer .......... Luckiest ............. Most Talkative........ ....Wallace Verrall..........Nancy Applegate ....Paul Basehore............Mary Sherman ....Charles Cloukey .........Marianna Geauque ....Ed Leathem ..............Marianna Geauque ....George Albertson ........Margaretta Boyd ....Charles Cloukey .........Ruth Opdyke ....Charles Cloukey .........Ruth Persson ....George Albertson ........Catherine Lloyd ....John Hauser .............Alberta Breckenridge ....Herbert Craig............Matilda Britton ....Dave Wagner .............Margaretta Boyd ....William Finnigan Tom Bishop .. Howard Cornog Dave Wagner . Bill Simons ... Lytle Bowers . Paul Basehore Ed Leathem ... Marianna Geauque (?) . Eleanor Wiessler . Caroline Blackburn .Margaretta Boyd . Eleanor Wiessler . Marjorie Topuss . Monavvee Allen . Caroline Blackburn Quietest ..................Ellwood Ham maker ........Marianna Geauque Best Actors................John Dusseau .............Ruth Williams Best Bluffer ..............Paul Basehore.............Eleanor Wiessler Most Class Spirit..........William Simons ...........Ruth Williams Best Looking ..............Lytle Bowers .............Ruth Green Most Charming .............Tom Bishop ...............Judy Bowers Most Striking .............Howard Hansen ............Marjorie Topliss Most Indifferent ..........Mifflin Hood .............Margaret Scarborough Class Optimist ............Homer Roberts.............Marion Gray Peppiest ..................Dave Wagner ..............Edna Forker Most Poised ...............Len Hahn .................Marjorie Topliss Most Versatile ............Len Hahn .................Betty Sechrist Most Mischievous ..........Herbert Craig.............Nancy Applegate Best Athlete ..............Tom Bishop................Virginia Bofjimler A 66 } Chern ica I A rta lys is COMPOUND PHYSICAL PROPERTY INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY George Albertson ____ Nancy Applegate...... Tom Bishop .......... Alberta Breckenridge Virginia Boehmler ... Judy Bowers ......... Caroline Blackburn .. Marcaretta Boyd...... Charles Ci.oukey Herbert Craig ....... Howard Cornog ....... Edna Forker ......... William Finnigan..... Marianna Geauque ... Len Hahn ............ Ellwood Hammaker .. Mifflin Hood ........ John Hauser ......... Catherine Lloyd Bill McCormack ...... Charles Maher ....... George Morton ....... Ruth Opdykf. ....... Ruth Persson ........ Eugene Preston ...... Homer Roberts........ Edwin Stewart ....... William Simmons ----- M A RG A RET SCARBOROUGH Betty Sf.christ...... Mart Sherman ........ Marjorie Topliss..... Ruth Williams ....... Eleanor Wiessler ... Dave Wagner ......... Bill Wood ........... .... brevity ....................cleverness .... grins ......................popularity . . . . those shoulders .........affluence of influence .... tallness....................susceptibility ....slenderness .................“come hither look .... those eyes .................innocent look .... piquant nose................jollyness ... .chewing gum...................happy-go-lucky .... quietness ..................literary ability ....that greenish purple tie.... amiability .... his drawl ..................good nature .... petite .....................sweetness ... .elongation .................ready wit . . .. unobtrusiveness ..........friendliness .... huskv ......................procrastination . . . . brevitv .................management .... loitering...................indifference .... feet .......................pleasant talker . .. .“English”..................willingness ....build........................serenity .... smiles .....................confidential .... a voice ....................dependability .... attractive .................artistic nature ... . good marks.................affability .... personality ................a golfer ____speed .......................optimist (?) ... . that hair .................ready come-back ... . towering stature...........willingness to help ... pleasing to the eye .........tranquility ____charm........................intimacy .... soft voice..................slight sarcasm ....poise........................versatility ... . pleasantly plump ..........lots of friends . .. . easy to look at...........drag .... snappiness .................what music ... . clothes ...................confidential tone William Wilkinson .....traveling ..............track ability WlLHELMINA Young ......powder..................primness k -■( 67 )■ Juniors The Juniors are coming! ahem! ahem! To tell you the truth, out class is a gem. Next year ice'll be leaders for all of the rest; As far as is in us, ice'll all do our best. In all that goes on, with the brightest ice rate. We realize ice're grand and we modestly state: That checked up with the others we're considered most keen. The best class of Juniors that Lansdowne has seen. You Seniors are ageing; you'll soon be passe; Your school days soon finish and then comes our day. So wiggle your best as it's almost the last; Compared to Juniors, you're now of the past. And now in conclusion, good-luck is our wish. For pounding the type or to “wash a the dish. You've been a good bunch and you may feel forlorn. But we'll take you're place next September's school morn. Edith Patton, 31. 68 ) Junior Class Officers ....President Vi ce-P resident ....Secretary .... Treasurer Charles Ricksecker Bemiam Hocking . Mary Stevenson .. Daniel Palmer ----- GIRLS Estelle Abrahams Muriel Aldred Jane Andrews Erna Beckman Helen Bella no Virginia Beverly Eleanor Brinneley Harbvra Carl Germaine Carr Rhoda Carson Eleanor Casaccio Helen Margaret Cooper Dorothy Davies Dorothy Dickerson Betty Doemling Sarah French Mary Goeke Nancy Groswith Alma Grover Emma Hansen Dorothy Hardican Eileen Haver Edn HECKERT Dorothy Hillman Katherine Holden Christine Kamm Isabelle Kearney Ruth Knight J anette Earned Emily Lyle Mary MacGregor Margaret Manning Eleanor Lauchlin Elizabeth Moore Betty Nussear Jeanne O’Donnell Edith Patton Mildred Penuei. Lucinda Pettaway Betty Rapp Harriet Rice Dorothy Roessler Helen Scarborough Lois Sciiill Isabelle Sechrist Ch ahlotte Shoemaker Helen Smith Betty Snyder Juanita Sorzano Esther Spangenberg Anita Speidel Mary Stevenson Betty Stuart Ruth Stubbs Sylvia Way Anna Weiss Marion White Betty Wilson i 70 )c- Gurdon Alderfer Richard Bear Wii.son Brazer Carl Bennett Ch arles Blackburn William Bradley William Boyd Wendell Cochran HOWARD CONWAY Francis I)i Fabio lexander Fasy Theodore Fetter Francis Fore John Geyer Le Roy Goodwin Rorert Greenwood William Greenwood Charles Groswith BOYS Ben ham Hocking Kimble Hicks Jack Hundermark Alvin Irwin Dudley James William Johnson George Keller James Kelly Harold Kauffman Thomas Lee Charles MacDowell Joseph McMenamin Edward MacMichael Harry McMichael John McQuaide Mathew Mason Neil Meilshon Bradley Mallory Constantine Polites Leslie Peech Daniel Palmer Charles Ricksecker Lloyd Robinson Richard Rushton Charles Rust Robert Sii vckelton Darlington Smith Richard Stanert Emory Stanley Vi ALTER S(. II El DEL H arry Stott W A LTER Sa VO UR NI N Edward Turner Joseph Tellier Robert Tullar Newton Walls 4 I Sophomores We came to hope, to work, to plan. To do the most—as best as we can. To shun the false, to face the truth, And give our best to Thirty-two. We chose our colors—Gold and Blue, Lofty of meaning and clear of hue. Wisdom and hopes of deep, pure blue. And glory of the gold to Thirty-two! We seek the right—the true clear light Of wisdom's e'er unfailing might. Your praises sing, a toast to you. Our honored class of Thirty-two! Lois Murphy, '32. •4 72 73 GIRLS Charlotte Alderfkr June Baker Elizabeth Boyd Evelyn Blackburn Catherine Balder Catherine Brackin' M aude Bertram Edith Bicknf.ll Josephine Bow res Ethel Britton Jeanne Beadle Rosem ary Brown Laura Brown Mary Burke Eleanor Caldwell Dorothy Cummings MARGARET CASTLE Myrtle Callow ay Eleanor Cramer Erma Fest Elizabeth Forbes Naomi Fogg Ruth Fillman Helen Gillock Marie Gar win M RY J WE GOTSH ALL Claire George Gertrude Hirsch Anna Hamer Miriam Harper Anne Hartner Em i Hock m an Katherine Huber Helen Huston Henrietta Heisler Francis Heminc Helen Hillman Katherine Irey Charlotte Irwin Anne Jacoby Alice Kabajian Genevieve Kauffman Dorothy Kelso Katherine Kerr Mary Ker Louise King Ruth Korcheksperger Marian Khemkr Louise Lee Eleanor Lowe Mary Lytle Ehrma Le Sage Jane Mac Do well Francis Low den ElEANORE MacK ANN AN Virginia Manley Mary Maris Ernestine M arr Sarah Martin Jane McCullough M ary McGef. Mary Mitchell Claire Miller Lois Murphy Mary Meade Ruth Michaelis Edna Miles Louise Norcross M ARJORIE NEISSER M ARGARET PERKINS M ARGARET POOLE Doris R andall Marie De Rivas Elizabeth Roche Bl anche Robson Elizabeth Rue Louise Rupp Helen Smith Anna Straub Ethel Stager Alice Stew art Caroline Secrist M ARGARET SANDERSON Nellie Smith Ethel St a nil and Betty Strayer Dorothy Steelf. Nan Stahl Dorothy Thomas Betty Taylor Roberta Tindall Rosalie Van der Heyden Betty Witherden Barbara Wall Fr ancis Weistein Violet Zigman R it a Zeicler i 74 Sophomore Class Officers Herbert Ostroff .. Le Roy Layton---- Dorothy Cummings Richard Ker...... .....President I ice-President .....Secretary . . . .Treasurer BOYS Robert PPLEGATE Morton Bf.rry George Bell Russell Bird George Beyer Bernard Brotsker Leroy Booth Alfred Brown Clarence Ball Russell Benton Donai.d Bryan David Cooper Joseph Clark Henry Creighton B ward Clothier William Davis Elwood Dilce Donald Dietrich Rorert Fallon Arthur Fleishman William Griggs J ck Greer Roy Gibson Gifford II ale J ames Hollow ell Charles H arding, Jr. Joseph Hefner Millard J ackson David Jones Lewis Jack Richard Ker Lester K auffm an Le Roy Layton Kenneth Leidy Oscar Lance. Jr. David Leber Joel Leeds Vincent Musi Thomas McGowan William McKelvy Raymond Malloy Edgar Moore Ned Mormncstar Donald Minster Eari. Miller Albert Nlessee John Ogden Robert Osteri.lnb Si I EH M n Opdyke Robert Rice Alfred Robinson William Ralston R aymond Sloan Leonard Simcox M ason Sheetz John Smith John Solenberger Bertram Staley Thomas Strong Thomas Sullivan Charles Tobin Robert Trefz Ball YonKleek William Waters John N an Tine Bruce Wean Robert Winther ■1 75 ) Freshmen The Class of 1933 Is the very best class ever. If hen will there he a class like us Again in Lansdowne? Never! 'Though Upperclassmen laugh at us, V hey still admire our pep. ir e have a good name, and we'll try Our best to keep our rep.” The Freshmen Frolic was a wow, The first thing of its kind. Our girls are basketball champs, too. If e wont be left behind. And when. in 1933, There comes the parting time, We'll not forget our Freshmen days If hen we began the climb. Mary E. Paul, ‘33. • 76 ■ 3{77)5- Freshman Class Officers Joseph Heath Rosalie Ludwig Florence Stout Jack Wallace . .....President V ice-P resident .....Secretary . ... Treasurer FRESHMAN GIRLS Rltii Balky Makik Barrow Josephine Basciano Emmy Lou Bates Louise Beatty Elizabeth Begcs Clara Benton Alice Bicknkll Jean Alison Carswell Marcaret Coll Ida M ae Davis Mary Davis Ei.eanore Dawson Bernice Diver Carla Egcart M ARCuerite Encelii art Marie Easy Eleanor Fore Mildred Gannon Eloise Carton Louise Geauque M ARY GegAN Frances Gilbert Dorothy Graff Marion Graham Edna Green Florence Green Peccy AnneGuettkr Jean Harshaw Janet Hartman Marjorie Heming Eileen Hefner Frances Held Sue Hicks Maude Hopkinson Eleanor Huebner Eva Jolly Elizabeth Kelso Marion Kerr Helen King Pearl Ki.ekotka H arriet Livingston Anne Locke Ethel Loncmirk Eleanor Louchlin Edna Ludwig Rosalie Ludwig Marion Lusby Elizabeth McDowell Eleanor Mallory Evelyn Marx Rose Massimo Patricia Moore Florence Morton irginia Mulligan Elsie Muth Mary Paul J EA N NETTE PlIILBRICK Phoebe Pyle Janet Rapp irginia Reese Catherine Ryce Kathryn Ryce Sally Royer Elizabeth Ryan Dorothy Shauchnissy June Stockett Elizabeth Stone Florence Stout Ruth Sturgis Rose Sulliv an Daisy T appin Claire Tarr Gladys Tellier Edna Tweed Mildred Yerral Dorothy Warren Louise Weiler Jeannette Wilhelms Jane Wilkinson Betsy Wilson Grace Wunderlich Evelyn Young 4 Norman Albertson John Ammon Gkok(;e Baciier Karl Baker Evan Bartleson Robert Bauder Harry Baynard James Bechtold George Bell Lol is Bencher Herbert Benkert Bennett Brart Raymond Carick Charles Carter Nicholas Casaccio John Castle Frank Celia James Clark Cii vri.es Close George Donovan James Doyle Howard Dr vke Robert Dunlap Robert Ellenrerger Robert Fowler FRESHMAN BOYS James Gallayan Frank Gambol Harold Garner Donald Gibson William Gibson Gilbert Gordon Robert Gre atiiead J ames Hallo well Harry Hancock Hi gh Harley Ernest Haslett Irwin Halpt Peter Hauser Joseph Heath El wood Hoffman Daniel Hoffman Bertram Hunt Robert Hunter Nicholas J acoby Philip Janvier Robert Johnson William Jordan Horace Kemble William Kester Walter Kiefer John Krokenbercer Francis Leopold Don Lewis Frank Lisi Harry Lutz John Madison James Maloney Francis McIntire Joseph McKen n a Elmer McNutt Hugh McQuaide Richard Mendiiam Don ld Miller Robert Miller J ames Moir Edmund Moore Kendall Mi mford George Nickel Adolph Norman Eugene Parsons Eldridge Penthony Daniel Redden Clyde Ressequie William Robinson George Roe Walter Roe Herbert Rommel George Roth Robert Ryon James Shade Martin Singer John Stocker Herbert Steigelem an Jack Stew art Robert Thumn J vck V an N atton Jack Wallace Samuel Walton Melvin Whiteman David West Frank Wilson George Winterbottom J ack Wood Harry Worley Linfred Yarnall Fred Wacken hagen Robert B arret 4 79 Athletics Lansdowne, long have your athletes shone. Standing in this field alone. Bringing home honor and victory. Brightening your name with glory. Lansdowne, long may your banners wave high. Long may your glory reach the sky. Always may your sons be true, Bringing new honors home to you. May your colors. Garnet and Gray, Ever be the symbol of fair play. May these colors ever shine. May glory and honor ever be thine. Clara Vetter, '30. 4 80 Standing, left to right: Robin hold. Coach; Hammaker, Manager; Peech, White, IUst, Walters, Hauser. Groswith, Ricksecker, Packer, Boyd, Hocking, Gotsiiall. Sitting: Kabakjian, Emmkri.inc, McCormick, Cornoc, Bishop, Captain; Verrall, Basehore, Hahn, Bear. Fool ball Season 1929 L. Opp. Catholic High School ................................... 6 6 Ridley Park High School ................................ 0 12 Media High School ...................................... 7 0 Lower Merion High School ............................... 0 7 Radnor High School ..................................... 6 13 Brown Preparatory School .............................. 27 14 Chester High School .................................... 8 0 I pper Darby High School .............................. 18 12 Haverford High School .................................. 6 0 Won 5. Lost 3. Tied 1 I. CATHOLIC In the first game of the season the Lansdowne High grid warriors battled the Purple ami Gold foe from Philadelphia to a 6-6 tie. Although both teams showed some rather poor football the spots of spectacular play made up for this. £ g 82 } Catholic's touchdown was the result of a long forward pass with Tanseer on the receiving end. After catching the pass the Catholic end traveled thirty yards for a touchdown. The point after touchdown was missed. Lansdowne scored her only touchdown as a result of a forty-yard march. Straight football was used in making this marker with Bishop going over from the three-yard mark to score. The point after touchdown wras missed and neither team scored after this so the final score was 6-6. II. RIDLEY PARK Lansdowne suffered her worst defeat of the season from the hig Red team from Ridley Township. Ridley Park handed Lansdowne a 12-0 setback and showed that they were one of the outstanding teams in the suburbs. Although Lansdowne had some fairly good moments they didn't seem to he in the same class as Ridley Park and so suffered their worst defeat of the season. III. MEDIA Lansdowne turned in the first victory of the season when they defeated Media 7-0 at the Lansdowne field. Lansdowne played the best football that they had so far shown and. although they lost some opportunities to score, showed a very powerful offense. “Tommy” Bishop, fullback, captain, and All-Scholastic, played one of the best games of his career and it was his gains that brought about the winning touchdown. In fact the whole team played wrell and the victory was well earned. IV. LOWER MERION The toughest game of the season was with Lower Merion on our home field. It was a nice football day with a large crowd in attendance. Lansdowne outplayed the visitors throughout, hut just an unlucky break defeated us. After we had scored many first d owns against them, we decided to throw' a pass and. as luck would have it. one of their players intercepted the pass and the result was a touchdown. They scored the extra point, thus winning the game 7-0. V. RADNOR Showing just the reversal of form, the fellows went to Radnor and bowed to the home team. Everything seemed to go against us, especially our offenses. Our defense wasn t so good, either. As for our passes, we used one towards the last of the game and Bee Rust caught it. thus making our only score. The other team scored two touchdowns, making the final score 13-6. VI. BROWN PREP. For a little rest after the strong Radnor and Lower Merion games we took on the Brown Prep team. This team came out with a group of cripples and gave us a good battle at that. Almost on the first play they scored a touchdown hv our carelessness. Then the fellows got hot and began to score on their part. Bishop scored twice. Cornog once and Peech once. Peech scored his first touchdown in his high school career. The final score was 27-14. 4 83 } VII. CHESTER The field was a mass of mud and the players were also muddy. The frame was hard fought and because of the spirit and light of our fellows we came through. On the other hand, the Chester fellows were quarreling among themselves and that is the hest wav to lose a game. The game wasn't very old before we hail scored a safey at Chester's expense. Later on, we scored a touchdown, thus sewing up the game. Chester made a late rally hut to no avail. VIII. UPPER DARBY The Upper Darhv game was a hard and tough game. hen Campbell made his 75-yard run from the opening kick-off the outlook wasn't so bright for Lansdowne. Then our passes started to work. One pass. Bishop to Hocking, resulted in our first score, which tied things. Then a while later I pper Darby tried to copy our tactics and succeeded, thus again going into the lead. Soon after that Benny Hocking came out of the air and galloped oil end for another score, again tying the score. Thus the game went on until two minutes were left to play. Once more Benny went in the air. only this time he was on the throwing end. and Squihber Verrall on the receiving. Well. Squihber made good use of that pass hv scoring, thus winning tin game for Lansdowne. The whole team showed great spirit in overcoming I . D.'s advantage. IX. HAVERFORD Although this was a holiday game the fellows didn't seem to have the same old fight that was present at the I . I), game. The game was loosely played by both teams. Lansdowne had chances to score time and time again, hut wouldn't take advantage until offered a chance on the 15-yard line. Then old Ricky decided that we needed a touchdown, so over the hall went. Of course he was assisted hv the other fellows, all the fellows playing a very good game. At the end of the season the Athletic Association gave the squad a banquet at Tindall's. The were many speakers, including ”Poss Miller, “Egg Morris, ami others. Each fellow on the squad had to give a brief statement on something about the past season. The Union A. A. very generously presented the twenty-three letter men with some trophy. The first year men received sweaters, second year men footballs, third year men received silver trophies. Tom Bishop received a silver loving cup as he had received all the above-mentioned trophies. i H t } First row, left to right: E. Sechrist, Geauque, Topliss, Malm, Persson, Bokiimlkr, Snyder, I. Skchrist. Scarborough, Taylor. Second row: Mary Sherman. Third row: Alsdorf, Cooper, Rowers, Williams, Alderfer, Aldred, McKannan, Allen, Holden, Blackburn, Carson, Thomas, Roessler. Fourth row: Groswith, George, Boyd, Bowers, Miss Allen. Sticks and Shins ’30 1930 found our very popular new coach “Sally” Allen reigning over the hockey market, with most capable “Sherry” Sherman as manager. Bidding ran high for the various positions during the first weeks of practice when many new and reckless aspirants tried their skill at remaining unscathed. After many cuts and changes the squad was finally selected, to he peppily captained by Edmee Malm; with three other letter girls, “Ginnie” Boehmler, Betty Sechrist, and Marianna Geauque forming a nucleus for the hard-fighting ensemble which couldn't do without “Shorty” Scarborough, whose fast runs on the wing position gained much ground; “Icky” Sechrist. the lisping goal-maker; Ruth Green, who carried off renter honors; Betty Taylor, our rising star; Ruth Persson, our hard working halfback: Belly Snyder, whose bad knee didn't prevent good hard playing in every game; and our brilliant, dauntless “Toppy,” the haloed goalie. Though swamped in the first game with Ridley Park, the team came back by playing the most sensational game of the season when it tied Upper Darby by a 1-1 score. After another tied game with Cheltenham tin girl hopefully put their slakes on beating Swarthmore, but the game crashed with the stock market. Collecting their last resources, the undaunted band sunk Haverford and Collingdale in quick succession. Alas, their lucky star sought another sphere and the final test of a cold, windy, never-to-be-forgotten day, forced Eansdowne to leave the Darby field with their colors drooping but their minds made up to make a good showing next year. Tin second team turned in a creditable record through the sticking ability of “goalie” Rhoda Carson, Muriel Aldred, Claire George, Catherine Holden. Judy Bowers, Monie Allen, “Blacky” Blackburn. Eleanor McKannan, Helen Cooper. Dot Thomas. Dot Roessler. Alice Alsdorf, Charlotte Alderfer and assistant manager, Nancy Groswith, most of whom will form an experienced team next season. As always, the girls had to give their own banquet to close the season and to elect a successor to “wild fire” Edmee, who always seems to be everywhere at the right time. If you had seen that healthy bunch “whooping it up' at Tindall's after a big non-fattening dinner during which Betty Synder was elected to lead 31’ attack, you would have said that sticks didn't seem to have bad effects on their shins. -3{ 85 )■ 4 86 } Tl Lansdowne 53.. Lansdowne 41.. Lansdowne 55.. Lansdowne 36. . Lansdowne 20.. Lansdowne 33. Lansdowne 30.. Lansdowne 16.. Lansdowne 41.. Lansdowne 30.. Lansdowne 33.. The Basketball Champions' Record Banks Business College 22 Palmer Business College Ridley Park H. S. Triangle A. . Media H. S. West Chester H. S. Alumni Radnor H. $. Darby H. S. Lower Merion H. S. Upper Darby H. S. 22 Lansdowne 48.. ..Cheltenham H. S. 27 28 Lansdowne 62.. ...Mercer . C. 33 18 Lansdowne 49.. . Haverford H. S. 38 24 Lansdowne 50.. ..Ridley Park H. S. 15 13 Lansdowne 40.. . West Chester H. S. 37 27 Lansdowne 51.. ..Darby H. S. 12 25 Lansdowne 32.. ..Media H. S. 23 33 Lansdowne 52.. .. Radnor H. S. 46 21 Lansdowne 46.. ..Cheltenham H. S. 42 41 24 Lansdowne 39.. .. Upper Darby H. S. 45 PENN TOURNAMENT Lansdowne 33...................Hawley H. S. 21 Lansdownc 28...................La Salle H. S. 22 Lansdowne 21...................St. Joseph 26 KIWANIS TOURNAMENT Lansdowne 22...................Darby H. S. 23 First row, left to right: White, Hahn, Brown. Ranch., Rust, Cornfield, Kabakjian. Second row: Nichols, Hood, Verbal, Brown, Boyd, Hocking, Mr. Robiniiold. The basketball team of Lansdowne High School had one of the most successful seasons ever enjoyed by any team playing under the Garnet and Gray. For the third straight year the Lansdowne aggregation won the Suburban B League Championship without losing a single game. Previous to the 1929-1930 season, Lansdowne boasted a record of twenty consecutive league games won. This year's team added twelve more victories to make the impressive total of thirty-two consecutive victories. Lansdowne suffered only two defeats in the regular scheduled games. One of the games was lost to Lower Merion High School, the runners-up for the Pennsylvania State Championship, by the score of 41 to 30, and the other one to I pper Darby High School, 31 to 45. Outside of the regular schedule, Lansdowne attempted to compete in two tournaments, at the same time playing one of the remaining games on the schedule. In trying to complete this exhaustive schedule, the Garnet warriors lost three games out of the five played, all in the space of seventy-two hours. On two days the team bad to meet two other teams within a fewr hours, on one, having to play I pper Darby at seven o’clock one evening and then play again at nine o’clock in the Pennsylvania Tournament. Lansdowne lost the first game to I pper Darby but came back with a magnificent show of power to overwhelm Hawley High School at the Penn Palestra. The next day the boys played La Salle High School and, after a bard struggle, defeated the wearers of the yellow’ and black. Due to the conflict of the schedules, Lansdowne was again forced to play two games the next day. The players were so weary that they lost both games. The first contest was w'ou by St. Joseph's at the Palestra and the second game played with Darby High at Chester was lost by one point, 22 to 21, this putting Lansdowne out of both tournaments. Even if Lansdowne lost, the brilliant work of the players did not go unnoticed, as “Dick” Brown and “Len” Hahn were both picked on the All Tournament Team that was chosen by the persons running the Kiwanis Tournament at Chester. “Dick Brown wras placed at forward on the first team ami “Len Hahn at guard on the second team. 'flic champions wrere very capably coached by George A. Robinhold, former I emple University athlete and, later, coach of Brown Preparatory School. This is the second championship basketball team coached by Mr. Robinhold. The varsity was composed of veterans of last year's squad and. in fact, most of the squad were experienced men. The team comprised a combination of clever doormen, good passers, and wonderful shots. The high scorer was the veteran, “Dick Brown, a player who has been a star ever since bis Freshman year. He is one of the greatest longshots ever turned out by Lansdowne High, besides being a very clever passer, a good dribbler, and a close defensive player. Captain Carl Ranck, the lanky center, was a close second to Brown for high scoring honors, being, in fact, only a few points behind at the end of the season. ’ I ad. as he is affectionately called by bis companions, is one of the best shortshots who ever played at Lansdowne. ’Bee Rust, the clever forward, also scored many valuable points for Lansdowne. “Bee’s” sport was faking, that is, pretending to do one thing and then doing another. He tallied quite a few points by this method ami usually gave the man guarding him a great deal of trouble. “Len” Hahn and “Bob Cornfield held down their posts very creditably. They could be counted on to come through with much-needed points when no one else could. The Varsity substitutes were Hood, Verral, Hocking, White, Kahakjian, Boyd, and Brown. These hoys filled in very capably whenever they entered the game for one of the Varsity men. This year. Lansdowne was particularly fortunate as to coaching, veteran players, and good substitutes. It is hoped that next year’s team will be as successful as this years combination. 87 First row, left to right: Green, Geauque, Boehmler, Topliss, Collincs, George. Second row: I. Seciirist, Castle, Carr, Hartner, E. Sechrist, Alsdorf, Huston, Blackburn, Holden, Rivas. Third row: Wiessler, Allen, Boyd, Bowers, Meade, Miss Allen. Basketball Bumps The great enthusiasm which brought almost a hundred girls to the gym for basketball try-outs petered out pitifully with the season’s advancement. Drops and cuts left a plucky squad of about twenty-five girls, composed mostly of last year’s squad, to carry on for Lansdowne. The girls practiced tirelessly, trained with a strict diet, and even donned new suits, to meet only a few victories and straggling, fighting rooters. But Lansdowne, though usually on the shorter end of the score, always came through with cheers and smiles, true sports! Indeed, the girls must he complimented for their plucky spirit, glowing pep, grittv. clean playing and the second team’s undefeated record. With capable “brown-eyed” El Wiessler managing and cheery, peppy Ginnie Boehmler captaining, the squad worked hard with Miss Allen, always to put up a good fight. On the first team Marjorie Topliss jumped her way to the tap-off with Joey Collings’ lightning partnership. Claire George, who will he good for another two years, and dauntless Ruth Green guarded the foe, while “sure-shot” Ginnie and Marianna Geauque sought the basket. Betty Sechrist, who often saved the day at critical moments, earned much credit as both forward and guard. Tin second team, the undefeated second team, put up a brilliant game, often filling first team positions and providing fir t rate material for 31’s squad. Jimmy Carr, who received her letter with the first team, jumped, with Monie Allen and Bohhv Meade sharing side center honors. Dot Davies, Judy Bowers and Katherine Holden, whose inopportune chicken-pox handicapped her somewhat, guarded efficiently and effectively. At forward were the inseparable and well-known pair, Icky Sechrist and Peggy Castle, whose brilliant team work will he well used next season. Blacky Blackburn and Marie Rivas substituted at forward. Sara French at side center, Margy Boyd at center and Mice Alsdorf, Laura Brown, Ann Jacoby and Peggy Sanderson at guard. Probably the most exciting and best game of the season was a post-season game with Sacred Heart. Though they had no recent practice, the first team played a brilliant game, holding down the City Liners, and finally outpointing them, only to lie tied 45-45 by a last half-minute basket. As usual, a banquet at Tindall’s terminated the season, with an added attraction of an afternoon dance in the gym. given by the Hi-Y whose kind help was greatly appreciated. After speeches by “ever-ready” Mrs. Young, the Gilberts, coach Sally Allen and each of the other “unnotables,” Icky Sechrist was elected next year’s captain. She just said something about “thay,” “thoup” and “thomething elth” but we “with her and her companions all the luck pothihle for next year”! «G( 88 } Seated, left to right: Ziesing, Applegate, Albertus, Platoff, w Tine, Adams, Hendricks. Standing: Sulli an, Lamhokn, Polites, Miss Allen, Gray, Maiier, Taylor. Senior Girls' Basketball Team I he Senior girls basketball team had lots of fun, even though they did not have a very successful season. Three games were played. In the first, the Seniors played the Juniors, heating them hy a score of 15 to 10. .Next the Seniors played the Sophomores and were beaten by a score of 4 to 8. In the third and last game the Seniors were beaten hy the Freshmen with a score of 18 to 20. The Senior team was composed of the following girls: Zena Platoff. captain, and Myrtle Lamhorn were the centers. Nancy Applegate, Anna Maher and Thelma Adams were the side-centers. The dashing forwards were Claire Taylor, Dorothy Hendricks. and Marion Gray. Esther Alhertus, Eleanor Van l ine, and Sophia Polites played guards. SCORES Seniors .................... 15 Juniors ..................... 10 Seniors ..................... 4 Sophomores ................... 8 Seniors ..................... 18 Freshmen .................... 20 4 89 }■ Sealed, left to right: Stuart, Scarborough, Schill, Cassacio, Speidkl. Standing: Brinley, Hillman, Rapp, Miss Allen, Cooper, Sorzano, Abrahams. Junior Girls' Basketball Team The Juniors lost their first game to the Seniors. This was, however, just the amount of cold water needed to wake them up, for in the next game they trounced the Freshmen. Their winning streak continued and they heat the Sophomores, hut the huhhlc hurst, however, when in the finals they tried to put the Freshmen in their places. That was all they did do—try for the Freshmen surprised them and handed them a nice little defeat. The personnel of the team is as follows: Jump center, Helen Cooper; side center. Eleanor Cassacio. Guards: Juanita Sorzano, Dorothy Hillman. Forwards: “Shorty Scarborough, Lois Schill, captain. The Juniors were lucky to have such subs as they did. They were Estelle Abrahams, Anita Speidel, Betty Stuart. Betty Rapp, and Eleanor Brinley. SCORES | iitiiors 10 Seniors 15 | nninrs 23 Freshmen 19 | nniors 11 Sophomores 8 Juniors .: 3i Freshmen 40 90 Standing, left to right: Focc, Mitchell, Fillman, Miss Allen, Huston, Perkins, Kabakjian. Seated: Robinson, Miller, Thomas, Sanderson, Bowers, Jacoby, Brown. Sophomore Girls' Basketball Team The Sophomores didn't have a very victorious season but they certainly did put up a hard fight when they were defeated by the Freshmen by a score of 18 to 16. They put up a mighty hard fight and it looks as if Lansdowne will get some good players from this class next year. Peggy Sanderson made a fine captain and worked hard for the success of the team. The team was composed of the following girls: Peggy Sanderson, captain and jump center; Joey Bowers, side center. The forwards were Blanche Rohson and Dot Thomas. The guards were Anna Jacoby and Laura Brown. The subs were Peggy Perkins, Carrie Miller, Naomi Fogg, Alice Kabakjian, Mary Mitchell, Ruth Fillman, and Helen Huston. SCORES Sophomores 16 Freshman Sophomores 8 Seniors . , Sophomores 8 Juniors . . 91 } Freshmen Girls' Basketball Team The Freshmen ('.lass Team has done itself proud by winning the school championship in lace ol stern opposition. Each and every girl did her best to bring success to the UYreshie” Team. The girls were led by Captain Peggy Guctter who played at jump center and guard. She was ably assisted at center by Jane Wilkinson. The side center position was made exceedingly strong by the playing of both Alice Hicknell and Rosalie Ludwig. The regular guard berths were kept down by the splendid combination of “Bobbie Mallory and Evelyn Young. Last hut far from least were the sensational high scoring forwards, Mildred Yerrall and Billie Chester. Of value to the team were the substitute positions held by Florence Stout, Janet Hartman. Frances Held, Janet Rapp, Sue llicks, Jean Carswell, Ruth Sturgess, and Harriet Livingston. The girl deserve a lot ol credit lor their plucky playing. Lansdowne High has in them brilliant material lor the varsity teams ol the near future. SCORES 16 1 r«|vhmt n 1R I r«� wltm � n J (Championship Game) Freshmen j 4 9 2 Firs! row. left to right: Pharoaii, Hauser, Bottom ley, Wilkinson, McCormick. Second row: Mr. Epley, Focc;, Barger, Wicks, Coknog, Donahue. Senior Bovs' Basketball Team t | ()R tile last time the basketball players of the class of 1930 took to the floor to compete with the other classes. After six hard fought games they were awarded second place. The record of four games won and two lost was not so bail considering the two games lost were only lost by the scant margin of one point in each case, and these to the Juniors who were the champs. Led by Captain Botlomley and coached by Mr. F.pley, they did their best in every game. In the first game with the Freshmen the boys scored forty-two points, to make the league record. Mallor Bottomley and William Wilkinson held down the forward positions, Bottomley usually being the high scorer. John Hauser held up, rather than down, the center position and ‘'Bill” McCormick along with “Reds” Pharoaii scored many points even though they were playing guards. Cornog took his place as guard in several games and Fogg, Barger, Wicks and Donahue also were good substitutes. SCORES Seniors ............................... 14 Seniors ............................... 35 Seniors................................ 42 Seniors................................ 22 Seniors................................ 21 Seniors ............................... 35 Juniors........................... 15 Sophomores ....................... 26 Freshmen ......................... 21 Juniors........................... 23 Sophomores ....................... 20 Freshmen ......................... 19 93 y First row, left to right: Fetter, Goodwin, Ricksecker, Pai.mkr, Smith. Second row: Blackburn, Bear, Groswith, Mason, Poutks, Conway. Junior Boys' Basketball Team Keeping up the honor of the Junior Class, the hoys’ basketball team succeeded in winning the interclass basketball league contest without the loss of a single game. Many of the games were closely contested aid the boys had several close shaves but they always managed to come out on top. This stellar quintet performed fine and they ought to furnish good material for a Varsity the next season. “Bee” Rust and “Ben” Hocking, two Varsity players, were the coaches and they aided the players a great deal. Charles Ricksecker was the captain who led the boys on to victory. Le Roy Goodwin very capably played center. Charles Ricksecker and Darlington Smith filled the forwards positions and gave their opponents a lively time. Daniel Palmer and Dean Polites were unusual guards and did not let many points slip through unnoticed. Theodore Fetter, Charles Blackburn, Richard Bear, Charles Groswith. Mathew Mason, and Howard Conway were glad to substitute whenever they got the opportunity. SCORES Juniors .............................. 15 Juniors .............................. 30 Juniors .............................. 18 Juniors .............................. 23 Juniors .............................. 28 Juniors ............................. 32 Seniors ........................... 14 Sophomores ...................... 21 Freshmen .......................... 15 Seniors ........................... 22 Sophomores ........................ 19 Freshmen .......................... 17 -f 94} Firs! row, left to right: Jack, Tobin. Clothier, Diktriech, Non Ki.eek. Second row: Mr. Ewan, Minster. Greer. Sophomore Boys' Basketball Team Tin loyal, sophisticated. Sophomore Basketball team came out in third place in the interclass basketball league contest. They managed to win two games out of the six that they played and that is not so bad considering that they are Sophomores! The two games won were with the Freshmen. They were defeated by the Seniors and Juniors every time but they almost conquered the Seniors in the game the Seniors won twenty-one to twenty. All the boys did their best in spite of the odds against them so we must give them a band. Mr. Ewan was the faculty coach and Jack Greer the efficient manager. David Cooper jumped bis best at the post of center but there were tall centers in the other classes. Bayard Clothier and Paul Von Kleek held their own as forwards and did their best to get a few shots rung up. The guards were Donald Dietriech and Charles Tobin. Of course, a team must have substitutes ready to take the varsity places so Donald Minster and Lewis Jack were always on band. SCORES 35 21 30 30 17 20 21 19 28 Sophomores Freshmen 95 f Freshmen Boys' Basket ball Team «y In the interclass basketball league contest, the Freshmen players captured fourth place! They had a fine team as far as Freshmen teams go hut they did not quite rate high enough to win any of the games with their upper classmen. It takes a good team to suffer defeat and the Frosh proved they were equal to it. In the first game with the Juniors their hopes were raised when they only hist by three points but after that -well, that's another story. Mr. Forsburg was a very capable coach and lie did his best to get the team in shape. Robinson was another one of those efficient managers. There were nine good players and they ought to develop into good material when they are a little older and more experienced. Peter Hauser jumped center and scored many of the points. The forward positions were filled by “Nick” Cassaecio and Joseph McKenna while “Reds” Robinson and George Winterbottom held down the posts as guards. Gibson Drake, and McIntyre were always ready to replace any of the regulars. SCORES 21 Seniors 42 18 30 33 32 Freshmen 18 First row, left to right: Castle, Cassaccio, McKenna, Drake, MacIntyre. Second row: Robinson. Winterbottom, Hauser, Gibson, Mr. Foksbi ki.. 96 } rir t row, left to right: Cassaccio, Em.mkrling, Kabakjian, Captain; Bishop, Captain; Boyd, Brown. Second row: Hallowell, Ass’t. Mgr.; Peech, Kauffman, Ranck, Mr. Robiniiold, Coach: MacMichael, Wagner, Cochran, I)i Fabio, Manager. The Baseball Team During the early part of March, Coach Rohinhold issued a call for candidates and about thirty hasehall players answered the summons. The team was successful during the first part of the season, defeating Taylor School, Radnor. Ilaverford, and Ridley Park. They lost to Cheltenham, Media. West Chester and Darby. There was one tie game and that was the second game with West Chester. This year, the team had about six regulars back and plenty of new material to fill in the vacancies. Curl Ranck, as catcher, had acquired much knowledge by playing in the Twilight League with the Union A. A. He is a natural catcher and was also a good hitter. Peech, on first base, was a good man, but he left school before he regained his hatting eye. “Shorty” Rust, although not a letter man, covered second base like nobody's business. He was also a fair hitter. In left field Tom Bishop performed as usual. After Peech left he played first base some. Ray Kabakjian was a good, dependable player, hut perhaps a little weak in hitting. Bill Emmcrling patroled right field and made out fine. Dave Wagner. Harry McMichael, and “puppy” Brown did their best in taking turns about at the mound. Among the newcomers we had Bill Boyd, who played shortstop very well; “Nick” Cassaccio playing third base as a good fielder and hard hitter, and “Clias” Ricksecker, tin all-around athlete, patrols center field. He was an awful tough looking hatter hut In did not set the world on fire. Tom Bishop and Ray Kabakjian were elected captains and Francis Di Fahio, the manager, performed his duty very creditably. C( 97 K The Track Team About one hundred hoys responded to the cull for track candidates during the winter months. As spring advanced, boys could be seen trotting around the track even during very cold weather. As the weather became more mild, more boys reported to the field to practice either the field or track events. John Hauser, Shorty Bowers, Bill Groswith, Dick Bear, Charles Walters, Ben Hocking, and many others could be seen throwing the javelin, the shot, and the discus, besides high jumping, broad jumping and pole vaulting. Then, some of the celebrities on the track were Mallor Bottomly, the track captain; Bill Wilkinson, the miler; Bee Rust, Ben Hocking, Bus Cornog, and Charley Walls, the 100 and 220 yard dash men. Hocking, Bottomly, Fogg, and many others pounded the track for the half and quarter miles, while Biddle Bishop took the hurdles. The boys defeated Haverford and Swarthmore High Schools in dual meets by large scores but they lost the dual meet with Episcopal. In the large, interscholastic meets, they were never far from first place, not being any further than fifth place in any contest. The outstanding winner was Mallor Bottomlcy, who could always be counted on to win either the half or quarter-mile race. Other consistent winners were Bishop, in the hurdles; Bear, in pole vault; Wilkinson, in the mile; Hocking, in the dashes, and Bowers and Groswith, in the high jump. Mr. Forstburg coaches the team very efficiently and helped to work up a big interest in bis sport. The manager, “Pep” Young, and bis assistants worked hard in caring for the various track equipment. All aspirants worked bard and made this team one of the most successful in Lansdowne for a number of years. «G( M The Cinder Path Although the Girls’ Track Team was late in starting its regular routine this year, it fared as well as could he expected. Like all the sports this year, a large number of girls turned out for practice displaying much enthusiasm. The underclassmen were especially numerous and this pointed towards bigger and better track teams for Lansdowne High School in the future. The old faithfuls on the cinder path were Kitty Holden and Ginnie Boehmler, while Judy Bowers stuck faithfully to her jumping standards. One of the stars was one who had plenty of “muscle,” and that one was Mildred Verral. She certainly could throw a “mean” ball, whether it was a baseball or a basketball. She won her letter many times over and proved invaluable to the team. The Freshmen were well represented, one of their number being a very good high jumper, “Billie” Chester. Let us all hope she can be another Jean Shiley when she becomes a dignified Senior. The captaincy, filled by Juliana Bowers, was chosen just before the first meet of the season. Judy was an old stand-hy as an able high jumper and she helped many of the new girls to get started. The capable manager, Marjorie Topliss, was assisted very well by Margaretta Boyd. Miss Allen aided the girls a great deal by her fine coaching. Although the manager had a hard time securing meets for the girls, they did their best in the meets that were scheduled. The girls came out for practice faithfully, as they believed “practice makes perfect” and, as a result, the team was quite successful and they certainly showed their fine sportsmanship. 99 } First row, left to right: Hahn, Brown. Second row: Leatiikm, Fetter, Roberts. Boys' Tennis Team The 1930 season was a most successful one for the Lansdowne High School tennis team. Although not in any league, the 1930 racket wielders from Lansdowne have been called by experts the strongest team in the section and it was believed hy some to he the most powerful in the state. As Lansdowne did not belong to any league, a strong, independent schedule was worked up hy the manager. Homer Roberts. This exhaustive schedule included such teams as Lawrenceville Prep, George School, Franklin and Marshall Freshmen, Gettysburg Freshmen, Episcopal Academy, Valley Forge Military Academy, and many others of the same caliber. The Garnet and Gray team went through such a schedule without being defeated or tied. In the Middle State Juniors and Pennsylvania Interscholastic tournaments the Lansdowne hoys did very well. Lansdowne was second in number of points scored hy any team in the Penn Tourney and. individually, the players made a fine showing in both tournaments. Although the team did not boast any shining star, it was one of the best balanced and strongest all around teams that Lansdowne has ever had and that Mr. Fetter has ever coached. This is saying a great deal, as Lansdowne has had four championship teams in the last four years that Mr. Fetter has been the coach. Even though not in a league, it is easily seen that they were virtual champions and deserved all the honor due to champions. The players, mostly veterans from the 1929 championship machine, were: Leonard Hahn, Gap-tain; Charles Riekseeker; Robert Cornfield; Richard Brown; Ted Fetter; Ed Leathern; Ronald Hood; Herbert Ostroff. Captain and first singles player of the Boys’ Team. 4 100 K- Rollicking Racketeers After an enthusiastic tournament in volley-hall which the Seniors won, a few of last year’s tennis squad had a meeting in which they decided to wait until just before the first match before electing a captain so that all would work especially hard. They elected as manager, Nancy Applegate, who immediately tried to get matches hut with little success, arranging for only three. Undaunted, she secured the two courts at Gladstone Manor on which to practice. Though, quite far away, the girls managed to get hops up there and for a time practiced diligently to the tune of trolley cars and the corner drug store. Hut, soon this privilege was taken away and tin girls had to resort to the playground court. Finally, to the great enjoyment of all, the fine new courts opposite the school were completed and practice went merrily on, now to the tune of airplanes and Dominick. The girls got loads of fun out of their season though the matches were few and far between. Flashing, steady Joey Codings always gave her opponent a good run-around. Mig Scarborough, whose unfortunate accident last year kept her from fulfilling her captaincy, showed she could play tennis in spite of her habit spelled with a “D.” Blacky Blackburn, Ruth Opdyke, and Marianna Geaque, last season players, hit their hardest, often succeeding in getting the hall over the net and very often even over the backstop. Betty Taylor, with two years’ experience, will he next season’s nucleus along with Ruth Stubbs and Betty Stuart who made a good pair at doubles. Though Varsity tennis did not have such a big schedule this year. Miss Allen worked up a big tennis “craze” by having practice in gym classes for all aspirants. Rackets became the racket and in all the time the only damper to the enthusiasm was running after balls on a hot day. Next year let us hope a more successful beginning will put Lansdowne on the winning streak, hut let her never forget the clean, good sportsmanship displayed hy all her athletes of 1929-1930. 101 } First row, left to right: Jackson, Kf.llf.r, Preston. McKenna, IIuser. Palmer. Second row: Wood, Roberts, Hicks, Mr. Tammeryn, Davis, Leeds, Mvi.lov. Third row : Applegate, Garner, de Horsey, Emory, Dusseau. The Golf Team Rack in 1927, Lunsdowne High School started its golf team. Jack Pyle, now on the Swarthmore College team, was the Captain. J. Davis, N. Gildersleeve, J. Hauser and Preston made up the rest of the team. Since then, the sport has grown tremendously. This spring, under the leadership of Captain Preston, the team starts its fourth year with fine prospects in view. Coach Joe Hansen, who is the Pro at the Lansdowne Country Club, and Mr. John H. Tammeryn, Jr., faculty advisor for the team, have been laboring most of the winter to teach the rudiments of the game to a squad of nineteen hoys. If the team enjoys a successful season, which it confidently expects, the credit will go to Joe Hanson, for the many weary hours he has spent teaching the squad members to he real golfers. Without Mr. Tammeryn, there would have been no golf team. Since 1928, when he first became head of the group, he has worked hard and assiduously to build up the personnel of the L. H. S. Golf Club. Millard Jackson, manager of the team, has arranged a schedule of nine matches for the team this year. Upper Darby, Haverford, Cheltenham, St. Joseph's Prep, Wilmington and Overbrook are the schools we contest with. The regular team is composed of: Eugene Preston, George Keller, John Hauser, Joseph McKenna, William Wood, Daniel Palmer, and Leeds. There are a number of substitutes who are showing promising form. They are mostly lower classmen, which means that there will he good material for future teams. Jack Davis and Emery are playing steady golf, Jackson and Malloy look good, and Applegate has the makings of a future champion. ■Of 102 ) THE ATHLETIC FIELD ( 103 Activities Days in school arc not long When brightened by days and song. So high school has activities To furnish these gayeties. Orchestra, chorus, band Brighten the day, I’I ays. debates, and sports Entertain their way, All add interest and great joy for the knowledge-seeking girl and boy. To school work, activities give pep and zest. And make each one work his best; For studies, brightened by happy play. Make High School exciting every day. Clara Vetter, ’30. 104 ) First row, left to right: Platoff, Persson, Williams Applegate, Wiessler, Boehmler, Topliss, Allen. Geauql'e. Second row: Dusseau, Kabakjivn, Carton, Gatter, Stewart, Opdyke, Huston, Cornoc, Hahn. Third row: Packer, Hammaker, Wood, Maher, df. Horsey, Hicks, Gibson, Cornfield, T. Bishop, Cloukey, B. Bishop. Morton. In renter: Mr. Epley. The Lahian Staff A new policy was adopted this year hy the 1930 staff in publishing not a Senior Glass annual, hut a Lansdowne High School year hook. With this purpose in mind, the business staff succeeded in securing four hundred and fifty subscriptions, making this the largest attempt of its kind ever undertaken at Lansdowne. The name Lahian was suggested hy George Knapp as a result of contest between all the classes. It stands for LAnsdowne High ANnual and it is the sincere hope of the 1930 staff that the ensuing classes will perceive the advantage in emulating our example and continue the use of this title. Although our staff was a large one, there are a few people without whose constant labors the Year Book would not have been a success. First and foremost among these is our friend and advisor, Mr. George J. Epley. Without his untiring concern and interest, the Lahian would not have been possible. The Editor-in-Chief, Eleanor Wiessler, was ceaseless in her efforts, and we will never forget that daily cry, “Do you have that article finished yet?” Biddle Bishop managed the advertisements very well and Bay kahakjian made a fine job of the business end. Bill Wood was the artist and Howard Cornog designed the cover. Tom Bishop, Len Hahn, Marianna Geauque, and Ginnie Boehmler had charge of the athletic accounts. Nancy Applegate and Blake Gibson ran the picture end of it. Ellwood Hammaker and Ruth Persson were invaluable aids to the Editor and George Morton was the head typist. Other members of the staff were Catherine Lloyd, Marjorie Topliss, Dot Huston. Mary Sherman, Edson Packer, Boh Cornfield, John Dusseau, Reed de Horsey. To these people the success of your Lahian is due. and if you find pleasure in reading and reminiscing on this record, you may credit it to the hard work of these members of the Class of 1930. TT, ”T k 4 106 K« First row, left to right: Patton, Murphy, Gatter, Weissler, Miss McCullouch, Platoff, Harpkr, Roessler. Second row: Mahr, Hahn, Roberts, de Horsey, Solf.nbercer, Stanley, Dusseau, Morton, Weightman. Third row: Bradley, Stanert, Fetter, Tullar, Simmons, Gibson, Clou key. The Garnet and Gray Under the personal supervision of Miss Margaret M. McCullough ami the faithfulness of the Garnet and Gray staff, the school paper has kept up its high record. Twelve issues have been published, each containing an interesting story, a few personals, a complete account of athletic events, many original jokes, one or more pictures, worthwhile editorials, and much current news. The Garnet ami Gray is a member of the Columbia Scholastic Association, Pennsylvania State Press and is on exchange with most of the papers of the suburban High Schools. William Simons, the business manager, has kept the finances of the paper on the safe side. Bill should get a lot of credit, for he has worked hard in collecting money and soliciting advertisements. The staff was quite an original one. There was one editor, Eleanor Wiessler and about a half dozen assistant editors. John Dusseau and Reed de Horsey usually wrote up the Latin Club specialties and Drama Club notes. Dot Roessler and Edith Patton wrote up, among many things, the news from the Junior Class and French Club notes. Leonard Hahn and Melvin Weightman took care of the athletic page. C. Cloukey supplied the agony of the “Agony Column.” Homer Roberts and John Solenberger were commonly known as efficient reporters. Zena Platoff recorded the girls athletic events and wrote sarcastic editorials. Miriam Harper represented the Sophs by writing up any news which might have developed out of that class. Marie Gatter wrote most of the stories and editorials. Lois Murphy was the make up assistant. The staff typists were Charles Maher and George Morton. The staff photographer and exchange editor was Blake Gibson. 4 107 First row, left to right: Cummings, Carr. Applegate, Snyder, Hahn, McCormick, Wiesslkr, Sherman,Topliss, Neisser. Second row: Fleischmann, Heath, Hammaker, Carton, Guetter, Morton, Hauser, Cornog, Ostrofe. Third row: Kkr. Fetter, Cloukey, Mr. Drake, Wood, Hocking, Simmons. The Student Council Tlie Student Association of the Lansdowne High School was very successful in everything undertaken during this year. It was organized for the purpose of promoting all student cluhs and activities. With this purpose in mind, the membership was composed of the various class officers and representatives from every organization of the school. A schedule for the school year was outlined so that no meetings, dances, plays, or musicals conflicted with each other. Not only were activities promoted hut some were run hy the Council. Dances in the gymnasium after basketball games were started and very novel pep meetings, as well as the regular Wednesday assemblies were planned. At Christmas time, the Council aided Miss Groce a great deal in making up and delivering baskets to the poor. In aiding the school, the Council was especially active. On School Night the members acted as guides for the parents and saw that everything ran smoothly. A plan was devised to relieve traffic congestion in the halls and on the stairways. Materials for the first school handbook were compiled to he ready for publishing the next year. Of course, funds were necessary to carry on the work, so money was raised in several ways. For one, pep tags and megaphones were sold at football games. On the playgrounds a stand was erected so that refreshments could he sold at athletic contests. The Council either rented it to other cluhs or ran it itself. The Student Council was aided very capably hy its advisors: Miss Filly and Mr. Drake. The officers were as follows: Leonard Hahn, President; William McCormick, Vice-President; Betty Snyder, Secreta ry-T rea su rer. •� •( 108 The Dramatic Club This year, under the supervision of Miss Trauger, the Drama Club has proven itself to he an up-to-the-minute, busy organization. The semesters of '29 and ’30 have registered themselves as the most successful season enjoyed by the club since it was first begun. To begin with, the officers and supervisor of course played a big part. With Miss Trauger at the lead. Joseph Hitler as President, Elizabeth Snyder as Vice-President, and Dorothy Roessler as Secretary, how could we help hut come through with flying colors? The work done this year may he divided into three distinct groups: plays for money, plays for chapel programs, and exchange plays. Under the first heading, that of the money-making proposition, we find two successes starred. The first, “Milestones,” a three-act play which was given in November with marvelous results, really put the duh on the map ami gave it a place in the school activities. The second venture, which held up the high standard set by the first play, was the group of three plays presented in March. Under the heading of plays for chapel, there are several to he mentioned. Among them were. “Joint Owners in Spain,” “Mistletoe and Hollyberry,” and “The Marriage Proposal.” Finally comes the work on exchange programs. Many schools sent plays to us and in return we sent some of our representatives to them. Some of the plays sent were, “Seven Women,” “The Florist’s Shop,” “The (fhost Story,” and “The Marriage Proposal.” Miss Trauger i now looking over a good program for next year and there are some rumors that there will he another hig production next fall. Here’s wishing good luck to the Drama Club in every project undertaken. C 109 First row. left to right: Schill, Abrahams, French, Holden, Cloukey, Patton, Roessler, Stuart. Stevenson. Second row: Cooper, Grey, antine. Way, Wilson, Allen, Miss Baker, Boeiimler, Applegate, Wiessler, Sherman, Geauque, Hahn. Third row: Kelly, Dusseau, Stanert, Rapp, Williams, Persson, Platoff, Lam born, Hicks, Simmons. Fourth row: McQuaide, Ham maker, Barger, Fetter, Tullar, Trent. Le Cercle Francois The French Club has enjoyed a very successful year under the able leadership of Miss Baker. The club is a scholastic one, organized for the bettering of the speaking of French, and open only to second and third year French students whose averages in French are eighty-five per cent, or better. Meetings are held monthly and no one is permitted to speak English at the meetings. This year, the club held a Christmas party that was very successful, a French debate, and an assembly program of motion pictures of French scenes. A sum of money also was donated to the aid of some flooded districts in France. The big event of the year was the French Night, when the two comedies, “Rosalie” and “LWnglais Tel Qu’on Le Parle,” were presented in the auditorium to an exclusive audience. The large cast and the many committees all contributed to the success of the comedies and the dance which was held in the gymnasium after the performance. This was the first attempt of the French (dub to put across an affair of this kind, so the results were very gratifying. The profits from the plays and dance were used as prizes, awarded Commencement Night, for the three Seniors with the highest French averages. Two gold medals, donated by Mr. Abrahams, father of one of the members, also were awarded, one to a Senior and one to a Junior, for excellence in French. The officers of the club are as follows: Charles Cloukey, President: Ruth Persson, Vice-President; Mary Sherman, Secretary, ami William Simmons, Treasurer. ■{ 110 The Math Club The Lansdowne High School Mathematics Club, known as the A. G. T. (Algebra, Geometry. Trigonometry) Club, was originated eight years ago by Miss McAllister. It was first composed of voluntary membership. The meetings were held weekly either in assembly period or after school. Talks, plays, and recreational numbers were frequently presented. With the passing years, the increase in extra-curricula activities made so many demands upon the members that it was impossible to find a time for the meetings, to suit all the members. To comply with these new conditions, the club was divided into chapters which met during a part of the class period each week. When this new method had been used a short time it became evident that it was much more satisfactory than the old one. Topics more suitable to the particular group in each chapter could he discussed. A little later, the club published its first paper, “The Geometry World.” It was a success and has been published ever since, although the name has been changed to “The A. G. T. Review.” The various chapters take turns in publishing it and at times the circulation has been as high as two hundred copies. From the proceeds of the paper and other sources, a fully equipped mathematics department has been built up. Large and small slide rules, protractors, triangles, and T-squares have been purchased. Forty-five dollars has been given towards a transit. Some sixty books have been purchased which are used both for club work and outside reading. Under the capable direction of Miss McAllister, the Math Club has had an especially good year, having regular meetings and publishing the paper regularly. Also, a movie benefit was given in the auditorium by the Junior Class chapter. It netted thirty-one dollars with which eighteen books were purchased. «G( 111 K1 The Commercial Club The Commercial Club is well known in the social circles of Lansdowne High School, as it is one of the largest clubs in the school. It is composed of all the members of the Junior and Senior Commercial Classes. This year, the club has not been so active, but they have managed to have a very good time. At the beginning of the season the following officers were elected: (diaries Maher, President; Harry MacMichael. Vice-President; Doris Zeising, Secretary-Treasurer; Edwin Stewart, Chairman of the Social Committee. At Christmas time, the entire club joined in having a Christmas party at which everyone received a wonderful present from the five and ten “Woolworth Special.'’ Later, the Senior group enjoyed a trip to the Lansdowne Bank, where they gained some valuable information. It was through the efforts of the Commercial Club that pictures were obtained from the Royal Typewriter Company to be shown in Assembly. The crowning feature of the year was the demonstration of typing given by Ceorge Hossfield, the world's champion typist. Everyone was greatly impressed by his skill in typing and came away from the demonstration determining to emulate George Hossfield in a short time. Who knows—there may be an embryo Hossfield in our midst at present who will one day startle the world by doing two hundred words a minute, and bring honor and fame to his old Alma Mater—Lansdowne. The Commercial Club inaugurated tin plan of having a party, given by tin Juniors as a farewell to the Seniors. These parties were always eagerly awaited by all and this year was no exception. -3( 112 K The Latin Club In former years, the Latin Club, under the direction of Miss Cook, has always successfully undertaken seven major events. Last year, the Latin Club set an example by featuring a hilarious musical comedy at the close of the term. Accordingly, this year’s class has felt very strongly the burden of its weighty responsibilities. The Class of 1930 has, in accordance with the ancient custom of its forefathers, held its annual Saturnalia Banquet, and it is absolutely unquestioned that this last Saturnalia was the biggest and best of them all. Even more, the present club has provided handsomely for the academic scholarships; but the true success of the season was that brilliant musical farce, “In the Maws of Passion,” or “Hearts Aflame,” or “The Poisoned Pimpernel.” However, the 1930 Senior Class has in one respect outclassed all its predecessors; this class has held a true Roman Sacrifice to the gods of the college entrance examinations. The sacrifice was handled in true Roman style with elaborate sacrifices of such beasts as “ponies,” et cetera. The austere Seniors believe that they, in reaching the maturity of their wisdom, have fully upheld the sacred traditions of the past and have even added to them. Now the Seniors have “fought the good fight” and are fully prepared to wend their way into immortal fame and glory. The Seniors leave their long-established customs and ergil translators to the Juniors and absolute confidence that they will valiantly “carry on.” k 4 113 }• For ihe first lime in several years Lansdowne has produced a true championship Debating Team. M iss Trauger. the coach, labored long and bard with the team members to develop an effective group. The result has been most satisfying; the Lansdowne debaters having won more decisions than any other team in a powerful debating league. It is not fitting, however, to bestow exceptional credit upon any particular member of the team in that each one very capably filled bis position. Tile question of the debate was: “Resolved, that installment buying lias proved harmful to the American people.” There were six debates held and our team won a majority of the decisions. It is indeed noteworthy, that every member of the team was inexperienced until the debates of this year were held. Consequently, both Miss Trauger and the team were forced to devote much time and energy to an exhaustive study of the proposition. The team summoned ancient periodicals and musty authorities from dark shelves of libraries until installment buying became as familiar to them as the characters of comic strips. In due time, the group reaped its reward by successfully completing the season of debates. However, every member of this year’s team has been, fortunately or unfortunately, as the case may be, a Senior, and these successful debaters will pass on to other exploits and leave their present standard to the hands of a new team. Since each member of the group was a Senior, the next year’s team must again be inexperienced; so the members of the 1930 team unite in extending their best wishes for good luck and successful debates to the coming team. The Debating Team Gray Dusseau Young DE Harden Miss Horsey H am m aker Trauger Van Tine Sim mons First row, left to right: Zeising, Sullivan. Friktvg, Boeiimi.er. Huston, Applegate, Pkrsson. Stevenson, Knight, Larned, Sorzano, Roesslek. Second row: Lloyd, Reid, vn Tine. Opdyke, Williams, E. Sechrist, Miss Condran, Clutch, Blackburn, I. Seciirist, Stubbs, Stewart, Rice. The Hi - Y Club The Hi Y clubs for hoys and girls are an international organization sponsored by the Young Men’s Christian Association. Their purpose is to create, maintain, and extend throughout the school and community, high standards of Christian character, namely: cleaner living, better sportsmanship, better fellowship, and cleaner scholarship. They also seek a four-fold development: intellectual, spiritual, physical, and social. The Lansdowne Girls’ Hi-Y was organized in 1925. It now consists of twenty-five Senior and Junior girls. The members must he recommended for high character, scholarship, and leadership. There must he a unanimous vote of acceptance by the cluh for a girl to enter. This year, the girls have inaugurated the famed afternoon dances. All those who have attended these affairs have agreed as to their success. A share of the profits of these dances was presented to the school library. Much enjoyment was derived from the dinner parties and theatre parties. The cluh was invited to attend various other school Hi-Y organizations and these invitations were reciprocated. Our Hi- had the honor and pleasure of initiating the Collingdale group into this organization. An evening’s entertainment was shared at Upper Darby High School where clubs from Upper Darby, Lower Merion. and Collingdale gathered. The Hi-Y girls not only play hut they also work. They have charge of the lost and found department of the school, they act as guides and ushers when called upon, and do various other services for the interests of others. Mrs. H. Jordan is the advisor from the Y. M. C. A. and Miss Condran is the school advisor. The cluh has four officers with various committees to deal with the service and social activities. The officers are as follows: Ruth Persson, President; Nancy Applegate, Vice-President; Dorothy Huston. Secretary; Mary Stevenson, Treasurer. The Band Real progress in the character of good music and individual proficiency was made this year hy the hand. The student body was behind them and they made quite a showing with their fine uniforms at the football games. Their presence on the athletic field was very encouraging to the team as well as entertaining for the spectators. They also assisted with other functions of the school and, on several occasions, they played for community organizations. Band rehearsals were held during regular periods on three days of each week. This, of course, was a great benefit to the hand. Although many of the best musicians were lost, some hy graduation and some hy their not being able to arrange their study periods to coincide with the practice periods, the members worked hard under the able leadership of Mr. David 0. Slyter and a good grade of hand music was studied and a real hand interest shown. This year, a Junior High School Band was organized ami developed under the direction of Mr. Slyter. A great amount of interest and enthusiasm was shown hy the students and community alike in this new project. This Junior High Band will he a great help in the future to the Senior High Band as many fine recruits will he drawn from it. 116 R- The Orchestra Lansdowne High School had this year an orchestra of which we were justly proud. This splendidly equipped organization, under the able leadership of Mr. David O. Slyter, was well known throughout this section. During this year, it filled various engagements for different community and cluh affairs Good music has been studied and real orchestral effects have been produced. Greater incentive to individual study has been produced in order that each person might he able to perform his part more successfully. The orchestra’s playing was very much enjoyed by the student body, so the orchestra succeeded in its mission of helping to develop greater interest in music. It will he fitting to mention here the personnel of our orchestra. The Director was Mr. David O. Slyter. The violinists were: Betty Doemling, Donald Bryan, LeRoy Booth, Harold Kauffman, William Finnigan, Jean Carswell, Sally Royer, Peter Hauser, Herbert Rommel, Mary Paul, Janet Hartman, Marguerite Knglehart, Pearl Klekatka, and (.lark Bice. I he two noted pianists were Ruth Haslett and Jane Wilkinson. The one lone player of the bass viol was Betty Nussear. The clarinet players numbered three: David Leber, Walter Savournin, and Lester Kauffman. William Griggs and Edward McMichael handled the cornets, while George Vlbertson played the only trombone and John an Tim? ami Raymond Garrick aided with their French horns. The saxophone players were Robert Osterlund, William Davis, Robert Ellenherger, and Donald Gibson. Last, hut not least, the drummer -Martin Singer. •{ 117 K- The Hoys' Chorus The Boys’ Chorus, under the direction of Mr. Slyter, certainly made a name for themselves when they sang in the operetta, “All at Sea.” The hoys who took some of the leads in that show were: John Hauser, who sang with his delightful tenor voice the song of the “Unfortunate Sailor,” and Henry Pharoah, who sang that stirring song called, “When the Foeman Bares His Steel.” He certainly caught the ear of the audience. Joseph Biller, as the Mikado, was a bouncing success with his feet as well as his voice. While none of the other fellows had solo parts, their chorus work w'as worth the while of anyone who appreciated good music. The chorus sang at the Baccalaureate service and the singing was greatly appreciated and enjoyed by all those who attended that impressive service. The Senior Quartet, which was made up of boys from the chorus, sang at the Graduation exercises and were gratefully received. The members of the quartet were: John Hauser, high tenor; Charles Walters, low tenor; Henry Pharoah, high bass; Joseph Biller, low bass. Later on in the program, John Hauser and Joseph Biller each sang a solo and were given a generous hand. The quartet also sang between the acts at the Senior Play. This was something new for the quartet hut it was something different and the audience rewarded them with a generous round of applause. Mr. Slyter, our gifted instructor of music, deserves great credit for his hard work in directing the chorus. The boys also deserve much credit for their efforts and their fine performances. H8 The Girls' Chorus I he Girl Chorus lias enjoyed an unusually successful season this year. The chorus was divided into sections according lo the various classes. Each section met twice a week during the school term. In this way, individual instruction could be given and many students had the opportunity of appearing before the chorus as soloists. Many remarkable voices were discovered and developed through the aid of the school chorus. Perhaps the most notable accomplishment of the season was the presentation of Mendelssohn’s “Hear My Prayer.” This was presented on February 7th, in public concert. On May 2nd and 3rd, the chorus co-operated with the Luiisdowne Music Club to present an operetta of Gilbert and Sullivan favorites, entitled “All at Sea.” This was enjoyed immensely by all and made a big hit with the town people. Although they were not able to undertake sending musical programs to other nearby high schools this year, next year they hope to send exchange programs to many schools early in the season. Mr. Slyter, who directs the musical organizations of the high school, has worked tirelessly to make the organization a success. The members of the chorus and the student body have co-operated with him in every possible manner for the success which has been enjoyed. As to the future, it is impossible to prophesy. Early next winter the combined boys’ and girls’ chorus will present an operetta entitled “Peggy and the Pirate.” The Seniors wish Mr. Slyter and his chorus an even more successful season for the coining year. 119 � The Senior Play Thai clever comedy, “The Youngest,” one of Philip Harry’s biggest successes, was one of the reasons that this year’s Senior Play was such a big success. Under Miss Trauger’s patient and cheerful coaching, the “Youngest” finally managed to extricate himself from his many difficulties while the rest of the cast aided or hindered him, as the plot demanded. What, we would like to know, would have been the result without Mr. Tammeryn and his efficient stage crew, whose help was only surpassed by Miss Trauger’s. Or what would have happened if, after the furiously competitive tryouts, the judges had not picked such an agreeable and co-operative cast? Hut why think of all these foolish things? All who saw the play can uphold us when we say that the cast, the stage crew, and the coach, all combined, turned out the biggest success ever turned out on the Lansdowne High School stage. The Property Committee, under the leadership of Nancy Applegate, was a model one. They had everything from a postage stamp to a davenport, and, believe it or not, there is plenty of scope between the two extremes. And last, but not least, when thinking of the success of the play, comes the Publicity Committee, under Hoe Biller’s leadership for what would a play he without publicity! It received the fullest and best by this committee. THE CAST Charlotte Winslow ........................... Oliver Winslow .............................. Mark Winslow ................................ Augusta Winslow Martin ...................... Alan Martin ................................. Martha 'Muffi Winslow ....................... Richard Winslow ............................. Nancy Blake ................................. Katie ....................................... .Margaret Kinnear .....John Dusseau ....George Knapp ....Ruth Williams ....Henry Pharoah Virginia Boehmler .William Simmons ..Marjorie Topliss ....Florence Reid � :{120 ) The Stage Crete The Stage Crew was organized in 1( 27 under the direction of Mr. Tainincryn for the purpose of assisting in the Senior Class Plays. But it soon enlarged its activities until now it has charge of all the plays that are given in the auditorium of Lansdowne High School. The crew this year was especially proficient ami contributed greatly to the success of all the plays presented. No one realizes all that goes on behind the scenes of a big play—all the trials and tribulations of a stage hand. So, whenever you see a play, remember the stage crew which is making it possible. Our stage crew is divided into two groups—the stage group and the electricians. The stage group or scene shifters are the ones who change the scenery, place the properties, et cetera. The scene shifters are subdivided into curtain pullers, wing men, property men, movers, and fly men. The electricians, as you might suppose, take care of all the lighting effects on the stage. This group is divided also. Two men in the booth work the spotlights, two men back stage work the dimmers, and another works the switchboard, baby spots, floodlights, auxiliary lights, and the light hanks. There is a spare man in case of emergency. In order to belong to the stage crew, one must take a rigid examination. A boy must be able to pull a curtain in seven seconds, to climb up and down a forty-foot ladder in fifteen seconds, to push scenery about in a hurry and, above all, to learn to keep quiet and keep hi.- head. 121 K- First row, left to right: Barker, Cloukey, Mersiion, Hicks, Mr. Tammeryn, Wilkinson, Craic, Trent, Stanert. Second row: Simmons, McMenamin, McQlaide, Bradley, Gibson. The Surveying Club The Surveying Club lias completed its fourth year of work. The club was founded by Mr. Tamnieryn, who saw the need of a pre-engineering preparation for college courses. This work has been open to Juniors and Seniors of the High School and it is the practical application of the mathematics learned in these years. The Junior year of training includes chain surveying and the essentials of leveling. The Senior year envolves work with the transit and more difficult kinds of surveys. During both years the surveys made are drafted as they are completed. In this way the work is highly instructive. The value of this instruction has been proven by the fact that several graduates have obtained college credits at various institutions, while others have found this a very profitable type of summer occupation. The club raised money from the sale of candy at the sport events. With these funds, a transit, a level, several tapes, range rods, and other equipment was purchased. The School Board purchased an excellent transit and some text books so that now the club is fully equipped. During the second semester this year, the club was turned into a class and it bad two periods a week in regular school time. To close the year in a fitting manner, as the custom is, the club enjoyed a dinner and theatre party in Philadelphia. The officers of the club were as follows: Charles Cloukey, President; William Bradley, Vice-President; Blake Gibson, Secretary-Treasurer; Mr. John H. Tamnieryn,Jr., Instructor. 122 4 123 Y BIOLOGY LABOR TORY COMMERCIAL ROOM £3 124 K In Appreciation “Blessed arc they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of (rod's best gifts. It involves many things, but above all. the power of going out of one's self, and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another. Thomas Hardy In these few lines is depicted a character which is more to he prized than anythin else in the world, for there is probably no trait more to he desired than friendship. It has well heen said that. “A friend in need is a friend indeed 9 and the power of making friends is greatly to he admired and coveted. However, there are other laudable characteristics besides friendship, such as true leadership, good nature, and a keen sense of humor. During the past three years, we have seen these traits capably illustrated in one who has become very dear to us. He has guided us through times of trouble and toil, as well as through times of good fortune, and has remained our staunch friend throughout. Now, this man has heen called from us to a distant city. After this term closes he will he with us no longer, hut the fond memory of him will remain. Perhaps in the years which follow we may come in contact with him again, and we all look forward to the time when this may happen. 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