Lansdowne High School - Lahian Yearbook (Lansdowne, PA)

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SUPREME COURT NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY. 1st Row: Rciff, Sullivan, Stokes, Mosher, Cheyney, Rtickson, Biester, Harshaw, Schweizer, Rust, Layton. Van Tine, Wyndham, de la Cova, Sloan, Noferr and Howell. 2nd Row: Homiller (Pres.), Dr. C. G. Bcardslee, Mayer, C. Vetter, Blake, Hale, Peters, King, Harley, Kalmbach, Cramer, Norton. Ford, Williams, and Dean Brickell. Eileen Fallon is absent. TIME MARCHES ON! On a thousand fronts the history of the world moves swiftly forward. The “New Deal,” the A.A.A. and all the rest of the alphabetical high spots in the news of the day . . . must pause before the portals of the Supreme Court while nine Justices hand down decisions . . favorable ... or unfavorable. Lansdowne High Marches On! On a hundred fronts the history of a miniature world moves swiftly forward for ten months each year. All students with “New Ideas” or “Old Ideals” ... or both . . . must pause to consider the National Honor Society while four justices . . . Scholarship . Service . Leadership and Character . . . hand down decisions favorable or unfavorable ... to the election of individuals to membership in the NHService. So impressive is the ritualistic ceremony that Dr. Bcardslee, speaker at the 1936 installation service, decides to adapt some of the ideas for Omicron Delta Kappa. Lehigh I'niversity’s senior honor society, which he sponsors. Yeadon High School honors President Dick Homiller and the NHSociety with an invitation ... to install a new chapter in the new high school to the south of Lansdowne. Miss Helen Brickell, Dean of Girls, continues to sponsor the NHScholarshipmates and the Student Councilinen as well. Scholarship-for-self-satisfaction . . . Service-to-students . . . Leadership of LHSpirit.. . and Character-for-good continue to be encouraged and developed by the Lansdowne High School’s chapter of the National Honor Society, the American High School “Phi Beta Kappa” association. LHS Marches On ! ★ 17 ★

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LEGISLATURE SCHOLARS . . . ATHLETES . . . MANAGERS . . . EDITORS . . . and representatives . . . struggling to gain or to hold “a place in the sun!” From the scats which they hold by virtue of the popular choice of each homeroom, come the challenging tones of students who know the might of representative government . .Words that may change the whole course of student affairs. The Student Council, makers of school history . . . the most powerful force for shaping student opinion that schools have ever commanded. The local legislature continues the traditions of LHSpirit under the direction of its chief executive, Ed Schweizer . . . Christmas greetings are again exchanged with the famous . . . and the collection of valuable autographs grows. Through a petition drafted by Bartive Minassian and presented by Russell Hale, the system of electing the May Queen is cleansed of all politics. Minutes are kept by two secretaries . . . Dot Biester . . . and Lois Wyndham. All moneys from the School Store, owned and operated by the councilmen, are handled by George Cummings, Treasurer. Vice President Harshaw is on hand to take over the gavel in the absence of the president. LHS Marches On! STUDENT COUNCILMEN. At Desk: Schweizer (Pres.), and Wyndham (Sec.). Seated Row 1 (Left to Right): Beister (Sec.), McCausland. Hale, Howell, Gallagher, Rhinehart, and Kalmbach. Row 2: Heins, Fornwalt, Stevenson, Patterson, Wetzel, Bromall, and Berlin. Row 3: Homiller, Ferguson, Norton, Layton, Harshaw, Forster, and King. Row 4: Suhrie, Gocller, Rudloff, Von Kleeck, Bergey, and French. Row 5: Rust, J. Muldoon, Pharos, Jackson, Sloan, Ber-kenhine, and Cummings (With pencil l chind his ear). Garber alone in the rear. ★ IB ★

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Important NEWS either frightens or pleases us. If it docs neither, it is unimportant. Bad NEWS on one part of this whirling globe may be good NEWS on another; as sad as parting is to graduates—it is good NEWS to par- ★ 18