Lansdowne High School - Lahian Yearbook (Lansdowne, PA)

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,-. ,..,,,,,,..P --7 Y- PMENT OF LANNY DOWNES... Whdcha cooking, kidr? Braun, Ostrander, Johanson, Mr. Ahn, Cavanaugh, Conan, Covey, Dems, Diamond, Duke, Echel Kleckner, Ritzinger, Miles, Finn, Duncan. meyer, Gardner, Gregor, Hutti, Kalemkarian, Lambert, Lange Loomis, Muhly, Noviel, Schmucker, Sponga, Steel, Stoddard M Shoemaker, Waggoner, Willoughby. 0 Test tube breaking, electric shocks, and horrid odors all go along with senior science. To a stranger the lab is a veritable nightmare with its weird sounds and strange smells. However, the romance of the test tube and the Leyden jar soon conquer all who step into a lab. Students entering this course get a general knowledge of chemistry, physics, and biology. They pursue electrons in their strange Hight, strip the atom of mystery, and find out what makes an earthworm tick. It is a course in general principles and not a preparation for col- lege. However, it is thorough in its teaching, and students get the basic ideas of science. The careful and observing work necessary in any laboratory course is an excellent preparation for any vocation. The keen and alert minds which science develops repay an instructor for the thought and preparation he puts into his lectures and experi- ments. I These embryo microbe-hunters are probably ,pursuing the elusive paramecium or getting cosy over some nice bacteria colony. They may even be dissecting frogs, halving earthworms, or slicing crayfish to examine their little insides. Seriously though, science is becoming increasingly important. It illustrates perfectly that in modern schools, as in modern life, truth and knowledge are replacing superstition and ignorance. New ideas and a better sense of values are being established. The purpose of biology is to enable the student to discriminate between truth and falsehood by means of experimentation and observation and so form- ing a basis for an unbiased outlook upon the problems that occur in later life. It may even be an opening wedge into many vocations. There are continual opportunities for laboratory technicians, bacteriologists, chemists, foresters, and nurses. ' -M ODORS AND EXPLOSICNS BUGS AND THINGS 'I940 EDITION

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' ' ' '! 'l ' 'T-'-M-T'-Q- 'sv s -.3 1 'rift AN INQUIRING MIND IS ONE DE Crorf-examined, they are: Beckett, M. Bene- ac 'lr y I dict, R. Finn, Cloukey, Lewars, Haayen, Price, Terrell and MacDonald, Douglas, Werfelman, Russell, Webster Terrell, Swigart, and M. Gordon. AFFIRMATIVES AND NEGATIVES FIGURES AND FIGURING THE LAHIAN Cordier, Penfield, Benson, Weigelt, Weir. 0 This year's debating teams turned in the unusual record of Win- ning four of their engagements and losing only six. The question de- bated by the Suburban Debating League, of which Lansdowne is a member, was Resolved: That all jobs in the United States be given to citizens of the United Statesf, The Lansdowne teams debated teams from Lower Merion, Bridgeport, Upper Darby, Norristown, and Radnor. This yearls aflirmative team consisted of Albert Tolley, Maryjane Benedict, and Margaret Swigart, assisted by Fred Selby, Helen Cloukey, and Robert Finn. The negative team was composed of Matthew Gordon, Betty Dallam, Robert Finn, and Fred Selby. The excellence of these teams was well illustrated by their accumu- lated scores of 4311 points against their opponents, score of only 4905 points. 0 In the higher mathematics, attention is given to specialization. Constructive reportsnrelated to science and mathematics are present- ed once a week by ,students in the college algebra and trigonometry courses. The slide rule with its relation to engineering and other fields is introduced, and its principles are explained in solid geometry. Higher algebra courses are given a taste of theory in mathematics. All courses try to teach the practicality of that particular study of mathematics. Reports relating to specific industries and inventions may lead to the selection of a vocation in one of these fields. The slide rule study makes mathematics practical. After a student masters the slide rule, there are hundreds of little ways in which he can apply it. Reports, slide rule, and theory all are primarily to develop the mind.

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LANNY DOWNES LEARNS TO SPEND ESCAPE TO FICTION LEISURE TIME WISELY... 0 Though many wonyt believe it, there is a room 65. To most of us, how- ever, room 65 is known as the library. Stretching along its walls are book- shelves filled with volumes covering every subject from agriculture to Zool- ogy. The purpose of the library is not, as some misguided souls may think, to provide a recreation centre for fugitives from study halls, but to provide students with an opportunity to make use of reference facilities unavailable in the regular class rooms and to develop an interest in worthwhile litera- ture. With the help of Miss Sheafer and her assistants, students are guided to the books which they are seeking. Lansdowne is fortunate in having one of the most complete and modern libraries of those possessed by local schools. We, of Lansdowne, should appreciate this fact and take advantage of the splendid opportunities it offers. The best way to do this is for us to read as many books as possible and for us to respect the rules of the library. Being signed up by Ruth Baskin for a rainy afternoonls pleasure are Jean Frank and Jeanne Reiter. Fred Schlenz VVesley Davenport, and Charles Hessner are just entering. THE LAI-IIAN