Lansdowne High School - Lahian Yearbook (Lansdowne, PA)

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Upper left: L. Cordier, R. Cordier, Boardman, Moore, Hale, V. Mitchell, jordan Qlnterlocutorl, Hunt, McDonald, L. Mitchell, Craig. Upper Center: L. Mitchell, Craig, Russell fat mikej, Werfman, Stanton, Vklunderlich, Brackin, Holdsworth. Lower left: Evans, Selby, Jordan, Dukes, Haayen. Center: Loeliger, Bell CStandingD, L, Cordier, R. Cordler, Boardman. Lower right: Rank, Loeliger, L. Cordier, R. Cordier, Boardman, Blackface Haayen and Dukes. o The boys who participate in athletics at Lansdowne turned them- selves into minstrels for the evening of February 21 and entertained a full house with their song and dance Uniforms and tricorns of Revo- lutionary soldiers were rigged up for the occasion to commemorate George Washingtonls birthday, which happened to fall on the next da . -llim Jordan presided as interlocutor and came in for much favorable comment for his singing. Additional solos by members of the chorus, namely: Bud Lyster, Bob Moore, and -lim Russell, added highlights to the show. Fred Selby, Tom Dukes, Marius Haayen and Bill Evans, with blacked faces and assumed names peculiar to endmen, brought down the house with their riotous antics and wise-cracks. A bit of jitterbugging was also included in their routine. For the orchestra of the evening there was that talented group of young men, Wfhe Esquiresf' The mellow harmony and syncopating rhythms that issued from their saxophones, clarinets and other more mysterious contraptions of an orchestra caused many admiring glances to be cast in their direction. All the latest hits were swung to just the right beat by these swing artists. Richard Montgomery and his saxophone entertained us with a melodious bit of modern music. A talented sophomore, by the name of Betty Bonsall, put her solo tap number over well, and the audience toasted the Eleanor Powell of tomorrow with a Hne round of applause after her number was finished. Christopher Columbus was not forgotten by this talented assem- blage. America was founded once again by Herbert Abel in a satirical skit that proved to be a revelation in how a colored Columbus would have done it. The usual seriousness which attends a production of this great historical event was abandoned, and history hit a new low with the audience in fits of convulsive laughter. Shades of Columbus! If there had been a talent scout snooping about, itls a sure bet that he would have whisked away some young hopefuls that night! BLACK FACE JAMBOREE Stage, Crew: Galantino, Hessner, Lippold Koemver, Gallagher, MacCartney. 1940 EDITION 25

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RTAIN GOING UP! o In the fall, the Juniors and Seniors of the dramatics' classes, under the direction of Mrs. Christ, collaborated in the presentation of Eliza- beth lVlacFadden,s psychological melodrama, Double Door. The Juniors, alone, demonstrated their ability in the one-act play, The Pearlsf, Decidedly less serious than K'Double Doorv and perhaps because of that more popular was Clifford Goldsmith's What a Lifef, which inspired over nine hundred to roll in our aisles. It may be that some subjects taught in school are more important than others. Few, if any, are of more intrinsic Worth than dramatics at its best, for it is an interest that lasts as long as life itself. column groupxz Jean Taylor, Elizabeth Wil- Right column gfouprr Ken Lewars, Elaine Living- Power, Marius Haayen, Elaine Livingston son, Hal Price, Barbara McKinnon, James OlNeill, ston, Ed Brankin, Burnham Terrell, Hal Price, QStamiingJ Ken Lewars, Betty Dallam Els Bob Stetser, Elsie Winocour, Elaine Livingston. Marius Haayen, Ken Lewars, Betty Dallam, Joe Winocour, Ed Brackin-CSittingD. 24 THE LAHIA

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LEARNING TO APPRECIATE BEAUTY. 26 THE LAHIAN WITH PAINT AND BRUSH Douglas, Martin, Bannerman, Powers, Hofmann, Goslin, Wi- nocour, Ritzinger, Ellenberger, Hyland, Livingston, Rogers. o Among the 702 Lansdowne students, 199 are actively interested in our various Art courses. Three days in the week Room 27 is busily crowded with hopeful artists from all four classes. The freshmen are first instructed in the fundamentals of how to draw including prospec- tive, light and shade, and spend a year in perfecting these essential points. The boys then branch out into fields of cartooning, leather work and pen sketching, while the girls study interior decorating and designing. More advanced still is the work of the seniors which covers mainly reproducing life-like stills and mural paintings. This year the senior girls have undertaken the project of depicting the History of Foods and Kitchens by a series of murals which when completed will be used as a decoration for the walls of the cafeteria. The present aim of the Art classes is expansion, and enthusiastic students are clamor- ing for detailed courses in jewelry and puppetry. Our art director, Miss Davis, always striving for bigger and better things, entertains fond dreams of one day having our own printing and pottery shops within the school.