Lansdowne High School - Lahian Yearbook (Lansdowne, PA)

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Firm' row: Maloney, Russell, Boardman, Jordan, Lovett, Craig, Doyle, Taylor, La Mar, Bonsall. Second row: Lam- bert Baumann, Helms, Brackin, Brownlee, McDonald, Cordier, Wilson, Price, VVingf1eld, Townsend. Lani row: Howard, Le Blanc, Romano, Boyce, MacDougall, Benedict, Aberhardt, Benedict, Forgay, Ireland, Solenberger, Worley. o A chorus for every voice is the idea behind L. H. S.'s music depart- ment. No matter whether you sing soprano, alto, tenor, bass or some- thing in between, so long as you can carry a tune there,s a place in one of our choruses for you. If you are a mere beginner, Chorus I is where you belong, if you happen to be a future Flagstad or a Tibbett in training, youlll find yourself warbling in the Advanced Chorus. Anybody in between goes into Choruses H and HI. Mr. Don B. Cor- bin, our capable music supervisor, is director of these four groups. The Advanced Chorus is often called upon to entertain various organizations outside school. Several times they have sung in churches and before the Rotary and Century clubs. They have taken part in many assemblies, particularly at Thanksgiving and Christmas. This year the chorus and orchestra combined to give a recital of Christmas music. What with greens decorating the auditorium and the chorus wearing handsome garnet robes, the concert was a triumph visually as well as vocally. The annual Spring Festival is the climax of our music year. At that time the combined music departments give a performance of their best work. This is held early in May and is always an inspiring con- cert, with the chorus looking like a flower garden in pastel dresses and dark suits. The chorus does several numbers often without piano ac- companiment, since it is noted for its A capella singing. Although Spring is a busy time for the chorus, there is something doing all year. Class periods are spent often in practising for concerts, often in singing for our own enjoyment. Occasionally someone will sing a solo, and quite often different members sing in quartets. At any rate, it's all great fun and good practice, as any music lover knows. SONOROUS SONG ,yi , fU.AJlcf'1 DPW Juv- 1940 EDITION

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I 1 3 Firm row: Mr. Corbin conducting orchestra members: Decker, Sotiros, Bressler, Schwem, Buch, Pease, M. 1 Schwem, Ellenberger. Second row: Frantz, Rosenberg, Hoopes, Baney. Third Stone, Gill, Harmer, H. Mann, Lidiak, M. Mann, Tolley, Mendenhall, Cochran, Werkheiser, Hall. Fourth Wow: Garrett, Leinroth, Gold- l horn, Hyland, Robinson, Lehr, Mitchell, Welte, Wilgus, Bierly, Dougherty, Leaiy, Le Blanc, Goeller, Lentz, f Stetser, Pile. r l 0 One of the favorite activities of ourwschool is the orchestra, which, under Mr. Corbin's direction, is always ready to participate in any school production, such as meetings of the Home and School Associa- tion, dramatic productions, and assemblies. This year, the Hrst public performance was made at the fall production of the dramatics' de- partment, Double Doorf, Following that was the Christmas assem- bly. Later, the Senior .Play and the Honor Society Assembly were other events necessitating performances. The orchestra forms one of the many strong bonds of friendship between Lansdowne and neigh- boring high schools. This is found in the exchange programs of the orchestra. This year, as always, assembly programs were exchanged with Haverford and Upper Darby. In the winter, the orchestra jour- neyed to Haverford and played with them for both assemblies, re- ceiving a warm welcome. Later, in the spring, Lansdowne was host to the Upper Darby organization for the same kind of program pre- sented in assembly. A senior who has achieved commendable musical honors is Robert Stetser, a French horn player. On many occasions Bob has been selected to represent the orchestra in musical gatherings. With the , horn, he has been a member of the elective Southeastern District , Orchestra ever since his Freshman year. From this group he has been selected twice to play with the State Orchestra, made up of members T of high school orchestras of Pennsylvania. This year, Lansdowne sent nine of 'its best players to the District Orchestra and from this group, two received the honor of being se- lected as members of the State Orchestra. They were Burnham Ter- rell, flutist, and Bob Stetser. N THE LAHIAN

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Athleterz Helms, Cordier, Mr. Horner in role of hygiene dictator to: lft row: Didden, Weigelt, D. Rupp, H. Rupp. and Mack receive Dr. Ful- 2nd row: Cook, Gordon, Powers, McDonald. 3rd row: Bannerman, Finley, Gledhill. ler's OK. 4-th row: Fennerty, Gallagher, Mahoney, Cordier. Sth row: Frantz, Cronrath, Donovan. LEARNING TO PROTECT HEALTH THE LAHIAN, o Ever since We can remember, we,ve had our parents say, 'cDon,t you go out in the rain Without your rubbers or 'fBe sure to scrub your teethv or Don,t you dare come to the table Without washing your handsf' If We were nice little boys and girls We obeyed these commands, but few of us saw any reason for Wasting time doing such silly things. As Tennyson for Shakespeare, or somebodyj once said, 6'Ours not to reason Why, ours but to do - or else.', But now at Lansdowne this lamentable state of affairs is coming to an end, for the course in physical education given to every Lans- downe High student provides for health education. The purpose of these health classes, taught by Mrs. Macky and Mr. Horner, is to shows us not,only the what to dolsn of health, but also the Hwhy We o them. , The course includes lessons on the human respiratory system, the heart, nerves, liver, and kidneys. By learning the requirements and functions of these organs, we learn the vital importance of such things as good posture, regular sleep, balanced diet, proper ventila- tion, and heating facilities. The effects of stimulants such as alcohol, caffeine, and nicotine are studied and discussed. This material is not given by dry,' lectures and compulsory class- room reading but rather through informal class-room discussions and outside reference Work.