Lansdowne High School - Lahian Yearbook (Lansdowne, PA)

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 k«.ari i M( C i.mm c.h. A.B., M.A. IVGLIMI Mihrii.i. R. Stewart, A.B. English. salesmanship A. Todd Coronway, A.B. social science Howard R. Drake, Ph.B.. M.S. SOCIAL SCIENCE STORY TO FIT THE CHARACTERS • The Language Department The key which unlocks for us the door leading to a better understanding of faraway lands and peoples is handed to us by our three competent language teachers. Miss Margaret T. Cook, who received a B.A. from the University of Delaware and a M.A. from Columbia University, helps some of us to push back the heavy curtain of time and to catch a glimpse of the glory once part of Rome by teaching us the tongue of the Latins. Miss Dorothy R. Griffith, who obtained her A.B. at Bucknell University and who also attended the Lycce d’Orleans and the Sorbonne in Paris, throws open for us the portals of an old and romantic country, France. With Miss Griffith as guide, we explore French literature and customs and struggle over French pronunciation. With the leadership and interest of Miss Mildred B. Hoopcs, who won her B.A. at Wellesley College, we become familiar with the land of Goethe and Wagner. • The Mathematics Department Mathematics, the basic principle of life, is pounded into relatively hard or soft skulls by the very competent instruction of our three math teachers. Mr. Fischer, who received his B.S. from the University of Illinois, has the duty of introducing the Freshmen to the elementary stages of high school math, and is also doing a swell job” of coaching our football team. Mrs. Morris, with an A.B. from Swarth-more College, helps her classes to advance mathematically in Plane Geometry and to investigate the fly in the ointment” in her Biology period. Miss McAllister, who attended Gettysburg and Bryn Mawr Colleges and the University of Pennsylvania, earning her B.S. and M.S. at the former, teaches advanced math and helps the student put the finishing polish on his knowledge of the course called mathematics, but in some cases more properly named baffle-matics. Flowers to the brave who teach it.

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Lincoln Atkiss, A.B., M.A ENGLISH Virginia Christ, A.B., M.A. ENGLISH, DRAMATICS Martha C. Hartman, A.B., M.A. ENGLISH William ). Lowe, A.B., M.F.d. ENGLISH, JOURNALISM TEACHERS S WHO PLOT THE • The English Department It is the job of the English staff to save students from the ignominious doom of being unable to speak or write coherently the English language. Holding an A.B. from Goucher College and an M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, Miss McCullough leads Senior classes along the amazing paths of English literature. Mr. Atkiss, Junior English instructor, attended Swarthmore College for his A.B. and the University of Pennsylvania for his M.A. Instructress of thespians and English III, Mrs. Christ took her A.B. at Pennsylvania College for Women and her M.A. at Penn State. Mr. Lowe, with an A.B. and M.Ed. from Rutgers University, and Mr. Stewart, with an A.B. from the University of Richmond, teach students how to put Sophomore English” on their papers. To Miss Hartman, who received her A.B. from Wellesley and her M.A. from Boston University, goes the task of teaching Freshman English which speaks for itself. • The Social Studies Department Under the guise of Social Studies, we find government, history, and present-day problems running around. In this department we find: Mr. Coronway, a graduate of Dickinson College with an A.B., who teachers Ancient History and Civics, and how to be a good citizen; Mr. Snyder, with an A.B. and M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, who has classes in Civics and Modern History; Mr. Griffin, with his A.B. from Ursinus College and his M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, who imparts to his students vital but too-often-forgotten knowledge of the development of our own country in his American History classes; and Mr. Drake, our debating coach, with a Ph.B. and a M.S. from the Universities of Chicago and Pennsylvania respectively, who teaches (when debating season isn’t on) the problems of our nation and government, past and present, in American History and Economics periods. Margaret Cook, A.B , LATIN M.A. Dorothy R. Grii mth, A.B. FRENCH

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George J. F.pley, B.S. BIOLOGY H. Stanley Kleckner, A.B., M.S. GENERAL SCIENCE James M. Wardrop, B.S. BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY. PHYSICS Roy F. Kraber. B.S. COMMERCIAL STUDIES AND LEAD EACH CHARACTER • Science Department In the dim reaches of the upper hall is the domain of the Science Department. Amid the clink of glassware, the crackling of electricity, and the smells peculiar to scientific experiments toil the would-be chemists, engineers, and doctors of Lansdowne High School. The chemistry and physics laboratories are the scene of operations for Mr. Wardrop, B.S., Bucknell, who here presents a fundamental course in the inorganic laws of nature. The Biology Department, headed by Mr. F.pley, B.S., Gettysburg, assisted by Mr. Wardrop and Mrs. Morris of the Math Division, delves into the functions of all living things. Besides offering a beginning for medical study, Biology teaches knowledge usable in everyday life. Combining the best of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, Mr. Kleckner, A.B., Muhlenberg, M.S., U. of P., aided by Mr. Hersh of Industrial Arts, teaches General Science. Thus, Today is preparing for Tomorrow. • Commercial and Physical Education The future captains of industry, clerks, and stenographers are being trained in our efficient commerce department. Mr. Kraber, having a B.S. from Susquehanna University, patiently accompanies students through the tortures of shorthand and typing. With his B.S. from Susquehanna University and M.A. from N.Y.U., Mr. Kramer elucidates business math. Under the jurisdiction of Mrs. Petty, who attended Universities of Delaware and Temple for her A.B., commercial students are initiated into the rites of typing and office training. While the commerce teachers arc interested in mental development, our physical education department is interested in the physical side. Mrs. Macky, a graduate of Temple University with a B.S., instructs the feminine half of the student body in the rudiments of good health. Having a Ph.B. from Muhlenberg and M. S. from Temple, Mr. Horner gives chin-in-chest-out commands.