Lansdowne High School - Lahian Yearbook (Lansdowne, PA)

Page 18 text:

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.

Page 17 text:

 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.

Page 19 text:

Harold Kramer. B.S., M.A. ( ikraldini M. Petty, A.H. COMMERt IAI. STI'DIES COMMERCIAL STUDIES Kathryn (». Davis. H.S. art Don B. Corbin, B.S.M., M.M. MUSIC TO A WORTHY CLIMAX • industrial Arts and Home Economics That those at the bottom often rise to the top is certainly true, for in the basement of L.H.S. future engineers and industrialists labor under the direction of Mr. Tammcryn, with an M.E., a B.S. and M.S. in Education from the U. of P. and R.P.I. Assisted by Mr. Hersh, B.S., Millers-ville State Teachers College, Mr. Tammeryn, from the metal and wood shops and drafting and surveying departments, sends out boys who have both the theoretical knowledge and the practical experience necessary for college and industry. Farther down the hall, Miss Stevens. B.S., William Smith College, may be found instructing the girls, and some of the fellows, too, in the delicate art of preparing delicacies. Going upstairs, we find future home-bodies being capably guided by Mrs. Stephens, director of Sewing and Consumer Education for girls. Thus, these departments offer needed practical experience. • Music, Art, Library, Office Through the combined efforts of Miss Davis, Miss Sheafer, and Mr. Corbin, the pursuit of art, reading, and music is undertaken by many of the students. Miss Davis, with a B.S. in Art Education from Penn State, is the spirit behind school art decorations and the stage crew. Our librarian. Miss Sheafer, A.B. from Dickinson and B.L.S. from Columbia, is custodian of our fine and very complete library. Lansdowne’s musical reputation is the result of the tireless effort of Mr. Corbin, director of orchestra, band, and chorus. He has a B.S.M., M.C.M., and an M.M.Ed. from Oberlin College, St. Olaf, and Northwestern Schools of Music. But climaxing and coordinating all, is the office, presided over by Mrs. Woods, secretary to the principal, personal adviser for the entire school, and general manager, without whom the wheels of progress” would barely rotate. Margaret Stevens, B.S. DOMESTIC SCIENCE Helen Stephens Charlotte Sheafer. A.B., B.L.S. Hilda R. Woods DOMESTIC SCIENCE LIBRARIAN SECRETARY