Lansdowne High School - Lahian Yearbook (Lansdowne, PA)

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vo . QQ ,,.. - at - , ,Q X SPOT WELDING country from its beginning until present day. Those ex- posed to this course fairly ooze facts from their finger tips. Comment allez-vous? we hear Miss Hoopes query. Ie vais bien, mercif' comes the swift reply. This double talk comes from some of our third-year friends busily trying to conquer French and its idioms. From across the hall we hear the halting translation of Latin students decoding the ora- tory of Marcus Tullius Cicero. :X few feet away. still more upeand-coming linguists are racking their brains. The ro- mantic Spanish of our southern neighbors intrigues many of the students. Upstairs, the juniors share lab facilities with condescending seniors. Together they mix the powders, boil the acids. and breala fest tubes. VVhat a life! The more niathematically-minded spend their time in one of two ways. Solid geometry wizards often engage in drawing endless triangles. circles, and squares. In Algebra II the inath enthusiasts try to reeall what they learned when they were freshmen. then add a few new tricks. Another year has passed. The juniors now have in their grasp, various smatterings of all sorts of knowledge. These they add to the store collected from two years previous and feel themselves much the wiser. After all, next year they will return as full-fledged seniors. lxvainining a sevtant arc. l.. Lnnlt, t.. Inlin- snn, I . liolli, I. Clotliier. I. Sununy. and C. XVai'n'ii. ull1t'l's ltmlg ull. laniinerxn -hows ti. lloilnian. ln. hulfe. I, Iacolis, .ind A. XVilsnn the t points ni surxexiiig. Tzrelllif- Plfllt' l'utui'e clicniists, lu laniphell, M. IP, Marx carclullx draws .1 plan Stevens. Lluel toolvs, IH. Niall. li. brace. and G I Morgan whip up the batter for a cake. while E? FIN

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lol Mi. Wt-nm-I shows H, Circntz, li. Dihlilcr, L. Richardson, R. Ienks. and M. Fallin, S. Wcstliurgh, R. Seeley. Mr. Drake, I. Clotiiicr ins tc 1 Lllll' ll. Platt the tricks of hlut-print reading. American history. cticing folk dances in gylll .ll'1'ff,llfi'fIlf'f I. llattci'sl4'y', li. Cole, A. Mr. Atliiss distriliutes tlienics ol' thc Week to a iunior linglish C igacre, C. I't-acoeli, li, llall, M. VVatts. A, Stout. Ir1xin'r'f I7. Sliowers, li. l:lll'I11lL'll1lt'l, A. lluhhert, I. laclison. ,VL RL mtl it I, f f , lxxvtvgl i Q fqj kg XXX ' if 'VX li T227 ff tx Kr W, MC yy s.5?1f M . V X X ' The iuniors often are heard to remark that the third year is the hardest. The truth may he learned lay wandering down the halls, during class time. to see how they wrinkle their brows over perplexing prohlcms. How confusing shorthand seems to these uninitiated students. Optimistically they tell us that soon they will mas- ter this complex svstem of characters. The typewriter Qhow complicated it seemslj is another mystery. From the com- mercial department, too, come our budding stenographers. The iuniors undergo two compulsory courses, English lll and American History. In English, the third year of literary education ranges over the works ol' American authors. You'll Find the students eagerly reading L'The Crisis or masterfully trying to digest Thanatopsis. As the name implies, American History covers the development of our Yill't'lIIj f'igfIl

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t Iohnson, C. Hoffman, and I. Clothier entertain R. Ienks, A. McMenamin, and H. VVake select liool-ts the freshmen with a skit. k W , Qwjlfjlm ' The class of fri has led a very active and busy year, participating in practically all school activities ranging from the traditional Iunior-Freshman party and the stately Iunior Prom to the new unusual practice of apple picking and the difhcult task of keeping in step on a muddy drill field. The class of 43 has engaged in activities helpful to the war effort, activities full of fun and boundless pleasure, and activities that hold very important places in school life. This enterprising class has contributed many ardent boys and girls to the field of sports. ln the lineups for football, hockey, and basketball games shine such names as Archie Smith, Betty Geary, Iimmy Mayer, and Adelaide Longf acre. Half of the players on this year's Varsity Hockey team were junior girls: the boys' and girls' tennis teams also claim quite a few capable iuniors. Fast sprinters, powerful wrestlers and accurate batmen hail from this energetic class. Looking over this excellent record, we must admit that the class of IQ4-S showed their prowess in sports. Besides the competitors in the sports events, the juniors have also contributed manv members to the band and the cheerleading squad. A well-known cheerleader is peppy Lois Obendorfer who has also made a mark for herself on the hockey team. The iunior class has furnished the high- stepping drum maiorettes, Dorothy Showers and Betty Saunders, pert maidens who add a great deal of color and variety to our band. ln the held of iournalism also, the iuniors have been hold- ing their own. The I.LI!1l.Lll1 must give well deserved praise to such hard-working staff members as Sally Westburgh, while the Garner and Gray lauds the successful work of its girls' sports editor, Betty Saunders. Although kept busy engaging in sports, parties, and other activities. the patriotic iuniors have made sure that they Thirty from the school library. I. lackson and ll. Geary hop into I. lietfs car fora lift home. Cochran sells defense stamps to P. Nlllftil while A. Rodd rt-cnrtls this amount. 1 .,.,, f . .1 .num