Lansdowne High School - Lahian Yearbook (Lansdowne, PA)

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17 A Q E S Real ness” of Good Honest Folks great deal to promote international correspondence between Lansdowne students and the letter-hungry |M ople of South America, Spain, and France. Getting to know folks personally is of infinitely more value than reading about them. Continued effort is being exerted by members of the French classes to fill the monkey bank. “Jacques le Mendiant in order to send CAKE parcels to their adopted French family, the Jordans. In Latin, the foundation of languages, students learned the basis of great writing and speceh. Robed in togas, the class gave an authentic Roman banquet at the end of the year. English classes have explored all types of literature and peoples. In a scope ranging from the Russian novel to the lighter folk tales, we Jiave had presented to us samples of every nation’s great literature. If education is accomplished by combined cooperation, is it not then reasonable to believe that if people unite their efforts and pull together, great steps can be made on a world scale?

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L A N Q NAME CALLING Veils the To build a peaceful and tolerant world is to understand the peoples of that world, their customs, thoughts, ideas. Our language department feels that the best way to do this is to break down barriers of speech and communicate with them. The sooner the peoples of the world learn to reach out across their borders, the sooner international peace will be achieved. This is the main purpose behind our study of a foreign language. The French and Spanish classes are doing a “Jacques lx Mendiant” tips his hat after receiving money from J. Bell, M. Cook, W. Atkinson. Admiring Spanish costumes are M. Watkins, B. Williams, and R. Patterson. M iss Cook checks up on M. Hendrickson's homework assignment in Cicero. M. Wagner unfolds the tale of Joan of Arc to her French class. R. Green is the center of attention in English 11 while reading his composition. T. Meaney, R. Dye, and D. Coyle generate weird sound effects for their radio soap opera. R. Gamber plays teacher in his English I class. L. Benson, R. Taylor, and W. Dye inspect a model of the Elizabethan Theater. J. Hubbert, D. Uws, and S. Kirifides brew a witches’ potion in their study of “Macbeth.” Students find books for both relaxation and research in the library.

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Or. K. Carlton Abbott ADMINISTRATION MEN OK ACTION Translate Talk into Reality The citizens of Lansdowne arc very fortunate in having the administration of their school system in the capable hands of I)r. E. Carlton Abbott, who is completing the second year of his administration. During this time he has made a number of improvements in the operation of the school system and has been extremely active in the work of the Allied Youth Council. Dr. Abbott has been one of the prime movers in getting the War Memorial project under way and has completed a preschool survey to determine the exact needs of the school system in the future. Our genial principal, Mr. Joseph D. Moore, is also finishing the second year in our school system. It was Mr. Moore who first conceived the idea of the Youth Rally, and since its inception these rallies have been enthusiastically received. One of the factors that has contributed greatly to the successful running of the school is his willingness to listen to students’ problems and to help them find a solution. Continue this “open door” policy. Mr. Moore. We like it! In the capacity of assistant principal. Miss Mary E. Lindenmuth has been of tremendous help and Mr. Joseph I). Moore Miss Mary K. I.indcnmutb Eighteen