Lansdowne High School - Lahian Yearbook (Lansdowne, PA)

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ULTY Familiarize Us with the Best in I iiinking Braughler and Mrs. Christ, delve deep into our national heritage in the study of American literature. Miss McCullough polishes off the seniors with a liberal dose of foreign novels, poetry, and MACBETH. Those of us who are preparing for eollege study one of the romance languages: Latin. French, or Spanish. Miss Cook transports us from Caesar to Cicero in the tongue of Old Home, and divides Gaul into three parts once again for our benefit. Miss IIoopes prepares us for excursions abroad in the language of gay Paris. Miss Czaplicki instructs us in the colorful language of our friends across the southern border in Latin America. In the language classes, we journey vicariously throughout the world, and realize our kinship with our neighbors far and near. Those freshmen who are mathematically inclined are instructed in the rudiments of algebra by Mr. Coronwav. The logic of Mrs. Morris’ plane geometry classes clears up the mystery of angles and triangles for the puzzled sophomores. Mr. Freeman leads the more ambitious of the upper classmen through the complicated maze of advanced algebra, solid geometry, and trigonometry. In science classes, we acquire a new' insight into the involved mechanics of the world we shall build together. Under the guiding hand of Mr. Kleekner, we learn the basis of the various branches of the sciences and prepare for more complicated studies. In biology. Mr. Epley helps us explore the mysteries of living things. A trip to a physics or chemistry class will find us generating weird sounds ami concoctions under the guiding eye of Mr. McClure. In history classes we discover our common heritage. probing the chain of events in the complex story of mankind. Beginning in ancient Mesopotamia. Mr. Jones takes us through the glory of Greece to the fall of the Homan empire. With Mr. Snyder, we study the origin and development of modern Europe. Then Mr. Drake instructs us in the early traditions and the great frontiers of our native land. Mr. Hichards and the seniors study the ebb and flow of our present world and learn to interpret the events of our day. In our research work and reports, we consult our willing and helpful librarian. Miss Sheafer. George Epley Paul McClure Willis E. Jones Edwin Snvder II. Stanley Kleekner Howard K. Drake Lawrence Hichards Charlotte Sheafer Twenty-one

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FAC INTERPRETERS Dorothy Hraughlcr Mildred Hoopes I.ouis Gcrshman Martha C. Hartman Horace I.auhach Margaret M. McCullough Virginia L Christ Bertha Czaplicki Margaret Cook A. Todd Coronway Howard L. Freeman Esther Morris In our four years together in high school, we are aided greatly on the road toward mutual understanding by our faculty. We take our first step toward understanding each other in mastering our most important language, English. Mr. Gershman and Mr. Laubach initiate the freshmen in this basic course by reviewing the fundamentals of grammar and by introducing them to the greatest master of our native tongue, William Shakespeare. Miss Hartman takes charge of them as sophomores and acquaints her class with Caesar and Lcs Misernbles.” The juniors, instructed by Mrs.

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Lloyd Black Janet Shoemaker Kathryn Davis Janet Felter Hoy F. Kraber Dale Smith Helen K. Stephens Margaret Stevens Mildred I. Ankeny John I . Aderhold, Jr. Horace L. Hershock Don B. Corbin William M. Raddiffe Virginia Evans FACULTY CHALLENGERS Expertly Trace Twtntg-two