Lansdowne High School - Lahian Yearbook (Lansdowne, PA)

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Row IfMr. Robert Stevens, Mrs. Norman Rowley, Mrs. Charles L. McKaig, Mr. Thomas Maher Row ZH Dr. E. Carlton Abbott, Mrs. Margaret Chaffee, Mr. Frank Moorshead, Mr. Robert Johnston, Mr. Edwin H. Henrie, Mr. Herbert T. Henderson Keep the School Running Smoothly Ghee, and Barbara Marshall who help keep the busif ness end of the school's administration. In these ofhces all the functions of the school are cofordinated. Academic, social and athletic schedules must be worked out to make possible the concurrance of many school activities. The school budget, which last year amounted to bB654,000, is balanced and organf ized by the administrators. The high school oflice is the scene of busy activity. Students stop in to discuss curricula, activities, or schedules. Parents come in for discussions and interf views, and faculty members come to collect their mail, use the phone, or use the file cards to locate students, or to study their scholastic records. The administration is responsible for interpreting to students and parents the results of college achievef ment tests, aptitudes, personality tests, and others Miss Barbara Marshall Miss jennifer Maryanski which are taken during the school year. The junior high has, by this time, become an inf eluded part of high school life, but the job of co- ordinating the juniorfsenior activities can still be a complicated one. lt is this job which is handled by Mr. H. Stanley Kleckner, assistant to the principal. It is he who helped the junior high with their parties and their problems. The administration, through study, planning and work, has brought about a better understanding be' tween students, faculty and oflicials. They are co' operating and working together for the good of the school as a whole. With the help of all these leaders of the school, and our school board too, the Lansdowne High School is a smoothfworking, cofordinated system of activity and education. Mrs. Margaret Chaffee Mlss Mildred McGhee

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Dr. E. Carlton Abbott Last year the administration was busily engaged with buildings to house the everfgrowing number of students in Lansdowne. They succeeded in erecting ai new wing and a new elementary building. This year their problem was building human relations. In a twofday workshop of teachers and parents the iimiliar problems of moral and spiritual values were analyzed and guidance techniques were studied. Under the leadership of Dr. E. Carlton Abbott, super- intendent of schools, with principal ofthe high school, Mr. Joseph D. Moore, and assistant principal, Miss Mary E. Lindenmuth, the Eiculty and parents divided into small groups and discussed everything from homework to hotrods. In the high school office and the office of the super' intendent are seen the friendly faces of Mrs. Margaret Chaffee, Misses Jennifer Maryanski, Mildred Mcf Mr. ,lo eph D. Moore School Planners Board and Administration 'qgwwff Miss Mary E. Lmdenmutli Mr. H. Stanley Kleclqner

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qt Lis, Socrates used to make a nuisance of himself by stopping people on the streets of Athens and asking them questions which made them angryfbecause they had to think. As a rule, people don't like to think. High school students are very normal in this respect, and at times they are very much displeased when their teachers insist that they reason logically. But, through constant pressure in classes, students are beginning to realize the primary importance to them in speaking, writing, and thinking clearly. By studying the great worksff' novels, poems, short stories, and playswour horizons are broadened, and what is perhaps even more important, our appreciaf tion of life is enhanced. Philosophy and wit, beauty Horace Laubach Mildred Hoopes Sarah Adams Margaret Cook Word Power We Learn the Value of Clear Thinking, Speaking and Writing and reali in s through the medium of the spoken and written language. Uur school offers several foreign languages to stu' dents. Todays world, growing smaller all the time, makes it very much worthwhile for a student to know another tongue. Besides, we gain a better understand' ing of our own language. We also learn the beautiful mythology of the old Romans, the medieval history of France, or the joys and sufferings of a typical Spanish speaking family. We come to realize that people in other parts of the world are not very much different from us. We learn that to think logically and honestly is a goal worthwhile achieving in our language courses. ty all find their way into our m' d Grace Bender VlTg1Hld Christ Louis Gerxhman Corner Davies Mtirtlia Hartman Nlargarct lvlcCullrmgli Elizabeth Nolfc Charlotte Sliaefer