Lansdowne High School - Lahian Yearbook (Lansdowne, PA)

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H 'Y ojjicers M, Harlow, Short, M. Mertz, and N. Lum hold an informal meeting outdoors. Silence fell suddenly, without warning. A second hefore the Senate chamhers had resounded with the arguing voices of harassed lawmakers. Wrzingling had laeen going on for hours. and the Senators were tired, irritahle, and making little headway. At the very moment when the furor had reached hurricane proportions, the quiet, modulated voice of thc Senator from Maine reached out and stilled the storm. May l have the floor, Mr. Vice' President? Continuing in calm hut compelling tones the Senator outlined a plan to remedy the difficulty and to appease hoth factions. The Senator was a woman. Although the situation may not he so dramatic, this type of thing is taking place today in high schools, too. Girls predominate in Student Council and hold one half of the class offices. ln high school as well as in the nastion's government, women are heeoming more and more an important keystone of the governmental arch. As they assume more ref sponsihility in high school government, girls inf crease their ahility to take part in affairs of the nation, working sidefhyfside with the once all' powerful male. V, H1955 L' r,rrifiiinfsii 1, ma y WEEE! , tf f i CTI E CCEDS Take Lead in School . Then in Life I. Loeliger and B. Blackburn watch M, Hudson put the last touches on her water color. Senior cheerleaders G, Rogers, I, Barnes, and N. Chalk fix favors for Swarthmore football luncheon. Twentyffour

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nancy 'kit if . FREE lu TERPRISE ! l 3? ffff -Q R. Elmer cuts a 30 angle as H. Mclntyire carefully drills K. jolitmsstm watclzex. hole in hrs special project, American Worker Chooses the job He Wants In the early days of the United St ites each family was selffsufficient. Each man was toolfmaker. carf penter, plumher, architect and cohhler. Today the Cf, Iiuix, B, Cullen. T, Kearns, merriherx of an ueromlnties group. study the irieeliunics of u motor, N111 Hi Herxhoelg points out t1 flare in ir meclmnf ical dmwivig to C Nolte, C, Haggarty, I. Niereen. N. Rowley and R. Atlqixs. man who does each or any of these things is an artisan in his own right. In the present day American system of free enterprise a hoy interested in using his hands specializes in a certain field and can advance as far as his workmanship will take him. To keep up with this trend the high school of today not only educates those who wish to continue academic studies. Courses are offered to train the student in the art of wood workiig, metal craft or mechanical drawing. Under the watchful eye of Mr. Howard Hershock and Mr. Clarence Preitz graceful furniture, hand' some metal pieces, and minutely deiailed plans are turned out hy the future artisans of the country. These will he the men of the future who will want secure johs with sickfleave anid retirement henefits. who will he interested in legislature affecting the worker. 'Twentyfsix