Lansdowne High School - Lahian Yearbook (Lansdowne, PA)

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Languages Spur Scholars to More Vivid The old South American custom of breaking the Christmas pinata is carried out by J. Van Wyck, J. Perkis, C. Martin, and N. Kelly. . fiss Hartman's Sophomore English class listens atten- tively as J. Gaskill, reports on the life of Charles Dickens as a part of their study of the “Tale of Two Cities.” A knowledge of the read in’ n ritin’ our grand- parents learned in school is no longer sufficient to earn for us a place in the world of today. We are growing up in an age in which a more com- prehensive mastery of the English language is required. Students have studied the essentials of lan- guage by the time they enter high school, so that, as sophomores, they arc ready to delve into the fine points of literature. Their first taste of the classics comes with the reading of Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables. This is followed by a study of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. As juniors they follow the development of our nation’s culture via a history of American literature. Seniors devote their time to becoming familiar with the great British authors who have influenced our lives and our cultural growth. In conjunction with their study of drama, many seniors saw prod net ions of Shaw’s St. Joan, Shakespeare’s As You Like It and Julius Caesar, and O’Neill’s Long Day's Journey Into the Night. Day by day we are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of being multi-lingual. In their freshman year, students supplement their English studies with an introductory foreign language of their choice. They become familiar with our South American neighbors through a study of Spanish. Those who select French improve their pronunciation after hear- ing tape recordings of their own voices. Some students choose the Latin tongue, the foundation for all languages. It is believed that a study of Latin improves their English vocabularies and acquaints them with ancient Roman civilization. As we hurry along the road to adulthood and maturity, we benefit greatly from a study of any language, furthering our education and broaden- ing our horizons. 14

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Discovering oxygen in compounds through testing is very exciting to R. Monroe, D. D'Amhro, G. Morris, G. Grace, M. Harding, C. Myers, L. Murdock, and A. Hansel, as they wait patiently for results. J. Rankin points out the character- istics of a tap root. Difficult square root problems can be solved with a slide rule as R. Evans, B. Schickram, J. Newcomb, G. Seigrist and M. Landis demonstrate. Missile Mania Stirs Scientists Careful observation is necessary in A new method for magnifying file all chemistry experiments as is shown cards is tried out by D. Snyder and on the faces of D. Webband D. Lane. P. Penrose in the science laboratory. 13

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Self-Expression Learning English vocabulary words can be as hard as learning a foreign language. B. Ingram. M. List, and S. Ileeren practice building their vocabularies with the game of scrabble. The value of increasing your vocabulary is pointed out by S. Macintosh to his classmates W. Marshall, M. Currall, M. Ware, C. Adrian, B. Trueman, H Fleming, B. Thompson, R. Ewing, C. Mason and F. Andrews. A gab session has priority over the card catalogue for B. Winstead, B. Braun, and X. Kelly as they talk over school affairs. Principles of first year French are explained by Mrs. M. Lord to stu- dents J. Krebs and R. Herrin in a stipendsed study. A n interesting glimpse of Roman life awaits C. Atkiss and D. Snyder as Miss M. Cook shows them one of her famous Roman books. 15