Lansdowne High School - Lahian Yearbook (Lansdowne, PA)

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In they goI D. Hoffmann Cooking students work prepares to wash dirty busily to make a delicious clothes in a new washer. cake for their class. Homemaking Can Be Fun Nothing will stretcli a girl's clothes allowance so much as being able to make her own clothes and to project herself into the future of her children. And what girl doesn’t like to show off with a new recipe learned in cooking? Students enrolled in the Practical Arts courses serve at the numerous teas, luncheons, and dinners sponsored by various school organiza- tions. For example, dressed in spotless white coats, the boys' class proudly served luncheon for visiting superintendents. Dainty sandwiches and cookies were the order for the Honor Society tea and the five teas given w'ith other principals and faculty managers as guests. Under the watchful eyes of Miss Virginia Briner and Miss Mary Milheim, both boys’ and girls’ food classes learn how to concoct delicious dishes in the wink of an eye and how' to serve at teas and dinners with the poise of experienced waiters and waitresses. Turning tempting recipes into appealing platters is not the only boast of these young chefs, for they also learn to operate automatic washers, dryers, ironers—use- ful knowledge for other phases of home-making. Home Economics courses for girls are indis- pensable. Sewing class offers a “make while you learn” course, with special projects in the fields of textiles, interior decorating fashions and color schemes. Good grooming and personality rounds out the busy curriculum. In both sewing and cooking classes, students realize the need for mastery of techniques. After successfully com- pleting this inclusive schedule, pupils can rightly consider themselves competent in several impor- tant phases of home economics. Working diligently on tlicir sewing projects, K. Park, K. Miller, and H. Christy take ad- vantage of the school facilities. R. Phillips proudly displays a life- like portrait which she made of a friend to P. Schmucker. 20

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to Our Own Lives Attractive toys are examined by A. White, J. Hatter field, and C. Mowry as they are collected by Tri-Hi-) to be given to a poor family for Christmas. operative schooling, combines studies and actual work experience in the senior year. The distribu- tive education majors or “DE’s,” directed by Miss Mildred Ankeny, attend morning classes, then work in the afternoon. Many academic students, as well as commer- cial, attend typing and shorthand classes, since these subjects are immediately practical and possibly will be invaluable in the future. Xot necessarily bound to the classroom, busi- ness students frequently visit nearby plants, of- fices and factories to observe actual business operations. These trips are very important to their understanding of the business world. Mrs. Woods demonstrates the office binding machine to I. Hi otta. L. Ealough and J. Wilson. Officers of the FBLA, G. Dohney, X. List, M. Sharrah, and I. Myers receive a certificate of merit as Sponsor Mrs. J. Feller looks on with pride. C. Park, P. Smalley and A. Huntsman calculate more effectively on an adding machine.

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What will it taste like? C. Febbo concocts a new recipe for chocolate sauce. J. Harper and A. So la- in a nda find that someone's been in their cooky dough! Intricate designs arc demonstrated by Mrs. J. Marcus, to aspiring artists E. Fennypacker, M. Atwood, D. Coll, and I . Willis. Miss M. Fritter fits II. McLaughlin sewing project and marks it with chalk for more accurate stitching. A worthwhile poster for hiring the handicapped is touched up by L. Johnson as C. Campbell observes. 21 What sort of design will come from J. Hinkle, P. Edwards, and B. Algard's pattern? It's anybody's guess.