Lansdowne High School - Lahian Yearbook (Lansdowne, PA)

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Paula Edwards Janet Felter Mary Ann Gilda Miriam Einhorn Gerry Rae Fitch Robert Hahn Robert Emberger Susan Foster Edna Hoffman Nancy Everest L. Howard Freeman Helen Hort Joyce Dimmic Virginia Evans Barbara Gaudioso FACULTY SHOWS INTEREST IN STUDENT AFFAIRS Twenty'two

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ENCOURAGE OUR ACTIVITIES Distributive education, typing, stenography, con' sumer education, general business training, office training, clerical practice, bookkeeping, sales, busi- ness, law, and commercial mathematics comprised the program of business studies available to the commer- cial students. Modern typewriters and other valuable business aids create a constructive atmosphere for the instruc- tion of Miss Barbara Capece, Miss Mildred Ankeny, and Mrs. Janet Felter. Mr. Edward Kolodgie and Mr. Gerald Donmoyer also enjoy teaching business prac- tices in the four-room business suite. Dashing matadors and olives jump from daydreams to realistic concepts under the imaginative Spanish instruction of Miss Sarah Adams. Togas, legions, eagles, marble structures, and a great civilization are focused by the study of Latin directed by Mrs. Regina Connors. Miss Phyllis App and Miss Susan Jane Foster impress the seriousness of the Algerian problem and the gaiety of grape-crushing Frenchmen upon students of this beautiful language. Language teachers utilize the language labora- tories for record listening and student recordings. This exciting innovation, in teaching procedures facilitate the detection of weak points in learning. Mathematics, a fast-growing and rapidly changing science, ranks as a vital school subject. Mathematics curricula and methods of instruction are constantly evaluated, revised, and improved. Since mathematics is a living, growing subject, methods of instruction must grow also. Teachers concentrate on under- standings, meanings, patterns, and structures instead of mere manipulative skills. Trigonometry, solid geometry, and Algebra II constitute Mr. Howard Freeman's major areas of emphasis. Calculus, analytic geometry, and higher algebra arc introduced by Mr. Freeman to advanced students. Provision of a transitional step from high school to college level mathematics is Mr. Freeman's basic concern. Algebra II is also taught by Mrs. Gayle How in addition to basic mathematics. The job of introducing the concepts of algebra is delegated to Mrs. Pauline Edwards and Mr. Robert Dix, Algebra I instructors. Mr. Dix also covers seventh and eighth grade mathematics. Plane geometry, the study of relationships between geometric figures, is taught by Mrs. Ester Morris. Seventh grade arithmetic, illustrated by Miss Grace Straley, and seventh and eighth grade number facts, projected by Mrs. Helen Morris, prepare students for a leap from junior high to high school mathe- matics. Mr. Anthony Soscia handles ninth and tenth grade general mathematics. Seventh grade science, the basis on which advanced sciences are studied, was effectively taught by Mrs. Gayle How, Mr. John Bell. Mr. Joseph Pitt, and Miss Virginia Lammey. Eighth grade students were intro- duced to elementary biology, chemistry, and physics. Mr. Bell and Mr. Lance Miller were charged with this responsibility. Biology, the study of animal and plant life, was handled by Miss Rosemary Strout and Miss Virginia Lammey. Chemistry was ably taught by Mr. Paul McClure. Twelfth grade students under Mr. Pitt were introduced to physics, the science of motion. Virginia Christ Regina Connors Don Corbin Donald L. Cornman Maren Currie Robert Dix Gerald Donmoyer Ardis Dow

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Gayle How L. W. Hughes Edward Kolodgie Virginia Lammey Paul McClure Margaret McLaughlin W. Kabakjian Horace Laubach Lance Miller Nancy I. Kaebnic H. Donn McCafferty Esther Morris The study of the fundamentals of English estab- lishes the foundation upon which much advanced study is laid. Seventh graders with the help of their teachers. Miss Katherine Subcrs. Mrs. Nancy Kaebniek, and Mrs. Miriam Einhorn, concentrated mainly on ab- sorbing a thorough background in English grammar. Mrs. Helen Hort and Miss Regina Stretch attempted to instill in their eighth grade students an apprecia- tion of literature as well as an increasing grammatical facility. Ninth graders with Mrs. Joan Reivich, Mrs. Mary Bailey, and Mr. Horace Laubach, and the tenth grade students, taught by Miss Fay Stofman, Mrs. Reivich, and Mrs. Mildred Keagle, were introduced to the wonders of poetry and drama. Mrs. Virginia Christ and Miss Stofman portrayed to juniors the lives and contributions of the important American authors. Seniors, aided by Mr. Laubach and Miss Margaret McLaughlin, studied the develop- ment of English literature. Elizabeth Walls Charlotte Shaefer Twenty-three