Lower Merion High School - Enchiridion Yearbook (Ardmore, PA)

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infifrucfion in aca emic, racfica arm! fecAruca :S Wilh several cars and cuf-away mofors al Hs disposal, ihe aulo mechanics class Wi+h exfra work arhsfs develop fheir falenl 'ro display il' in 5 mmufe becomes familiar wilh lhe rudimenls of auiomoiive design and mainlenance slcefches oil porfraufs or scholarship porlfolios skills in mechanically-minded l.ower Merion boys. Through The media oi Dralling, Machine Design and Conslruclion, Moles Mechanics, Auiomobiie Shop, and Welding Slncp lhese boys are lrained io assume pcslions oi responsipilily upon fheir graduaion. To complele a well-balanced curriculum, lne stderr may channe his inleresls inlo numerous spheres ol worlc, ranging from ihe Fire Arls io praclical courses such as Mechanical Drawing and Home Economics. The Fine Aris porlion of lhe program cenlers around Band, Orchesira, Choir, and Ari, and lhe inleresled person may sludy lhese courses daily. Driver Educalion i'TYOiG5 an experienced driver from an inepi beginner. The Physical Eoucalion Deparlmeri, aideo by spacious iacilflies, lrains lhe sludenr oolh in lhe class- room and on lhe iieo and conlribules io his physical well-being. The value of ihe Lower Merion curriculum may be ilusiraled by lhe Following figures: oi lhe 430 members ol lhe gradualing class, 66.5570 will endeavor lo iurlher lheir educalionsy 2425 wii engage in varied occupalions: 7.5243 will enler lhe armed lOVCeSi and will remain al home. w Driver's educafion is a unique 'lealure permi+'l'ing sludenls over I6 +0 sfudy frarfn: Di5+ripu+ive Educahon Seniors gain 'ob experience by di ,ding + e laws, +0 praciice driving, and +o falre fhe les? on school lime. h

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LCWER MERION'S CURRICULUM larovi ez! A 1 . ' s ' 'W A W l l A. N ' ,N if T' 5 l i , Ez. , 2 Mm 1 '57 l l l ,M l l , L HI I X I During school hours The orchesTra, choir, and band members develop Three years of English, including an elecTive in The senior year, insTill in L. M. TalenTs for holiday programs, The spring concerT, and commencement scholars a worlring knowledge of grammar, composiTion, and classical liTeraTlure. .Q T r T E 3 T TP -RMK, is 1- ., f 5 Lower lvlerion sTudenTs are TOrTunaTe in having a diversiTied curriculum Trom which To selecl' Their rosTers. ElemiTes wiTh an eye on college choose specialized English courses, such as Journalism, CreaTive WriTing, Drama, and Special English. French, LaTin, Spanish, and German are oTTered TO The ambiTious linguisT. For Those inTeresTed in science and maThemaTics, available courses range Trom GeomeTry and Biology To TrigonomeTry and Physics. Pupils wiTh a Tlair Tor hisTOry can dig inTo The realms OT AncienT l-lisTory or Tace modern day Social Problems. This year Lower lvlerion inauguraTed a course in Psychology. Because OT The bene- TiTs OT a Thorough commercial course l.. M. will send well pre- pared represenTaTives inTO The business world. Besides The sTandard courses OT Typing, ShorThand, Boolclcee-ping, Business Problems, and Business Law, The DisTribuTive EducaTion DeparTmenT renders an invaluable service To prospecTive Tradesmen by providing Them DraTTing sTudenTs couple slrill wiTh The compass and knowledge of Technical symbols To represenT machines wiTh accuracy wiTh parT Time emplOymenT in local concerns as a parT OT Their school curriculum The Technical division OT The school develops Z E Lv TOY' Harrison QXGCUTQS B, Tf0f1+ V'3Ul+ in aPParaTuS ClBSS. 6 gym course in PhysicisTs Diclr Jacoby, Ken TraberT, and Al McConnell learn The basic which gymnashcally inclined boys develop sTrengTh and co-ordinalion. laws of Torque in addiTion To The imporTance of slrill and accuracy. SixTeen

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JANITOR STAFF In Lower Merion There exisTs a group OT men in- visible To a maioriTy oT The sTudenT body mosT OT The Time, neverTheless, a group oT men whose work is essenTial To The exisTence oT The school. The group is The ianiTors. There are naTurally a Tew sTudenTs who in one way or anoTher become acguainTed wiTh The ianiTors and especially appreciaTe Their work. Anyone who has sTopped To Think oT whaT The school would be like wiThouT ianiTors has mosT surely discovered The greaT addTional service They cheerTully perTorm. FRONT ROW: B. ProTico, J. l-Teller, J, Summers, D. Morrelo. J. McNamee. SECOND ROW: W. Blum, G. Taylor, J. T-laggerTy, A. Dingle, R. Campbell. BUS DRIVERS STarTing The day long beTore dawn breaks, The bus drivers oT The school disTricT have given prompT, eTTicienT, and cheerTul service in TransporTing sTudenTs To and Trom Lower Merion They cover a large Terri Tory beTore school To accommodaTe everyone and my Then make The reTurn run aTTer school AThleTic Teams music groups and oTher school oroanizahons have enloyed The co operaTion oT The bus drivers in geTTing To oTher schools OTTen These Trips have enTailed exTra hours added To Their regular assignmenTs FRONT ROW A Ammon D Moore F Ma well J Klingberg O Baker SECOND ROW O Jones T MiddleTon J Kacy J Wiggins W Clark SECRETARIAL STAFF In The school oTTice are Tive secreTaries responsible Tor The clerical work necessary in The mainTenance OT all large organizahons Behind The main desk siT Miss Lyver and Mrs Kego who work on schedule changes acTiviTy sheeTs grades and general oTTice work as well as answering oueshons possible and impossible Mrs Kirk is secreTary To The Three guidance Teachers Mrs Turner is The aTTendance secreTary responsible Tor inTerpreT ng absence and Tardiness excuses Mrs ParenTe is secreTary To Mr Pearce renTe Mr rrer ic s M ss L CAFETERIA STAFF Miss Zimmerman chueT dieTician and direcTor Q Miss T-libos assisTanT direcTor and Mrs M ller b ok keeper head a compeTenT kiTchen sTaTT oT 26 women WiTh The help oT Tour LM TudenTs John Beeoy Brian l-TarT BuTTer MacMillan and Mike Raiser They prepared noT only Thousands oT hoT and cold paTTe s ary buT aso dozens oT oup salad bandwighp hc l The TaTT provided rn re Than BEO OOO mea Tor approximaTey ZOOO Tuoen+ una I956 57 FR N RQW R MCC N Cnanaye M ss Zmrne man M C a G T bJr SECO 5 fr T ar Mc c a O on A q av va Hi s eT ar Myer a M Ver a C Sav oo e E W grT Elghfeen I T sf ff' Z . , . , . x , , A , . . T 7 Mrs. Pa , s. Ti. , Mrs. Kfr', Mr.. Kegg, i. yver f ' 2 5 , S I sw , ' ' ' ' I - - - i Tx V. 0 I T su l , 9. V g W . Ay A i I . i ' 4 I . i , o f ' 1. T A . l I i T T 1. 3 , i f- , . 1 D w dil l l s's,' s,f ',s, ' and desserTs. Serving boTh The icnior and senior high sc cs, 5 ' Q . J , is T i T l s TJ 3 o. i. J - . ONT : . .ll5..g', D. Shi.berT, M, Quinlan, . -i ' n. i i r , lDe '7anl, . R,:e.ch, M. i'd aQ. M. Sf y nd ' , r'rn . ND ROW: A. M' er. M, S'ewarT, O. Ca ahah, C. C rvobe , D. T . pscn, M. S , T, C. M f N. 4 lf, , C. M, 5 M ' , Mfgg ,ibb TAZST. Di i'ia'l, A, P is, R. S, V. L w, . dine, E. H ,es, . Tlge. R. Ai iii. . ri li.