Mount Lebanon High School - Lebanon Log Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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cience The ghosts of Darwin, Davy, and Faraday haunted the Biolo- gy, Chemistry, and Physics rooms as young scientists, seek- ing knowledge of living things, the elements, and properties of matter and energy experiment- ed, studied and calculated. Under such titles as Fascin- ation of Microscopic Lite and Conquering Dangerous Mi- crobes, biology students worked, wondered, and are still wondering. While biologists strived with living things, the eager chemists worked with atoms, and the theory of ion- ization. Further up the scientific ladder, seniors were fascinated in Physics by such sciences as mechanics and light. Understanding Science, Applied Chemistry, and Liv- ing With Machines were all units in the work of Consumer Science classes, where the em- phasis was placed on tying up science with everyday life. Though the fundamental groundwork was difficult to master, science students realized that in this field are great op- portunities for the future. lTop to bottaml Mr. Brown and students study o chemical formula These three discover the won- ders of science Mr. Gilbert dissects again The wonders of the plant king- dom pointed out by Miss Rankin Mr. Bromberick compounds the elements Physics students stand impressed -- 1,5 4

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The Arts The sounds at busy lathes, flying planes, Beethoven and Bach, and surging choruses echoed through the halls of good old Mt. Lebo as the students at the Practical and Fine Arts sought perfection in wood, met- al, orchestra, and voice. Not to be forgotten is the all-important and very popular subject of Home Economics, Those inviting and taste-tempt- ing odors on the second floor come from meat cooking or cookies baking, as future house- wives planned and prepared full course meals that would please the heart of any man. Included in this study were caring for the home, sewing, costume design- ing, and child care. Music activities hit a new high this year both in the class- room and in various special events, The operetta, assembly programs, P,T.A., and gridiron marches kept the choruses, or- chestra and band busy until the year's end. lTop to bottoml Misses Timko and Cribbs chat over a tea cup Tea for two at four Mr. Swartz checks for accuracy Mr, Shanor aids aspiring artists Shop projects in the making Mr, Anderson watches the lathe Mr. Miescer signals the down- beat ,I-SY mn

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COIIllll6l'Ci21l The stenographers, business- men, office workers and ac- countants of the future were busy this year with the funda- mentals of Shorthand, Business Law, Office Practice and Book- keeping. Training for 'obs after gradu- ation, commercial students went at their work with vim, vigor and enthusiasm, Nimble fingers flashed over keys of typewriters, efficient girls learned the work- ings of clittos and nwimeo- gruplxsq while others learned to save time and effort with the brief forms. Essential knowledge for all are the topics of real estate, economic laws, and insurance taught in the Business Princi- ples and Law classes, Economic Geography this year stressed agriculture, western world neighbors, and the undeveloped continent of Africa. Long hours were spent in making up typing tests, review- ing journals, learning everyday law, and in dictation and trans- cription, but in the end will emerge a corps of skilled, effi- cient job-holders and good, in- telligent citizens, lTop to bottarnl Miss McLaughlin and editors send a Lantern to the printer Nimble fingers pound away Miss Whinnie checks the figures An efficient office practice group starts to work Knit one, purl two by Miss Grove -Wa,