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

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hgsica 1 Education All work and no play make Jack a dull kid, was the every- day slogan of alma mommy. ln Gym classes, on the athletic field, in GAA., students were continually having a good time with rousing games of football, basketball, or volleyball, Health was stressed not only in the gym, but was carried in- to the classroom, where a re- quired semester course was taught, stressing the develop- ment of intelligent health cone duct. As boys participated in inter- scholastic sports, so the girls turned out for the program of the GAA, As in former years, the cream of the crop joined other schools from the area in the famed Playday.f' lntramural sports were not forgotten as increasing interest was shown in homeroom basket- ball teams. Boxing and wrestling were added to the intramural program, and a keen spirit of competition and good sports- manship accompanied each. lTop to bottom? Coach Mollenauer and trium- virate of tracksters view vic- tory trophy Mr, Fry and Oscar in health class Miss Rhodes' students learn about lenses Miss MacDonald starts the ball going Coach Luecht sends Sonny onto the gridiron Dr, Bell and Nurse High take count in medical office -i3..

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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,

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athematics Math, the stumbling block for some, an easy hurdle for others this yeor took on new irn- portance as current events made imperative the need for tech- nically-trained men and women. As tenth graders attempted to master locus, construction, and triangles ot Geometry, so the juniors labored with quad- ratics, factoring, and logarithms in Algebra ond dignified seniors Hbreezed through Solid and Trng, The Engineering Drawing course this year found an in- Creasing number of aspiring drattsmen and architects study- ing blueprints, graphs, and maps. Another branch of the math curriculum is General Math, where the facts and tig- ures are applied to the business of ordinary life. l-lere the prob- lems of buying, banking, taxes, and investments were discussed and studied. Anticipating broadening hori- zons ot the future along techni- cal lines because ot world con- ditions, many students took new interest in the field of mathe- matics. lTop to bottoml Mr, Streams with circles, tan- gents, and triangles Checked in with Mr. Laderer Mr, Whipkey explains Pytha- goras Miss Smith takes time oh' from algebra to sell another ring Miss Elliott and Mr. Ford cr an reading technique Miss Rightmire gives her geom- etry class something to think about vig, 1 1-1