South Lebanon High School - Ionian Yearbook (Iona, PA)

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Seventy elght RAY A KURTZ Supervising Prtnctpal South Lebanon Township High School Moves Forward One of the satrsfactlons an 1nd1v1dual has as he grows older IS the pnde in having grad uated from a Hlgh School that is moving forward South Lebanon Townshlp High School IS only a small High School ln fact it IS the smallest 1n Lebanon County The problems it faces at present are difficult and fat reachlng 1n their implications The success of any High School 15 measured by the type of graduates lt produces To the class of 1956 our High School offers all tts best wishes and hopes that each graduate will bnng honor and presttge to the school South Lebanon High School has established an enviable record Our graduates are tn great demand for employment by local and nearby lndustrres offices and banks Many of the schools colleges and umvetsltres of our state and other states enroll our graduates The success of these people ln thelr work ln higher education is proof of the quality of work betng done in South Lebanon The students who were enrolled in the vocational departments have gone out Into the fields of lndustry and farming and have been able to contr1bute to the welfare of our great country In the past ten years the enrollment of the High School has almost doubled A new add1t1on has been added to the school The Vocational Agriculture butlding has been com pleted Many new courses like lndustrlal arts Commercial subjects Art Instrumental program has been expanded to Include sports for the entire year for both boys and girls Every effort has been made to provide for the cultural and social side of each individual A dozen or more clubs bands dances parties yearbooks newspapers provide ample opportunities for the exercise of the special lnterest of students Adequate library shops laboratories and gymnastums are provided for all pupils The board has exerted every effort to secure capable and well qualified teachers There are few Hlgh Schools in the state of the size of South Lebanon which offer a more var1ed and enriched program of education The future of South Lebanon High School IS uncertain The trend rn school district reor ganizatron points to larger umts than South Lebanon The only purpose for conslderlnglarger umts is to prov1de more opportunities for a greatly enlarged and enriched program Whether South Lebanon remains as a single unit of combines with adjolntng d1str1cts w1ll be dectded in the near future Every member of the faculty board and administration of the school hopes that each grad uate will succeed in l1fe and be a credit to the school community and nation Our hopes go with every one ' Music.. Guidance, and Physical Education have been added to the curriculum: The athletic

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SEATED C Walborn VICE PRESIDENT H Steffy PRESIDENT R Smeltzer SECRETARY P Forney TREASURER STANDING H Weaber S Smlth R Kurtz MEMBERS OF THE BOARD Efflclenl School Board Does Much to Make Our High School Career More Enloyable The Board of Educatlon has many rmportant declslons to make eachyear rn makrng rmprovements for our school become a realrty teachers The board has done well rn obtarnrng teachers who are well qualr fred to lnstruct and prepare the students for therr futures In expandmg the agncultural educatron for the FFA students the new addr tlon to the Ag shop has contrrbuted greatly The addrtron bu11t rrght on the shop serves as a classroom Smooth terraced lawns shrubs bushes and macadamed drrves whtch greatly altered the appearance of the burldrng and grounds came about because of the efforts on the part of the school board The alterattons whrle beautrfyrng the busses Also rncluded rn the numerous actrvrtres worked upon by the board IS the Fa1r Through the combrned efforts of the board faculty and students thls annual affarr rs made possrble Mr Harvey Steffy was elected Presldent of the Board of Education for the 1955 56 term Seventy mne I I O One of the big problems confronting the board is the selection of capable grounds, serve as safer playgrounds and aid in the loading and unloading of