Lawrence High School - Lawrencian Yearbook (Cedarhurst, NY)

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Senior Class History As a Freshman group, the class of ’30 was indeed noteworthy. We were predestined to follow a remarkable career, and have unerringly done so to the end. We elected Joseph Star. President; Peter Tanous, Vice-President; Joan Strauss, Secretary; Berton Sloane, Treasurer; and Miss Grace Clause, Faculty Advisor. To finance the club we carried on cake sales, and a bridge. At the end of the school term, we betook ourselves to New York and “Third Little Show”. Thus our lives as Freshmen ended, and we were ready for the next step as SOPHOMORES from whose ranks were elected Joel Laskey, President; Elliot Wolf. Vice President; Marjorie Kolmer, Secretary; Estelle Schapira, Treasurer; and Miss Katherine Blank, Faculty Advisor. Helen Friedherg and Marjorie Kolmer were our outstanding scholars and added much prestige to the club. The year’s work was terminated by going “en masse” to see “Of Thee I Sing”, and we returned in the fall as grown-up JUNIORS who elected Rhoda Kanner, President; Leonard Levy, Vice President; Vera Mesibov, Secretary; Peter Tanous, Treasurer; and Miss Katherine Blank, Faculty Advisor. We held high place in the year’s divertissements, which included an Opportunity Contest, the sale of “Fight Lawrence” buttons, and a number of cake and candy sales. Several of our members were admitted to the Honor Society, including Ruth Frankfurter, Alfred Goldsmith, Victory Weckstein, Adele Lewis, and Ruth Rosenberg. The Varsity Club gave entree to John Peyser, Ruth Frankfurter, Katherine Both, Jean Meek, Vera Mesibov, Estelle Schapira, and Harry Buxbaum. Oddly enough, nothing was done with the funds in the treasury which were given to next year’s SENIORS who accepted them with gratefulness and thanks. We immediately elected Sanford Shapiro, President; Joel Laskey, Vice President; Helen S. Friedherg, Secretary; Peter Tanous, Treasurer; and Miss Elsie R. Teffl, Faculty-Advisor. In order to conduct a dance and publish an annual, cake and candy sales were held, as well as a Popularity Contest, and of course large returns resulted from the Senior play, so that in spite of the Depression we were able to uphold traditions of the Senior class. Among those of our number who have made names for themselves in athletics are: Harry Buxbaum, Thomas Leitch, Wallace Hopkins, John Peyser, Leonard Charnay, Alfred Goldsmith, Myron Sterngold, Adele Lewis, Jean Meek, Julia Pastor, and Dorothy Pepper. And in scholastics: Marion Fertel, Ruth Frankfurter, Helen S. Fried-berg, Alfred Goldsmith, Adele Lewis, and Ruth Rosenberg are our pride and j°y. Thus we attain our final goal, graduation, some of us to continue on t college, others to enter business, but all accompanied with pleasant recollections of our association with Lawrence High. Page twenty-six

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FEATURES

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Senior Class Prophecy Receiving permission from the Office to do so, we five scribes, honored by the selection of our class, journeyed to Mt. Olympus to learn the future of our fellow Seniors from the Sybil there enthroned. All was silent alter our humble petition was asked, then a great crash of thunder resounded over the hills, and fearing for our lives we would have fled from the spot instantly, but were stayed by the magic tones of the Sybil as she spoke thus: I see a kingdom by the sea called “Lawrencia , wherein reside the fairest people of the age. (Ahem!) It is ruled over by King Sanford of the House of Shapiro, beloved by all the land. He has many advisors, but, like-most men, usually does as his wife, Queen Helen of the House of Friedberg, bids. His crafty old treasurer, Sir Peter Tanous, controls the exchequer, and counts his moneys ever)- night lest there be some discrepancy in the accounts. There is a ball-room tilled with laughing young people, for they are fond of dancing and partying, and enjoy the lavish splendor of court life. Beautiful young duchesses and marchionesses; Lady Kay Both, Lady Rose Cestari. Lady Miriam Barondcss, and Lady Jane Rubenstein glide across the floor to the strains of a waltz, flirting with Sir Roland Abraham, Duke Paul Altman, Lord Anton Armbruster, and Baron William Bernius, representative noblemen from neighboring courts. Madame Carol Dattlebaum, the king’s favorite, flashes a smile at Lord Harry Buxbaum, with that “come hither look and Lord Harry “comes hither . I sec the court mathematician, Bernard Brod, beaming genially on all; the royal scribe. Job Farrington, puckering his brow for inspiration; and, bending over Lady Ruth Frankfurter is Prince John, the leaning lower of But hark! A flourish of trumpets! Ah! ’Tis “Coley” Asinof, the court herald, announcing the entry of the royal family of Lawrencia. Enter King Sanford and Queen Helen, followed by the Crown Prince Leonard of Char-nay with his consort, Lady Jane Anne, whose palace on the Judson River is world-famous for its iniquities, or do 1 mean antiquities? After them file the lovely princesses Pauline of Chamberlain, Dorothy, the Pepper-pot of the family, Elaine of Weston, and Eleanor, who has the Wohl world at her feet. After them, in rapid procession come the Princes Stanley of Berney, John, sporting a Brandt-new crown, Walter of Brambir, Robert of Elkins, Albert of Schonwetter, and. the babies of the family, Prince Alfred, Prince Austin, and Prince Martin. There are also many celebrities of stage, radio, and screen present. Ruth Craft, the famous acrobatic dancer; Madame Hazel Derrick, the well-known Lawrencian hair stylist with her coiffure arranged in a mode interpretative of a dying swordfish; also those charming radio entertainers, Rita Mulcahy. Shirley Marinon, Eileen McManus, and Evelyn Sheindleman. And over there in the corner is our little Kitty, Chaikin all over with excitement! ! ! Refreshments are served under the supervision of Butler Wallace Hopkins, who is to the palace what Oscar is to the Waldorf. He is giving his particular attention to Madame Rosalie Langfelder, the great dramatic actress, for her temperament is very unsteady, especially when she thinks her scene Peyser Page twenty-seven