Lawrence High School - Lawrencian Yearbook (Cedarhurst, NY)

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Graduates

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The Guidance Department The Guidance Department, under the direction of Mr. Lyman W. Davison, prepares a schedule for every one of the twelve hundred and fifty students enrolled in Lawrence High School. This is done after a consideration of a student’s abilities (as shown by his scholastic record of the previous term) and his desires. Moreover, those in charge of this branch of our school administration keep tabs” on all students, particularly those who have shown continually poor work and little or no effort. They make it their duty to consult with such students (in some cases suggesting that the subject or subjects be dropped) as well as to advise and assist those who fail in spite of all attempts to do good work. On the other hand, in cases in which a student is doing good work in all his subjects, and seems capable of carrying another, the Guidance Department suggests the adding of an extra subject. To prospective graduates, this department offers advice and information as to the requirements, specialties, and merits of various colleges. In the Guidance Room, readily available to all students, are displayed the catalogues of many of the colleges in the United States. Those graduates who propose to enter a college are invited to come to the Guidance Department for friendly, but serious, discussion as to the best courses to follow in order to attain success in a particular career. The department aims to promote a thorough understanding and friendship among the faculty, the parents, and the students, because such conditions tend to promote more efficient work on the part of both teachers and students, thus fulfilling the basic aims of our educational system. [20]

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Command of the ofundamental processes FEW high school students are conversant with classical literature, and not many more have mastered grammatical intricacies. One of the objectives of education in general, and in English in particular, is the ability to express oneself. Modern English classes are so organized as to give the students the opportunity of becoming proficient in these subjects. By means of sympathetic interpretations the pupils are taught to appreciate the literary offerings of such men as Shakespeare, Coleridge, Scott, Milton, and some of the modern authors, dramatists, and poets. After becoming familiar with the styles of these men, students can more readily achieve their objective, better self-expression.