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HOME ECONOMICS DEPT.: Harriett Zeamans, Grace Colton, Winifred Sloane, Mrs. Hannah Saal, Mrs. Elnietta DeMott. has done much to develop active young bodies by means of exercises and competitive games. In addition this department teaches Health, a subject which finds practical application in our daily routine. From Miss Sloane, head of the HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT, you received the following reply in response to your queries. “Our department attempts to interpret the needs of the local community during wartime, with an overview' of a future world, and its relation to the future homemakers of America.” This department aims to help solve problems of nutrition, clothing, home furnishing and building and financing, child care, illness in the home, social living, and family relationships which arise in the individual life. In all living it stresses beauty against monotony, comfort against lack, security against waste, character development, tolerance, and ultimate happiness in family life. As a climax to your tour, you and the marshal visited the HEALTH SERVICE DEPARTMENT of which we arc justly proud, hach student is given a complete physical examination in which eyes, ears, and teeth are checked in addition to a chest X-ray. W hen physical defects are found, parents are urged to have them corrected as soon as possible so that students will he in good physical condition. Gee! Lawrence is sure a swell school, you concluded after meeting its faculty. The next four years were going to be the best in your life you vowed as far as education, teachers, friends, and school in general were concerned. PHYSICAL EDUCATION: Mrs. Muriel Barber, Mrs. Audrey Baker, Forrester Pierre, Frank Whitman. HEALTH DEPT.: I)r. Alfred Calvelli. Dr. Edward Bronstein, Mrs. Beatrice Werner. K.V. Dr. Michael Leftoff, 14
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“A good mathematical background, Miss Wood assured you, “is an asset to boys who are in the artillery, or studying radar or meteorology. Letters from graduates have proved this to he true. “We are living in a scientific age. Science does as much to control our life as any other field of knowledge. Educators feel that every person should know the fundamental principles of science.” This was the way in which the head of our SCIENCE DEPARTMENT, Mr. Aimer, opened his conversation with you. He proceeded to show' you around the Chemistry and Physics labs where students were busily performing various experiments. Mr. Aimer assured you that after your freshman yean of General Science you would he prepared to take General Biology,“Cbem Biry, and Physics in the next three years. Since the war thfr enrollment in these subjects has doubled. To girls en- SCIENCE DEPT. Sanding: Walter Aimer, Katherine VOCATIONAL DEPT. Hartigan, Luella Strauch, Farrell Berle. MATHE Standing: Erkliardt Berk. Frank Kriz. Frank Clarkson. MATICS DEPT. Seated: Florence Wood, James Sim- Seated: Edmund Kavanagh. George Keller, J. Louis monds, Mrs. Athena Lee. Fleming. tering the nursing profession Chemistry or General Biology is an essential course. On the way to VOCATIONAL SCHOOL, you and the marshal discussed the merits of Lawrence’s tiewrest department which observes its fourth year of existence. Before the inauguration of the Vocational school, many hoys left school at the age of sixteen, because there was little in the school curriculum to interest them. Mr. Keller, head of the school, showed you through the various shops. He explained that students have a chance to explore four different trades in the first two years, and then select any one trade in the remaining two years. This method enables them to secure knowledge of the fundamentals of a trade, and offers greater advantages in the location of a job. Back to Lawrence again for a quick glance into the gym. Since the war the need for physical fitness can’t he emphasized too strongly. Our DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION under the direction of Mr. Pierce 13
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