Lawrence Park High School - Lawrentian Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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V ,, , Q The latnrentian .af An entire new Ventilating system has been installed in the school, and it has worked out very successfully. Our bells and clocks are run by electricity, and they usually keep accurate time. We hope to improve the lawn this year. The gravel walk on the west side has helped a whole lot, du ing the rainy season, especially. Now, my friends, after seeing the Lawrence Park High School, I hope you will all agree with me that it is IOOCQ better than in previous years. Speaking about that, I wonder if our school spirit has improved any? You can just bet that it has! fwfune Stem, 8A. Qfi'D OUR SCHOOL Last Year September rolled around, And still our school was far from sound. On the twentyfeighth we all came back, To give our studies another whack. We waited long for our big gym, And wished it was finished with all our vim. Our Auditorium is now complete, And seven hundred it does seat. Our class rooms all are light and airy, And lilled with pupils bright and merry. Good teachers here preside with grace, With many a quiz for us to Rice. -By Enid Preston, 8A, pig! ll

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015132 ilamtentian Q. As for our auditorium we can hardly find words to describe it. It slopes gently down toward the orchestra pit. The lights are concealed under a small platform which is turned over when in use. The scenery, we are proud to say, is the best that can be bought anywhere in the United States. It came from the Tiflin Scenic Company. As yet we have had nothing of importance held in here, but we hope to open it soon. Before we leave the first floor we must see what that large room across from the gym is. What can it be? Seats like in a theatre, pretty decorated walls and ceiling. In the front is a small stage and, to the side of that we see cupboards containing musical instruments and sheet music. We hear someone singing softly. You have guessed it! It is the music room. Now let us travel along upstairs to the second floor. I guess I won't have to tell you what room this is with its maps and globes. It is the geography room. This has been enlarged, and new kind of seats have been put in. With their swinging chairs and shining black tops the room is indeed inviting. We are sure Miss Selig enjoys this study more than ever now, and she can be certain we do too. A few rooms down the corridor is the commercial department. Here are two rooms, one equipped with typewriters, and one for bookkeeping. The typing room is sound proof. This department presents a very cheerful appearance. Next in order is our large library: Hundreds of new fiction and reference books have been put in here for our convenience. Large tables are seen at which the boys and girls study. Off the main part of the library is a small conference room. In here, when anything is to be worked out in a group, the people can gather around the table. Miss Fentzel, the librarian, has worked long and hard getting this library ready for our use. She has everyones thanks, and can be sure that we all appreciate it. Let us continue on down the hall. Here is a room that is enjoyed by all, but Hrst let us find out what room it is. Pictures hanging on the wallsg small tables with little stools sitting under them, paints and crayons protruding from tall glassesg a long table covered with pictures of all sorts: one side of the room this given up entirely to lockers where the drawings of the pupils are kept, is the art room where many an enjoyable period has been spent under Mr. Rhodes' supervision. The last room we visit is the science room. As we look into it we see small fish, turtles and crabs, swimming around in the aquarium. In the back of the room large plants of all kinds are growing. Mr. Skala finds his new rooms a great convenience. We are sure that the pupils enjoy it also. ll pid?

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i . sa K. QQE f va' ' Uibe ilatnrentian 1 as .. A ,rev--wwf 7 f, W, , Zin jllflemuriam Ensepb Blacksnn joe isn't with us anymore. Hasn't been since September. Ref member how he used to gatherfin the baskets last year? And how he fought side by side with the other fellows to win the game for dear old L. P. H.? And how he struggled along like the rest of us with his Latin, Algebra, Science, and English? How he laughed at the funny little incidents that inevitably arose during the various class periods? joe isn't playing basketball this yearg isn't fighting side by side with our boys on the courtg isn't even coming to our school anymoreg isn't laughing with us. One September day. ., Joe was still .... Hiint music ..., heavy incense of flowers. . . languorous silence ..., sobbing. . . joe is gone fbi? Why should we mourn him Dead though he be? 'Young andfafsinging And laughing went he. Dark into darkness .... Paused he awhile 'Turned in his passing, Left ns a smile ,... N II pig?