Cambridge Rindge and Latin School - CRLS Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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1892 MAUD ADELE LAWSON . 1928 Three years ago, the position of Librarian was created in our School, and, in recognition of her special aptitude for such work, Miss Lawson was asked to fill it. How jealously she guarded the treasures entrusted to her care, that all might benefit by them! That a book should be lost or mutilated seemed a real calamity lo her; and, thanks to her vigilance, such accidents became very rare. To arouse interest in pupils little given to reading, she bought illustrated maga- zines on home-making and machinery; newspaper clippings, pictures of public men, postal cards, challenged their attention. There were always flowers on the reading lable, and on her desk. Her aim was to make the library a vital factor in the life of the School, and one had only to stop at her door to realize how fully she accomplished that purpose. Patient and sympathetic, she gave kindly welcome to everyone who looked for information; she did not tell him facts, she taught him how to find them for himself; and placed at his disposal every benefit she had ever enjoyed in broad culture and extensive travel in the United States and foreign countries. So, day by day, giving herself generously to her work, she found in it her greatest joy and inspiration. Then, quite suddenly, after a very short illness, she died. Her work with us, and her life, singularly happy and rich in accomplishment, had come to an end. The School has lost a loyal friend, but she has left to it a cherished memory of loving service, and countless evidences of that infinitely fine thing which men call “character.” Page 9

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2 .S) = ‘ y ae toe , eit a f ¥ rj 2 rok 3 can , r TH ; y . as: owls PPE ae) Fo y) AVING heard from earlier voyagers to the West- ern Lands about the inexhaustible treasures there to be found, we coveted this wealth for ourselves. Dazzled by its lure, ignorant and inexperienced, we dared to set out in quest of its gifts. Improvidently we ventured forth without having ascertained the necessary requirements, and without having procured sufficient supplies for our long and tortuous journey. Knowing naught of wisdom, we each held as our aim, gold, that metal gold with which we fondly be- lieved we could obtain all the genuine wealth of life. Our eyes ever turning toward the distant horizon, our hearts ever yearning for the distant goal, we pushed on through the sufferings, toils, and hardships which everywhere beset us in our path. Our desires were purified of dross in the furnace of endurance and became as the liquid gold which we saw every evening in that western sky of the setting sun. At last we were able to distinguish that happiness consists of contentment in our chosen yocation, not in riches bought at the price of honor. Some, through frailty or lack of perseverance, dropped out, one by one, thinning our ranks so that we who arrived were all of the character of hardened pioneers. How we labored and struggled, how we laughed and wept, is the mission of the legend of Fortune’s Trail.” Page 11