Lancaster High School - Lancastrian Yearbook (Lancaster, NH)

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The Lancastrlan age The 1nd1x1dual xx ho ls able to find some xx o1k from xxh1ch he xx1ll gain pleasu1c lb indeed foltunate and happx because ofthe pleasule his x ork affords him such a one IS able to achlexe success in h1s chosen field th1 ough mterested ccncent1at1on and appllcatlon Hoxx much mole should future happiness be cons1de1 ed than the monex making poss1b1l1t1es of a 1ob' Of course dlffelent people find happiness 1n d1ffe1ent xvays Without doubt the poor farme1 laboring 1n h1s fields to prox1de for his famllv finds that he IS content xxith all the xx orld and lS often much happier than the uch finan c1er on Wall St1eet xxho makes m1ll1ons each xea1 The doctor xe1x often finds pleasure and happiness 1n h1S pro fesslon because he can cure the slck and allex1ate pam and hoxx little he cares or nopes for mere monetalx gain Thus the happx man IS he xx ho lS an asset to the xx o1ld and xx ho IH tu1n renders othels happy The unhappy man xx ho bring no sunshlne to his fellows has little 1nsp1rat1on to his life Let us therefoie xx 1th these thoughts in mind choose our future xx 01k xx1sely and xx ell F1ecle1 zclt Smith .16 THE SPIRIT OF L A Approximately cne hundred and sexen xears ago this Iune sexeral young men and xx omen closed beh1nd them the doors of Lancastel s fix st Hlgh School Todax xv1th the light changes in times and 1n customs and xx1th diffelent persons as cha1 acters the scene IS preclsely the same As records haxe been lost exact knoxxledge of the first attempts for education in Lancaster are unknoxxn Hoxx ex 61 lt IS recorded that 1n 1828 bx special chartel Lancastel Academy xxas established this xxas an event of great meaning to the xvelfale of the toxvn After the public school sx stem had endured for thlrtv xears It xxas deemed necessalx that some higher 1nst1tut1on should be esta.bl1 h ed 1n order to fit better the sons of Coos farmers and trad ers for their life s xxork In 1829 under the preceptorshlp of' Nathamel Wil hams the Academy opened its first term in the old court on the corner of Br1dge and Main Streets A fexv of the academles xxhich flooded the country fO1 about fifty xears rece1x ed sectarian support from churches but L A xxas nexer burdened bx these ectarian entangle ments P 3 1 'yi ' 'N 4' v Q 1 K. L v ' v' ' s -3 's ' Q v Q --w iv ' n . . . . , - v . -. . . s C S . Q . Q . . . . , , . c . , . L . W . Y . . i. - v 1 v , . . 7 1 , . . L . Y nv 1 ' . . 4 - x . Q, 'J . V ,T v ' Q 1 -7 X' v . v l v Q , 1 L Y ' ' 7 , , . . c Y , . .w . , . , . L . , . v 4 1' v . .' . ' Yo , . . Q , v v W ' ' x v ' 1,w 4 l v l S . 4 . ' ' 1 4 l . v l, S . , . . sg v . v v 1 . ' ' V .1 o s 1 L v Q 7 ' . ' y , , . . y ' v ' v w A, v V .L 'A' 1 . S - . . , 7 . Y . . 1 A ' r . ' . v . 1 J ' 1 . '1 ' 7 7 Q - . . , -.

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Zin uaucastrcau Pubhshed tW1CQ each year by the Students of Lancaster Academy lOL XIX LANCASTER N H JUNE 1936 INO 2 LAA CASTRIAN BOARD Echtor 1n Ch1ef Ass1stant B,d1tor L1tera1'y Ed1tor L1te1a1x Echtor Alumm Echtor hexxs Edltor Nexxs Ed1tO1 A1t Ed1tor A113 Ed1tor Exchange Ed1tor G11'ls Athlet1c Ed1t0l Boxs Athlet1c Ed1tor Joke Ed1tO1 Joke Ed1t01 Busxness Manager Ass1stant Busmess Manage Fr ecler zclt Srrzzth Robert Hrrzltley June Cordeau P reclerzclx Hussey 'llar rf McGrath Mar U Carpenter Charlotte Brorzsorz Lucy Currzer I rarzcm 7lIcCaf7re2f Barbara Phzllzps Helen Termey Eleanor Hzllzer U zllzam Bronson Alston Gravy ll zllzam Durrrorzt IN CHOOSING A PATH When a g11l or box ha completed h1s schoolmg and IS 1eadx to go out 1nto the xxolld hx hlmself and to n1 ke the ChOlC6 of hls llfes xxo1k o xxhat thought should he g1xe the deepest cons1derat1on'7 It xx ould eem that anx xcung pe1so11 fmdmg h1mself 111 th1s pos1t10n should be most COI1C611'18d IH the xx1 e cho1ce ot '111 occupatmn O1 1 1 1fess1cn IH xxh1ch he xx1ll be happx F01 1f one IQ happy a loe foes th1ough lxfe he meet h1s felloxx men xx1th a YIl1l9 msplres then t1ust and he 111 tu1n IS 1epa1d 111 klncl Is not the quest1on of lfe long happmess xx o1th long and s1nce1e thoughtl How manx men hax e had 1Ll1ULCl l1x es le ause thex d1d not p1epa1t themselxcs fO1 an octupat1o11 f1om xxh1ch thex could der1xe no pleastue Ol h1pp111ess How much xxo1k 1S endless d1udge1V mst because It h s leen 1ll chosen? I 1 . 1 , . ., v - ' XY L - -' epunnsuunaunnauoluoccn l' '- ' 1' , ' . ' 4 Q, ' '- vw' - ' ' , . , . ........................A l v y ' Q - I , 1 .1 .................... . , . . Q tv ' ' I ,. ,' ..................MasonCo-rmrary . 1 v .'1 1 o A can f I . I - 1 .......... . , , 'H Asn- A 'iw, ' 'S f . . ' , v- v ' M,- 3 J 4 l ' .he ', v 1 4- vw w 'v . ,L ' 1 1 W' I - S 1 vv, .X ' ' - l S 1' 1' ' 'ST ' 1C 1 ' :Alai wAw.l,- f. Y' f v'. ' . ' s, g, 1 ' 1, s 1 y v' N ' ' ' . '. . - 4 ' 5 , . , ., , , . H . ' is v. ' 1 v v 1' -, '-4 sc L' L ' '1 . 11: ' 1 . 1. Y' , 'v K . 4 2 ' Tr. N . J 1, n

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Page 4 The Lancastrlan 11 hen the new COL11thO1lQ6 was bu1lt the Educat1on Comm1ttee pu1chaQed the old bulldmg and moxed It 111 1836 tothe Q1te of 0111 p1eQent bllllfllllg 8-oon h0W6V91 111 1861 to be exact the need of a new bu1ld1ng w ae felt the old bu1ld1ng was sold fO1 1 Baptlst Chu1 ch and a new bu1ld1ng was erected on 1ts q1te Afte1 the xlllag d1st11ct had benefitted fO1 sex eral xeali from the graded school sx stem the1e 'uose demand fO1 a free H1gh Schocl eo such an 1nit1tut1o11 wae set up In 1897 after thxs new method of 1ece1v1ng h1ghe1 educat1on at D1lbl1C expenee had been follow ed the State en acted leg1slat1on to the effect that the Academx and UIIIOH d1et11ct Qhould comb ne under the t1tle LancaQte1 Academx and H1gh School In 1919 a new br1ck bu1ld1ng w 1th all mode1n conxemencew was e1ected It 18 trom thls bu1ld mg that the QQHIOI claw gl 1duateQ th1s month Theleole It IS t1ue that the c1t17enQ of Lancx te1 119 todax QQ thex 11616 111 t1mes past keenlx 1nte1eQted 1n the educat1on of the11 xouth Pe1hapQ th1s fact COI'1St1fLlt6: the one element that has 1e1na1ned unchanged throughout the nears Becauee tlne ep1 lt hae Qhown 1tself 1n 011111121161 form to the pomt of of1'e11ng to the g'1adl,1211lHg cl lss of 1936 mam H1019 DIIZGS as 1ncent1x es to wo1k than 18 11119 of the ax 91 age H1gh School because the1e haxe 1ema1ned 1n our com mumty strong Quppo1t and 111161681 1n both faculty and itudents the Qp111t ofthe old academs 11168 on AHO1h81 graduatmn and aga1n comee fO1th the Qame 1101618 of adx ICQ the contmucd de11xe1ance of e Us md othe1 graduatlon pfute to p1oud pa1ents and fllfillflq the eame 1 ouths w 1th the 1 ex eq on the stan F01 them It 18 hoped that the 1nsp11at1on 1ece1x ed 16 mams unchmmed th1 ough the changmg xeale R0bc7l' H1711 Icy 1 T v . 1 1 ' ' 1 1 , , 1 , , , . Q N . . 1 . . ' 9 ' 'f K ' L 1 v v y I I V . . , 1, , Y A. . C L . , , 1 , 1 . . I , he . I . , C . . v . . 1 K 1 e' 1 C ' - 31 1' 1 ' 1 1' . IW v 1 I I I Q , 1 . e , 1 - Y . 1 , 1 . 1. . . H i v 1 1 1 , 1 L . ,, Y . . . Y. . 1.1 1, . 1 1 1' . . A S N . F1 11 C 1 I ' , c ' . 1 ZS ' Z ' v v v 4 I I 'y f I 1 I 1 Q C' 1 - ' s . ' V . 1,, 1 Cv C I A . 1 1 1 1' 1 1 ' 'c , I 1I 1 I r v C Q t' . .' 1 ' 'y Y . ' . 1 .- 1 , 1 I n , 4 f 1 I I - v I 1 I 4 I Y 1 L 1 - C ... Y . Y 1 , 1 U 1 . , 1 1 V . A , , . , . SSZUT 2 4 . I I fn 1 1 1I 1 1, . v v' C. v 4 1 K 1 L 1 1 1. 4 . . . . . . 4 . Y . - , 1 1 ' . 'W' 1 1 . 11 .