Lawrence High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Lawrence, MA)

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”It was the best of times; it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom; it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief; it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of light; it was the season of darkness; it was the spring of hope; it was the winter of despair; we had everything before us; we had nothing before us; we were all going direct to Heaven; we were all going direct the other way — in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.” —Charles Dickens These opening lines of A Tale of Two Cities describe perfectly the cross¬ currents and inconsistencies which are present in both America and the world during the decade of the sixties”. Man’s mastery of science has relieved the human race from the drudgery of bygone days, but it has also created the Frankenstein of atomic warfare. Wages and bank deposits have reached an all-time high, but five million Americans are unemployed, and the automo¬ bile factories of Detroit have cut back produaion, because there are one million unsold new cars in dealers’ showrooms. The United States has restored the war-ravaged countries of the world, so that prosperity abounds abroad, but the flight of capital from America has caused gold reserves at home to fall to a dangerous level below eighteen billion dollars. Educational opportunities for American youth have reached new heights, but the number of applicants for college has likewise increased so that all who can benefit from university training cannot find classroom space. Although more scholarship aid is available than ever before, the rising cost of education has precluded advanced schooling from the reach of thousands of intellectually capable high school graduates. The modern day secondary school must meet the demands of a rapidly progressing scientific age. Higher standards of excellence have to be attained- to insure the continued existence of the democratic way of life. Today’s youth is called upon to meet tomorrow’s challenge. To reach the goals of the New Frontier, the high school student must seek knowledge, gain physical superi¬ ority, assume the duties of good citizenship, and achieve the worthy use of leisure time. This yearbook depicts the senior class of the Lawrence High School in quest of those worthy ideals. 6