Lawrence High School - Lawrencian Yearbook (Falmouth, MA)

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while the head of that great uni- versity, President A. Lawrence Low- ell, fehooses Cotuit for his summer home. Two well-known figures in the Religion ' s realm connected with the are the late Father Bodfish and Bishop Anderson. It is a strange yet interesting fact to note that so far the Cape has not pro- duced any outstanding ministers. As far as actual mileage is con- cerned, that long neck of land curving out into the Atlantic, called Cape Cod, is comparatively small; but when we begin to look about us, it is amazing to find so many notable and highly distinguished men and women who have received their inspiration from our Cape and have gone forth to conquer the world. In this brief time, we have been able only to survey the field — to name only a few of the Cape Cod celebrities outstanding in their achievements of making this a bet- ter world in which to live. And it is as brothers and sisters of the same soil that we bring them tri- bute today. Christine Wright. THE HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1931 The sun beat down its scorching rays on the unprotected sidewalks as 1 strolled through the public park during my noon hour. Being rather tired, I selected a bench near the walk. As I sat down, I noticed a small book lying on the seat next to me. Picking it up, I read the title on the cover, High- lights of Our L. H. S. Days. Why, this was a record of the activities of my own class at high school ! What luck! Turning to the title page I read, Highlights of Our L. H. S. Days, The History of the Class of 1931. I At the bottom of the page in small | letters were these words: The Law- rence High School Press, Estab- lished 1929. On the next page was a picture of our class advisor, Miss Gardner, whose wealth of patience and sound advice we shall never forget. The history began on the opposite page. In September of 1928, a new ' sophomore class entered Lawrence High School. We managed to hold our own without being too much of a nuisance to the teachers and upperclassmen. When Mr. Davis announced that a meeting of the sophomore class would be held to elect officers, we felt very import- ant. At this point the following officers were elected for the year: President — Virginia Leatherbee. Vice-President — Ellsworth Head. Secretary — Christine Wright Treasurer — Harry Handy. The representatives of our class in the Student Council were Chris- tine Wright, Pauline Sylvia, Ells- worth Head, and John Barry. The next thing to which we turned our attention was athletics. Harry Handy, John Martin, Nathan Issokson, and Robert SanSouci won letters in football. Harry Handy was the only sophomore boy to win a letter in basketball this year. In girls’ basketball, Ellen Hamblin and Christine Wright won letters. In baseball, Harry Handy, John Mar- tin, and Bob SanSouci won letters and Nathan Issokson was manag- er. Our class was well represented in the orchestra this year. Robert SanSouci, Irene White, Christine Wright, Margaret Papp, Delscena

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From 1922 until his death he was Governor-General of the Philip- pines. In the field of science comes Spencer Baird, the great naturalist, who was considered in his time the most representative general man of science in America. There is now in Woods Hole a monument erected to his memory. Charles Fish and his wife are two other Cape scientists. Dr. Fish is a biologist and an oceanologist in the United States Bureau of Fisheries. In 1922-1923, he made a biological survey of the Woods Hole region. Then we have Dr. Frank Lillie, the zoologist, and his brother, Ralph Lillie, the biologist. Dr. Frank Lil- lie is the director of the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole. His brother is instructor and investigator there. In the sphere of exploration is Edward Herbert Thompson, discov- erer of the ruins of Chi-chen-itza, a city which flourished under the Mayan civilization centuries ago. Colonel Thompson first came to Falmouth in 1870 and married a Falmouth sea captain’s daughter. After spending some years in Yuca- tan, he returned to make his home in West Falmouth. Another famous explorer who boasts of being a Cape Cod man is Donald MacMillan, who was born at Provincetown. It is not hard to understand how, coming from such restless, fearless, and enter- prising ancestry as the typical Cape Codder who dared to venture on the high seas and to explore the At- lantic whaling grounds, he was filled with fervor to explore the Hudson Bay and Labrador and lead many expeditions to the North. Cape Cod has also contributed to the realm of art. Aldro Thompson Hibbard, a native of Falmouth and an instructor at Boston University Art Department, is an artist whose work is exhibited throughout the United States. “The fantastic structure of the sand dunes, the quintessence of sea- faring atmosphere, and the haunt- ing odor of Provincetowp” lures many artists there Charles Haw- thorne, a leading figure among the independent painters of our time, was attracted to Provincetown, where he established the Cape Cod School of Art. Among the younger generation of Cape Cod painters is Morgan Den- nis, whose dog pictures are well- know n throughout the country. This young man comes from Davis- ville. In the political world we find that the Cape flourishes in poli- ticians and statesmen. James Otis is probably our first and our most distinguished statesman. He was born in West Barnstable in. 1825. Then, we had Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw, who was chief justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. He was also born in West Barn- stable. Two other Cape politicians are Congressman Charles L. Gif- ford, who was born in Cotuit, and Richard Olney, ex-Congressman, who makes his home at Woods Hole. Then we must not forget Judge Charles H. Robb of Sippe- wissett, or Judge Joseph Walsh, who lived formerly in Woods Hole and who graduated from our own Lawrence High School. Nor has the Cape failed to make its contributions to the field of edu- cation There is Professor James R. Jewett from Woods Hole, in- structor in Arabic at Harvard;

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Mills, Karl Bohaker, Ellsworth Head, and John Barry were mem- bers. Robert SanSouci was sent to the All-New England High School Orchestra, which gave a concert at Symphony Hall in Boston. Thus ended the first part of our days at L. H. S. In September of 1929, we again entered Lawrence High, no longer in fear of our upperclassmen, and filling the shoes of “Jully Juniors’ and believe me, we were jolly. The class officers for this year were: Robert SanSouci — President. Virginia Leatherbee — Vice-Presi- dent. Betty Henry — Secretary-Treasur- er. Our class was represented in the Student Council by Christine Wright, Betty Wiswall, Ellsworth Head, and John Barry. This year the orchestra compet- ed at the Massachusetts School Music Festival at Waltham and won fourth prize, although it was the smallest orchestra in compe- tition. Its success was largely due to Mr. Albertin’s work and direc- tion. There were a large number of our class in the orchestra. This year three members of the class were sent to the All New-England High School orchestra. They were Christine Wright, Irene White, and Bob SanSouci. During the year, four members of the class were presented with the insignia of membership of the Sportsmanship Brotherhood. They were Christine Wright, Virginia Leatherbee, Bob SanSouci, and John Barry. In football, Harry Handy was captain and John Martin, Bob San- Souci, Nathan Issokson, and Frank Perry won letters. As in the sopho- more year, Harry Handy won the only basketball letter in the class Among those girls to win letters in basketball were Ellen Hamblin, Christine Wright, Margaret Papp, and Ethel Simmons. In baseball, Harry Handy, John Martin, Frank Perry, Bob SanSouci, Felice Fran- co, Milton Studley, and John Barry wen letters, and Nathan Issokson was again manager. The seniors were our guests at hte Hallowe’en party this year. It was held, at the Falmouth Country Club and proved a huge success. Al- though. the games and dancing were pleasing, the chamber of horrors was outstanding. The Senior Prom was as well attended by the jun- iors as was the Hallowe’en party by the seniors. Thus ended our junior year. Al- though it was not a startling peri- od to the world at large, it was a happy one for us. Our senior days came much soon- er than we expected. How proud we were of those coveted back seats and of the prestige which we had. Our class officers for this year were: President — Bob SanSouci. Vice-President — Virginia Leath- erbee. Secretary-Treasurer — Betty Hen- ry. The same representatives of the Student Council were reelected this year. Bob SanSouci was president of the Council, and Elizabeth Wis- wall was recorder. In the Christ- mas Pageant, Howard Pease and Dean Wells were Wise Men. We were very sorry not to have Miss Poole and Miss Haeussler with u s during our last year, but we welcomed Miss Kramer and Mr. Craig.