Lawrence High School - Lawrencian Yearbook (Falmouth, MA)

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accepted we expect much lament- ing among the Junior girls. “Bob” SanSouci leaves his ability to “soothe the wild beast” to Edward Studley. “Eddie” may not like to be “second fiddle” for “Bob” “Buck” Handy leaves his athletic ability to “Bud” Welch. No wonder “Buck” is such a great athlete with “Betty Co-ed” for a theme song; “Bud” will have to find one of his own. Betty Wiswall leaves “her way with the masculine sex” to her sis- ter Harriet. It seems to run in the family, anyway. Margaret Ward’s ability to arrive about one second before Mr. Davis rings the bell every morning, ex- cept on rare occasions, we bequeath to her sister Euria. We know that “Bunnie” can keep up the good work without any effort. Dean Wells leaves his sense of humor to Edna James. We hope that Edna will be less demonstra- tive of her mirth. Dean also leaves his ability to entertain the girls in room eleven at lunch time to his brother, Chandler. This act really breaks Dean’s heart, but that’s an example of “brotherly love.” Eleanor James leaves her way with the Sheehan family to any feminine member of the school. “Bert” Haddon gives his back seat to Frances Gaynor, a very dear friend of his. We hope that Frances will treat this seat more gently than Bert has done. Jack Nichols leaves his “gift of gab” to Mary Levesque. We doubt if Mary can keep up with him. ' Roger Tobey bequeathes his abil- ity to give a perfect translation of Virgil to a bewildered class to any one daring enough to accept it. Irene Norris leaves her sophisti- cation as a Senior to Charlotte Gay- nor. Charlotte is quite confident that she can do a better job than Irene. Ellen Barstow leaves her back seat to “Jimmie” Dufur and ap- points Mildred Farrell to report his actions in L. H. S. to her during the next year. We wonder if this is a safe thing to do. The Senior class, as a whole, leaves to John McDonald, our good natured classmate, otherwise known as “Mickey”, a pair of handcuffs so that when “Bunnie” feels the “wanderlust” she will find it much more difficult than usual to get away, for handcuffs cannot be bribed. We, the other members of the Senior class, leave our habits of giggling, writing notes, and making trouble and noise to the Junior class. In testimony thereof we hereun- to set our hand and seal in the presence of these witnesses and de- clare this to be our last will, this ninth day of June, A. D. 1931. The Senior class of Lawrence High School, Falmouth, Massachusetts, signed the foregoing instrument in our presence, declaring it to be their last will: and as witness thereof we three do now, at their request and in their presence and the presence of each other hereto subscribe our names. 1 Anna Warren Gardner 2 Helen G. Allen 3 Blynn E. Davis. Pauline Sylvia PRESENTATION OF GIFT We shall always remember the year of 1931 with honor and pride; therefore we, the Class of ’31, have

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Cupid whose laws she has so re- lentlessly disobeyed. Ah! for Dorothy Barboza, the author of “The Women’s Place in the Home,” we have this useful household weapon to back up her beliefs. The artistic ability of Jennie Baker makes it only logical to pre- sent her with this little set of paints. Don’t use the Red, Jennie! For Kathryn Overy, the vamp of North Falmouth, we give this “Kissproof” lip stick. “When oth- ers smudge, this stays even through the hours after twelve.” To the girl who knows that “sil- ence is golden,” Olivia Roderick, we present a pair of ear muffs, which may help her to avoid our idle chatter. The last favor is for the girl with the million-dollar personality, Frances Freeman. To her we pre- sent this little “Ragamuffin Romeo,” whom she may hold and sing to “C, Lover Come Back to Me.” Howard Pease CLASS WILL Be it remembered that we, the class of 1931, of Lawrence High School, of Falmouth, in the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts, being of sound mind and memory, but knowing the uncertainty of this life, do make this our last will and testament. After the payment of our just debts and funeral charges we be- queath and devise as follows: Our most coveted back seats we devise and bequeath to the worthy Juniors, hoping that they will en- joy them as much as we have. We also leave the Juniors our large, red, English book, known as “Liter- ature and Life.” These books, we must admit, contain a great amount of knowledge, but the job of carry- ing them around is much too stren- uous for us. Our prestige as Seniors and our reputation as a very brilliant Senior class we also leave to the Juniors, j challenging them to break more re- cords than we have. To Mr. Craig we leave a mechan- ical robot especially equipped to correct history notebooks and also able to detect last minute scribbl- ing. To each and every member of the faculty we bequeath one framed picture of the Senior class of ’31 so that, during the course of the next year, when they become dis- couraged they may glance at these pictures and remember that they should not expect the same effici- ency from other classes as from ours. To each and every member of L. H. S. we leave a “carte blanche” which they may present when late for class, especially English class, without bothering to go to the of- fice for a slip. To the students of L. H. S. we devise and bequeath as follows: Joseph Sheehan, our cartoonist, bequeaths his ability to entertain the feminine sex to William Nor- ton, although we doubt if “Bill” is in very great need of it. Nathan Issokson leaves his knack of throwing spitballs and other harmless objects around when the teachers aren’t looking to the high- est bidder in either the Junior or Sophomore class. John Barry leaves his privilege of utterly ignoring the feminine sex to Minot Tripp. If this gift is

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chosen a gift to leave our Alma Mater. Because the other c lass- es have been so generous, this task has proved ' to be more or less difficult. After much deliberation, we, the Class of ’31, have decided to present to L. H. S. and the stu- I dents who come after us two I flags to be placed in the main room upon the platform. One will be the American Flag to remind the school of our duty to our country, and the other a hand painted State Flag to remind the school of our duty to our Common- wealth, inspiring the student body to Loyalty, Honor, and Service. We also present a portrait of Theodore Roosevelt to be placed in the his- tory room. In presenting these flags we hope that those who will come after us will in future years hold kindly thoughts of the Class of ’31. Robert A. SanSouci LET’S HAVE A HOBBY! Hobbies are peculiar things; yet almost everybody has one. This really isn’t strange when we stop to consider it. A person’s hobby is that thing in which he is most in- terested aside from his regular oc- cupation. We Americans are especially not- ed for hobbies. For some reason, we hate the idea of doing nothing. Perhaps it is because of our an- cestry. Those early settlers of America never had time to waste. We have inherited that busy tend- ency. Consequently, we attach our- selves to some hobby with feverish interest in order to fill up what idle moments we chance to have. For a hobby we usually choose something extremely interesting to us and entirely different from our daily line of work. Such a change of interest is refreshing and stimu- lating to the mind. A hobby acts as a safety valve to one tired by a daily job. For example, let us consider judges. How tired one must get after listening to many cases day after day. Some diversion is ne- cessary to keep up an interest in life. A hobby is just the thing. Some of those chosen by Massa- chusetts superior court judges are both interesting and strange. One is interested in razors. He has ac- cumulated all kinds of razors from various parts of the world and has formed a very interesting collec- tion. A second has a model dairy farm; a third is interested in real estate. Many of them take pleas- ure in athletics. One is fond of target practice with a revolver. An- other makes a collection of facts about White Mountain history. These interests are all varied and are in no way connected with the duties of a judge. They are mere- ly diversions, the thing each man enjoys doing most. They are a re- laxation from daily cares and rou- tine. Let’s take a president. Theodore Roosevelt had a very decided hobby. When he wanted to escape from the worries of the government and rest, he turned his thoughts to hunting. One might not call this a restful occupation in itself, but it was a change for him. It di- verted his thoughts and gave him a clearer and brighter outlook on life when he returned to his work. That is the purpose of a hobby. Many people are interested in collecting antiques. Henry Ford,