Lawrence High School - Lawrencian Yearbook (Falmouth, MA)

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Class Motto Quid erimus, nunc fimus Flower Pink Rose Colors Rose and Gray LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL— CLASS OF 1931 JENNIE VAUGHN HELEN BAKER - J)iLc£ z J - DOROTHY BARBARA BARBOZA - -A=c S - JOHN BENJAMIN BARRY ELLEN GERTRUDE BARSTOW KARL HUBERT BOHAKER .PCct. £ b DAURICE LOUISE BOYATT - GILBERT JOSEPH COSTA THEODORE JOSEPH CZEPIEL , FELICE MEDEIROS FRANCO • FRANCES MELISSA FREEMAN EXZILDA MARY GOUDREAU c VSad • JOSEPH GOUDREAU . BERTRAM KENDALL HADDON t ELLEN BAKER HAMBLIN f HARRY EDWARD HENRY HANDY » DONALD ROGERS HATCH . LILLIAN CROCKER HAZELTON £)OCert % 5vi • ELLSWORTH PUTNAM HEAD • ELIZABETH MARCELLA HENRY SUMNER ELLIOT HILTON NATHAN ISSOKSONDec ? £fiJ ELEANOR JAMES , FLORENCE LOUISE LANDERS - £ S 3 , VIRGINIA LEATHERBEE JOHN ROSE MARTIN • JOHN NICHOLAS MCDONALD - RICHARD PEASE McLANE - DELSCENA CATHERINE MILLS JOHN WEIR NICHOLS ? - EDITH IRENE NORRIS KATHRYN NOYES OVERY , MARGARET PAPP ' MAYBELLE LORAINE PEASE Debased MADELINE CECELIA RODERICK . OLIVIA ISABELLE RODERICK J tO£ Sdb ANNA ELIZABETH ROGERS ed ETHEL DUNBAR SIMMONS 7 MILTON HENRY STUDLEY j £ C J PAULINE RUTH SYLVIA £c i Sed ROGER WEBB TOBEY MARGARET IRENE WARD ? , RAY DEAN WELLS, JR. DoCeiVSc4 FRANCES IRENE WHITE • ELIZABETH BRADFORD WISWALL ' CHRISTINE SMITH WRIGHT - WILLIAM HOWARD PEASE ' ALICE JOSEPH PERRY , FRANK RODERICK PERRY J t e£ 9S c J

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PROGRAM March Celebre — Processional Lackner Invocation Reverend E. Dent Lackey A Part of the Old World — Salutatory Address Olivia Isabelle Roderick Cape Cod Celebrities — Honor Address Christine Smith Wright Waken Lords and Ladies Gay Schaefer Senior Chorus We Remember — Class History John Benjamin Barry Romance Sans Paroles — Violin Solo Henri Wieniawski Robert Abraham SanSouci We Predict — Class Prophecy Karl Hubert Bohaker Allah’s Holiday Friml Riegger Senior Girls Chorus Souvenirs Frances Melissa Freeman William Howard Pease We Bequeath — Class Will Pauline Ruth Sylvia In the Eve, When the Stars Shine Senior Chorus Presentation of the Class Gift to the School Robert Abraham SanSouci, President The Lawrence High School Song of Allegiance Senior Chorus and Orchestra Hobbies — Valedictory Address Virginia Leatherbee Anvil Chorus from II Trovatore High School Orchestra Announcement of Commencement Awards Blynn E. Davis, Principal Presentation of Diplomas by the Superintendent of Schools Paul Dillingham Class Ode Delscena Catherine Mills Class of 1931 Benediction Reverend James A. Coyle Loyalty Honor Service Scott Davis Verdi

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A LAND OF PROMISE Salutatory: — Members of the school commit- tee, our superintendent, our prin- cipal, members of the faculty, par- ents, friends, and schoolmates: We, the Class of 1931, of Law- rence High School, cordially wel- come you this evening to our grad- uation exercises. We are glad, therefore, that these exercises will give us the opportun- ity of expressing our sincere appre- ciation of your earnest efforts and genuine cooperation in making our three years in high school happy and successful. Again we bid you welcome. It is my purpose tonight to tell you something about a small group of islands lying approximately one thousand miles directly west of the coast of Portugal. The Azores are composed of nine insignificant is- lands, the largest of which is fifty miles in length and is named St. Michaels. The next largest is the Pico, forty-eight miles long. The other seven are Terceira, Fayal, St. George, Flores, Corvo, Graciosa, and Santa Maria. First, let us consider the govern- ment. The Azores, as a whole, are governed by a President, just as is the United States. Three governors are elected, by restricted suffrage, each of whom takes charge of two or three of the islands. There are three capitols: one at Horta, in the Fayal, which also takes care of the Pico, Flores, and Corvo; the second at Angra, which is in Terceira, and which also governs St. George and Graciosa; and the third in Ponta Delgada, St. Michaels, which like- wise regulates the island of Santa Maria. Nine different Portuguese dia- lects are spoken on the islands. Each one has its own accent. The people residing oh St. Michaels have the hardest time to make themselves understood by the rest of the peo- ple. In the matter of clothes, the so- called aristocrats dress much the same as we do; but the peasants, as in all European countries, still cling to their traditional attire. The women wear bright-colored ’ker- chiefs over their hair and shawls over their home-made dresses. Some go barefooted, but now almost all dress in sombre shades and wear shoes of some sort. The men wear straw hats to protect them from the usually hot sun. They are a home-loving people, and their daily routine changes but little. They begin the day early and end it likewise. The girls are very adept at almost every sort of handicraft, especially embroidery, by which quite a few make a liv- ing. The boys, too, are rarely idle. They raise their own food. They do not eat white bread every day as we do. It is too much of a treat. They eat it only during festival sea- sons, such as Easter and Christ- mas. They also raise a vegetable known as the yam, a starchy food which serves as either potatoes or bread. It is shaped like an hour-glass and is dug only every two or three years. Only the people that are fortunate enough to have gardens raise them, and the ones who don’t must pay approximately two dollars a bushel for them. Nearly every one of the islands has its own kinds of dances. They