Lawrence High School - Lawrencian Yearbook (Falmouth, MA)

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- — -■ - - - ' - - am Lawrence High School by: Captain Emma Erskine, Sophie Clark, Anna May Fuller, Manager Isabel Jenkins, Jeanne Spooner, and Constance Abbott. There were not so many boys to win the “L” in basketball. Our school athlete, Obie Ingram, won a letter twice, and Jimmy Boyatt and Assistant Manager Lloyd Night- ingale each earned one also. Last winter black eyes seemed to be quite the fad. Bob McKenzie started it. There was a vague rumor that he received it in foot- ball, but the true explanation was never discovered. Soon after this, Gifford Griffin came to school with the handsomest shiner I’ve ever seen, but he would offer no ex- planation. Even mild, gentle Isabel Jenkins’s eye was conspicuously dark for a day. Now we have one outstanding musician in this class, a flute play- er. I know you’ll be surprised to hear his name is Bob McKenzie. In his sophomore year Bob was the first flute player in the all New England High School Orchestra. We’re awfully proud of him. We were represented in the Cape Cod High School Orchestra for two years by Obie Ingram, Bob McKen- zie, and Constance Abbott. Obie Ingram and Bob McKenzie were the first of our number to re- present us in the Sportsmanship Brotherhood. In that same year, when they were juniors, Emma Erskine, Ted Jonas, Gifford Griffin, and Alec Papp were also taken in. This year Ainslee Cameron, Anna May Fuller, Isabel Jenkins, Tony Perry, Jeanne Spooner, and Con- stance Abbott were elected. As examples of the brains of our group, Ted Jonas, Gifford Griffin, and Alec Papp actually received 100% in a month’s work in Alge- bra. In her junior year Anna May got 100% for a month’s work in English, but that was in one of her weaker moments. In the commer- cial department we have some truly brilliant examples. Sophie Clark has excelled in typewriting. She has written 67 words a minute with no errors for 15 minutes, and 75 words a minute with two errors. Dot McLane has typed 60 words a minute with only two errors for fif- teen minutes. In bookkeeping Ted Jonas and Helen Studley have made themselves conspicuous by their good work. Let us cast an eye on what has been happening in L. H. S. dram- atics. First, there was that thriller of thrillers, “The Yellow Shadow”, featuring Gifford Griffin, Isabel Jenkins, and Bob McKenzie. In our junior year, Gifford and Bob, Alec Papp and Constance Abbott lent their talents to “She Stoops to Conquer.” Our big year for dram- atics has been this one, however. In the cast of “I’ll Explain Every- thing” were Gifijord Griffin and Bob McKenzie, Tommy Larkin, Woody Dackson, Sophie Clark, and Constance Abbott. Eddie Brown, Eddie Gifford, Tony Perry, and Louis Santos have done some outstanding work in the agri- cultural department. Their pro- ducts have won prizes at Fairs all over the state. In the spring of last year the A division of our model class issued a weekly paper with the inspiring title, “The Weekly Paine.” This was edited for two weeks. The paper was printed by the school press and was a source of much amusement. On March 13, 1933, ten lucky lads and lassies set out for Providence to sing in the Eastern Music Chor- us. This is the first year the Law-

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The Lawrencian rence High School has sent singers to this tremendous chorus. Six went from our class. They were Helen Hall, Martha Grinnell, Lin- coln Mills, Gifford Griffin, Mary White, and Constance Abbott. One of the highest honors a boy can be accorded, Is to be made a member of the National Athletic Scholarship Society. In their jun- ior year, Obie Ingram, Gifford Grif- fin, and Bob McKenzie were made members. This spring Ted Jonas and Alec Papp were also made members. To get this honor a boy must have earned a letter in one major sport and his scholastic standing must be higher than the school average. Our class doesn’t have many art- ists but in our case it’s quality that counts. What better proof of this than Lloyd Nightingale? Lloyd has done many brilliant pieces of work in the art department but perhaps his best is his conception of “Tar- zan.” Brains are the qualifications for honor pins. For three years these pins have been given to Anna May Fuller, Ted Jonas, Gladys Robbins, and Alec Papp. In their sophomore year Mary Hunt and John Wayman each received one also. Speaking of brains, some wise fellow out of the dark past once said that a good baseball squad had to have brains to turn out a win- ning team. Possibly that accounts for some of our good teams. Listen to our list of lads who have won letters in this sport: Obie Ingram, Captain of this year’s team, Gif- ford Griffin, Ted Jonas, Alec Papp, Tony Perry, Louis Santos, and Woody Dackson, manager. The following people represented our class in the sunny sport of tennis: girls, Sophie Clark, and Anna May Fuller; boys, Gifford Griffin and Obie Ingram. On May 4 the whole school voted on the names of the two seniors to be placed on the bronze tablet in the front of the Main Room. This is the highest honor anyone can get during his high school days and is accorded to those who have best exemplified Loyalty, Honor and Service. The two deemed worthy were Anna May Fuller and Theo- dore Jonas, the class valedictorian and salutatorian. Now we are at one of the most important events of the last three years. It marks the close of one period of our lives and opens a new period which we hope will be even happier than the last. CONSTANCE ABBOTT. STATISTICS You have heard the history of the versatile class, but the half hath not been told. Now It falls to me to tell you some of the curious but interesting facts about us; “believe it or not.” Neither Connie, our his- torian, nor I wish to join any “tall story club”; consequently we stick to the truth. These facts, with a few exceptions of definite statistics, were voted in the class. Now to start off, we have our Valedictorian, Anna May Fuller; and our Salutatorian, Theodore Jonas, as our cleverest. I shouldn’t be a bit surprised if Ted got a job making up crossword puzzles or maybe running an information bu- reau. As for Anna May, well, she usually has quite a line that puzzles the class, and sometimes her re- marks are so clever that the teach- ers are so puzzled that they ask her to resort to another room for a while. Ted, I understand also that you ‘ r t-fi