Lawrence High School - Lawrencian Yearbook (Falmouth, MA)

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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

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Lawrence High School and Gladys Robbins are the most industrious. Well, you two look it. Why there are so many lines in your face that I can’t count them. And Gladys, you and Edwin Brown are the quietest. I think you won’t have any trouble getting jobs in a library. I suppose, Gladys, that when you’re married your husband will find you very quiet, probably pleasing him very much. Of course, with Edwin the situation will be vice versa. Now, who do you think the best looking are? Well, Sophie Clark is one and Ralph Ingram is the other. I am inclined to think Ralph’s blonde and curly hair had some in- fluence on his vote for being good looking. Sophie might be the future “Moxie” or “Camel” girl because of her good looks. You know Sophie and George Swain are the best dressed. Sophie ought to be popular with the boys then, with her good looks and being the best dressed. Where is James Boyatt? Oh, there you are. Come here, Jimmie. Can you imagine It? Sophie and Jimmie were picked as the most sophisti- cated. Now you can see why Sophie isn’t so terribly popular. You know boys don ' t like to be shown up by the weaker sex. I didn’t know Jim- mie was so wordly wise, but I guess other people think differently. All right, you may go, Sophie, and I don’t expect to see you again on this graduation program. Will George Swain and Isabel Miller please come forth? Ladies and gentlemen, you now look upon the silliest pupils of our class and to double, check that silliest busi- ness, they are the worst drivers In our class. That doesn’t mean cattle drivers either. It means automobile drivers, so, when you see, if you get a chance, George and Isabel driv- ing down the road, take advice from me and get as far off it as you can. Now I have some good news for you. Walter Noyes, Arlene Manley, and Isabel Jenkins are the best , drivers. Now, when you see these people driving along t he road, you know you’re safe. The only ' way I can figure out Isabel and Arlene as being the best drivers is that one drives from the back seat while the other drives from the front, so they are rated equally, and probably Walter has a governor on his car. Now we come to the most inter- esting fact in our statistics. It is about the ones who sometimes have a hard time in life, especially if they marry somebody with the same capacity, that is being very talk- ative. Well, the most talkative ones in our class are Woodrow Dackson and Constance Abbott. Woody al- ways has a good line of sales talk so I wouldn’t be surprised if he might get a job with Fuller, you know, the brushman, or maybe as a ticket seller to one of the side shows in a circus. As for Connie, she isn’t only very, very talkative but she talks so fast that you can ' t catch more than a word here and there. You might not know it but Woody is standing right beside me. The fact that he is out on the high seas bound for Philadelphia, Nor- way, Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Germany doesn’t prevent his being with us tonight in spirit. Hold on there, Woody, don’t be in a hurry. You and Jeanne Spooner are supposed to be the best dancers. Really, Woody, I don’t see how you can be so talkative and yet be such a good dancer. Probably Jeanjne