Lawrence High School - Lawrencian Yearbook (Falmouth, MA)

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Lawrence High School bright lights is that Reignford Lyon and Elsie Carlson are that way about each other. Plash! Here are the headlines, Mr. and Mrs. America, you will read a week from today, in your morn- ing tete-a-tete, about a drug store cowboy’s rise to fame as an actor. This is the life story of Merton Baker. And speaking about blesssd events. What a fight! What an event! When R:y Garcia battled his way to a world’s championship under the tutelage of that connoisseur of prize fighters, that man with kilo- watts to bum, Bob Leighton. Plash from Baltimore! The story has it that the trumpeter and crooner, John Wayman, is pulling his, hair over the sudden rise to popularity of his age-old competitor in the music world, Lester Davis. Now, Mr. and Mrs. America, something to whet your appetite. Picture! Visualize ' ! Dream, if you dare, sitting down to a meal pre- pared by the eminent housekeeper Ella Cahoon and served to you by the diminutive singing-waitress, Vera Welsby, whose sweet voice adds to the pleasure of your meal. And imagine with your after-din- ner coffee to eavesdrop on Mary Donald’s frequent tete-a-Taits with that s: phisticated bachelor, David. David isn’t a blushing bachelor at that. Then to be entertained first by the well known Swedish yodeler, Ernest Johnson, yodeling his fam- ous fish song, followed by the em- inent Irish tenor, Sir Ted Sheehan, singing those quaint Irish love songs that he does so nobly. That, dear friends and enemies, was the feast prepared, and the entertainment given to the noted globe trotters, Marion Smith, and Betty Bronk- horst, when they tripped, or, to be more correct, stumbled, into our midst. Plash from Chicago! They say cut here in the windy city that Breeze Hauston is breezing around with Margaret Lawrence. Inside dope has it that it won’t be long now. Plash! Greetings and hallucina- tions will be wafted over the ozone next week from Africa by the big game hunter, William MacDonald, who will tell you how by his own hands and his quick wit he captured the king cf beasts. Yeozah! Sh!-Sh! — They say that Thelma Nickerson has been seen a lot at the races recently, and we say it’s not to see the races but to see a certain jockey known as Slim Regers. “Oh, my kingdom for a horse,” breathes ever so gently, but ever so truly, Rodney Turner. Rod- ney was the celebrated jeekey not so long ago. Plash from the industrial center of the world! If I don’t skip a beat, Jordan’s hand lotion and Gardner’s face cream will soon consolidate to read like this, “Smooth hands and a smooth face can be procured in a combined package from G. J. beauty specialists.” Plash from Brockton! The shoe city has taken on a new style and zip since the debut of Esther Bor- den. And here is one that will please you poor tired papas! A novelty de- vice that makes your evenings at home comfortable. The rocking foot stool, designed, tried out, and found to be fool proof by Edmund De- Mello, who has made more knick- knacks and what have you than that little farmer lad, George Morin, has made furrows. And the women, God bless them, they shall not be forgotten. This is the mottc of Phillips Wilde, who at

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The Lawrencian a bottle containing phosphorus broke and set fire to the baggage car, for which accident the con- ductor soundly boxed his ears. As a result of this boxing, Edison lost his hearing. With both his hearing and his stock lost, he was appar- ently without a future. Soon, how- ever, an opportunity was presented to him through an act of bravery on his part. At Clemons, Michigan, he rescued the station agent’s son from an oncoming train. To show his gratitude, the agent offered to teach Edison telegraphy. He took advantage of this opportunity and began his wonderful experiments, which gained him the title of “The Modern Wizard’’. The family of Henry Ford was as poor as that of Edison. All during his early life he worked on a little farm, hoeing and cultivating, and thinking all the time. “I hoed at least ten thousand miles,” says he, “and I hated every inch of it”. His own experiences made him yearn to bring into existence machinery which would relieve human beings of this drudgery. Not only his es- cape from farm work but also his opportunity was gained by way of one of Edison’s factories, where he became an expert mechanic. When he had saved a little money of his cwn, he started in business for himself and decided that in his spare time he would try to make the machinery about which he had thought all of his life. Charles Goodyear was an unsuc- cessful hardware merchant who be- came interested in trying to find a process whereby rubber would be rendered more durable. He per- formed many experiments, but for a long time he was unsuccessful. His great opportunity came in 1839 when he accidentally dropped seme rubber and some sulphur on his kitchen stove and found that by chance he had succeeded in doing what his experiments had failed to do. He had created a rubber which would withstand all weather. This remarkable discovery marks the be- ginning of the great rubber busi- ness. And so I might continue through the long ' , list of great American men and women who have become famous through making the most of their opportunities. It is said that opportunity knocks but once. Opportunity awaits us, and may we take advantage of even our smallest chances. FRANCES CLARK KNIGHT. PRESENTATION SPEECH It is my great pleasure to be able to present to the Lawrence High School on behalf of the class of 1934 this radio, which we hope will be the basis of a speaker system in the high school. With this radio Lawrence High School will no longer be without the educational programs which come from the far corners of the world. May this token of the esteem in which we hold our school remind the students and the faculty of Lawrence High to think kindly of the class of 1934. LESTER J. DAVIS, Pres, of the Class of 1934. PROPHECY Flash! Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Amer- ica. This is Jacina Costa bringing you news from here, there, and everywhere. Flash from Hollywocd! A new brunette in the making, no less a star than the blond Marjorie Sim- mons. Flash! A hot tip from New York. The latest gossip from the street of

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The Lawrencian last has contributed a wave lotion for red heads by personal experi- ment. And a little bit of gossip on the side has it that Frances Knight has gone domestic since this glorious discovery. Yes, sir. And now a flash for you serious minded leaders of the youth of America! Margaret Smith, “the schoolma’am extraordinary”, says, that whipping children is not so good but high hatting them is the thing to do, and the proof of that tasty bit can be seen in the sad expression and lonesome look of Alva Barstow since a certain somebody has gone high hat. Flash from Madison Square Gar- den ! Here is some news for you sport fans that will keep you awake nights figuring. A match has been signed between Panther Barboza and Flash Peters for the fly weight championship of Cape Cod, and can those boys fly! My bet is on Peters, but you, dear listeners, can bet for yourselves. And speaking about sports and flying. If you haven’t seen Claire Sylvia executing flying, or what have you, you’ve missed something. But I’ll tell you one person who hasn’t missed it, and that’s the well known millionaire sportsman, Ross Green. When Claire is on the ice, Ross is always on the front box, and we wonder why. Flash from Hollywood! There’s a new picture on the wing. You’ll hear a lot about it soon. That startling brunette, Alice Soares, co- starred with the idol of France, Armand Parent, as the hero, is at her best in “She Loved a French- man”. What a picture, fans! What an hour of bliss, exotic, thrilling as only those two stars can make it! Flash from Bermuda! Down here in the balmy climate under the thrilling tropic moon, where the waves sing their little songs of love, is Anne Leatherbee. And have times changed? Not a bit. She is still the center of attraction to a certain group of young men such as Ernie Johnson and Ted Sheehan. And under this tropic moon, does it work? Flash from Spain! The American toreador, John Figuerido, threw the bull today with as much grace and skill as was ever witnessed in this old Spanish town, and did those Spaniards blush! O Sole Mio. And speaking about Spain! There has been many a family squabble when a husband starts talking about his favorite actress and dancer, Sara Marks. And is she showing these Spanish senors some- thing? Her wisecracks have made her as popular in Spain as her dancing made her in America, Another hot tip from New York! This comes straight from Nathalie Turner, that little girl who knows all the stars, who writes those stories of Genevra Carpenter, whose gclden voice is known to you, me, and everyone. She is considered to be the only gifted person to sing the wonderful composition, “Sea Sickness”, composed by the conduc- tor of the New York Symphony Band, Jce Towers. And here is a flash from Istan- bul! Samuel Insull may have made this place news in his short stay here, but Florence Schroeder sure caused the natives to perspire under their turbans when she fluttered through the town on her way back home. Florence did more for this town in an hour with her eyes than Insull could do in a month with his money. What that girl misses in her travels can be written on the back of a postage stamp. Flash from Boston! Famous met-