Lawrence High School - Lawrencian Yearbook (Falmouth, MA)

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Lawrence High School LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL — CLASS OF 1934 MERTON LEWIS BAKER FELIX EDMUND BARBOZA ALVA MORTON BARSTOW ESTHER LOUISE BORDEN ELIZABETH REBECCA BRONKHORST ELLA LOUISE CAHOON ELSIE FLORENCE CARLSON GENEVRA CARPENTER J AC IN A LOUISE COSTA RUTH CAROLINE COWEN LESTER JOHN DAVIS EDMUND EDDIE DeMELLO JEAN DENSMORE MARY DONALD SELENA FRANCES EDWARDS CHRISTINE FERNANDES JOHN FIGUERIDO ROY JAMES GARCIA HERBERT FREDERICK GARDNER ALICE CHLOE GIFFORD ROSS WENTWORTH GREEN WILLIAM HARRY HAUSTON RALPH ERNEST JOHNSON ANITA JORDAN FRANCES CLARK KNIGHT MARGARET ELIZABETH LAWRENCE ANNE LEATHERBEE ROBERT LEALAND LEIGHTON REIGNFORD CECIL LYON SARA MARKS ANTHONY MARTIN GEORGE WILLIAM McDONALD FRANCIS EDWARD McINNIS MARY ANN MONIZ GEORGE RENAULT MORIN THELMA ALICE NICKERSON ARMAND PARENT MARGARET PERIS HENRY RODERICK PETERS LEONARD ANTHONY ROGERS KATHRYN ELEANOR SCANNELL FLORENCE SCHROEDER EDWARD JAMES SHEEHAN, JR. MARJORIE SIMMONS MARGARET EMILY SMITH MARION ETHEL SMITH ALICE SOARES ELEANORE VERONICA STEVENS HELEN CLAIRE SYLVIA DAVID ESSON TAIT JOSEPH REGO TOWERS, JR. NATHALIE BRIGHTMAN TURNER RODNEY CHARLES TURNER JOHN GODFREY WAYMAN VERA MARY WELSBY PHILLIPS BROOKS WILDE, JR. Honor Pupils

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The Lawrencian PROGRAM Processional March — Pontificale Gounod Invocation Reverend James A. Coyle Salutatory Address Opportunities of Some Great Americans Frances Clark Knight Out on the Deep Lohr-Fisher Senior Chorus and Orchestra History Romance of the Past Ruth Caroline Cowen Air of Salome — from “Herodiade” Massenet Genevra Carpenter Prophecy Flashes from the Future Jacina Louise Costa Canzone Amorosa Nevin L. H. S. String Ensemble Class Favors Souvenirs Marjorie Simmons Ralph Ernest Johnson Gaudeamus Latin Hymn Boys’ Quartet Merton Lewis Baker Ralph Ernest Johnson Lester John Davis David Esson Tait Presentation of Class Gift to the School Lester John Davis, Class President Beautiful Montana Night Boles-Howard Senior Chorus and Orchestra Valedictory Address Musical Instruments John Godfrey Wayman L. H. S. Hymn of Loyalty Davis-Walch Senior Chorus Announcement of Commencement Awards by the Principal Blynn Edwin Davis Presentation of Diplomas by the Superintendent of Schools Paul Dillingham Class Ode Marion Ethel Smith Senior Chorus Benediction Reverend E. Dent Lackey Loyalty Honor Service Class Motto Aut inveniam viam aut faciam Flower Yellow Rose Colors Blue and Gold

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The Lawrencian THE OPPORTUNITIES OF SOME GREAT AMERICANS Salutatory : Members of the school committee, our superintendent, our principal, members of the faculty, parents, friends, and schoolmates: It is my pleasure on behalf of the graduating class to welcome you to our graduation exercises. We wish to thank you for the never-failing interest and help that you have given us throughout our school life, and we hope that you will enjoy our program tonight. If the foreign accusation that Americans are natural-born hero- worshippers be true, we might right- fully answer that we may well be, for we have heroes and heroines about which any nation could boast. To read their lives is to d iscover that each took advantage of his opportunity, whether it be in poli- tics, literature, invention, or any other field; for in the life of nearly every great American there has been some outstanding thing that has brought him fame. Let us briefly see what the opportunities of some of our great men were. Passing over a few of our presi- dents briefly, we know that most of them were bom of poor people and during their early life suffered hardships and received but little education, their great opportunities coming in various ways. Washing- ton’s great opportunity came when he was but twenty-one from carry- ing out successfully the dangerous commission of repelling the en- croachments of the French. Then followed his military career, which later won for him the title of “Father of His Country”. Abraham Lincoln’s stand on slavery and his debates with Douglas made him known throughout the country. Andrew Johnson was the son of a poor sexton and never attended school a day in his life. It was his wife who later taught him to read and write. He became a hero in the eyes of the nation when he stood firmly against secession. The untir- ing efforts of Ulysses S. Grant toward the reconstruction of the Union after the Civil War added much to his popularity. Grover Cleveland was the son of a poor minister and was compelled to go to work while he was still very young. His first job was clerking in a coun- try store for fifteen dollars a year. He was comparatively unknown un- til he won a name for himself as the “honest veto mayor” of Buffa- lo. McKinley gained his fame through a military career. Let us not forget our own beloved Calvin Coolidge, whose stand on the Bos- ton Police strike brought him prom- inence. People in the United States who had never before even heard of Coolidge read in their news- papers of his telegram to Samuel Gompers proclaiming: “There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any- time.” Not for years had a single utterance by a man hardly known outside his own state so thrilled the entire nation. It immediately raised Coolidge to national stature. Herbert Hoover was the son of a blacksmith and an orphan at ten. With an ambition to be a mining engineer he worked his Way through Leland Stanford Univer- sity. His rise as a shrewd and ex- pert technician was rapid. Hoover’s record of public service is long, but perhaps the thing that brought hjm his presidency was his efficiency as