Lawrence High School - Lawrencian Yearbook (Falmouth, MA)

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Eight THE L A W R EN C I A N — 1 9 4 5 Miss Helen McKenzie, another newcomer to L.H.S. who teaches geometry, biology, and gen- eral mathematics, was graduated in 1940 trom Seton Hill in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, with a B.S. degree. She has taught in Old Town High School in Maine and in the Henry Ward Hall Junior High School here in Falmouth. Miss McKenzie’s special interests are music and swimming. Mr. Wilbur M. Merrill is teacher of manual training. He attended Aeronautical School, Garden City, Long Island, and Fitchburg Nor- mal. Mr. Merrill likes to hunt and fish, and is interested in wood carving. He also is in the U.S.C.G.R. Miss Lucille Ogden, our typing and stenog- raphy teacher, attended the Boston University School of Arts and Letters, and she expects to receive her Master’s degree at the University of Maine, College of Business Administration, this summer. She has taught at Kent’s Hill Junior College in Maine. Miss Ogden is a sports fan, liking track and horseback riding particularly. Her hobbies are reading and mak- ing silver jewelry. Mr. Lewis Robinson, for twenty-one years high school and junior high school agricultural instructor, received his B.S. degree from New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechan- ical Ans. He has also studied at the Massa- chusetts State Agricultural College. Mr. Robin- son is well-known in the community as a gar- dening and canning enthusiast. Miss Nellie Suzedell, who is supervisor of the Art Department, attended Salem Teachers’ College, Lowell Teachers’ College, and Har- vard, and she received her degree from Boston University. Miss Suzedell plays the piano, and studied music under a pupil of Liszt. Her special interests are music, hiking, and swim- ming. She also collects prints and oil paintings. Miss Hazel Toon, who is another newcomer to L.H.S., is our textiles, home management, and clothing teacher. She has been abroad three times, and her special interests are sewing, gardening, and traveling. Mr. Gail Cavanaugh, who started teaching trigonometry, solid geometry, physics, aero- nautics, and algebra this year, was graduated from Boston College in 1937 with a B.S. de- gree. After further studying at Boston Univer- sity, he received his M.Ed. degree. For the past few years he has been an accountant for the Navy Department at the Boston Navy Yard. Mr. Cavanaugh likes all sports, especially foot- ball and baseball. Hynrn Of Loyalty O Lawrence High, we offer tribute to thee, Mentor and Guide, who led us on our way. Hold high the torch that lights us to our duty; We shall not falter when from thee we stray. O Laivrence High School, whate’er betide, We still shall deem thee our Mentor and our Guide. O Laurence High, thine ancient mission serving, Create in us a spirit ringing true; Teach us to walk life’s pathway still unswerving, Ready to meet life’s problems, old and new. We shall be loyal, 0 Lawrence High, We shall be striving to keep thy banner high.

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LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL Miss Helen G Allen, Dean of girls and for- eign language teacher, attended Boston Uni- versity, College of Liberal Arts, where she re ceived an A.B. degree from Middlebury College in Vermont, McGill University in Montreal, and the Sorbonne in Paris. Miss Allen, who has taught at Lawrence High School for 35 years, is an ardent Victory gardener and specializes in Kentucky wonders, cabbages, and lima beans. Her special interests include knitting, music, and swimming. Mr. Alan D. Craig, who has been teaching in L.H.S. for fifteen years, attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Boston University, Hyan- nis Teachers’ College; and was graduated from the University of Arizona in 1923- Mr. Craig ' s hobby is sailing, and he belongs to the U. S. C. G. R. Miss Barbara T. Follansbee, teacher of soph- omore English, attended Wheaton College where she received an A.B. degree. During the summers she has been taking courses at Har- vard to obtain a Master’s Degree in the teach- ing of English. Miss Follansbee’s special inter- ests are dancing and sports, while her favorite pastime is knitting. Mr. Elmer Fuller, who has been physical edu- cation instructor in the Falmouth schools for nineteen years, attended Posse Normal School, Springfield College, and Tufts. Four of his summers were spent at a Y.M.C.A. Mr. Fuller enjoys hunting and fishing, but he especially enjoys tennis. Miss Mildred Heath of the Household Arts Department received her B.S. degree from Framingham Teachers’ College. She also at- tended Bay Path Institute in Springfield and Worcester Trade School. Her hobbies are mu- sic and floriculture. Her favorite sports are tennis and swimming. Mr. Arthur L. Harper, teacher of printing and mechanical drawing, was graduated from State Teachers’ College in Fitchburg in 1934. He, too, is a member of the U.S.C.G.R., and enjoys gardening and cabinet-making as hob- bies. Mrs. Arthur L. Harper, Lawrence High School secretary for the past three years, divides her time between her w ' ork in school and her interests at home which include gardening, needlepoint work, and knitting. Miss Josephine Kochanska, a newcomer to Lawrence High, was graduated from Salem Teachers’ College in 1940 with a B.S. in Ed. Seven MISS HELEN G. ALLEN (This photograph was taken in 1910 when Miss Allen was graduated from R. U. As assistant prin- cipal, dean of girls, and foreign language instructor, Miss Helen Allen was recently honored at a Teachers ' Club tea and High School T eachers’-School Commit- tee banquet at Coonamessett Inn in celebration of her thirty-five successful years of teaching at L. H.S.) degree. She has attended Harvard University and is now working summers for her master ' s degree. Miss Kochanska has taught at Oak Bluffs High School and Cambridge Latin. Here in L.H.S. she teaches bookkeeping and typing. Although she has been here only a short time, she is an active member in the Lawrencian. the Red Cross, and the Bond Committee of Law- rence High School. Her special interest is in classical music.

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SENIOR CLASS 194 ; President Vice-President Secretary T reasurer Marshal SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Elwood A. Eldridge Frank A. Carter Esther C. Tsiknas Victoria A. Simons Richard Baker, ’46 Class Motto Not at the top, but climbing” Colors Class Ode Flower Red and White Lois Baker Red Carnation Frank Carter, Victoria Simons, Esther Tsiknas, Elwood Eldridge