Lawrence High School - Lawrencian Yearbook (Falmouth, MA)

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' JpHE Babe Ruth Award, presented annually to a senior boy and girl who have best displayed good sportsmanship both on and off the field, is awarded this year to Nancy Porter and John Rose. Their names will be cast in bronze and added to the Babe Ruth Award Plaque. Nancy was chosen as the winner of the Babe Ruth Award because of the pep, enthusiasm, and good sportsmanship shown during her four years at Lawrence High School. Nancy has been a member of the girl ' s basketball team for the past three years. During her Senior year she was elected as Social Chairman of the Senior Class, and also as a member of the cheering squad; in both of these positions she has displayed to her classmates that she pos- sesses a tremendous quantity of school spirit. Nancy visited Washington along with the other members of the Travel Club. After graduation she plans to attend a junior college and spe- cialize in a secretarial course. Whatever college she chooses, we are sure that they will like her as much as we do. Actively participating in sports all during his high-school years, John undoubtedly has displayed the quality of good sportsmanship necessary to win the Babe Ruth Award. John was active member of the football team for three years as he played end and fullback- He was also very outstanding in baseball, playing rhird base and the position of catcher for three years. Basketball was another sport in which he excelled and he gave the same number of years to playing this game as he did to the former two sports. Golf is still another held in which John displays promising ability. As winner of this award he has displayed before his classmates his love for sports and his great desire to see that they are played strictly within the realm of good sportsmanship- After graduation John plans to enter the Army where he will further his mechanical training.

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Smythe SJi onor JgVERY year two members of the senior class are chosen to have their names cast in bronze on the Henry Herbert Smythe Honor Roll. These two, a boy and a girl, are the students, who in the eyes of their classmates best ex- emplify the qualities of Loyalty, Honor and Service. Ruth Young and Marvin Thompson are this year’s additions to yfy Ruth is a member of the Senior Class who was chosen to be represented on the Smythe Honor Roll because she best typifies our class motto — loyalty, honor, and service. In her Junior year, Ruth was chosen to represent Lawrence High School at Girl ' s State. During her Senior year, she was a member of the Student Council and Secretary of the Senior Class. A special honor was bestowed upon her when she was picked as the D.A R. represen- tative from our school. Ruth has been very active in sports, and, in her Sophomore year was manager of the girl’s basketball team. Ruth’s plans for the near future are to attend Fisher Junior College in Boston where she will major in the Finishing Secretarial Course- Our sincere wishes for the very best of luck go with her. the Roll of Honor. One of the outstanding members of the graduating class, Marvin Thompson has indi- cated by his exemplary work throughout his high school career that he is, without doubt, deserving of this award. As a Sophomore he won the Thomas Malchman Award for writing the prize winning essay entitled Why I Am Glad I Am An American’’ and in the Junior class was chosen as a representative to Boy’s State at Amherst. In addition Marvin has been an Honor Roll student throughout his years of study. As a result of this he was admitted into the National Honor Society this year and became President of the chapter within the school. The University of Massachusetts is Marvin’s choice for a school, and there he will receive training for his future occupation as a social studies teacher.

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Senior C (aSS Jli. ' itor V W E were welcomed into L.H.S. by the tra- ditional (now extinct) Sophomore Ini- tiation Week. A familiar sight around the halls of old L.H.S. was a lowly Soph with a bucket full of some Senior ' s books. The same Soph probably had his pants rolled up to the knees wearing nylons and a very smelly onion hanging around his neck by a string. The week ended with a big dance for both Seniors and Sophs where certain Sophs were called upon to pay the consequences for not obeying the Seniors. A very successful Korean Relief Drive was sponsored by the class during December. This drive was inspired by a letter received from Chaplain Milton Berg, a resident of Falmouth who was serving in Korea, telling of the great need for clothing among the Korean children. The committee who helped to make this drive a success consisted of Maureen Tracy, Lucy Rose. Peggy ' Hughes, Marlene Zlebacic, Gail Collins, Ray Tow, Bob York, Marvin Thomp- son, and Herb Weeks. The main event of our Sophomore year was the Seventh Annual Bean Supper a great suc- cess both socially and financially. It was held on Saturday, April 11, 1953 in the Village School cafeteria w r ith a menu of baked beans, cole slaw, potato salad, a variety of homemade pies, rolls and coffee. The entertainment was provided by the class itself and was centered around the musical and fabulous Gay Nineties era. The show consisted of two plays, Ten Barrooms in One Night (a different version of Ten Nights in a Barroom”) and The Great Bottleneck Diamond” or The Villainous Shah of Shush , a pantomine, Who Purloined the Bustle”, a real barbershop quartet, two girls ' quartets, and three recitations, She Was Somebody’s Mother”, Curfew Must Not Ring”, and The Drunkard Maker . All were of the old tear-jerking type and really hilarious. The closing number w r as a Gay Nineties Flora Dora Sextet featuring a chorus of six boys. This act brought down the house. It was quite a sur- prise to see the more bashful boys of the class dressed like women and romping hilariously across the stage. Quite a few ' of our class helped to promote school spirit during their Sophomore year. Pat Romiza, Carol Fonseca, and Judy McAdams were members of the cheerleading squad. Pat Romiza, Ruth Young, and Carol Hunziker re- ceived their letters for being on the girls’ basketball team. Judy McAdams, Carol Hunzi- ker, and Judy Powers served as members of the Student Council. The class officers for our Sophomore year were Herb Weeks as President, Dennis Clough as Vice-President, Gail Collins as Secretary, Barbara Gardner as Treasurer, and David Fitz- Gerald and Judy McAdams as Social Chairmen. Our Junior year started off with a bang by the election of class officers. They were Dennis Clough as President, Margaret Flora as Vice- President, Edith-Ann Duane as Secretary, Carol Hunziker as Treasurer, and Rosie Pacheco and Herb Weeks as Social Chairmen. From our class in its Junior year, Dennis Clough, Reginald Andrade, John Rose, Douglas Blake, and James Lyons w r ere on the football ream wuth Charles Swain and Ray Tow as their managers. To help cheer the team on, Judy McAdams, Pat Romiza, and Carol Fonseca were on the cheerleading squad. The big social event of our Junior year was held on December twelfth, w ' hen we held our Snow ' Ball. It w ' as held in the new L.H.S. gymnasium, w ' ith silver stars hanging from the ceiling as the main decorations. Barbara Van Ham w ' as chosen by the orchestra, the Four Aces, to be Queen; and Russell Soares, her escort, w ' as king. Although we lost money on it, we felt that those who attended had a wonderful time. Our class rings finally arrived in January ' , 1954, after everyone had been waiting patiently for them. Their main feature w ' as a crest which w ' as especially designed for L.H.S. with the front door of the school used as a crest. Mr. Gene Manchester of the L. G. Balfour Co. sent us a crowm free of charge along with a ritual for a Ring Dance. We planned to have a Ring Dance, but the rings were so late in arriving that it had to be cancelled. Also to earn money for our treasury, we took orders for and sold iron-on letters for jackets, etc. Bruce MacGregor was chairman of this successful project. Ruth Young and Pat Romiza were the rep- resentatives to Girls’ State at Bridgewater State Teachers’ College. Douglas Blake, Robert Croc- ker, Anthony Andrews, Bruce MacGregor,