Lawrence High School - Lawrencian Yearbook (Falmouth, MA)

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Crisp Air Sets Year ' s Pace FALL The school year begins clad in the brilliant orange and red of autumn. Fall is an awakening , a time of preparation and anticipation. It is a walk to school through crisp morning air; a familiar face, flushed with lingering tan and new maturity; a pep rally in the friendly excitement of a dewy evening ; the afternoon sun slanting across a chalk-lined football field. The athletic teams aivake and prepare. Legs ache and blisters form as cobwebs woven by the lethargic summer are slowly exterminated. The cross-country team begins the interminable jogging which will serve so well in grueling meets ahead. Football players hit and grumble, working toward the explosive precision that will make them a giant and feared machine. Calisthenics and fast scrimmages force complaining legs to harden, as the soccer team prepares to tackle its rugged schedule. Precision is sought elsewhere as school spirit awakens. Cheerleaders review and improve their nearly forgotten cries to arms. The pep squad strives to recover its perfection. Again the band dons colorful uniforms, and the afternoon is broken by sounds of drum and brass. Clubs, planning to attain new heights, organize and begin to f unction. Once more the presses roll as the journalism class resumes publication of the STUDENT INTELLIGENCIER. A neiv regime becomes established as the Student Council proposes and debates programs and campaigns. To the faculty and administration falls the burden of annual confusion: misprinted schedules, transfers, and dissatisfied students. To the freshmen, fall is an awakening of impact and magnitude. The vast panorama of high school life opens and presents to them promise of mental, physical and emotional maturity, and the attainment of their dreams and goals. They must adapt to the throb of high school’s pulse and embark on the seemingly endless journey to graduation. Adjusted and secure, the sophomores roll into their second year of high school eagerly awaiting increased opportunities in activities and athletics. To the boys, fall brings misery as Chivalry Week draws to its tortuous close. Maturity has arrived in earnest, and the juniors begin the latter half of their high school life ivith a new sense of prominence and responsibility. College becomes a reality, and courses become more specialized to insure a secure future. The hazy curtain of summer has risen, and the last act has begun. For the seniors there is a new awakening. College boards, interviews, and applications dictate futures and forerun the dawn of a new life. Vaguely aware of the nearing end, the seniors have entered confidently and begun a year that will end in sorrowful happiness. 5

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Smartly-attired Clippers prepare to countermarch. Director James A. Stevens poises band for memorial to President Kennedy. Crisp Notes Pierce Chill A ir Bathed in sunlight and spanning the green chalk-lined field in precise formation is the Lawrence High School Band in an unforgettable picture of autumn. In the brilliance and excitement of fall, the maroon-clad band thrives. To many freshmen, a new extra-curricular acti- vity appears to provide continuing enjoyment. To those returning, fall brings the uncasing of instruments and another entry into the whirl of excitement of the foot- ball season. Director James A. Stevnes again provided Falmouth fans with lively and amusing halftime shows and gene- rated enthusiasm throughout thrill-packed, season. When Spectators stand as band plays The Star Spangled Banner Woodwinds awaiting orders to march are Julie Winling, Marcia Cauley, Janet Hampton, Pamela Stoddard, Cathie Cooper, Penny Smoller, Susan Gordon, Mary Jane Med- eiros, Helen Nickerson, William Medeiros, Linda DePonte.