Lawrence High School - Lawrencian Yearbook (Cedarhurst, NY)

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THE LAWRENCIAN COMMEM On April 23, 1635, the citizens of Boston assembled at a town meeting, voted the establishment of the Boston Latin School to train boys for the ministry. This was the first act of its kind in the New World. By the end of the century, forty such Latin Schools had been established in New England. The era of the private academy followed next. This type of institution was adopted early in New York State where it flourished for a long while. In 1824, in Massachusetts, an institution of secondary education received the name “The English High School”, the first time that the designation of “High School” had been used to denote such an institution. A complete history of education would fill countless volumes, and it is not our purpose to give such a history here. In one hundred eighty-nine years, a system of education has been erected which, while nominally like the present one, was barely recognizable as its predecessor. Its curriculum bore almost no resemblance at all to the Pane six

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NINETEEN THIRTY-FIVE Miss Elsie Tefft joined the Lawrence High School Faculty in 1920 after preparation at Alfred and Cornell Universities. During the fifteen years Miss Tefft has spent in Lawrence she has given generously of her time and ability to the cause of education. She has served almost continuously as Faculty adviser to Junior and Senior classes. For two years Miss Tefft served as President of the local Teachers’ Association. For the past two years she has served as chairman of the American History Committee on Curriculum Revision of the Lower Hudson History Teachers’ Association. Miss Tefft is now serving on a state committee to revise the entire Social Studies Syllabus for New York State. Page five

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NINETEEN THIRTY-FIVE ORATION one now in use and its methods and objectives were entirely different from those of this century. Very obviously there was a great gap to be bridged before the present standard was to be reached. Between 1824 and today lie roughly one hundred years. In these hundred years, great men have labored that we might enjoy the advantages of an efficient public-school education. The work is not completed, nor have the great men ceased in their efforts to improve and reform. At this moment, a new Lawrence High School building is being constructed. In the twenty-two years of its existence, the building which we now occupy has served a noble purpose, and now it must be replaced, for the future must ever be an improvement over the present. In conclusion, it seems fitting and proper that the fourth century of secondary education in this section of the country be ushered in with the erection of another milestone in the record of educational achievement, the new Lawrence High School. Biuiiiiininiiiiiiiiiiiiii;! iiiiiiniiiiiiBiiiniraiNiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiKiiiiiiiniiiiimiiiiiiKiiiiiimmmi Page seven