Lawrence High School - Lawrencian Yearbook (Cedarhurst, NY)

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Contents HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION GRADUATES CLASSES FEATURES ACTIVITIES ATHLETICS ADVERTISEMENTS

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Foreword HAS BEEN our endeavor to enclose - within the covers of this book the spirit of happy hours spent within the walls of our dear Alma Mater. If in the future these pages bring forth fond recollections to the reader, we shall feel that our efforts have been well rewarded. Theme |OST APPROPRIATE for an educa- tional institution is an educational theme. In presenting this book, the staff has exemplified the seven cardinal principles of education. These are basic fundamentals, and without a knowledge of them, success in any venture is doubtful; therefore, on the pages following this introduction, we have attempted to present a brief summary of the factors entering into each of these principles. To more fully explain it, a photograph of a representative field of learning accompanies each summary. Since space is limited, we have been able to feature but one picture of each educational principle, while in reality most of the principles are composed of many varied subjects.

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Lawrence High School Dedication On November fifth and sixth, in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-six, occurred a history-making event in the annals of Lawrence High School— the new building was formally dedicated, and that rite celebrated by speeches by Mr. Lawrence V. Dodd, our Superintendent of Schools, Mr. Cecil C. MacDonald, our Principal, and nine of our most representative students. To exemplify the spirit of education, a fantasy was enacted by several of the students, under the direction of Miss Grace W. Ellsworth. In his welcoming address, Mr. MacDonald made us more appreciative of our beautiful structure, by describing the conditions of educational facilities when he was a high school student. He recalled, also, the dedication, twenty-three years ago, of the old Lawrence High School building on Central Avenue, and further explained that, though the teaching staff, at that time, was considered one of the best, it was pitifully out-of-date in comparison with the well-chosen faculty and equipment now at our disposal. Following this, a piano selection was rendered by Barbara Williams, our talented Lawrenciennc. Nine other students then expressed the sincere appreciation of the entire student body to the parents and others who had made possible our glorious new Alma Mater. These appreciation speeches were followed by the fantasy, Beyond the Horizon,” which explained both the theme and purpose of our school and of modern educational ideals. During this performance the orchestra appearing in public for the first time played incidental music. Mr. Dodd voiced a closing address which contained a definite moral. His lesson was that a beautiful school building, modern, efficient equipment, and as complete and capable a faculty as ours, arc not the only requirements for fulfilling educational aims— but that wholehearted co-operation on the part of the student body, in manners and conduct as well as scholastic effort, is an essential without which the finest of buildings, the most modern equipment, and the most superior teaching staff would be absolutely useless.