Lawrence High School - Lawrencian Yearbook (Cedarhurst, NY)

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MR. LESLIE A. OUTTERSON Dedication J JO Mr. Leslie A. Out-terson, who with the consideration and understanding of one of our comrades, has assisted us in the publication of this yearbook, and aided us in our difficulties, we, the staff of the Lawrencian, dedicate this annual.

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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and further explained that, though the teaching staff, at that time, was considered one of the best, it was pitifully out-of-date in comparison with the well-chosen faculty and equipment now at our disposal.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.

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R. LESLIE L. BEACH is one of the most prominent men in educational work in our school district, and has capably filled the office of President of the Board of Education for twenty years. He has always advocated and worked for the most progressive methods of education for all the pupils of the district. The outstanding factor in Mr. Beach’s service has been his ability to interpret the needs of all the varied departments in the school system and then his striving to meet these needs. The new high school building with its manifold facilities for meeting the requirements of modern education exemplifies his aptitude in these respects. We feel that we owe much to Mr. Beach for his untiring and wholehearted efforts to make ours a school system second to none. We shall miss his genial presence as we met him on his inspections of the building, and we trust, though he is retiring from the Board of Education, that Mr. Beach will continue his interest in our progress.