Lawrence High School - Lawrencian Yearbook (Cedarhurst, NY)

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Lawrence V. Dodd The Superintendent of schools speaks. . . Greetings to the Class of 1949: To chronicle the activities of Lawrence High School, to capture something of its spirit, and to establish a means of recalling to the students their life in I-awrence High School is the purpose of the yearbook. The public school is a highly effective training ground for democracy. It must develop in young people the determination to pitch in and make democracy work at every level. Working together in high school activities is a most effective preparation for the application of the principles of unity and cooperation in adult civic life. Learning to face issues squarely in student life is the best training for making unbiased decisions in adult life. I hope your school activities have been vital and interesting. You have entered into them with enthusiasm. Your record has been accomplished by constant good work. Best wishes to the Class of 1949. yJIm The Principal speaks ... . . . Members of the Senior Class: Congratulations on having attained another objective—that of graduation from high school. If you have been successful during your years here, it may be largely because you have clung to that objective when you have been tempted by sloth, pessimism, or indifference. If you have not already done so, establish a new objective. Never be without one. It is one sure road to success. Cecil H. M a Hood

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than to be a forty-niner BOARD OF EDUCATION THE members of the Board of Education are the elected representatives of the citizens of our community. As a committee, they constitute tlie supreme governing authority which deals with all matters relating to our educational system. The people of this school district have exercised great discretion in selecting the five capable men, pictured below, to serve on their Board. Although pressed by other duties, they give liberally of their time, thought, and effort in order that the business of our school district may be administered as efficiently as possible and the taxpayers’ money expended most effectively. Although very few of us realize the extent of the work carried on by the Board of Education, we all, faculty and student body alike, owe the Board members a debt of gratitude for providing us with the Lawrence High School we know today. Seated—Mr. EUlred, Mr. Sliaskan, Chairman of Hoard, Mr. Tost. Stand ini —l)r. Vivona, Mr. Reilly.

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The Director of Guidance writes . . . In ancient times there was once voiced a challenge that is still being shouted forth today. I shall not recount the story, but let me state the essence of the challenge. The enemy, in his arrogance, offered to supply the horses for the battle, if those challenged had the men to ride the horses. I fad they the qualified men to seize the opportunity? Today the challenge is still being trumpeted forth. To answer it, society must have the men to ride the horses. 1'he school offers such opportunities through classes, tests, examinations, association with teachers and other pupils and through the facilities of the Guidance stall for all the young people to prepare themselves to make wise choices in life. They can then seize their opportunities for they are prepared—they have learned to ride. When the challenge is blared forth, they can answer the call—“Ride Your Horses.’’ Lyman W. Davison Emma B. Horn The Assistant Director of Guidance writes................................... The Guidance Counselors aim to discover, together with the student, his individual characteristics; his developmental and adjustment needs and to decide with him and his family the specific experiences which will best serve his future academic and vocational plans. These experiences should develop in him the knowledge, habits, powers, and the attitudes whereby he will find his place in the world. By commencement time, the basic fact of relationship should have been learned, a fact which he will reflect in his morals, the values he seeks, the spiritual concepts he holds, and the methods he practices as a member of his community. £ lyt mCG 3. -fki — 9