Lawrence High School - Lawrencian Yearbook (Cedarhurst, NY)

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MGP!! ! 6AlCatLOIl VERY government and every school dlstruct depends ultimately on Its executuves and legnslators The legislators of our school dlstruct are the members of our board of educatnon the five promlnent and public splrlted men pictured below men who have for years devoted their time and talents to the furtherance of publlc education In our school dlstrlct May we express to them to our able admunustrators and to the taxpayers of School Dlstrlct l5 our sincere appreclatlon for the wisdom and vlslon with which they are provadlng for the educational needs of our student body now and In the years to come Frrst row Mr Really M Elderd Dr Vlvona Second row Mr Lazrus Mr Fruun 0' anna 8

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14.4.7 f MISS ELSIE R TEFFT HIS year marked the termlnatlon of Mass Elsie R Teftts career In the teaching profession Miss Tefft received her bachelors degree from Cornell University and her masters degree from New York University She came to Lawence an l92O as a teacher of social studies She became head of the Citizenship Education De Miss Teftt enloyed a long tenure at Lawrence Hugh years of growth and change a development to which she always contributed materially We wish Miss Tefft every happiness In her retirement With the hope that this token will express in part our gratitude we dedicate our yearbook the 1957 Lawrencian, to her ss- im 0 ' ef! partment and, in l935, was appointed assistant principal. Y v V - Y X

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DR LAWRENCE V DODD Superintendent ot Schools N lnterestmg student actnvuty us that con cerned wuth the preparatuon of a yearbook It enables students to capture much of the spmt of their hugh school and to chromcle thelr actlvltles The publlc school as a hughly effective tram mg ground for democracy lt IS hoped that at wall and young people In developing a deter mmatlon to make democracy work Working to gether In school actlvltles IS a most effective preparation for the applucatlon of umty and cooperation In later life As you have learned to face Issues squarely In student llfe It IS ex pected that you have been prepared to make unbuased declslons There IS much evidence to mdlcate that your school actlvltles have been vital and Interesting Your record has been ac compllshed by consistently good work Best wishes to the Class of l957 YJZM XeCLltlUe el9lll'th'lellt HE teachers you have had throughout your years In the publlc school were selected not only for a knowledge of their sublect fields and the ablllty to transmit It to others but for personal qualltles whnch nt was believed would contribute to your conhnued growth In deslr able attitudes habits and Ideals Ths IS recognltlon of the fact that your success as a person will be determined not so much by what you know as by what you are Your graduation from hugh school attests to your mastery of a certain amount of sublect matter and, more tmportantty to your readiness for adulthood which after all I5 the first atm of educatlon -Lyqiwabq Assistant to the Superintendent K ' A . . . I . . - C MR. HENRY C. BOSCHERT I ' , ' , ' . i ' in u a . . ' l r . I ' I r ' ' Q! 9