Lexington High School - Lexington Yearbook (Lexington, MA)

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The new Senior High School on Muzzey Street, opened to over seven hundred students on September 10, 1953. 154 Although studies consumed a major part of school time, the students enjoyed some ex- tra-curricular activities which still exist today. ‘The Scholars’ Offering’, the weekly school newspaper, contained editorials, contributions from many students, and original art work by a talented class member. In May of 1855, for some long forgotten reason, the entire stu- dent body rose in rebellion. The student’s belief in their cause resulted in the recess of classes for a week. The manifest determination of Lexington High's first class has continued through one hundred years of the school’s growth and improvement. In the main room of the first High School. A typical classroom in the new building.

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Lexington’s first high school, opened on September 4, 1854, used for town meetings, social events, and High School classes. LEXINGTON HIGH SCHUUL In September, 1854, the first high school students in Lexington’s history mounted the steps to the second story room of the town hall. A large stove occupied one corner of the cramped school quarters. Throughout the winter months it consumed vast amounts of fuel, with which it succeeded in heating only a very small portion of the frigid classroom. Poor lighting and ventilation added to the discomfort of the class. Twenty boys and ten girls enrolled for the classes, a turning point in the town’s history. Latin, French, history, rhetoric, natural sciences, arithmetic, and geometry were the courses of study offered to these first high schoolers. The pupils’ original themes, often read aloud in class, were the béte noire of all. The first physics lab room in the The present chemistry lab and classroom 1885 addition to the High School. at the new Senior High School

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wa ee ee Sse Lexington High School , GRADUATION res Se Cary Memorial Hall WEDNESDAY, JUNE TENTH, NINETEEN FIFTY THREE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK ORDER OF EXERCISES PROGRAM AT THE— { PROCESSIONAL —“Pomp and Circumstance” . . . . . Elgar INVOCATION, Garis (in ee) fe reaial Ya Rey. Roy M. Pearson oy ege + Annual Exhibition ! SENIOR CHORUS —“O God, Our Help in Ages Past’ : English Hymn Tune, Arr. Katherine Davis “Brother James’ Air’... ... » Arr. Gordon Jacob -—or THE 5 “ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL” ; ‘ Background before 1854... . .. Charles A. Peirce, III LEXINGTON KIGH SCHOOL : Asa Graduate of 1871. 2 5. . 3 se Patricia A. Gibbs i g | As a Graduate of 19022 . ....... Eugenie C. Loupret i ' As a Graduate of 1925 ........ Deborah B. Smith H a a ‘ As a Graduate of 1958 . ....... John B, Allen, Jr. ‘ SENIOR CHORUS — “The Heavens are Telling” MONDAY FEB. 21st, 1859. i from “The Creation,” Haydn ! i AWARD OF PRIZES AND DIPLOMAS . . Mrs, George P. Morey ‘ Chairman of the School Committee { WS ZF t BENEDICTION) «= © « = fe = «sate Rev. Roy M, Pearson ' — —— i ES RECESSIONAL — “Festival March”, . . 2... Mendelssohn “673 Baie 7 CPI? a Lia “,, (GLP eS Pope After their Graduation Exercises the members of the ‘ (E class will receive their friends in front of the building. a% en Seo eeieke WAL ene 4 The audience will please remain at their seats until the Soo, = La et ache er es o-) class has left the hall. Copy of an early Lexington High School program, 1859 The 1953 Graduation program A NEW stHUUL The hundredth birthday of Lexington High School is being celebrated this year as the class of 1954 graduates. Though not entirely finished, according to final plans, the new high school building was opened in September 1954 for over seven hundred students. Students enjoying the modern architecture, large, well-lighted rooms, and excellent facilities have found this building to be a pleasant and progressive improvement over the building of the past. With greater facilities for teaching, Lexington students now find available a great variety of studies. The school offers college, business, and general courses, homemaking, and wood and metal shop work. Students who enjoy art and music join art classes, choruses, and glee clubs. They plan and organize movies and speakers, as well as student panels and discussion groups, as 9 regular part of the curriculum. Almost the entire interior of the first classroom of Lexington High School, 1880 Foundation for a new era, 1952 [12]