Land of the Lost

In a matter of days – hours, really – after the last final exam is taken, Lawrenceville students clear out of the campus and head to points all over the world for the summer. With them, they take memories of the completed year that may last a lifetime.

What they don’t take with them are the possessions they managed to misplace over the preceding months, and when that happens, those sundry items find their way to the lost and found in the rotunda of the Fathers Building. At any point, there is a consistent collection of AirPods, eyeglasses, watches and other personal effects, and they were still there in mid-June, when just three lonely items of clothing remained: a slim navy blazer whose most distinctive identifier was a Kennedy House pin; a girls’ kelly-green and light-blue North Face quarter-zip pullover fleece; and a matte black Giro skater’s helmet. The shell bears a round orange sticker proclaiming “Proud Sibling,” presumably of an Oregon State University student. As you can see, the helmet was in good, dependable hands for the summer.