Fall 2024 Noteworthy

Our Newest Fan: Larrie the Bulldog!

Lawrentians were introduced to Larrie the bulldog, the School’s first-ever mascot, in April.

Fall 2024 Noteworthy

Lacey’s Drive to Make Change

Eli Lacey ’25 was elected student body president for the 2024-25 academic year in March, succeeding Bryce Langdon ’24 and looking to drive change.

Fall 2024 Noteworthy

Land of the Lost

Students constantly lose things, and when that happens, those sundry items find their way to the lost and found in the rotunda of the Fathers Building.

Spring 2024 On the Side

Lawrenceville’s Summer Olympians: Philip Riker III, Class of 1964, P’90

The ink was barely dry on Philip Riker III’s Lawrenceville diploma when he competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the 200-meter butterfly.

Spring 2024 On the Side

Lawrenceville’s Summer Olympians: H. Boyce Budd, Class of 1957

Even as Boyce Budd was rowing toward gold in the men’s eight with coxswain during the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo, his path to the finish line was anything but a straight line.

Spring 2024 On the Side

Lawrenceville’s Summer Olympians: Michael Schoettle, Class of 1954

Mike Schoettle stands alone among his fellow Lawrenceville Olympians as the only one who had yet to graduate from the School when he competed.

Spring 2024 On the Side

Lawrenceville’s Summer Olympians: John Edwin Brown Wofford, Class of 1949

Alongside John E.B. “Jeb” Wofford’s senior portrait in the 1949 Olla Podrida is printed a quote from Shakespeare’s Richard III that foretold his Olympic future: “A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!” He rode one to a bronze medal in the team eventing competition at at the 1952 Helsinki Games.

Spring 2024 On the Side

Lawrenceville’s Summer Olympians: George Bissland Moore, Class of 1937, P’69 ’71

George Bissland “Biss” Moore ended Lawrenceville's four-decade Olympic drought with a silver-medal performance in the modern pentathlon in 1948.

Spring 2024 On the Side

Lawrenceville’s Summer Olympians: James Alcorn Rector, Class of 1906

James Alcorn Rector entered the 1908 London Olympics poised to win his event in the eyes of many. Touted as “America’s Greatest Amateur Sprinter,” Rector had the record to back the claim.