Lawrence Peter Hollis

<center>1883 - 1978<br> It can be done</center><br> <i>[North Face]:</i><br> Superintent of Parker District Schools.<br> Founded the first Adult Education Center in Greenville Coounty.<br> Introduced Vocational Education (Forerunner of Technical Education Colleges in South Carolina).<br> President of South Carolina Education Association.<br> Leader in peaceful integration.<br> Founded the Singing Christmas Tree.<br><br> <i>[South Face]:</i><br> Organized Greenville's first basketball team.<br> Started the first Boy Scout Troop in South Carolina.<br> Headed Monagham YMCA.<br> Founded the Maternity Shelter.<br> Organized Greenville Senior Citizen's Center.<br><br> <i>[Ground Marker]:</i><br> No printed page, no spoken plea,<br> may teach young hearts what men should be.<br> Not all the books on all the shelves,<br> but what the teachers are themselves.<br>                     Motto in Dr. Hollis' Office<br><br> <i>[Ground Marker]:</i><br> His interest in human beings and zeal for human welfare were driving forces in Parker District.<br>           David G. Wittel, Saturday Evening Post