East Rockaway High School - Rock Yearbook (East Rockaway, NY)

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FOREWORD We have chosen for our issue of The Rock the theme of the stars in their courses, for since the world began, men have stood on high hills at nightfall, their faces and their dreams raised to the skies. Yea. as old and as beautiful as the stars themselves are the folk tales of their powers in the evolution of man's destiny. • Men as wicked as Macbeth have whispered to the heavens, Stars hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires: • Men as good as the lowly shepherds watching their flocks near Bethlehem's sacred stable have looked to the silent skies for guidance. • Too, the lore of astrology has fascinated those who would foretell their future in the heavens. Perhaps, the joviality and liveliness of our school days have been fostered by the spirits of Sagittarius and Aquarius. In the days to come, when the years of our youth have passed, we may hope to have the abilities credited to those bom under the stars—the artistry of Taurus, the courage of Aries, the leadership of Leo, and the scientific ingenuity of Capricorn. DEDICATION Amid test tubes and chemicals, you will find East Rockaway's one and only Hermie , as his friends, the students, call him. Sometimes facetious, always genial, here is a man whose brain is alive with the brilliance of a genius and the wit of a jester. Even with a knowledge of five languages—French, German, English, Russian, and Latvian, and a head bursting with scientific matter, our science prof is never prosaic or bookish . • Moments spent with this man are never dull; his personality is so distinctive that we can truthfully say, There s no one like Herm. To the students, he is the humorous professor, never too dignified to object to shouted greetings as he drives along in his Stutz, the car of cars, with his everlasting pipe between his lips. To the faculty, he is the gay tease who answers every question with the remark, I have to work for a living! • For relaxation, this coffee drinking physicist enjoys taking cars apart and reading scientific literature and accounts of the always tense European situation but is not too engrossed in these hobbies to neglect the world of sports. Football has fascinated him since his school years in Troy High School where he was selected as an All-State guard and tackle, and in St. Lawrence University where he was a varsity star. East Rockaway players know that he has continued his devotion to the game for eleven years as a coach who is even obliging enough to act as a human tackling block for prospective football heroes. • And so to Hermie—witty, lovable Hermie—we dedicate this year-book of our school daysl

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THE ROCK STAFF ART Editor Virginia Rendall Assistants Bernice Clemente George Hickerson Doreen Payne Doris Pearsall BUSINESS Editor Harry Harms Associate Editors Frances Leahy Adele Schreiber Assistants Richard Cartwright Rosalind Elterman Sheila Gallagher William Greis Elaine Griffen Richard judge Frank Matzke Martin Smith LITERARY Editor Florence Bremer Associate Editors Beatrice Katz Elizabeth Peabody Assistants Dorothy Collins William Fleming Everett Hicks Lorraine Kiely Elaine MacDonald Jean Meagher Margaret Morrill June Norris Shirley Solinger John Sterett Janet Walker Robert Wilson Typists Maddalena Daddio Aileen Decker Elaine Griffen Madeline Ludwig Evelyn Morano Elaine Peter Doris Smith Elaine Wood ADVISERS Art Mr. Safford Business Mr. Davison Literary Miss Gordon Typing Miss Barron