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

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'Z-f PTA DR HENRY H BORMANN une 1952 Members of the Class of 52 Dear F rrends The 1952 Rmb mll be a lastrng record of one of the most srgnnflcant periods rn your ln es It 15 here that you haye treasured up your most preclous memorles of hlgh school There rs much to tell about these years crammed to oyerflowrng mth actryrtres whnch only your hrgh splrrts boundless eneryeres anl xarred talents could sustaln Now all thrs ns und rn your mlnds but 'mth the prssrng years you wll forget some of the detarls whlch you nov' know so well Then this record vull scrye to recall them so that you can relne these happy trmes The pictures and captlons names and eyents will grow m xalue mth the years Speakmg for the faculty as vsell as for myself I c rn truthfully say that we are proud of you Not that you are now perfect for that would leaye no room for rmproyement 1n the future but because rn the years that we haye been together each of you has made great and unmrstalsable progress And now you vs rll scatter lnto the most dnerse nelds of endeayor X ou yy 1ll face new tests of your courage and abrlrty Your teachers and I hope that we haye contrxbutcd substantrally to the dey elopment of your hearts and mmds so that you mll be better able to deal wxth the problems whrch you mll meet We do not ask that you be spared all trlals vue only pray that you may be strong enough nn ey ery may to surmount them Whereyer you go and whatey er you do you vs rll alvs ays be rn our thoughts S0-success to you all and may you achxeye your hearts deslres Slncerely yours Henry H Bormann Prmcrpal 11 r , w , 1 ..- 5 . J f . . . . . J , , . V. . 7 I . . . . V , , , I , . , , , 6. , - , , ., L . . . , , ' , , , ,L , , . , , ' Y P I r' . -4 . Y V' - s .- , f , ,., , V - , . . , . . , ., , y 1 V , , , r .L v v v ' 1 ' Y Y ' 4 y A .'. v ' v r Y ' v aL v v . , . , . , , - s

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' w gifqgls H 'r - , I H 1. f 3? 1721'- .K , ' .1 f l , I 'fit V f . ' 2' Y ' 5' 4 nl ,' f Y J 5 Y 'J if BOARD OF EDUCATION DR HAROLD STUDWELL March 1952 To the Class of 1952 When your Edxtorral Commlttee asked me to WIICC a message for the 1952 Yearbook I thought that a few words or congratulatrons would suffice-certalnly they would be 1n order but then Larry told me the commxttee wanted more My wish for each and ey ery one of you rs that you may recerve your full share of success nd happmess and that you wrll proye yourselyes worthy of the opportunltxes which come your way On the whole your hrgh school careers must haye been happy and frultful because you haxe put so much mterest and effort unto them We of the faculty shall mxss you when you take your leave Messages to graduates often contain some reference to the world s belng at your feet but I prefer to be more real1st1c No one can grye you the secret to success ln lxfe there 15 no such Aladdm s Lamp People dont ey en agree upon what success IS much less upon how to ach1exe rt Some of you wmll leaxe here to go to college some to cont1nue formal education xn technlcal schools-others to enter busrness Your a1m or your goal will be determined at least to some extent by your own desires and amb1t1ons Your accompllshment wnll be determxned rn a large measure by your ovyn efforts One suggestlon I should lrke to make pertaxns to a matter yxhleh you haxe dlscussed IU your classes and Wh1Ch may affect you personally IH the future I refer to communrsm As you know much of the unrest today stems from thxs source It IS a menace whxch vue as Amerlcans cannot afford to rgnore Too many boys and gnrls vull be leaung so called Amerlcan schools thus une 'mth thexr mmds full of half baked notrons and lop srded opmlons emanatmg from Moscow As hxgh school graduates you wnll disperse to xarxous enyrronments and you may find yourselx es rn sltuatlons vshere your concept of democratle hung vrll be challenged You may be told for mstanec that communxsm 1 yust an xdel That type of so called nntellectual approach IS mlsleadnng Commumsm rs actually tbout fiye percent rdea and mncty fiye percent force As an xdea or as 1 theory of tLOXLI'l1I11LI'1flfl1i5 nu er been accey ted by any country nn the world at a free electlon It has been tdopted o 1ly where nt has been nnposed by force and mzuntanned by forec In this connection too some people m 1y tell you thu you should keep tn open mlnd I would be among the flrst to agree th it keepnnf in open nund usually represents in lntel llgent approach to progress But when keeplnys tn open mmd mems eomprommnf one s prmcmples and xdeals rt becomes luttle more than an em out tor we tk slsters One ldeal I trust you vull always cherlsh ns that of your demoeratlc herrtaee We of the faculty hope you vnll neuer hesltate to etll upon Us when you tlunk we may help you lndnrdually ln any xx ty Sxneerely I-I I Stut vxell Supermtendent 10 W -2-.e, H .Nov . V 7 . , H . - - 9 . ' V A 7 J ' I' 0 1 4 ' ' . 1 ., , . V ' .K - a 5 'y' ' V , Q . . ,. . A . I . rv v , . ' ', , ' ' '- v 1. '- ' 1 r I l ' v 5 ' 9 , . ' v ' ' . . V ' 1' A r ' , , q - V- S . -24 ,. K - . ' . , v. . -I. - ' xl , 1 ', -, . ' ,gf .-. ,. 13. v V v- AY , . - 4, , , Q - - ..' ' .. . .. . . , I 1 1 ' L' 1 I n ' ,O 51' A I . . , ,.. L SL , . ,.,, ,v A 4' ' - '1- I V 4 U - ' ' -I Y . L I .

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HISTORY DEPT. Mr. Berg, Miss Decker, Miss Locke i 1 1' ARTS DEPT. Mr, Ruckdeschel, Mr. Fordham, Mrs. Shimcins Mr. Abrams ENGLISH DEPT. Mr. Kirsch, Mrs. Yefter, Mr. Sackman, Mrs. Reilly, Miss Lorenz, Miss Hickman , .w Q L .-llzlg -.44 , . Rv., ' LANGUAGE DEPT. Miss Holton, Mrs. Meske ' ., ,Jimi .. s.ir