Great Neck North High School - Arista Yearbook (Great Neck, NY)

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m am rjCearn WHEN we leave Great Neck High School most of us will probably ask ourselves shall we ever forget our teach- ers? We will doubtless remember Mrs. Ward grimly shredding someone's Magnum Opus of “I shall not chew gum in class written 600 times in the most careful script; we may see the guided missile expert, Mr. de Laura, flicking paper balls at the basket from across the room (he never misses). We will recall Mrs. Reading’s grand sense of humor, Mr. Rice's orations on the true significance of art; Mr. Christy, who had the rather hazardous job of teaching stu- dents to drive; Mrs. Bates and Mr. Vincent, who recently joined the French Depart- (continued on poge 14) Dr. John L. Miller, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Marion E. Wiles, Assistant to the Superin- tendent Mr. Ruel E. Tucker, Principal Mr. John H. Daly, Assistant Prin- cipal 9

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E. Tucker, serving his twelfth year as principal of Great Neck High School, affirms: It is our constant hope and aim that we should always have an active and alert philosophy adaptable to the best interests and needs of the young people in the community.” In recent years, many exchange teachers became temporarily members of our faculty. Among these were Miss Cullen from England, Mr. Jacques Van Roey from Belgium, and Mr. Young from Seattle. The Great Neck faculty has been represented by Mr. Canfield in Belgium, Mr. Edgar in Seattle, Miss Edholrn in the Panama Canal Zone, and Miss Chisholm in Boise, Idaho. This past year. Miss Crandall has been teaching in France. Most of the teachers in Great Neck High School have led interesting lives outside of school. During his summers, Mr. Laise drove a milk wagon, camped in New England, built lifeboats, farmed in West Vir- ginia, was a night watchman in a shipyard and a giea e wiper on an ocean liner. Mr. Swenson has been and is today an ardent golfer with many trophies testifying to his skill. The Edgars are ardent ttavellers. They haven’t spent a summer in Grtat Neck for ten years, but traveling throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico seems to account for such sacrifices. Mr. Noyes was a principal of a high school, but didn't like the job, so he came to Great Neele to teach biology. He has been sponsor of the Agassiz Club since its inception in 1932. Mrs. DeFreitas taught school on an Indian reservation before coming to Great Neck. Miss O’Connor traveled in the United States and Europe, climbed Mt. Rainier, took hula lessc : s •'i Horoluk', sponsored Junior Players for some time, and is now studying voice. Swatting mosquitoes in the South Pacific” during World War II was a popula pastime of Mr. Maier, sponsor of the G. O. since 1948. An intrepid adventuress is Miss Edholrn, who once scraped death by vi.-iting some .utly Indians on a strange island. She also went to the bottom of the active volcano Vesuvius, where she insists that she saw Baron Munchausen having tea with Vulcan; and put on a diving helmet to go down into the ocean off Bermuda. Master of the Commercial Department, Mr. Douglas (who instructed some of the parents of today’s students and who says that the present generation is doing better work than their parents did) ound trip to Europe last summer. Mr. Zamchick I upper, during a trip to Haiti in the summer of 1940, was astonished to see a whale in the tropic waters. That same year, Mr. Ormsby’s rich baritone voice took first prize at the Atwater-Kent vocal contest. Notes of sadness, however, have crept into the passing years. The death of Miss Olga E. Goehler, head or the Home Ecommics Depart- ment for eighteen years, was a great shock. She was beloved by every- one. During World War II, while courageously serving his country, Mr. Kenneth Sweeney, a respected math teacher, was killed. A plaque was erected in the main hall to his memory; Mr. Robert Colvin, teacher of science, passed away in 1950. A scholarship for students planning to enter the teaching profession, which he loved so well, was founded in his memory. Mr. James Blakemore, who was killed in a plane crash in Iran in 1952, will always be remembered with affection by nis students and many friends. The Blakemore Foundation was established to foster his beliefs in peace and a united world. With great respect we say good- bye to Mrs. Blanche Baker, who retired in 1953 after teaching French, Latin, and Civics in Great Neck High School for thirty-three years. Death has also claimed once well-known faculty members as Mr. Clar- ence Manuel, founder of the school bank, ana Miss Mary O’Connor, Social Studies Department member. The fine reputation of Great Neck High School is a fitting monument to those, living and departed, who have given of themselves so de- votedly in developing happy, intelligent, and conscientious citizens for tomorrow. (survival living) to aviators in Honolulu. Mr.

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Mr. Gordon Rice Miss Greta Wiersmo Head of Art Department BUSINESS Mr. Leonard J. Douglas Head of Business Deportment Mr. William Block Mrs. Elsie Davis Miss Joyce Goldin ENGLISH ■ Mr. Crosby Redman Miss Virginia Baerman Mr. Harry Booke Head of English Deportment Miss Anne Burnside Mr. John Fabrick Miss Camilla Edholm 10