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

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INTERIM COMMITTEE: Seoted, left to right—J. Eisenberg. B. Cohen, D. Honce, J. Seitz. Standing— R. Corsel, R. Figmon, P. Shapiro, P. Fidel. ASSEMBLY PLANNING COMMITTEE: Seated, left to right— R. Prestin, E. Eliot, W. Shore. Standing—Mr. Borovicko, P. Shapiro, C. Sounders, R. McDonald, A. Daxe. ALUMNI NEWS EDITORS: Left to right— B. Gitlin, R. Golden- berg, F. Ury. G. O. BANK: Miss Cooley and H. Ng. ALICIA'S FAREWELL There is a pattern of behavior peculiar to man in the United States determined by many social and historical causes, most of which still escape me. Political power? What is the essence of this power in your country? That is another half-answered question. Then there is the inter- esting problem of individual neuroses that may lead to dangerous mass psychoses. Are Ameri- cans maladjusted or too well adjusted? Are hu- man relations too impersonal? Is there really an utter lack of sensitivity? Some day, maybe I will know. G. O. STORE: Left to right—L. Friedman, J. Gardner, Dr. lee. B. Schwartz, C. Tuft;.

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AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE In 1918 the ‘‘Great War ended and It seemed ridiculously obvious that another one would never sweep the world. At that time members of a mili- tary service organization who had removed the wounded from battlefields conceived an idea designed to bolster world-wide understanding. The group initiated their plan by bringing students from foreign countries to the United States to gain a first-hand knowledge of our country. Several years later, the organization, revising its original plan, decided that all exchange students should be of high school age. This policy proved to be Alicio de la Pena Great Neck, New York far more effective, for teen-agers are able to adapt to new situations more easily, explained Alicia de la Pena, Great Neck’s 1958-59 exchange stu- dent from Argentina. This idea of an educational and cultural exchange has evolved into what is now known as the American Field Service. This year’s local A. F. S. experiment, under the direction of Ellen Faust and Janie Eisenberg and the sponsorship of Mr. Lincoln, has proved highly enlightening for Alicia, who reports many shattered illusions as a result of her school year here. She has not yet located, for example, that typical American ( seven cars . . . materialistic . . . blond wife . . . delinquent children ) who is unfortunately presented in too many of our exported movies and novels. Alicia finds that the faults that do exist within our society are readily admitted by us. She prefers elective education and regards Great Neck students as extraor- dinary in their perception and appreciation of culture. 15

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MODERN DANCE V. Po ey and P. Eliot see double. C. Kleinman and P. Eliot, Student Directors Terpsichores, named for the Muse of Music, staged a thoroughly interesting, artistic dance recital last March. The first portion of the pro- gram was a series of abstract dances choreo- graphed by the club membership and based on Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass. Part II consisted of a group of original dances en- titled “Mixed Metaphors. Terpsichore members were selected after passing comprehensive audi- tions testing their technical ability, their rhythmic sensitivity, and their creativity in the field of dance. N. Topf floats through the air with the greatest of ease. B. LeVine and P. Posner trip the light fantastic.